The Sun. — London, England, 1860-04-05 00:00:00

RAILWAY INIELLIGENCE. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN. An extraordinary meeting of this company was held yesterday at the Euston station, in com pliance with the standing orders of the House of Lords; the Marquis of Chandes in the chair. Mr. C. E. Stewart, the secretary, read the notice convening the meeting, which contained a list of 19 railway bilk. The CHAIRMAN stated that the first four bills on the list had been introduced into Parliament in ac cordance with arrangements entered into with the Great Northern and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Companies, and had been approved at a former meeting. Three of the measures were similar to those introduced in the last session of Parliament. The first two bills had been rejected by Parliament. The proprietors knew that the bill for authorising arrangements with the Great Northern and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin colnshire Companies was passed through the House of Commons, but was rejected b y the House of Lords for certain reasons given at the time, and in the present session two bills were introduced to meet the objections which had been raised, but the House of Commons had not passed them, and no special reasons had been assigned for their rejec tion. The company, however, hoped they would ultimately be successful in this matter. He then proposed that Bill No. 3 be approved. The Solicitor read the heads of Bill No. 3, to authorise the transfer to the London and North- Western Railway Company of part of the under taking of the St. Helens Canal and Railway Com pany, and for the increase of the capital of the St. Helen's Company. A formal resolution approving the bill was car ried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN said that the next bill he had to propose for their approval was that which stood. No. 4on the list. The object of the bill was to en able the London and North-Western to take a lower level on the Edgehill and Garston Railway at less cost, to form a junction with the Brunswick Docks at Liverpool, and to obtain some of the land at Edgehill where additional room was required. The Solicitor read the heads of the bill, and the motion approving it was carried. The next bill, numbered 5 on the list, contained, powers for the London and North-Western Com pany to agree with the Lancashire and Yorkshire, the Midland, and the North-Eastern Companies, in reference to the use of the Normanton station, to which the London and North-Western were to have access on certain terms. It contained similar powers in reference to the Lancashire and York shire and Oldham and Guidebridge Companies as to the use of the station at Oldham. A motion approving the bill was adopted. The CHAIRMAN said he had now to submit bills which were promoted by other companies. The object of the first bill was to place the London and North-Western in communication with Welchpool, without, as was originally intended, converting a portion of the Shropshire Union Canal into a railway. The London and North-Western would be called on to contribute £25,000 towards the construction of the works of a portion of the Oswestry and New town line. Under the arrangement the London and North-Western would be able to obtain access to and use Welchpool station. The Bill No. 6 on the list was unanimously ap proved. The next bill submitted and approved was one promoted by the Nuneaton and Hinckley Company, and contained clauses for making working arrange ments. It contained powers for the London and North-Western to use the Midland Company's line to Leicester and the station at that place ; with power to the Midland Company to use the line pro posed by this bill to be constructed between Nun eaton and Coventry, and to have access to the sta tion at Coventry. The Bill No. 11 on the list, for making a railway from the Cannock Mineral Railway into Cannock Chase ; and the Bill No. 13, for making a railway from the Chester and Holyhead Railway near Con way, to Llanrwst, were submitted and approved. The next bill submitted and approved was No. 18 on the list, for making a railway from Buckley to Connah's Quay, in the county of Flint, and for other purposes. The CHAIRMAN explained that the bill was pro moted by parties connected with the district, the object being to make a mineral line, and to autho rise the North-Western Company to use the rail way and subscribe £lO,OOO if deemed expedient. It would be necessary to adjourn the meeting for the consideration of the other bills on the list till the 3d of May. With respect to one of the deferred bills, he mentioned that if any gen tleman wished to convert his Shropshire Union shares into London and North-Western stock he would greatly facilitate that arrangement by com municating with Mr. Stewart on the subject. Thanks having been voted to the chairman, the meeting adjourned till the 3d of May. GREAT WESTERN OF CANADA. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern—Mr, R. Gill in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, stated that when it was before the directors in proof they received a letter from Mr. Brydges, the managing director, stating that he had seen Mr. Gait, the Minister of Finance, and that it had been arranged that the interest on the Government loan should not be called for during three years, and as the board understood it that no interest would be charged, or that the Minister would forego the interest for that period, they had stated in their report that a 2 per cent. dividend would be declared ; but now they had to make an unpleasant correction of that paragraph, because they had since been informed, on the arrival from Canada of Mr. Rey nolds, their financial director, that such was not the case, but that the Minister was willing to allew the interest on the Government loan to stand over for three years as a loan to the company, with a view to help them over the depression. When they were informed of this it was too late to alter the report, as it had been issued to the shareholders for some days prior to receiving that information. They had since received an official intimation from the Government of Canada that the interest would not be called up for three years, and that it could stand over as a loan at 6 per cent. He (the chairman) thought it would not do to pay a dividend with borrowed money. They had paid off all their floating debt, and therefore they did not want to borrow money at 6 per cent. ; so that, instead of paying a divi dend, as s t a t e d i n the lie believed the directors have re solved not t o d o so. believed that the honest course was to pay their debts, and they would recom mend payment of the:intereston the GovernmentGo vernmen t l oan and declare no dividend on that occa s i on . Th e shown available bala nce , as in the re p or t, was £41,311, but they proposed now to ded uc t f rom i t £17,498, the interest on th e Government loan, leav ing £23,813, which the directors recommend should halt-year's 's be carried to the credit of the next c, interest ac counts. They would carry forwa r d n i against the company , and they would pay z7mo ac c ount of the Desjardins accident. Th e y h a d charged the half-year with all the expenses, an d i n fact they had rather over than under taxed it. They had arranged with their representatives in Canada that they should receive remittances from that country at regular periods, so as to have money in hand to meet future interest. They had received two sums on this account—one of £5,000, and another of £6,000. The capital account was now closed, and they had paid only £2,000 in the past half-year as the balance upon the Sarnia branch. With regard to the working expenses, it was very fallacious to judge of them by their percentage of the receipts. For instance, iethe receipts averaged 1 dol. per train mile, and the working expenses were half a dollar, there would be 50 per cent. profit leaving the other 50 per cent. for working ex penses • but if, owing to the competi tion of other railways, the receipts should be brought down to half a dollar, the work ing expenses would be 100 per cent., and that had been the case with them, owing to the com petition of some of the American lines. He was glad there was likely to be a termination to that state of things. He then stated that, after moving the adoption of the report and accounts, he would propose the appointment of a committee of share holders to investigate the":affairs of the company, to collect facts, and to report thereon to a special meeting to be convened for the purpose. Mr. novEs seconded the motion for the adoption of the report, and for carrying over the balance of £23,813 to the next account. Mr. ANDERSON - moved as an amendment, that the report be not received, and that a committee of shareholders be appointed to investigate the affairs of the company, with' power to examine all books, papers, contracts, Sc c and the officers and servants of the company, and 7 .( , ) , pi:oeeed to Canada for that purpose, if necessary, to 4 v report the result of a 11(i meeting their investigations t o g na of shareholders. Mr. SHADE seconded ..the a r T e A long discussion ens tied, in which M r. l B r raid'. w aite, Mr. Cannan, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Mr. A. Beattie, Mr. S. Herapath; and othe a r t s r h id are' ge holders took part, in the course of which it was contended, on the part of the directors, that they only wanted an impartial committee of shareholders having a large stake in the com pany; while on. the part of those who sup. ported the amen dment it was maintained that a n independent cot nmittee, not being . hostile to the directors, would be the best to appoint. It was also of the contended by tb chairman that all sections shareholders should be fairly represented on the committee. Mr. HEAD, on the part of the Board, explained that they had selected two of the largest share holders from the list proposed by the London dis sentient shareholders—Mr. Sutherland and Mr. , Margetson ; two from the Glasgow dissentient shareholders —Air. Kay and Mr. Workman ; and one of the largest shareholders in the company to represent the general body—Mr. Waite. Those gentlemen held in the aggregate 7,213 shares, re presenting £147,867 stock in the company. Mr. SUTHERLAND and Mr. MARGETSON having objected to being on such a committee, another long discussion ensued, in the course of which the amend ment was put, when there appeared 70 for it and 63 against it. A poll was demanded. Mr. A. BEATTIE suggested that both the amend ment and poll should be withdrawn, and that the committee should consist of Mr. D. Price, Mr. Sutherland, Mr. Gilmour, Mr. Margetson, Mr. Kay, and Mr. Cannan, with full powers to investi gate the affairs of the company. The motion and amendment were withdrawn, and committee was appointed. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Mr. HEAD, a resolution was passed enabling any shareholder, on payment of a fee of 2s. 6d., to in spect the list of shareholders; and, on application in writing to the secretary, to obtain an alphabe tical list of the shareholders, on paying the ex pense of copying such list from the books of the company. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the roceedings. THE KIDAAPPIVG OF COOLIES. The following is the letter from the allied Com manders•in-Chief in China to the foreign consular body at Canton : _ _ " Canton, Jan. 12. " Gentlemen—We have the honour to forward for your information and consideration copies of a cora munication and its enclosures, from his Excellency Laon, the Governor-General of these provinces, to the allied Commissioners, dated the 6th inst., re questing the allied Commanders-in-Chief to advise him as to the measures best calculated to effect the suppression of the Whampoa coolie trade, carried on as this has lately been under circumstances most injurious to the character and interests of the foreign community. " We also take this opportunity of placing before you the depositions of 105 men, who have lately been brought away from certain coolie receiving , ships at Whampoa, viz., the American ships Mes senger, Pioneer, Governor Morton, and the Olden burg barque Fanny Kirchner ; you will read with pain the particulars therein given of the system of torture that has been pursued in order to wring from the victims of the trade a nominal consent to an eight years' engagement in the island of Cuba, and you will see that a deception has been practised in order to induce them to believe that their ship ment had received the sanction of their own autho rities. Notice may also be taken of the assertion so frequently repeated in the depositions that those coolies who have not yet been removed from the above-named ships remain on board against their will, and that their endeavours to make that un-, willingness known are suppressed by the persons who have them in charge. "We doubt not that you will concur with us in thinking that it can be no sufficient defence of the system to say that this violence and deception is in most cases the act of the Chinese, and not of fo reigners, engaged in the trade. The latter must long ere this have become acquainted both with the true character of the instruments they employ and the abuse to which the payment of head money must lead ; and there is, moreover, evidence to show that the illtreatment of which the coolies complain is not unfrequently inflicted on board the foreign vessels and by foreign hands. " In case it should be thought that these deposi tions are not deserving of full reliance, we should • inform you that each witness was examined sepa rately and out of hearing of his companions, and it . is not easy to see what object the majority of the • witnesses could have in fabricatinc , falsehoods after they had once re-acquired their liberty. But in case some of your body would wish to test for themselves the accuracy of these statements, or to obtain fur ther information from the witnesses themselves, we have sanctioned their temporary detention in Can ton, in order that they may be brought before you if you desire it. " To the first named letter from his Excellency-Loon to the Commissioners we are now able to add thio ther one, dated Jan. 9, communicating the course adopted in the case of the Fanny Kirchner, which his Excellency is desirous to show is uniform with that pursued towards the American receiving ships. We have refrained from any description of the fatal occurrences of the night of the 4th inst. on board the last-named vessel, or of the recent transactions connected with the Coolie cargo of the Messenger, but if, when engaged in the consideration of the subject, you should require additional information, either as to the proceeding we have alluded to or the general question of man stealing as it is now extensively carried on in these districts for the sup ply of the Coolie trade, we may refer you to the allied Commissioners, who have ample details in their possession. " Fully sensible, gentlemen, that the suggestion of those preventive measures which his Excellency Laon is so anxious to see instituted appertains rather to your province than that of the allied Commis sioners, we would wish to place the matter in your hands, and to beg you to concert among yourselves the measures best calculated to correct the abuses that have been brought to light. We may mention, however, that this is the second appeal which his Excellency has made to us on this subject, the first being simultaneous with the issue of his recent cir cular to the consular representatives, announcing to them the establishment of a system of free emigra tion, and requesting them to require their respective countrymen to conform to the rules upon which that system is based. It appears, however, that his Excel lency's requisition has been only partially complied with, for while several persons connected with the shipment of Coolies at Whampoa desisted from their operations on being warned by the consular authorities of their illegal character, others again, with little appreciation of his Excellency's liberal concessions, and in direct opposition to his prohibi tions, continued to collect Coolies through the agency of crimp beats, and to receive them on board the above-mentioned ships. The prevention of such proceedings in future, and the faithful observ ance of the rules established by the Governor- General, is the point which should now engage the attention of all responsible persons in this commu nity, connected so immediately as the subject is with the peace and order of this important port and the preservation of a good feeling between foreigners and the Chinese population. We con fess that we do not ourselves see why it should be more difficult to control foreign vessels when en gaged in the shipment of contract labourers than when following any other ordinary operation. Whatever may the steps necessary to secure the ends in view, you will, we are satisfied, see with us that the unscrupulous acts of a few persons, such as those we are now pointing out, are liable to imperil the best interests and even the personal safety of your communities, and that although the presence of the allied force in this city may serve for a time to shield foreigners generally from the consequences o f these acts, they may be followed withdrawn,by a serious relco_stiallwhen that safeguard shall be due security against the wrongs rl in q complained of shall d ß e an d r .o G d e t. en P the , meantime f r have F rit n been c e provi; Mr. C. A. Winchester, f e o -Consuly for Great B r it a in ; Mr. 11. Perry,rtwtz Consul for Consul the United States ; 8, 7 Mr. R a. ca Prussia, Saxony, e , ; J. des V. V an d er h oeve n, Consul for the Netherlands ; Senor Orbeta y Suerbe garay. Con sul for Spain ; Mr. T. C. Leslie, Consul for --Por tugal ; Mr. Robert Jardine, Consul for Denmark • Mr. W. J. Bryans, Consul for Belgium . , Mr. Waldemar N issen, Consul for Hanse Towns ; Mr. C. Orne, Consul for Sweden and Norway ; and other foreign representatives at Canton. " DEPOSITIONS OF KIDNAPPED COOLIES BROUGR T F WHAMPOA. " TAKEN FROM AMERICAN SHIP. " 1. Ung Cheo-Foo, a Tartar, states—About 12 days ago I was selling herbs in the street of Can ton ; it was in the south suburbs. A man (Chinese) came up and asked me to go to Honam to fetch something to Canton. Got into a boat and was taken to Chung Chow. I objected to go to that place, and was struck. I was placed on board a foreign ship and asked' if I would go to a foreign country. I declined. The foreigner said I was to be taken back as I had refused to go. I was again put into the kidnapping boat, and beaten on my back with the flat of a sword. I received four blows, and was told I must whenon board the foreign ship say I was willing to go, or I should be killed. I was afraid, and consented to go. I wls kept below in the foreign ship, my dress was changed, and I was not allowed on deck. There were 189 Coolies down in this place. We had plenty of room, and plenty to eat. All were unwilling to go, and had been kidnapped. Six days ago I was brought away from the foreign vessel. " TAKEN FROM AMERICAN SHIP. " 2. Shue A-yeung, a Tartar, states—About 20 days ago I was selling silk in the western suburb. Two men accosted me, and said they would sell me some better goods than mine, and at a very cheap Irate. This silk was on board a junk in the river. I went on board with them, and was seized, and taken to a foreign vessel at Chung Chow, on board which ship I was asked if I was willing to emi- F;rate. I refused, and was taken back to the Chinese coat, was cruelly beaten with a thick board, receiv ing 100 blows on all parts of my body, and told that if I did not say I was willing the next time the foreigner asked I should be killed, and my body thrown into the river. I consented then, being afraid, and was taken to the foreign vessel again. Some time after this a foreign gentleman came on board and asked me some questions. I explained who I was, and that I could not be a Coolie. After this I was sent down below, and a foreigner, of what country I am not aware, struck me with his fist for having refused. I saw it. was no use resisting any longer. My clothes were changed and I was kept below. My father accompanied by a foreign gentleman, came for me. II am 34 years of age. Have a wife and two children. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY !EVENING, APRIL 5, 1860. " TAKEN FROM AMERICAN SHIF. " 3. Cha. Yow, a Chinese;states—l am 35 years of age and unmarried ; am a workman employed on the White Cloud Mountain. About 15 days ago I was seized by 10 Chinese, armed with swords and pikes. I cried out, but no one came to me ; it was night. I was dragged away to Tung Poo, near Whampoa. I was taken on board a foreign ship and asked by foreigners if I was willing to emigrate. I said No.' I was again put on board the Chinese boat and beaten afresh, the same as before, and threatened that if I did not consent to emigrate when asked again I should be killed. I consented under fear. Ido not know of any Coolies having been killed in that way, but it was said among the Coolies that some had been beaten to death. I received one dollar to purchase something to eat ; was middling well treated on board the foreign ship, fed twice a day ; did not see any one beaten on board that ship. " TAKEN FROM AMERICAN SHIP. " 4. Cha A-Ung—l am 25 years of age, unmar. ried, and brother to the last man examined, (Repeats the same story exactly). " TAKEN FROM AMERICAN SHIP. "5. Leung A-Chew, a Chinese, states—l am 23 years old, am a Coolie ; more than a month back I was in the south suburb, and met two Chinese, who offered me work as a Coolie at Honam. I told them I was afraid to go there, as so many kidnappers were about. They told me not to be afraid, as they would protect me. I got into a boat and against my wish was taken to Chung Chow ; arrived there I was asked if I would be an emigrant and, go on board a foreign ship. I refused, and was beaten by the fist and also kicked. I was taken on board the foreign ship, and on my again refusing to emi grate when asked by the foreigners, I was re-con ducted to the Chinese boat, beaten and kicked, and given my choice of consenting or being killed. I consented and was taken on board. " TAKEN FROM OLDENBURG SHIP. _ _ "6. Chew A-Wy, a Chinese, states—l am 23 years of age. Am a coolie. Was seized 28 days ago. I lived in Sam-po-hew. A party of robbers about 13 in number came to my friend's house and seized me, I was tied and gagged. The robbers had pikes, swords, and shields. I know two of the robbers ; one is called Wong Man Qaong, the other Fan-ting Kwel ; the first lives in Sinchune, the other in Loong-gan-tung. I was taken to Tung Poo, then to Chung Chow, to a boat, where I was asked if I would emigrate. I was beaten if I re fused—beaten with a rope, and told that if I re fused when asked on board the foreign vessel I should be brought back and killed. I was asked on board the foreign vessel and refused to go. Was brought on board the Chinese boat and again beaten with a rope, then I said I was willing to go. I received 1 dol. from a foreigner. " TAKEN FROM AMERICAN SHIP. "7. Chow A-Chow, a 'Chinese, states-1 am 30 years of age and live at Wong-ke Kong. Am un married. A month since a party of robbers came to my house, stole all my property, and took me away to Tung Poo, thence to Chung Chow, and there told me I was sold as a coolie, asking me if I was willing to go. I refused, and was tied up and beaten with the fiat of a sword. I was then sent to the foreign ship, where I was asked by a foreigner if I would like to go abroad. I said No,' and was taken back and beaten again the same as before. I was again taken to the foreign ship, and again re fused when asked to emigrate, taken back and beaten again. I was then informed that if I was still unwilling I was to be killed. I therefore con sented. On board the foreign ship I was asked by the foreigners if I was willing to go, and, replying in the negative, I was again beaten by the foreigners with a rattan. I received about four blows and was placed in the hold. After this I was released by those who came for me. I saw coolies beaten on board the foreign ship. It was because they refused to work when called on to do so." The depositions are 105 in number, and almost precisely similar to those we have quoted. SANITARY CONDITION OF TrIE CITY. At the meeting of the City Commissioners of Sewers held yesterday at Guildhall, Mr. Deputy Christie in the chair, Dr. Letheby, the medical officer of health for the city, submitted his quar terly report, as follows : "The returns for the winter quarter, which has just expired, show that fewer persons have died, and fewer children have been born, within the city, than is usual for the season. In the course of the last ten years the average number of births in the quarter has been 935, but in that which has just expired the number has been only 852, and the proportion of deaths has fallen from an average of 838 to 828. At first sight, therefore, it would ap pear that the general mortality of the season bad not been unsatisfactory, but a closer examination of the facts will show that the reduction of the death-rate has not been in equal proportion to that of the birth-rate ; and this indicates not merely a great falling-off in the number of the population, but also that the season has been unusually un healthy. In the central and western divisions of the city, for example, the deaths have exceeded the births in rather large proportion, for in the former the deaths were 280, and the births but 269 ; and in the latter the deaths were 242, and the births only 219. Besides which, it will be remarked that in every one of the city sub-districts, excepting the north and south divisions of the Western Union, the births are greatly below the average for the season ; and even in these divisions they have risen but from 210 to 219. These facts are significant, for they point not only to a fluctuation in the num ber of the population, but also to a change in the character of it; and, if I could place before you the returns of marriages for the quarter. I have no doubt that the results would be still more remark able. In truth, they show that there are some parts of the city which are becoming so exclusively devoted to the purposes of commerce as to shut out that portion of the population which maintains its numbers. " Of the 828 deaths in the quarter, 306 were in the Eastern Union, 242 in the Western, and 280 in the Central. These are in the annual proportion of 274 per 1,000 of the inhabitants of the first-named division, 33.8 of the second, and 19.7-of the third; making a total of 25'4 for the whole of the city. In all England at this season of the year the average mortality is at the annual rate of 24 . 6 per 1,000 of the population, and in the chief towns it is about 26.5 ; while in the country districts it is only 22.2. Measured, therefore, by these standards, it is evi dent that the eastern and western divisions of the city hare had a large death-rate during the quarter ; but, as will bo presently seen, this has not been caused by zymotic or preventible disease, but by the trying influence of the weather—the effects of which have been manifested in the high mortality, of in fants and old persons especially,from lune. diseases ; in fact, there were 295, or rather more than a third of all the deaths among children of less than five years of age, and 214, or nearly a third, among old persons of 60 and upwards; so that these classes have , furnished about two-thirds of the whole mortality. " Pneumonia and bronchitis have been fatal in 231 cases, the average for the season being but 194, and of these the attacks of pneumonia have been chiefly confined to the young and bronchitis to the death These, old, both o f w hi c h c l asse s are especially subj e ct to the morbid influences of a cold and changeable at mosphere. Next among the principal causes of iswpihththi3siss, deaths m-hich from hasbe t e a n h f e a s ta a l n i d n B sc i ro ca fu se la s : and 19 f rom h y d rocephalus, make a total of 141 death s f rom tu b ercular or developmental diseases. The a verage for with this classresuseason, that however, e v a e t r m , o i is p h 0 ri 155, e and in therefore it would seem - fluences o f the ofs easan have had but little to do assimilation, results oft they are c h ec k e d, disorders. In point of fact, as they t are.t than the otherwis e , tn rather a b ion, hei a diseased grow th an d of defective ni v ic a cold season. Th e num . her of deaths from zy un usually small, for, except in diseases has also b een one in that of smallpox, every diseaseinstance, namely, been below the average. Diarrhoea of this class ha s has fallen f rom 10 to 7 ; continued fever, including typhoid fevers, from 28 to 20; typhus and scarlet tever, from 19 to 15 ; measles, from 20 to 13; ; erys• 1 pas, from 7 to 3 ; an d whoopingcough, p croup, and diph _ ' theria from 46 to 31 ; making in all a reduction of from 130 to 89. '. But smallpox has risen from an average of 7 in the quarter to 22, and although this is a large in crease, yet it furnishes no idea of the great preval ence of the malady. My attention is still being di rected to the progress of the disease, for I hope that the results of my inquiries may, throw some light on the protective power of vaccination, and on the means for increasing the successful practice of it. At present I have collected the records of 223 cases of smallpox, all of which have occurred within the city during the last nine months, and of which number 62 have been fatal. 122, or rather more than half of the whole number, had been success fully vaccinated, 24 had not been vaccinated at all ; the others had been either vaccinated without suc cess, or had furnished uncertain returns. But the general results of my inquiries are that of the fatal cases 52 per cent. had not been vaccinated, 18 per cent. had been vaccinated without success, and 30 per cent. had been vaccinated, as it was thought, suc cessfully. Of the cases which recovered, 72 per cent. had been vaccinated successfully, 6 per cent. not successfully, and 22 per cent. had not been vaccinated at all. So that of the fatal cases as many as 70 per cent. had not been protected by vaccination, and of the recoveries 72 per cent. had. The average tem perature for the quarter had been 40.6, which is nearly the mean of the last 43 winters ; but this average has not been maintained throughout the sea son, for in the month of January the tempera ture was nearly 5.5 degrees above the average, and late in the quarter it had fallen to as many degrees below it. The daily range of temperature has also varied from 6 to 7 degrees Fahreniacit to 19, and when these changes were observed the mortality has quickly rose from a weekly average of 64 to upwards of 80. The lowest temperature in the quarter (25'S) NN., as registered on the 14th of Feb ruary, and the highest (56.5) on the 3d of January. The variations of the barometer have not been re markable, although the mean pressure (29 79) has been a little below the average. The range in the movement of the mercury has been from 28.72 to 30.61. As regards the moisture of the air, it has generally been abundant, amounting, on an aver age, to 83 per cent. of saturation, and it has ranged between 80 and 96 per cent. Lastly, there have been 48 wet days in the quarter, and a total rain fall of 4.75 inches. _ Altogether there have been 2,452 inspections of houses, of which 798 have been inspections of the common lodging•houses, 232 have been made in consequence of the occurrence of 86 cases of small pox, 84 of continued fever, and 62 of diarrhcea, all of which have been returned in the parish books by the medical officers of the unions. The result of these inspections has been the issuing of 468 orders for works of improvement." The report was ordered to be printed and circu lated among the members of the court. PAPER CURRENY FOR The Indian despatches which have just been printed record another triumph of political eeono my. Practice istat length overtaking ; theory, and abstract principles, after having been allowed their ordinary period of probation, are at length admitted and applied without hesitation to the daily affairs of mankind. Many years have elapsed since Mr. Ricardo revealed to the world the true theory of paper money, but it was not till 1844 that those principles gained their final triumph in this coun try. Sound as are the doctrines on which the re gulation of the English currency is based, and satisfactory as have been the results of that great measure, it has, strange to say, remained hitherto unique. Foreign countries have been ready enough to imitate the device of a State bank of issue and deposit, as a mask behind which to conceal ques tionable financial transactions ; there has been no lack of readiness, either before or since the Act of 1844, to issue Government paper ; but the safe guards under which alone that paper can be safely issued have been universally disregarded ; and yet it is impossible to deny that the principles of cur rency contained in the act of Sir Robert Peel are of universal application, and have no particular relation to the commercial or financial state of Eng land any more than to that of any other country in the world. This truth has tardily disclosed itself even to those statesmen who had the most share in assisting Sir Robert Peel to pass the Bank Act ; but it is apprehended at last, and we hail the in tended establishment of a sound currency in India happy result of ltalready produced by sending to that country a gen tl eman w h o rea lly u nd ers t an d s as tho a ha sepricipe political economy which no at tentive student of that science ever dreams of disputing. How necessary such a mission was may be easily judged by any one who will take the trouble to read the letter of the Financial Secre tary of the Government of India with which the correspondence opens. We had no reason to suppose that the study of financial ques tions had made great progress in India, but we certainly were scarcely prepared for such doc trines as the following :—" The objection to this coarse" (that is, issuing notes by the Government) " will in a great measure be met if the notes are receivable at the option of the public and converti ble on demand. Generally speaking, it is in cases in which notes are a legal tender, and thereby made absolutely to assume the place of a metallic cur rency, that seriously evil results are to be appre hended," We presume that the Financial Secre tary of India never heard of the crisis of 1825 or of the Act of 1844. Had he heard of the first he would have known that notes receivable at the op tion of the public, and convertible on demand, can be over-issued to any extent, and with the most fatal consequences, assuming for the time, to all intents and purposes, the place of a metallic cur rency. Had he heard of the second, he would have known that, under proper safeguards, Government can issue notes, which are a legal tender to every one except the issuer, without any evil result at all. Warned probably by the antiquarian style in which the Financial Secretary treated the doctrines of political economy, Mr. Wilson evidently thinks nothing ought to be taken for granted, and com mences his minute by a complete synopsis of all that we know of the principles of currency. We hope that the Financial Secretary has studied the doctrine laid down for his benefit, and that he is convinced now that it is not the wisest and soundest policy " to make as large a portion as possible of the me dium actually circulating metallic," but that he Mint, that economises "a p per the cu a rhe n od d lud t sc e e a s : tih o ti f el c cl\ o ol i sr n t. , affords g rea t f ac iliti es f or remit tance,"weneacyr and enables the Government to become, without any pecuniary sacrifice, the holder of a considerable portion of its securities." It is not necessary to go through the elaborate machinery by which Mr. Wilson proposes to adapt the present system of currency in England to the wants of India. The principles are identical with the Acts of 1844, or where they differ they are even more rigorous and scientific. Mr. Wilson dis penses with the agency of a Bank, and proposes to intrust functions exactly similar to those of the Issue Department of the Bank of England to a Board of Government Commissioners in Calcutta. With these he proposes to connect District Boards. A portion, never to be less than one-third of the issue of notes, is to be retained in coin, and against the remainder of the issue Government securities are to be purchased and held. The public Trea suries are to assist with their funds in case of any sudden emergency. Of course, there is not in India the same knowledge as has been acquired in Eng land of the amount of securities which may safely be held against the issue of notes. The process must in the first instance be tentative, and it is only when confidence has been fully established that Government can feel itself relieved from the neces sity of holding a much larger amount of cash than would be thought requisite in this country. As an additional precaution against forgers' the notes are to be manufactured in England. They are to con sist of promises to pay 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, and 500 rupees ; that is to say, they are to range from 10s. to £5O. The notes of the Bank of Bengal are to be called in, and the circulation of that bank is to be taken as a guide for the operations of the Govern ment. When the plan has been fairly launched at Calcutta it is to be extended to Bombay, Madras, the Punjab, Oude, and the North-Western Pro vinces. Two years will be required for the pre paration of all the notes, and by the end of that time it is hoped the plan will be in full activity. It is not often that we are able to speak of any measure of Government in terms of such commen dation as of this wise and well-considered step. Immense sums will be saved in the mere escort and conveyance of bullion to those district Trea suries, where, according to their present antedilu vian system, the coin required for the payment of the troops and officials is kept. An incredible economy of time and labour will also be achieved by avoiding the necessity of counting every month hundreds of thousands of pounds , in two shilling pieces. A great temptation to rebellion will be removed when the public trea sure shall be converted from cumbrous silver coin , easy to be found and difficult to be carried away into a roll of notes which can be placed in safety , or, if necessary, destroyed, without any ultimate loss to their possessor. The spectacle of a bullock hackery guarded by a company of Sepoys dragging a few' thousand pounds in rupees over an almost impassable road to some out-of-the- way Treasury is an anachronism which need not again be witnessed. Nor is this all. The holders of the notes of the Go vernment will have a strong interest in its preser vation. So far from apprehending any danger to n is o su b e e o t t t ' er no st t e e p s properly secured, t o that increasethese notesour estimation,ai. are always l w a snotpaid a i only n inde demand, India, an d l e ie r v i r i tha a t n theb as ut th o e v y er ass r whole I w e 11 continentb oiif p o r o f v A i s s i i o a n . s modelledW he n i t on the Act of 1844 are adopted, and when, owing to beenlength s b the publicity of the returns, he Indian public be gins to understand the ample safeguards which have superior convenience the fast ' ihiewdetio weight, their convertibility, the of paper to gold will have at a an iff d e o ro u n r o s o ub i j n ec r t e s sp w e i o l t l t n o ot go fa o i a l to appreciate takentfohue n English n w s h e rbuel faith and honour between the British Government and all others of which they have any experience. In the course of a few years we shall expect to find the Indian Government the holder of a very consi derable portion of the securities for its own debt, and possessing in a well regulated paper currency a strong guarantee for the fidelity of its subjects and the durability of its dominions.—Times POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-April 4. SOUTHWARK.—EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF HORSE-STEALING BY A CONFIDENTIAL SERVANT.— Walter Grimstone Bond, a young man of respect able appearance, was brought before Mr. Burcham, charged under the following singular circum stances : Mr. Joseph Burgess Mead, general manager to Messrs. Peek, Frean, and Co., aerated bread and biscuit manufacturers, Mill-street, Dockhead, said that the prisoner was the general superintendent of their stables, and it was a part of his duty to receive and account for return packages at the fac tory. Last week he heard a rumour that the pri soner had sold two of their horses without the authority of the firm, and that he had converted the proceeds to his own use. 11fr. Burcham—You charge him with stealing them ? Mr. Mead—Exactly so, sir. He had no authority to dispose of them. His duty was to see that the horses were secure and properly attended to. The firm had twelve horses, which were kept in stables adjoining the factory, and they were supposed to be safe until last week. On Friday last I saw the prisoner in the warehouse, and asked him if it was true "that he had sold, or offered to sell, two of their horses ?" He replied, " I have done nothing of the sort." He also said, " I am aware that rumours have been circulated to that effect, but there was no foundation for them." On Monday morning the prisoner should have attended to his duties in the factory, but he left a •note in the stables, stating that he was unwell, and could not leave home ; but he would attend on Tuesday. He, however, did not return, and on Monday last a man, named Mitchell, came, and claimed one of their horses which, he said, the prisoner had sold him. I did not see Mitchell, but on Tuesday I went to him about the horse, when he said that he had purchased one horse of the prisoner, and paid him £9 10s. for it, an d th a t Bond had sold another for the same amount. Then I went to Bond's house, but he had left home, and nothing more was seen of him until apprehended by the police. Mr. Burcham—How many horses have you missed ? Witness—Only one. The other horse is in our stables, and Mr. Mitchell claims that, saying that he gave the prisoner £9 10s. for it. We don't know where the other horse is. James Mitchell—l auk a dairyman, carrying on business in George-row, Dockhead. I have known the prisoner about two months, and a fortnight ago he came to my shop and bought a fowl. Bond then said that he had two horses for sale, and that I could have them on trial. He said they were both rather crippled, and he was authorised to have one of them killed if he could not sell them, as they were unfit for their work. He also told me that two other horses were coming in, and that he wanted to get rid of the old ones to make room for them. A day or two afterwards I sent to the sta bles, and the prisoner sent me a bay horse, but I returned that as I did not like it. I purchased the grey horse of him, and gave him £9 10s. for it on the 22d of March. When I paid him that money I asked for the horse, when the prisoner said it was not in yet, and that he would send it as soon as it came from work. On Saturday last I saw the pri soner again, and told him I must have it, and on the next morning he sent it to me. On the following morning the prisoner came to me and asked me to lend him the grey horse at 7s. a day. I consented, and he took the horse away, and I have not seen him since until in custody. The grey horse which I purchased is still in the prosecutors' stable. Prisoner—What I did was done openly, and when I sold the grey horse I told Mitchell not to say that he had purchased it when he came to our factory until after quarter-day, as then I should be able to replace the horses; and the reason that I have been away is that I have been trying to get the money. It was no robbery, or any felonious intent on my part, as I had authority to dispose of animals unfit for our house. Mr. Burcham—How long has the prisoner been in the prosecutors' employ ? Mr. Mead—About three months. He never had any authority either to buy or sell horses for the firm. He also told me that he had neither sold nor offered for sale any horse, and then he absconded. Mr. Bircham—Where is the bay horse ? Prisoner—l sold that to Mitchell for £9los. also. Mitchell—l deny that. I sold it for you, in your presence, in Covent-garden-market. I gave you £8 10s, and retained £1 for my trouble. Mr. Burcham—When was that ? Mitchell—On Wednesday night last. Prisoner—That is quite right, and I intended to purchase two other horses to replace them. It was no felonious intent on my part. Mr. Burcham—lt is shown by the evidence of Mr. Mead that you had no authority to dispose of the horses; and as further evidence is required, I must remand you for a week. WORSHIP-STREET.—AN INQUIRING THIEF. —James Carter, an agile young fellow, was charged before Mr. Mansfield with stealing from the person. Mary Davison, the wife of a tailor, at Homerton, said that this morning she was proceeding along the Casland-road, when the prisoner met her and inquired the nearest way to Bow ; she pointed out the path, during which time he leaned towards her, then thanked her and ran off. She suspected from this that he was a thief, and found immedi ately that her purse, containing her only half-crown, had disappeared, and m en ti one d th e circumstance to a labouring man who came up at the instant. George Cutler deposed to having seen prisoner running at the top of his speed while the poor woman was mourning her lass ; to pursuing and capturing him after a lengthened chase, during which he threw something from him, and to tak ing him without the aid of a policeman to the station-house, but not before searching for and finding the purse and money, which was what he had flung from him. Prisoner was recognised by Haynes, the warrant officer, as a notorious " inquiring" thief. Mr. Mansfield ordered a remand, at the same time complimenting the witness, Cutler, on his resolute conduct, adding, " You have done good service; but for the prompt pursuit of this wretch he would have escaped; and I shall order you to receive half a-crown." The prosecutrix begged her money might be given up, and this was allowed, she promising not to fail in attendance at the next examination, to insure which, however, the purse was retained. THAMES.—A LOW STATE OF MORALITY IN A GENTLEMAN'S FAMILY. —Mr, Wm. Christy, an elderly, bald-headed gentleman, and described as a master lighterman, general agent, and barge owner, of No. 20, Beer-lane, Tower-street, appeared before Mr. Yardley to answer a summons which charged him with being the putative father of a male bastard child, and calling upon him to show cause why he should not be ordered to pay 2s. 6d, per week for its support. Mr. :Neale, solicitor, appeared for the prosecu tion ; Mr. Orridge, barrister, defended Mr. Christy. The complainant, Betsy Bushell, dwelling at Bow, is a stout and somewhat attractive servant woman. She stated that she was hired as a do mestic servant in the defendant's family about two years before the birth of her child, which took place on the 24th of March, 1859. She was a little over ten months in her place before any " tender intercourse" took place between her and her mas ter. The intercourse between them was very fre quent. He gave her £2 in gold before the child was born, and 10s. after it was born. On Christmas day, 1859, tha defendant sent her a message and she waited upon him, and saw Mrs. Christy in his pre sence. The defendant said, if she was not com fortable in the situation she was in she could re turn to his service, and Mrs. Christy assented to the proposition. She did not return to the defendant's house, The complainant underwent a long cross-exami nation by Mr. Orridge, and the suggestion of learned counsel was that she was a common woman, who had been on terms of intimacy with a great many men. This was denied, but she admitted that she attempted to affiliate another illegitimate child on a man at Margate, five years ago, and failed be cause she had no witness. She admitted, after con siderable hesitation and denials, that she had kept company with George Rowe, the defendant's fore man, and had been intimate with him. She kn ew Mr. Wm. Osborne Christy, the defendant's son. She denied having any improper intercourse with him. The question was pressed by the learned counsel, and repeated several times , without an answer being elicited, when Mr. Yardley interposed, and said every one must infer that the son, as well as the father, had in dulged in a familiar intercourse with her, or she would have answered it long since. Mr. Orridge once more repeated his question, and'shc said, " Yes, sir," in a low tone. She was then asked if she had been intim ate with 00 T om, the carman," in the defendan t ' s eml3l°Y, t o which she gave a distinct atd emphatic denial. In re-examination by M r. Neal e , the witness said the intercourse with Rowe and Mr. eve Christy,s of jun.,her ceased before she submitted to the overtures master. Mr. Christy, sen., repeatedly told her that if she fell into trouble through him, and gave birth to a child, he would maintain it, and support her as well. The defendant also told Mr. Bell,with whom she was staying, that he wished everything to be kept as quiet as possible. Anna Bell, the wife of Francis Bell, of High street, Southwark, said the complainant came to lodge with her on the 9th Nov., 1858. Soon after wards she met Mr. Christy, by appointment, at a public-house in Southwark. The complainant was present, and the defendant said he would take care of her and her child when it was born, and gave the complainant a sovereign. About three weeks after that the defendant came to her house and gave the complainant another sovereign, and said he would take care of her and his little one, and hoped it would be like him. (A laugh.) Francis Bell, a labourer, the husband of the last Witness, said that a fortnight before Christmas he saw the defendant, and represented to him that the complainant was in great distress and could not support her child, and he gave him 10s., which he handed to the complainant. He saw the defendant again after that, and said to him, " Something must be done with that young woman and her child ; I cannot afford to keep them any longer." The de fendant said, " She had better come back to my house and be my servant again." He accompanied the complainant to the defendant's residence on Christmas-day last, but did not go into the house with her. She was there the best part of an hour. Mr. Orridge said he was instructed to deny that the defendant ever had any intercourse with the complainant except that which ought to exist be tween a master and his servant. The complainant was a profligate woman, and not one who came into court with clean hands. She did not come into court as the victim of a seducer. She had attempted to affi liate another child on a man at Margate, five years ago, and failed, and now she was making an attempt to fix the paternity of another bastard child upon an old man, her master. No reliance could be placed on the evidence of a woman who, according to her own admission, had been carrying on an improper intercourse with three men in her master's house. Mrs. Bell here interrupted the learned counsel, and said the defendant was the father of seven bas tard children. Mr. Yardley—That is mere rumour, I suppose, Mrs. Bell ? Mrs. Bell—He has had seven bastard children in four years ; he knows it, sir. Mr. Yardley—He is not the father of all of them. Mrs. Bell—lndeed he is, sir, and he is the father of this one, holding up a child which certainly bore a remarkable resemblance to the defendant. Mr. C. Young, a solicitor, who was seated at the table, said he never saw two peas in a bushel more alike. G. Rowe, 15 Red Lion•street, Wapping, said he was defendant's foreman, and that he commenced familiar intercourse with complainant in the early part of 1857, and it continued at intervals until the 31st of August in the same year. Wm. Christy, jun., defendant's son, said he had continued intercourse with the complainant in his father's house until within six weeks or two months of her leaving. Their bed-rooms adjoined each other. Sometimes he passed the night in the complainant's room, and sometimes she passed the night in his room. In cross-examination by Mr. Neale, the witness said that he only began to calculate when his con nection with the complainant commenced since the summons had been served on his father. He knew Rowe had been intimate with complainant. Rowe told him so. In answer to the magistrate, the witness said he was 20 years of age, and that complainant never made any claim upon him, and never said he was the father of her child. Mr. Yardley said in the whole course of his ex perience as a magistrate he never heard a more dis gusting case than this. It was one which reflected great disgrace on the defendant, his son, and his foreman, and exhibited a low state of morality in a gentleman's house, or in the dwelling of one who assumed to be a gentleman, and who kept a female servant, and carried on an illicit intercourse with her under the same roof as his wife. There was nothing in the objection that complainant failed in affiliating her first child. The most modest of women often failed in these cases for want of corroborative proof. After the excellent evidence given by the man Bell he could come to no other conclusion than this, that the defendant was the father of the child, and he made an order on him to pay 2s. 6d. per week for its support, and 235. costs: The child certainly bore a very strong impression of the image of a Christy. THE MURDER AT STAMFORD. STAMFORD, WEDNESDAY. This morning Henry Corby, charged with the murder of Elizabeth Pulley, under the horrible circumstances already described in this journal, was brought up before the borough magistrates on re mand, when further evidence of an important cha racter was adduced. Mr. R. W. George, managing clerk to Mr. Hop kinson, solicitor to the deceased lady, was the first witness examined. He deposed'to having inspected the house after the supposed murder, and finding the place in great confusion. He at first thought deceased had accitlentally burnt herself to death ; but, on missing several articles of jewellery and plate, came to the conclusion that a robbery, at tended with murder, had been committed. Drawers and desks had also been forced open by violence. The prisoner, on being asked if he had any ques tions to put to the witness, replied—l am innocent of the charge against me, and cannot ask any ques tions, because I know nothing connected with it beyond what I hear in this hall. -George Jabez Munton, a cabinetmaker, deposed that ox Monday, the 19th of March, he went to the prisoner's shop to work, and on a shelf there saw a desk, which was opened by a fellow-workman named March, and that it contained a number of gold rings and other articles of jewellery, some of which had the deceased's name upon them. About half-past two he saw the prisoner take down the ornaments and place them on a bench at the end of the shop. He said " These ought to have gone home, they have no business there." He went away and left them on the bench. Prisoner then appeared to be intoxicated. The ornaments were on the bench when witness left the shop in the evening, but when he went to work on the follow ing morning they were gone. Police-constable Dalrymple said Since the prisoner has been in custody he had sifted the ashes in a fire-place in the prisoner's workshop, and found several pieces of brass, which seemed the fittings of a writing-desk. I found in a box (pro duced) some more ornamental brasswork coiled up. The whole of the pieces of brass corresponded, and appeared to have been the bindino•of a writing-desk. The witness Munton was recalled, and said the fittings seemed to be the same as that of the desk he noticed in the prisoner's workshop. The prisoner declined to put any questions to either Munton or Dalrymple. Robert March having corroborated Munton's evidence, added, about 9 o'clock on Wednesday morning I saw the prisoner take the desk down into his house ; he covered it with his apron. He -was not in the shop when I left work at half-past five that evening. On the Thursday I was sent for to prisoner's workshop. When I got into the shop prisoner was•there. He said, " I suppose you saw in a desk some rings with Miss Pulley's name." I replied that I had. He said—" It's false—it's some thing like it." Prisoner then said he would go and fetch the things, and he left the shop. In about a quarter of an hour he returned, and said, " It's a wrong name, but something like it." He did not bring the rings and show them to me. Afterwards he again said he would go and fetch the rings. He returned in a short time, and said, " I hope you won't say anything about it. The way I was situated some time ago I don't know what might be the con sequence." Two or three times in the course of the same day the prisoner repeated his request that I would say nothing about what I had seen. He ap peared very uneasy. I told him I should net stay with him any longer than that night, and I left ac cordingly, but without assigning any reason. The witness spoke to the several brass fragments pro duced being similar to what he had seen on the writing-desk in prisoner's workshop. Susannah Munton (moth er of the witness previ ously examined), stated that in consequence of some thing said to her by her son she went to the priso ner's house, and there saw Mrs. Corby. 'Witness told her what her son had said. On the same after noon prisoner went to witness's house, and said— " What about these boys, and writing desk, a n d rings ?" Wit ness said she had been told by her son that he had seen in Corby's possession half-a-dozen rings, with the name of " Pulley" on them. "No such thing," said the prisoner, "it was not the name of Pulley, but something similar to it." He added, that the box was gone to the party to whom it be longed. This he repeated two or three times over. Sarah Ann Ireland, aged 19, stated that she had lived servant with Miss Pulley five or six years, but left several years ago. The deceased had a good deal of silver plate, which the witness described. She had also some rings. Witness had heard de ceased say, in reference to the plate she possessed, that she could set up a jeweller's shop. The deceased always carried a good deal of money about with her. The prisoner was then again remanded until Thursday, the 12th inst. [A.DvERTisEmENT.J—Mr. Benson, Ludgate-hill, has just published a new illustrated pamphlet on watches (free by post for two stamps). It 'should be read by all who are about buying a watch, as it contains pri,cs and important informa tion as to—Wh a t wa t c h to. bisy I where to buy it ! and how to USO it! COUNTRY MARKETS. NEWARK. ApRIL 4. At this corn market the attendance of buyers and sellers was tolerable, and wheat, which was in moderate supply, sold lively at 2s per qr advance on late rates. Barley was in middling show, end inactive. Beans scarce. Peas as before. White wheat, new, 49s to 53s Red do 4ss to 49s Old white s2s to 56s Red do 46s to 48s Barley, malting 38s to 47s Barley, grinding 26s to 314 Oats, old, .. 3ls t• 35s New do 24s to 283 Beans.. 42s to 444 Beans, new —s to —s BOSTON—APRIL 4. We had hardly an average supply of wheat from the growers to-day, the demand for which was tolerable, but at no advance on late prices. All other kinds of grain sold at rather improved prices. Wheat, red .42s to 46s Oats.... 24s to 26s White do .49s to 53s Beans 39s to 44A Barley .33s to 37s Peas ....38s to 42s HULL—APRIL 3. The market to-day was rather slow for wkeat, and good dry samples were bought for is per quarter less money. Barley, oats, beans, and peas in fair request, with little or no alteration in value. Wheat.... Old white... , per qr Old red New white .. 1 New red .. „ Dantzic, Konb , &c. old white 42s Od to 51s Od Dutch, Belgian, and French 4ss Od to 47s Od Baltic and Hamburg, red 44s Od to 48s Od St. Petersbu rg an d Ri ga , old. 39s Od to 44s Od Barley.... English malting 38s Od to 42s Od Grinding 3os Od to —s Od Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 34s Od to IN Oil Grinding 26s Od to 29s Od Oats . English, old Archangel and Riga, per at Os 10id to lid Friesland a n d Dutch oBlld to Wilt(' Swedish and Danish Oslld to Osllid Beans ....English, old, per qr 46s Od to 488 Od New pigeon 4os Od to 42s Od New tick Egyptian 37s Od to 38s Od Peas . Foreign breakers Grinding . . 39s Od to 418 Od Tares ....Winter —s Od to —s Od Indian Corn Linseed, feeding 5OB Od to 52s Od crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) £lo 10 0 to £lO 15 0 Foreign 715 oto 8 5 0 Rape cakes 415 oto 5 0 0 Bones MELTON MOWBRAY—APRIL 3. There was a large supply of wheat to-day, with a steady business at the annexed pri ces : —Whit e wheat, new, 46s Od to 50s Od ; red, 44s Od to 47s per 36 stone ; barley in fair supply, at 38s to 45s for malting, and 30s to 34s per qr. for grinding; oats, 25s to 35s Od per 24 stone; beans, 43s to 53s for old ; new, 52s per 38 et. DUBLIN —APRIL 3. A poor supply of wheat and barley to-day. A moderate show of oats. Wheat was briskly sought after at fully late rates. Indian corn in increased demand. No other mar • ket will be held this week. s. d. s. d. Wheat, white 28 6 to 30 6 Do., red 27 0 to 28 6 Do., new Barley Oats Do., black ll 6 to 12 6 s. d. s. d. Do., new . 0 to 0 Bere Rapeseed 20 0 to 23 6 Oatmeal l3 6to 15 0 Bakers' flour Indian corn COAL MARE (Prices of Coal per Ton at ET—APRIL 4. the close of the market.) Walls: End. s. d. Hastings Hartley .16 0 Buddle's West Hartleyl6 0 Howard's West Hart- ley 15 9 Tanfield Moor 12 6 Tanfield Moor Butes 12 6 Wylam l6 6 Ships at marl s. d. Acorn Close.. 19 3 Eden 19 3 Heugh Hall 19 3 Keiper Grange l9 3 Kelloe l9 6 North Hartlepool 15 6 et, 25—Sold, 25. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. In the following table E signifies that letters are del by evening mails from London, and AI by morning matched mails. DESTINATIONS. apt Moil Despatchof M ai ls . Despatch.P or P or t o f due. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton Aprill2,M Southamp. Aprillo Ditto, via Marseilles Bahamas and Havana via New York Aprill4,E Liverpool.. April 12 Canada, &c. (by Canada. pckt ) April 4, E Liverpool.. April 4 Cape of Good Hope, Ascen sion, and St. Helena April 5, E Devonport May 1 China, Penang, and Singa- Wi r t% v v ia ia. S 2a t r h s a eUe t s on Gibraltar, via Southampton April— ,M Southamp. A prii• , Honduras and Blewfields Aprill7, 111 Southamp. April i 4 India (Calcutta) and Ceylon, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via South- A Ap p ri ril n - 0, , M E Southamp. A Ap p r r il il I f, ' ampton Aprill2, M Southamp. Apr! 110 , 4 Ditto, via Marseilles Lisbon, Brazils,Buenos Ayres, and F. Islands April 9, M'SouthamP• Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto A pr il 7, M Southamp. 44-Prii il Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton April—,M Southamp. APri l 3 AP ril 12 Ditto, via Marseilles Mexico and Havana United States and British N D A i m tto eri ( c b a y ( 1 13 . y S B . r p it ac is k h e p o ac .. ke . t ) April 2. 7, ,E E L so iv u e th r tm oo p l... April 12 West Coast of Afric a , Ma deira, and Teneriffe April 23 E Liverpool.. April 10 West India, California, -Vene zuela, Chili, Peru, Grey town, New Granada, Sic. ,Aprill7, .31 SouthaMp. April 14 THE VINTAGE AT THE CAPE.--The Vine Disease THE VINTAGE AT THE CAPE.—The Vine Disease Commission, appointed by the Colonial Government, bad not yet concluded their inquiries rest ecting the character and progress of the malady which has visited the vineyard s this season. The blight and mildew have appeared in some places with mu c h sever i ty, occasioning much damage; btl the account s genera ll y l ead us to believe that there hille not been s uc h w id e - sprea d l osses as was at first supposeu! and :it is probable that, with the yield of the young vines, now commencing, the v i n t age thi s year w ill b e near l y eg ' to former ones, owing to the large extent of land lately brought under vineyard culture. It is stated that two qua' litios of the grapes have been chiefly affected, the haan o- poot and muscadel, and in some places these bane been al: most entirely destroyed; but those descriptions from which are obtained by far the greater part of the vintage have OP fered comparatively little, and a large proportion of the principal vineyards are reported in a healthy and flourish' ing state. Although the total quantity of wine, however, may not be diminished, the quantity available for exports tion to the home market will certainly be much less than for several years past, owing to the greatly increased local demand.—Cape and _Natal News. ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills and Ointment.—" Influenza, Fever. —March winds produce a large amount of chest diseas es an d di sor d ers, originating in irritation o f the air passages. Colds, catarrh, influenza, and fever ar°, the results of atmospheric changes in spring ; each and of which require early attention and effective treatment, or a train of formidable diseases will be laid which no human skill can with certainty avert. Helloway's Pills guard against such a cal am ity, an d, b ac k e d b y t h e app li cat i on 0 ( his Ointment, rescue the sufferer from h arass i ng sym ptorn!l, and the parents from anxiety. C oug h, f ever , ti g ht nes s o .` the chest restlessness, and weak ness , canno t res i s t y i e lding to these medicaments which act well together by purifying solids and fl u id s , and invigorating every bodily function. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—We extract a few out of the wan t expressi ons o f grat i tu d e f rom invalids cured without medicine by Du Barry's delicious Revalenta Arabic., Food :—C ure N o . 71, Th e Ri g h t H onourable the Loin Stuart de Decies, of many years dyspepsia and all it s horrors. Cure No. 49,832, " Fifty years' indescribabl e agony, from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, e on; stipation, flatulency, spa sms , s i c k ness at the stomach, an vosaitting, have been r emove d b y Du Barry's excellent, Food.—Maria Joly, Wortham Ling, near Diss, Norfolk. Cure No. 47,121, Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicar; age, "Waltham Cross, Herts, a cure of extreme nervousnes s indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies' Cure No. 48,314, Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, ne st Liverpool, a cure of ten years' dyspepsia, and all the 11 ° r ; rors of :nerv ous i rritability. Cure 18,216, Dr. Andr° Ure of constipation, dyspepsia, and nervous irritability' Cure No. 31,210, Dr. Shorland, of d ro p s y an d d e bility Cure No. 36,212, Captain Allen, of epileptic fits. CO No. 42,116, Major Edie, of liver complaint and total pr o ' stration of stren g th. C ure N o. 36 , 418 , Rev. Dr. Mi ns tt , of cramps, spasms, and daily vomitings. Cure No. 26,41 f. Dr. H arvey , o f di arr h oea and debility. Cure .nro. No 39,628, D r . W ur t zer o f consumption. Cure -11,„. , 22,880, William Hunt, Esq., ba rr i s t er , o f p a ralyT In tins, at I s . 6d. ; 11b., 3 s. ; 21b ., s s. 9d.; 51 b ., 125.; 121 265. Tie 101 b. and 121 b. tins carriage free, on receipt of pot. office order. Du Barry and C o ., 77, R egent - street, L o nd%" Fortnum, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadilly • Abbis, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63, and ' l5O, Oxfor d. street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 49 and 60, Bishar ub gs t r„, street ; 85, Tottenham-cou r t- roa d. Al so at Dr.. Bewley 'and Draper ; at Edi n b urg h, R a i mes an d .°1 at Liverpool, Nixon and Th ew; a t Manchester, Shan' ' l l, Scott ; at York, Raime s , Bl anc h ar d, an d Co. ;,Lat Soto ampton, Randall and Son. BIRTHS. BIGGE.—On the 3d inst., at Oakwood, Beckenham* t he wife of C. S. Bigge, Esq., of Linden, of a son. BUCKMAN.—On the 3d i ns t., a t Ci rences t er, th e wife Of Professor Buckman, of a son. LEAity.—On the 31], inst., at Simmons-court, near Dubl ilit the wife of Major Leahy, R.E., of a son. MARRIAGES. HINDLEY—`VERB.—On the 3d inst., at BathwickChu rcl :' Bath, Mr. Charles Edwin Hindley, of Mount Pleas s ? ; Wellington, Salop, to Charlotte Mary, eldest daugh ter of Mr. James "Webb, of the same place. MA CREADY—SPENCER.—On the 3d inst., at St. J 01213 ; 11 ( Church, Clifton, William Charles Macready, Escle Sherborne House, Sherborr,e, Dorset. to Cecile LOUu r Frederica, fourth daughter of the late Henry SPen ce Esq. DEATH S. CI:OCELEY.—.On the 3d inst., at Deptford, Captain Thj Symonds Crockley, formerly of Ow ury, b Hants, as 77. Ponn.—On the 2d inst., at 18, Grafton-street, Charles 13' Ford, Esq., aged 76. HALL.—On the 2d inst., at 63, Lo des-square) Sir j°llll Hall, Bart., of Dungias, N.B. InwiN.—On the 31st ult., at Cheltenham, Colonel Fredl4' Chidley Irwin, K.H., formerly of the 83d Regt. MALDEN.—On the 31st ult., at Cheltenham, Dr. Jonas Malden, M.D., aged 63. NEWRY.—On the Ist inst., at his residence, 47, Camd en square, London, Abraham Rowe Newby, aged 79 * .t TURNER —On the MI inst., after a few days' illness' 811, Ke,2,nt-street, Langham-place, Jas. Turner, age'; di. LONDON : Printed and Published by MIIRDO YOUNG, of Ng. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 1 12 4. St''..and, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the ootintl Middlesex, ThursdaY, April 5, 1860• OM don } 3 o cloel h orn 'Lanies'F J, This p, %;ith thf vFxr aPProlel tagt 8 1 1 2 : 3n dtlete .rero t N ad ded to 41t8, 1011 V t. It ° l lCirPa i n at timm tniculati, 4 eeth t Mims s o sti pRE, TIFII Zro Dinin b e VASES ter i Marl iinufack b u blby 1. en th a e 'i?l t itA SA LOGY . RE] 1 1 110] eae e .s ctg Nu Cm eh, ➢, win a° 4 'able g. c co for cfients ADointed. 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