The Sun. — London, England, 1859-03-02 00:00:00

progress ies is one be incom- By Mrs. aost cele ot prove 3. 7 .rhey iant and hted the t cannot ear such they did e present t is very agenuity ot. The lima, Sir and the py clerk, natural e guilty church ion°. o the ppear an Las com- rable re- Crowe, Nature." elightful am. All dwelling mild pro rk. The f in this tioni can ong her 3y D.M. r Walter F." Mr. Lywright iss," and r at once never, in happiest Tears to musical )al state- Ling 30th int to the :s to that l the ex 'lance in the last company equal to On the Ist India esolution he share created ,000,000, but with the con ;al of the 3,000,000 , bearing cent. per per cent. to period 860. In the close worked ;Bind and ding the the year pital cost ras being ing from 12 miles 11 as the t length, Der cent. f Concan the pre he board on the indivi ,hough nd the we suf y ven ncture ject." 'ITY NEWS. I SHARE CITY, Two o'CLocx. There is a steady demand for discount accommo dation ; but the preparations for the 4th of the month have, as usual, created rather more activity among bankers and brokers, who, profiting by these temporary requirements, are inclined to exact slightly enhanced terms for the negotiation of com mercial bills. These fractional changes, when the Bank minimum is only 22 per cent., attract very little notice, as the mercantile classes find every facility in obtaining all the assistance they need for the promotion of business. At the present mo ment, also, attention is more directeeL to political than financial affairs, and it is fully understood that while trade remains inactive, and speculation is discouraged, no material alteration can be antici pated. In the Stock Exchange loans on Govern ment securities are negotiable at 11 to 2 per cent. ; and the rates charged for " continuation" in the Railway Share Market are unusually easy. The silver market, though quiet, continues steady, and there is no alteration to report in values. Further arrivals of specie are daily expected from Aistralia, one or two vessels being now several days overdue. Larger consignments are expected from America, the exchange at New York showing increased firmness, and under these circumstances a further accumulation of bullion at the Bank of England is considered probable. In the Foreign Exchanges, yesterday, a further advance was recorded in the rates on Vienna and Trieste. In the Liverpool Cot ton Market, yesterday, a fair amount of business was recorded, and prices of all descriptions tended upwards. The sales were estimated at 12,000 bales. The Railway Share Market closed heavily, and quotations slightly declined. The meeing of the shareholders of the Submarine Telegraph Company passed off satisfactorily. Sir James Carmichael, Bart., took the chair, and alluded to the great value of the new contract made with the French Government, and the improving state of the company. The report was adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum was agreed to unanimously. At the meeting of the , Oriental Inland Steam Company, also held to-day, the chairman (Colonel Grimes) alluded to the forward state of the under taking, and the great beniefits it was likely to confer on our Indian territories. The vessels had all safely arrived in India, and others were being con structed here to occupy the extensive field held out for commercial enterprise. The accounts showed a balance in favour of the company of £4,732 7s. 4d. The report was adopted. At the meeting of the Railway Passengers' Assurance Company a report was presented stating that the receipts from premiums had considerably increased during . 1858, and that the balance of revenue justified the directors in declaring a divi dpnd at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, and also a bonus of ls. per share. The markets for public securities have been very quiet to-day, and quotations are in most instances heavy at the depreciated quotations current yes terday afternoon. Very little variation has taken place, Consols having been 951 all day. The operations both for investment and on specula tion are very limited, and create no animation. The New Threes and the Reduced have been dealt hi at 951 d and 96 ; Bank Stock is flat, at 2281; Xxchequer Bills, advertised, are 345. to 375. prem. ; India Loan Debentures are 98199, and ditto Bonds, 19s. prem. ; Long Annuities are marked 181 5-16, being firmer. A fair amount of business is recorded in Foreign Securities, and prices show a general decline. Turkish 6 per Cents. are sol to 91; ditto, New Loan, 77 to 78 ; Dutch 4 per Cents, have receded to 1001 ; Spanish Deferred to 292- ; Venezuelan Deferred to 17 ; and Portuguese to 45-1. Brazilian 4/ per Cents., 1 852, are marked 941; and ditto, 1858, 941. The New Austrian Loan is nominally at previous rates. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been to a moderate extent, but prices have shown Considerable depression, the decline on most of the Stock Stock Stock Stock principal lines, compared with yesterda;, being fully 4to I per cent. North Western, Lancashire st and Yorkshire, and South Western have receded st; ss. ; Eastern Counties, Great Northern, North st Western, Midland and North British, 10s. ; North st Eastern (Berwick), and South Eastern, 15s. ; li _ _ and Caledonian and South Wales, £l. Brightons advanced 55., and Oxford, Worcester, and Wol- verhampton 10s. The Foreign lines have been flat. Paris and Lyons have receded to 32a ; Dutch-Rhenish to 108 ; Lombardo-Venetian to 81 fur the old shares, and 7 1 71 for the new. In the Colonial Market scarcely a ny business has been transacted. Great Western of Canada declined about 55., and East Indian brought previous rates. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have exhibited no variation of importance, and but few transactions have taken place. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Bank Stock 3per Cent. Reduced A nnu iti es 951 6 5 6 ..Per Cent. C Is • Anr '5l _ - ten.. ,onsoi _.nuities Vow 3 per Cent. Annuities 9sk 6 52 6 'Long Annuities, expire sth Jan., 1860 — , Ditto 30 Years, expire sth Apr., 1885 lBl 5-16 1 1 'Elia Stock Ditto Debentures 99 Sk Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO Ditto under £l,OOO Consols for Account...: Dxehequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. & 11d.. 1 Ditto Advertised • P ,RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent. Ditto 1852, 41 per Cent .. 941 Ditto 1858, 4 per Cent. 94k Grenada New Active, 31 per Cent. Peruvian 41 per Cent — ....Ditto Account r ortuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account I SPenish 3 per Cent — Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 291 Turkish 6 per Cent. 9 9 01 Ditto Accounto Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Venezuelan 5 per Cent. Ditto Deferred 2 per Cent Dividends on.the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent — Ditto Certificates, 4. per Cent. Consols, Mow ?), TWO O'CLOCK. Consols for Account QUEEN'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, BIRMINGHAM, MILLION OF STAMPS FUND.—The principal has received the handsome donation of £25 from Miss Burdett Coutts, and £5O from Mrs. Brown, in aid of the arduous task of collecting a million of penny stamps to enlarge and improve the charity. ATTEMPTED Nin it DER IN THE ClTY.—Con tiderable sensation was' created in Doby's-court, Monkwell street, Cripplegate, yesterday morning, in consequence of a cry of "Murder." On the policeman proceeding to a room ',lt one of the houses he found a man named O'L eary beat 'lC his wife with a poker, and the unfortunate woman in 4 13001 of blood. He immediately seized the ruffian, who Said that if he had not come in he inter ded to have mur dered her. With as little delay as possible, the unfortu nate woman was conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospi where Mr. Batten, house-surgeon on examination, t° l lnd her arms broken, and skull fractured besides other extensive injuries. Not the slightest hopes are entertained °f her recove. ry ROYAL INFIRMARY FOR DISEASES OF THE NtsT.— The 45th annual meeting of the governors of this .s h istitution was held yesterday at the L on d on T avern =M r . hadin the chair. The report stat e d th a t 2,230 pa ti en t s .."4 been relieved during the past ye ar . Th e aggrega t e number of patients admitted since the foundation of the i carity exceeded 52,000, and the daily a tt en d ance was near l y ,9 0 . The expenditure had exceeded th e i ncome b y £230 . it° meet this they had been obliged t o se ll out £lOO o f stoc k , ''suing the balance of £l3O to be provided for out of the e nbscriptions. .„, AN" OMISSION" FROM THE QUEEN' S S PEECH .— b order the last 12 months there has been a savage war on t h e relativ e t o th e c l a i ms o f t wo p ro p ose d ra il way bills. VThis will explain to southern readers the followi ng anec l"Om told by the Border Advertiser, as coming from its iewick correspondent :—" Considerable excitement was m anifested on Thursday evening last to hear the Queen's l i Teech, and parties c ongrega t e d in grou p s i n diff eren t places of toad it. Among others a large party assembled in one our barber's shops, where it was read and listened to Wi th great attention. At th e conc l us i o n, an old veteran n„ _ in great perplexity, and said, 'Read on, it canna be done yet.' On being assured that it was really • done,' ,w eel,' (moth he, 'that beats a'. Did y e ever ken the like an °,w ? The maist important thing i' the hale session's never ce mentioned—oor railway 1' " PATAL ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH-WESTERN t: I LWAY.-40n Saturday mor n i ng , one o f th e su b- con t rac - T 1) named Robert Faulkn er , li v i ng a t M arswort h , near t r ill& was passing along the new s id e li ne now being prined for luggage only, when, observing the express train : 101 : 1 1 Lond on approac h ing near to the Cheddington station, avoid it he ran on to the new line at the moment a ballast 11 , 4111 _ Was passing. Before he could get clear the.buffer of ti engine struck him on the body and drove him under wo.heels, and cut the body into many pieces, the head found in one part, part of legs a &c.,in another. aut has left a wife and a large family, 11.6.3 11.6.3 Stock Stock 124 i Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 10 Stock Stock Stock ORD. any was re-street, ng. MI of the he terms with the satisfied them an means a r had in led upon to both Lffie upon ivantage Ince into ;. (Hear, and must wording noun t to ity they bole, he ith him, one for emus or r, hear.) and the o to the general way was ►flowing pprietors r. Pear dverted which Metro to make idon to sary to 1g; and nded to MONEY MARKET AND C PREFERENCE SHARES. Share' Railways. 25 Blythe and Tyne 1( per c. pref. (issued at £5O) LStk Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 20 Do. do. do. Shares ock Caledon £lO, 44 per cent 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Stock Chester & Holyhd, 54 pc Stock Do. do. 5 p. et. aCork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun. k Stoc E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc Stock Do. do. Class C 7 pc Stock E. Conn. Ex. 5 pct. No.l Stock Do. do N 0.2 Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. , tock East Lane. 6 per ct 5 E.* W. York. Jen. fifths sock Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares tock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. tock Furness, 5 per cent ;ock Glas. &S West..; a. spc tock Great Northern, 5 p. ct lock Do. 5 pcßedm.,lop.c.pm lock Do. 4k p. c. do. do. 00 Do.sp.c. R etim.,s pc. pm 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf took j Gt. Sn.& W (Irerand)4 p. et. pref. Stock 50 neat West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct Lock Do. Redeemable, 44 p et lock Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct lock Do. Irredeemable, do Lock Do. sp. et. Redeem. Pref 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf shares 10 Do do. sp. ct. pref Lock Do Birming. guar. stock 264 ,Do. Chester guar.shares 131 Do. do. do 20 Do. do. do. lock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock lock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l took Do. pr ef., sp. a ...No. 2 lock Do. New gua., 6 p. ct toek Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 lock Lon.& N.W.Cov. &Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. Lock Lon.&S. W, 7p.ct. stock, late 3d shares 124 Londondy & Cole, 4 shs 121 Londondy.& Ennis 4sh tock Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. ct 6 Do. £6 took Do. 31 per cent. 124 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c Do. 4 per cent .. 2k f Do . took Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock took Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.fip.et lock Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock 6 Do. with option till 1860 tock Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. et. io ( NewportAber,&c.prets ) rt. c. redeem, at sp.c. pm 10 Do. Pe et, 6p. c. with option till 1866 10 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. shares ;took Do. 5 p. c. Ext. Stock,lf346 Stock Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Stock Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 Stock North - British, 5 per cent Stock Do. New, gua. 5 percent Stock Nth.Dev.Rail.&Dek.Co. Stock N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Stock Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. 17 Do. do. do. 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1. 124 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 25 80. York, H. &S. Purch 20 North Staffordshire .. Stock Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. lsig Stock Do. do. do., 2d gua. Stock Do. 44 p.c. Db. stk.in peril 8} Scottish Central, new pi Stock Scottish N.-Eastern deb Stock Do. 34 per c. pref. stock Stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc. Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 10s. South Devon. Ann. 108. 10 Do. Fixed 44 percent. 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 6 ) Stock Do ;14 per cent Stock Do. Fixed 4k p.c. Ist is Stock Do. New do., 2d issue Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Stock Do. 44 per cent 20 S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. PM 25 ) Stockton and Dar. 5 Re 25 i Do. 6 per cent Stock Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. - all }lOO 100 100 100 100 all all , all 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 8.13.4. p aid. / Closing 49 51 94 98 1103 105 125 127 116 118 8 61 98 101 110 116 108 112 115 117 114 116 132 134 81 83 74 76 113 115 120 122 111 113 107 108 64 66 11 114 93 95 85 E 7 iB6 88 99 101 10 10 161 174 10 101 73 75 19 20 94 10 14 14/ 140 142 1120 122 '163 168 122 124 I I PI 6B 70 140 142 103 104 96 98 91 10 1 11; 12 9 10 1112 114 98 99 i die p d p 23 234 120 122 131 113 99 101 10 11 244 25 103 105 103 105 1( 17} 29 30 33 1 343 48 51 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Bedford and Bletchley Buckinghamshire Clydesdale Junction Colchester, Stour Val E.Lincolnshi re g.6p.C E Union,HarwichShs Do. Woodbridge Gls.Barr.&Nells,Drct Do. New .......... Gloster& Dean Forest HartlPool.Dck.&Rail Hull and Selby Do. / Shares Do. I Shares London&Greenivich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend Do. Barking Shares Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct Do. 6 per cent Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk Midsb.& Redcr,g.6p.c Mid.BradfordPrf. Stk Newmarkt.,BuryEx guaranteed 6 p. c. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed 5 per cent Preston and Wyre. Do. / shares A. Roystn,Hitch.,& Shop Shf.Roth.&Gol.g.sp.c. Shrewsbry& Hereford South Staffordshire .. Wear Valley, g. 6 P.C. Do. do. Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledon& Ciroydn.l Ln & N.W Ln & N.W Caledonin E.U.&E C Gt. North. E.Counts. Caledonin l Do. Gt. West Yk.N.&B:• Yk.N.ll(l. Do. Do. S. East Do. ..... Peto &Co . Do. ... : Norfolk,. Do. LN W&M Stk.& Dar Midland . E.Counts. Do. Do. Do. L&N W 1 & L.Yk. j Do. Gt. North. Lan.& Yk T Braskey M'Clean Stk.& Dar Do. ICA. West.' IL.&Brgin DOCKS. I Paid . Leasing I Closing Business Co.'s. Price. Done. 98 100 103 105 17 18 143 145 4 4t 91 11 11i1 90 92 8 9 Paid Closing business Price. Done. 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 102 101 18 Pm I Si Share Docks. Stock Commercial Stock Do4perCent.Pref.Min Stock Nast and West India._ Stock London Stock St. Katharine Stock Southampton Stock Victoria 20 ,Tha New TS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. 12.10 13.14 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock' Amberg., Notting. Bost. and Eastern Junction Belfast and Ballymena Bir., Wol., and Str. VaL Birk., Lana, and Chesh Junction Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrock,&Passage Cornwall Do. A (A rcves no div. Do. B until6p.c.per an. • ' hasbeen pd.toß. Dublin an dßelfast June. Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) East Kent East Lancashire East Suffolk Stock Stock Do Edinburg and Glasgow Edin.,Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction' Furness Glasgow & South Westn Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. 13 Stock Gt. South. & Wstn.(lreld) Great Western Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk Irish South Eastern Lancaster and Carlisle Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire Do. do. F 216 Do. do. 29 shares Do. West Riding Union Do. Southport London and Blackwall Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh Lon.,Bri, , ,fhton &S.Coast London & North Westn Do. Eighths London& South-Westn L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Man., Shef., & Lincoln Metropolitan Midland Do. Birming. & Derby. Mid. Gt. West.(lreland) Do. Shares Newhastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Herefd Newry & Armagh (def.) Newry, Warpt., & Roe Norfolk North. Counties Union North British Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß Do. B Stock North-Eastn.--Berwick Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. &S.Westn., Hampstd and City Junction North Staffordshire North-Western No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Sooth. N. E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer South Devon South-Eastern South Wales SouthYorks.&Riv.pun Do. do Staines, Wok., & Wok Stockton & Darlington Do. do. 1854 Do. do. 1855 Stockton & Hartlepool Taff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 . ThamesHavenDk&Rail Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B I Do. B West London Do. Ist Class Do. 2d Class .. Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 161 11313 4 Stock 100 3 4 100 100 100 100 100 1613 4 100 100 100 , D 3 la 17 1 1 all all 100 all 161 100 100 100 100 all all all all all all all all Paid. Closing 1 Business Prise. Done. L 10 , all , 8 71 8 C 2 64 11 111 31 83 92 CA 83 84 474 481 42 Si 9 9,1 15 16 58i 59 44 46 29 31 14 16 92 gl 70} 71 27 28 95 97 10 104 1014 10'2 87 88 131 133 1024 103} 55 55. 54 56 85 90 12 13 p 12 13 p 931 931 1 id Id 6 1 61 109 110 93 034 14 1 11 92 024 37 37i 921 631 1 19si 99 73* 75 1011 87 132 1021 55/5} NI I 61 114 12 60 62 3i d 571 581 104 10 23 21" 921 1 905 11 2 14d 465 17 755 16 99 101 4 d 13i 13i 1 7 8 30 32 114 116 27 27f 84 85 45 47 3f 2}d 37 38 74 /1/ 70 75 NI i 46 7 6J 751 1 311 i 6 6i 7o; 1 2./ 3 6 6i 361 } Business Done. 111 113 65 671, 115 120 90 92 21 11, 98 lto 58 60 1142 144 THE SUN, LoiNTDON,. WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 2, 1859, Cl Share! Railways. i Paid. Price. osing I Business Done. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 44 s}) 41 5 20 Ardennes all p 20 Bali.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 3 Idl 21 1 5 Belgian East. Junction all I ir i 20 ,Beziers to Graissessae. all 7 8 5 Carmeaux Mine it nail all 11 21 20 Dutch Rhenish l5 41 41 d 10} 6 Eastern of France 20 Euphrates Valley 2s. p 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs all 61 64 61 10 Italian Junction 20 Lake Constance & Bale all 20 Lierre and Turnhout 20 Lombardo Venetian 8 4 1p 81 20 Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf all 20 Lyons and Geneva 331 Maria Antonia all 20 Do. do. New 20 Namur and Liege all 81 81 81 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. all 19f 201 194 16 Northern of France 20 Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 81 91 20 Ottoman, g - tia. 6 per cent 7 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit. all 324 331 321 20 Paris and Orleans 20 f Recife& S. Fran. (Pern.) 1 9 1 a d 8} gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) ... j 20 Rig,a and Dunaburg.... 4 10 Rome and Frascati.... all 20 Royal Danish all 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. 20 Sambre and Meuse all a 7 6 1 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref. 20 Southern of France 84 West Flanders all 51 5 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference 20 W. dc N.W. of France all 23 24 20 Western of Austria 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all 20 Zealand all BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Shaul Railways. /Paid. Closin g B s o f a n s Atlantic & St Lawrence Leased at 6 per cent Bom.,Baroda& Cent. Ind gu. 5 per cent Do. Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. B Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Buffalo,Brant. &Godrich 0 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 o. do. 1 July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited) Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.e East Indian, gu. 5 p. c Do. C Shares Do. E Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore D 0.44 p.c. Bds. pay.'69 Geelong& Mel.gua.s p. c. Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B Do. 6 per cent. Pref Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.e Do. New, gua.s per cent Do. do Gt.S.of Ind. Lim.—Scrip guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with spt. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. 'l3 without opt Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 44 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 44 p. c. Extension Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c Do. Fourth do. Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do Northof India Tramroad Limited, Scrip Oude (Limited) Scinde Do. 2 t ~. , Do. New Do. Punjaub Do. Indus. St. Flo ts,,, ' -' St. Andrews & Quebec A ITrinidad(Linaited) Scrip 1 all I 131 all 78 80 - : - 111 6i 7i 20/ 20/ 100 I 100 190 1 161 ll 100 100 100 1. 3.0. 85 90 82 86 80 84 id i p 2s. 6d, 2 all 5 100 all 4 I 11l 17} 20 S took 1031 101 I !pa; 4 p all all 1100 19 20 Sto. I Mock 29 31 70 72 LOO 1014' d p arj g 100 1 151 16 41 41 d 100 105 100 105 100 105 96 98 174 18 19 201 181 19 d I d Stock 1 ail all all all all all ioo 1 ;o -a! di 20 I 21 P' id *j) I Idl id purl LAW INTEL . (THIS DAY.) VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURTS. (Before Vice-Chancellor Kindersley.) 11AL/ V. THE METROPOLITAN SALOON OMNIBUS COMPANY. The further hearing of this part-heard cause was resumed this morning. Mr. Roxburgh resumed his argument, and is now exa mining witnesses for the company. (Before Vice• Chancellor Sir William Page Wood.) JUDGMENT. - BUTTONSHAW V. MARTIN. His Honour the Vice-Chancellor stated—ln this case, the question raised was, whether there was now any trust belonging to the testator's estate. Looking to the Act of Parliament and the appointment of trutees, Mr. Wilcox says that where there is a trustee appointed he is entitled to act so long as the trust exists. According to the rule which is regarded in this court, if dim:- -is a trust estate, the estate should continue under the power of the trustees so long as their power was intended by the testator to exist. It may exist up to a particular time as to a part, and it may exist as to the remainder afterwards ; but if the whole of the estate in trust is in remainder, and that estate given to the legatee the estate is gone. In this case before me the testator gave a portion of his estate (one-sixth) to his heirs female, not an estate intail, and re served the residue ; and he appointed four trustees to take care of their interests. The heir female in succession mar ried, and her estate was managed by the trustees during the time she was wider °overture. Her husband died, and she was now discovered and anxious to get the sole control and management of her property. She was anxious to have conveyed to her the whole of the property now in the hands of the four persons appointed trustees, which sho contends she is entitled to take, the rest of the trust being duly provided for. His Honour considered she was entitled to have it assigned to her, the rest of the trust being duly provided for, and appointed the case to be put in the paper on Saturday week to adjust it. SECONDARIES COURT. (Before Mr. Secondary Potter and a Jury.) EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF BREAM OF PROMISE OF' MAR• RIAGE-DAMAGES Xi o o. - HAMPTON V. 'WALSH Mr. Oppenheim appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Hales for the defendant. This was a very peculiar case. The defendant is a poor brother of the Charter-house, and an officer living on his half-pay. Mr. Oppenheim stated his case to the jury as follows : In the year 1842 plaintiff, a young girl of poor but respect able family, aged 18, first became acquainted with the defendant, then an officer in the Dragoons. This was a breach of promise of marriage of a most painful character, and not a case against a poor booby brought by a sentimental school girl. The defendant had seduced the poor girl under a promise of marriage. The defendant, in the year 1842, met the plaintiff in the street, and, under a promise of marriage, induced her to meet him again, and then accompany him to a house of ill fame, where she was seduced. After this he persuaded her to go and live with him at his lodgings in Norfolk-street, in the Strand. There she resided for some years, and he finally deserted her after giving her a bond securing to her the sum of £1 per week. He met her some time afterwards and induced her to give up the bond, promising to provide her with necessaries for life. It was needless to say he had not kept his promise. This poor girl, aged 18, the only support of a widow, was met by the defendant, a man much older than herself, and after being seduced by him, and living with him for nine years under a promise of marriage, he left her and threw her o n the world, to becoMe a wretched castaway or an addition to our police-court calendar. The defendant was a poor brother of the Charter-house, and as such received nightly shelter; but he cared little for the feelings of his victim, and upon being applied to for assis tance wrote several times and most ridiculously. The defendant had suffered judgment to go by default, and had admitted the giving of the bond, and it would be for the jury to give substantial damages to the poor girl, who was now obliged to proclaim her shame to the world. He did not require vindictive damages, but sufficient to set her up in a decent business, and thus somewhat repay her for the injuries inflicted by the defendant. The defendant had put the plea of poverty upon the record, and the only sum he had ever given the poor girl was £2O. A person named Sutherland was here called upon his subpoena, and not appearing, the learned Secondary said he must take the consequence. A witness stated that the defendant was a captain, who was on his half-pay, and at present an inmate of the Char ter-house. Mr. Hales said he never heard of a case of such a nature, and one in which the facts were so distorted that it was surprising. There was no seduction. There was no long cohabiting. The defendant did give a bond, but he had the plaintiff's receipt for £2O for that very bond. He charac terised it as an attorney's action. Mr. Oppenheim denied this, and the learned Secondary pointed out to the jury that they must consider what damage the plaintiff had sustained, and the relative posi tions of the parties and their positions in the world. After a little deliberation the jury gave £lOO damages. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. -(THIS 1)417.; MARLBOROUGH -STREET. THE FIRE AT THE PANTHEON.—PICKING POCKETS. —Two young men, named Wm. Smith and James Young, described as weavers, residing at the east end of the town, were charged with attempting to pick pockets at the fire at the Pantheon Bazaar, Oxford-street. From the evidence of Charles Cole, 317 A, an active offi cer, it appeared that, about nine on the previous night, he was in Oxford-street, there being a crowd of at least 1,000 persons assembled, in consequence of a fire having broken out at the Pantheon, ten engines being in attendance, when he saw the prisoners, in company with two others, and after watching them for some time he saw Smith. with his arms folded, go up to a gentleman, and getting in front of him, put his hand on his watch -guard, and afterwards walk away, and shortly after saw them go to the corner of Poland-street, where he saw Smith repeat the act still with his arms folded. Perceiving that they were being watched, they were walking away, when he seized ono of them, when there was a cry of "Roughs," and stones were thrown at him and the constables who were assisting him, by their companions. On the way to the station Smith said, " It's no use giving me a drag' for this. Pll sling you a dol lar if you'll turn me up, that slop knows nothing about it." Smith's father said his son had never been in custody before, but the officers being satisfied he had, as well as his companion, they were remanded for further inquiries. LIVERPOOL RACES. (THIS DAY). [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. sto 2 agst The Brewer 9to 1 agst Jealousy 11 to 1 agst Jean du Quesne 100 to 8 bar three CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS D./IY.) OLD COURT. (Before the Lord Chief Barn and Baron Bramwell.) TILE CASE OF SREENE AND FREEMAN. This morning these two persons, who had been admitted to bail, appeared in court to receive judgment. They had formerly carried on business in the city as merchants, and had been adjudged bankrupts in July. In court they made a statement as to the disposal of their goods similar in effect to that which appeared in the depositions. At the next meeting of the Central Criminal Court an indict ment was preferred against them, and the trial took place before the Lord Chief Baron, when they were convicted on the same evidence as that heard before the magistrate. The case for the prosecution having closed, the depositions were tendered in evidence, but this was objected to by the Crown; but the Lord Chief Baron admittpd them, and reserved the point whether they con stittued a defence. The point was argued in the Court of Criminal Appeal, where she conviction was confirmed, and this morning the prisoners surrendered to receive judgment. Tho Lord Chief Baron dwelt at great length on the serious nature of the offence, and also the law upon the pcint, and finally sentenced the prisoners to twelve months' imprisonment. ARSON. Ann Collycr, 27, was indicted for feloniously setting fire • the dwelling-house of Mr. Charles Mellor. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr. Clarke appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Robin son defended the prisoner. Amelia Cotterell said—l resided at Wands worth with my father. In December last I used to go to Mr. Mellor's house. The prisoner was a servant there. I used to go at seven o'clock in the morning. Mr. Mellor used to let me in. On the 27th of December I went as usual. After having made a fire in the parlour, the prisoner came down and complained of being unwell. I went into Mr. Mellor's room to make the bed about a quarter before eight. There was no sign of fire then. While I was sweeping the stairs the prisoner came to me and asked me to come with her to see where some smoke, which was filling the house, came from. We proceeded to Mr. Mellor's bedroom, and there found a portion of the bed clothes on fire. A piece of flannel, which I had taken up into the room, was very much singed. The flannel had not been disturbed since I left it, when there was no sign of fire about it. The pri soner said she supposed Mr. Mellor must have taken the flannel down stairs to warm, and unknowingly brought the fire upstairs. The flames were extinguished, and I left the house. In about half an hour afterwards the prisoner came over to me and said, " Come over again, the fire is blazing in the room." The fire was again extinguished. In about two hours after an alarm of fire was given again. This time it was in the attic. By the Judge—The prisoner was up and down stairs during the whole two hours. I don't know what she was doing during the time. Examination continued—l remained in the house about an hour after that time. Mr. Mellor was in the back par lour during the greater portion of the morning. At one o'clock I returned to my father's house, after having taken the sheets and blankets out of Mr. Mellor's bedroom. In about five minutes after I saw flames at the window of the room. • I went over with my father, and we found a dressing gown, which was hanging up behind the door, in flames. While I was engaged in extinguishing the fire I saw the prisoner come up and go into the best bedroom. She re mained there about 20 minutes. As she came out she closed the door after her. I had been into the best bed room several times that morning; on all occasions the room appeared quite safe. I afterwards saw the prisoner sitting in the kit Chen, and as I passed through my father came down and said " My God, Annie, you've set the house on fire." The prisoner made no reply. By the time I got upstairs the flames were rushing out of the windows. The house this time was burnt down. Mr. Mellor was sitting in the parlour, but ho had been upstairs. I don't know what room he had been in. The prisoner when I first went in the morning was quite sober, but about half-past eleven she appeared far from being so. She had been taking spirits all the morning in consequence of feeling ill. Cross-examined by Mr. Robinson—l have been examined four times on this case. I don't recollect I was ever re• minded of giving different accounts of this affair. I should have known nothing about the fires if it had not been for the prisoner telling me. She exerted herself as much as any of us to extinguish the flames. Mr. Mellor used, dur ing the morning, to dry the towels he used in washing, and take them up stairs himself. William Cotterell, father of the last witness, gave similar evidence. Henry Linfield said—l was at Wandsworth on the 28th of December. I saw fire in the house of Mr. Mellor. I knocked at the door and the prisoner opened it. I said "Do you know the house is on fire." She replied she did not, and appeared excited by the announcement. Mr. Chidley said he resided at Wandsworth. I recollect a fire taking place at Mr. Mellor's house, on the 27th of December. Shortly after the fire that consumed the dress ing gown was extinguished, I went into nearly all the rooms in the house. I recollect going into the best bed room ; there was no sign of fire there. In about twenty minutes after I quitted the premises I saw the flames rushing out of all the windows. Mr. William Mears said—l recollect the fire at Mr. Mel lor's. I went to the door of the best bedrcom when the alarm was given. I opened it. I saw the bed on fire. I called for a pail of water. I threw the water on the bed. It blazed up very much. I was obliged to leave the room. The fire burnt my hair and whiskers. I said " It's of no use, you must send for the engine." I think if there had been nothing of a combustible nature, the water I throw on the bed was sufficient to extinguish the fire. I have seen tur pentine on fire. I think water causes it to spread. Baron Bramwell—Do you mean to say you think there must have been something more than the mere bedding on fire ? Witness—l think so. Mr. Robinson—This is the first time we've heard of anything of this kind. To witness—Did you smell tur pentine ? Witness—l was not there long enough. Mr. Robinson—But you were there long enough to burn your whiskers ? Witness—l didn't smell it. The Lord Chief Baron—How long does it take to smell turpentine ? Baron Bramwell—l think the question ought to be, does it take longer to burn whiskers than to smell turpentine ? (Laughter.) Witness—l can't say that there was anything calculated to help fire, but the flames burnt very rapidly. The police-constable who took the prisoner in charge, and Mr. Mellor, were next examined, but their evidence was unimportant. NEW COURT. (Before the Recoader.) THE MANSLAUGHTER IN THE HAMPSTEAD-ROAD. Mr. J. Plews, a timber merchant, was indicted for the manslaughter: of Mr. John H. Burrows, clothier, of the Hampstead-road. From the reports of the case, which have already ap peared in the Sun, it will be recollected that the prisoner had formerly been on intimate terms, but a quarrel arose between them, and on the 27th of January Plews entered the shop of Burrows and challenged him to fight. A blow was struck, which knocked Barrows down. In falling he fell against the handle of the door, which in flicted a severe wound on the head and instantly caused death. There had been great provocation on the part of Burrows. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, but strongly re commended him to mercy. The Recorder sentenced him to two months' imprison ment in Newgate. BRITISH MINES. tiihnre Mines. 1 —, Alfred Consols (Philack) British Iron Condurrow (Camborne) 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) East Bassett (Mogan). Great South Tolgus G.Wheal A lfd.(Phillack) G. Wheal Vor (Holston) Lady Bertha North Frances (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty N.Wh'l Basset (Mogan) Par Consols (St. Blaxy) Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) Sortridge Cons. 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Christian Stein, a foreigner, applied to Mr. Yardley for his advice and assistance under the following circumstances :—A man, named Eugene Closs, had been lodging with him for some time, and after his de parture for Hull, where he was now staying, several letters addressed to Closs were received by him, and they contained money. He did not like to open them, and wished the ma gistrate to advise him what to do. Mr. Yardley—You must not open other persona' letters. Have you written to the man at Hull ? Stein—l have, sir, and have received no answer from him; but a solicitor has written to me, stating that if I de tain the letters he will commence legal proceedings against me. Mr. Yardley—All I have to say is that no legal proceed ings can be taken against you if you have given informa tion to the man that you have the letters in your possession. Stein—l will send the letters to Hull if the man will forward his directions to that effect. I have incurred Is. 6d. expenses for postage. Mr. Yardley—you have a right to hold the letters until that is paid. Don't be frightened by a solicitor's letter. Let me see the' letter. The lawyer's letter, signed Thomas Johnson, was handed to the magistrate, who asked Stein if he had refused to de liver the letters to the solicitor authorised to receive them. Stein said a man came in a bullying and bouncing manner to his house on Sunday and demanded the letters. Mr. Yardley said if the solicitor was authorised by Closs to demand the letters they ought to be delivered to him. He was afraid that Stein was only telling him half the truth, and he would give no further advice. CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.—James Dunmore, a labourer, who was remanded by Mr. Yardley, and Susannah Dunmore, his wife, who was remanded by Mr. Elliott on a charge of manslaughter in causing the death of George Washer, on Sunday, the 20th ult., at No. 11, Three Colt street, Linkehouse, were to have been brought up this day for re-examination, but in consequence of an application made by Mr. Wakley, now the sole coroner for Middlesex, to Mr. Walpole, late aretary for the Home Department, the prisoners were removed from the Clerkenwell House of Detention this morning by the police of the K division and conveyed in custody to the Victoria public-house, in Limo house, where the coroner and a jury assembled this morn ing to hold an inquest upon the body of the de ceased. The object of taking the prisoners before the jury was to enable the witnesses to identify them. It ap peared that the deceased made a boast that he had been very familiar with Mrs. Dunmore, and could have her when he pleased. This aroused the ire of the male prisoner, and ho quarrelled with the deceased. A scuffle ensued, and while it was going on Mrs. Dunmore struck the deceased with some instrument on the head. He fell directly after wards, and his death was instantaneous. The evidence of a medical gentleman and the post mortem examination went to show that death was caused by violence. The principal witness against the prisoners is a woman of bad character, who cohabited with the deceased, and lived in the same house as the prisoners. The inquiry was proceeding at the Victoria, Limehouse, when our reporter left, and upon its termination the prisoners will be brought before Mr. Yardley, for him to dispose of the case. The proprietors of the Jerusalem Coffee-house have notified the full arrangements entered into, in conjunc tion with the General Association for the Australian colo nies, with regard to the subscription rooms lately opened for all persons interested in the trade or progress of those countries. AXIOMS FOR QUACKS. LEGAL ADVICE (GRATIS) TO QUACKS. 1. Don't take the patient's fee on the promise to cure him instanter, when you know you can't — that would be a false pretence. 2. Don't personate one of your confederates, or say you are Smith when you are plain Jones ;—say boldly you are Jones—that would be no false pre tence. 3. Don't say you have been to China or Turkey, when, in truth, you have not ;—that would be a false pretence. 4. Don't call yourself Doctor or Surgeon ;—that, under the new Medical Act, would be a false pre tence. Be a plain Mister, and promise no more than you can fulfil—then there is no false pre tence. 5. Don't get shown up in that awful journal, the Medical Journal, for the maxim of its conductors is, that the only mode of immolating a quack is to publish his accomplishments in the daily and weekly journals throngh the machinery of county courts, police courts, and the Old Bailey.—Medical Journal, March 2. MYSTERIOUS DEATH IN THE REGENT'S CANAL. —Yesterday, an inquest was taken by Mr. Wakley, at the Elephant and Castle, King's-road, St. Pancras, on view of the body of Mr. James Wight, aged 49, who was found drowned in the Regent's Canal. It appeared from the evi dence that on the 18th ult. the deceased, who had formerly been in business in St. Pancras, and who was highly re spected, attended the funeral of Mr. Jolliff, landlord of the Prince Albert, Caledonian-road, and which took place at Kensal-green. On his return from the funeral he called at the Chalk-farm Tavern. He left there rather excited, to go home, but was never afterwards seen alive. His body was subsequently found in the Regent's Canal. A verdict of " Found dead" was returned. 100 100 100 100 100 100 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THis DAY). The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. On the motion of Mr. CHARLES FORSTER, the order of the day for the committal of the Liverpool Corporation Water Bill was discharged, and the bill was withdrawn. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented in favour of placing post-office officials in the provinces on the same footing as those in the metropolis ; that for any inquiry into the working of the Licensing Act in Scotland should be conducted by Royal commission. REAL ESTATE INTESTACY BILL. Mr. LOCKE KING, in moving the second reading of his bill, said there was a great deal of misstatement and misapprehension existing. The effect of the bill would materially relieve a large number of small proprietors from the operation of the present system, which affected them most injuriously. It had been asserted that the present law was in harmony with the feelings of the great body of landed proprietors in the country. That he entirely denied ; because, as he had already s t a t e d, it was oppose d to their interests, and consequently not congenial to their feelings. He had been accused of a desire to introduce the French law on this subject into this country ; but he did not know what was meant by the French law, as there could be no division by testament of property in th a t country. The more experience he acquired, the more con vinced he was of the utility of making the law uniform in regard to every description of property. Lord W. GRAHAM moved as an amendment that the bill be read a second time that day six months. He con sidered that the effect of the bill would be most disastrous. It was said that the measure did not attack the law of primogeniture, but though it did not do so directly it did so indirectly, a n d they might rest assured that any attempt to abrogate or restrict that law in the slightest degree would eventually lead to enactments that would terminate in its total abolition. If such a result took place they had no guarantee for the permanence of the constitution of the country. That constitution, he contended, was maintained by the continuance of large properties, and a n y a lt era ti on in the present system could not fail to work most injuriously. He believed that the minute division of land in France led to revolution in that country, and it had also proved detri mental to the interests of agriculture. Mr. MELLOR supported the second reading of 'the bill. He contended that the existing law had its source in feudal days, and was opposed to the ancient laws on the subject of division of property. At present the wife and younger children were placed entirely at the mercy of the eldest child, and such a state of things was opposed alike to morality, religion, justice, and even common sense. (Hear, hear.) The reason'why the table was not covered with petitions on this sithject was that the cases of injustice under the present system were not sufficiently known or so sufficiently numerous as to excite a general feeling on the subject; but that s y s t em was no t th e l ess unjust because its operation was n o t more e xtended. It had been said that the number of small proprietors who died intestate was conclusive in favour of the present law, be cause it showed they did not wish to avail themselves of making a distribution of their property amongst their chil dren. But it was a fact that so many of the class alluded to dying intestate was in consequence of their delaying their wills until they were surprised by death. Mr. HENLEY supported the amendment, and argued that the present bill would be very detrimental to the lower class of small proprietors. Sir G. LEWIS said he understood the object of the bill was to assimilate the law between the division of real estate and personal estate. He thought such a measure was not only unnecessary, but would be most injurious, and that it was not demanded by the very class for whose benefit it was introduced. Hon. members must be aware that the present law was closely identified with the constitution of the country, and such being the case, and there being no expression of th e pu bli c opinion in favour of the bill, he would vote against the second reading. Mr. M. MILNES said that he had heard no argument to alter his opinion, which was that the bill of the hon. member would be beneficial to the class for whom it was intended—namely, the middle class of society. He came to the consideration of the subject quite independent, and he would, as he had done on a former occasion, support the measure The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that he hoped the present discussion, terminating, as he trusted it would, in the rejection of the bill, would set the question at rest for yeOrs. He did not oppose the measure on any technical ground, but on its own merits. The bill did not provide for a description of cases that was of very frequent oc currence ; and it was also very defective in its provisions, so that it could not attain the end for which it was designed. The consequences of this bill would be, amongst others, that the right of the Crown by escheat would be transferred to an administrator, who was a stranger. He admitted that there were some defects in the existing law, but that was no reason why the entire system relative to pro perty by descent, and a bill ought to be introduced to meet that particular grievance. Any hon. member introducing a measure that seriously affected an existing system should have three grounds to justify his doing so. In the first place he should be prepared to show that it was desired, that the present system inflicted hardships, and that the present system inflicted hardships, and that the change pro posed would remedy them, and be consistent with sound policy. Who, ho asked, out of doors required this bill ? He wanted to know the views of the property interest either as expressed by their language or their practice. According. to the custom it was evident th a t th e general body of landed proprietors of the country were in favour of the existing law. With respect to any hardships it could not be contended, because in some particular cases , parties might have expre sse d regret at not having made ' their wills when they were competent to do so, but there were thousands of instances when there was no such expression, and the logical assumption was that the majority did not care to make their wills, being satisfied to let the law tak e its course. It would be as just to infer from these particu lar cases the will of the majority, as it would be call on Parliament to legislate with regard to testame n t ar y disposi tion of property, because a few extraordinary wills had been made. As regarded this point, he considered that it was the polky of this country to afford the fullest and freest facilities for the disposition of landed property. He admitted that the present law was a remnant of feudalism, but he maintained that it, notwith standing that, was in consonance with existing in terests. The law as it at present stood harmonised with a hereditary monarchy and peerage, and tended to keep families together by preserving a headship amongst them. If, however, the measure now before the house would have the effect of dwarfing old families in one generation to petty squires, and dwarfing them still further in the next generation to mera peasant. (Hear, hear.) The present system had the effect of stimulating the younger children to exertion to enable them to maintain the respectability of their family, and it rendered parents more desirous of making a provision for their younger children. The right hon. gentleman cited the dictum of Sir Matthew Hale and the statement of Count Montalem bert, in his celebrated pamphlet, as to the impolicy of al tering the present law. Mr. LOWE considered that the question before the house had been very much magnified. [LEFT SPEIRING.] AMERICAN CHARACTERISTICS. We are indebted to a correspondent of the Nash ville Eagle (the names of the southern papers are so Pickwickian, or we may take Franklin's opinion about the foulness of that bird)—writing from Troy, Kentucky, for the following account of a human barbecue :—" On New Year's-day, the annual negro sales took place, at Troy, the county seat, and there was quite a collection of people there. Everything went on smoothly until about one o'clock in the evening, when Mr. James Callaway, a brother-in law of the deceased, mounted upon an old goods box before a store door, and addressed the people for about 15 minutes. He said, if the mass of the people felt as he did, and would do their duty, which he believed they would, they would take the black murderer out of gaol and burn him at a stake, in the presence of all the negroes that were there, to set an example before them, and to show them what will be the result of all such conduct if there should ever be such again. Then he closed by say ing, All that feel as I do will follow me.' Ile then leaped from the stand, and there was a general shout given, and lie led the way to the gaol, and nine-tenths of the multitude followed. On arriving at the gaol they found the sheriff and the gaoler, who did all they could to suppress the mob, but all to no purpose. They now mustered some 800 or 1,000 ' strong. ,They then commenced with sledge-ham• mers, crow-bars, and axes, and, in about an hour, entered the gaol and brought forward their victim (the negro murderer). They marched him to the centre of the gaol yard, drove down a large stake and chained him, in an erect position, hands and feet fastened to the stake. There was abundance of shavings and split wood piled round him ; this consumed sotne half an hour. During this time the negro talked to the negroes that gathered round him. He told them that he had a good master, and that he was always treated too well and given too many liberties, and for them to take warning in time, and never do as he had done. Then the torch was applied, and he seemed to be entirelyindifferent about it until the flames began to burn as high a s his knees. Then he began to twist, and snort, and groan, and in about a minute more he began to scream. He gave some of the most hideous screams that I ever heard come from any human being. I could not stand to see any more, and left. When I left the flames were burning as high as his head. I wa s only a spectator—took no hand either for or against. I think that there were some 1,000 to 2,000 people to witness this d rea df u l scene , an d 200 to 300 negroes." When we reflect that we have "one country, one constitution, and one destiny," we are led to infer :-Ist, that in roasting men alive whole, our one country stands alone. (The Feejee Islanders roast them, but not alive, and then always for the purpose of eating, while we waste the meat). 2nd, that our constitution, which recog nises the right to roast a man whole, and may give the cooks the highest political honours in the Re. public—including foreign missions and marriages with Northern heiresses of the Plymouth Rock, Bunker.hill, Manhattan Island, and Quaker City Stock—is certainly the model constitution of the world.—Neiv York Tribune. A few days back it was reported that the house of M. Fould, at Paris, would take the new Sardinian loan of £2,000,000, but the letters yesterday state that it will not be entertained in that quarter. This is looked upon as all unfavourable symptom, since M. Fould, as Minister of State, must possess opportunities of foreseeing if events are at hand that might render the speculation too hazardous. The same adviees mention a general rumour that Count Cavour is about to visit Paris. A telegram from Berlin in the Nord, dated February the 27th, states that the projected mission of Prince Frederick William of Prussia to "Vienna has been abandoned. The Government brokeryesterday bought £20,000 Consols for the savings-banks. These daily purchases have now been taking place with little intermission for more than three months, and it is estimated that they must have amounted to an aggregate of nearly £1,000,000. WHITEHALL, FEB. 28. The Queen has been pleased _to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land unto Samuel Cunard, Esq, of Bush-hill, in the countyof ➢liddlesex, and the heirs male of his bodyPawfully begotten. The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Sir Charles Nicholson, of Luddenham, in the Colony of New South Wales, Knt., and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Fin. 26. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Theodore Frean as Consul at Belfast for the United States of Ame rica. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 1. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Garrett Kilkelly as Consul in the Island of 13arbadoes for the Free Hanseatic City of Hainburgh. CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 25. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Worcester (Eastern Division)—The Honour. able Frederick Henry William Gough Calthorpe, of Perry Hall, in the county of Stafford in the room o f G eorge Rushout, Esq., now Lord Northwick, called to the House of Peers. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH, 1. lst Regiment of Dragoon Guards —Captain Thomas Nisbet to be Major, by purchase, vice P oynter, who retires; Lieutenant Arthur James P. Wadman to be Captain, by purchase, vice Nisbet ; Cornet Guy Webster to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Wadman. 2d Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Silvester Calvert to be Captain, without purchase, vice Bridgeman, deceased. 6th Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Charles Hill Uniacke to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-M a j or F ors t er, promoted, by purchase, to an Unattached Majority. Military Train —Ensign John Huntingford Bridger, from the 77th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Noel Harris, who has retired ; Paymaster Harry Lee Carter, vice Thomas Calderhead Brown, who exchanges. Grenadier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Philip Smith to be Adjutant, vice Keppel, who resigns the Adjutancy only. 6th Regiment of Foot—Ensign Oliver Robinson has been superseded, being absent without leave. 13th Foot—Paymaster Thomas Calderhead Brown, from the Military Train, to be Paymaster, vice Henry Lee Carter, who exchanges. 15th Foot—Lieutenant George Joseph Maunsell to be In structor of Musketry, vice Captain J. Wilkinson, who rejoins his Company. 17th Foot—Lieut. Francis Wood, from the 34th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Sheppard, who exchanges. 19th Foot—Thos. Hewlett, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon. 22d Foot —James Edward Clark, Gent., to be Assistant- Surgeon ; Lieut. H enr y L e i g h t o b e Instructor of Mus ketry, vice Ellis, promoted. 25th F oot — Assistant-Surgeon James Clerk Rattray, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon vice Gamble, who ha s res i gne d ; Lieutenant Frederick ' Stephen Terry to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Strange, promoted in the 14th Foot. 34th Foot — Lieutenant Henry T. Sheppard, from the 17th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Wood, who exchanges. 43d Foot—Lieutenant Samuel Toniyns Sargent to be In structor of Musketry. 45th Foot—Ensign Thomas Jones Westby has been per mitted to resign his commission. 61st Foot—Ensign William Sydney Nugent to be Instruc - tor of Musketry. 68th Foot — Lieutenant John Francis Sparke to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Savage, promoted ; George Fowler Caldecott, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Tew, promoted. 70th Foot—Lieutenant Eustace Cay, from the 98th Foot to be Lieutenant, vice Bingham, w h o exc h anges. , 72d Foot—The surname of the Ensign appointed on 15th October, 1858, is Thomson, and not Thompson, as then stated. 74th Foot-41eutenant Henry Jameson to be Instructor of MusketrY. 84th Foot—Captain James Hudson, from the 97th Foot, to be Captain, vice Henry Browne, who exchanges. • 97th Foot—Captain Henry Browne, from the 84th Foot, to be Captain, vice James Hudson, who exchanges. 9.3 th Foot—Li eu t. Th omas R. Devereux Bingham, from the 70th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Cay, who ex changes. Royal Canadian Rifles—Surgeon John Rambaut, from the Staff, to be Surgeon, vice Surgeon-Major Maitland, who exchanges. HOSPITAL STAFF. Surgeon-Major John Maitivd,•M.D., from the Royal Canadian Rifle Regimtnt, to be Surgeon-Major, vice Sur geon Rambaut, who exchanges. Assistant-urgeon John Campbell, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Edward William Clemishaw Kingdom, placed upon half-pay. TO BE ASSI. John Smeeton .Allanby, S M.D., TANT-SURGEONS vice Norris appointed to the 85th F oo t. , Wm. Taylor Morgan, M.D., vice Kearney, appointed to the Ist West India Regiment. George Calvert, Gent., vice Johnston, appointed . tar the Ceylon Rifle Regiment. Thomas Seward, M.D., vice Collins, appointed to the 87th Foot. James Watson, sent., vice Gillespie, appointed to the 74th Foot. Acting Assistant-Surgeon Charles Dicer, M.D., has been permitted to resign his appointment. BREVET, The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets, of her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, at present doing duty at the Royal Engineer Establishment,. at Chatham, with the rank of Ensign, to have the local and temporary rank of Lieutenant, while employed in that establishment :—Wm. Henry Pier son, Geo. Strachan, Barre John Goldie, John Pennycuick, Charles Alex. Sim, and Henry Doveton. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. County of Dorset— James Fellowes, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. County of Southampton —Hampshire Yeomanry Cavalry —George James Drummond, Gent., to be Cornet, vice William Wither Bramston Beach, promoted. Royal North Lincoln Militia—John Woulf Keogh, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Henry Geldart Metcalfe, resigned. Light Infantry Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia— Lieutenant Frank Paul Matthews to be Captain, vice Dickinson resigned. 4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Regi ment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Ensign Wm. Upton. Slack to be Lieutenant, vice Hallowes Henry Bolton, re signed. - Durham Artillery Regiment of Militia—Second Lieu tenant Charles Manley Browne to be First Lieutenant, vice George Robson, resigned ; Mark Quayle, Gent, to be Second Lieutenant. 2d or North Durham Regiment of Militia—Thomas Henry Wilkin to be Surgeon, vice Langstaff, resigned. BANKRUPTS. Samuel Hinder, jun., auctioneer, Salisbury, to surrender March 10, at twelve, and April 7, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Charles Wooltorton, ironmonger, West Smithfield, City, March 9, at one, and April 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John James Messer, telescope manufacturer, Upper King. street, Commercial-road East, March 14 and April 11, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Henry Eaton Woodruff, lace manufacturer, Nottingham, March 15 and April 12, at the District Court of Bankruptcy. John Winstanley, Charles Houghton, and George Raper Harvey, comb manufacturers, Liverpool, March 14, at eleven, and April 4, at tw e l ve , a t th e Li ve rpool District Court. Thomas Swift, grocer, Sheffield, March 12 and April 9, at ten, at the Council-hall, Sheffield. Edward Hoyles, grocer, Coningsby, Lincolnshire, March 23 and April 20, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Kingston upon-Hull. Henry Joseph, otherwise Charles Henry Josiffe, licensed victualler, Strand, March 10, at twelve, and April 8, a t half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. James Webb, butcher, Reading, March 10, at half-past twelve, and April 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. - - Sir John Malcolm, Baronet, of Balbedie and Grange, Fifeshire. Samuel Henderson, bleacher, nonacid liirkintilloch. John Neil, spirit dealer, Glasgow. , Saul Solomon Asher, fruit merchant, Glasgow. David Rea, grocer and siok_irit dealer, Dundee. James Bulloch, grocer, Kimintilloch. COURSE Or EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY. Amsterdam Short. 11 15 11 16 Ditto 3 Months. 11 17 11 18 Rotterdam ll 17 11 18 Antwerp — 25 32 25 37f 8ru55e15..'....... 25 32 i 25 37t Hamburgh. Paris 25 121 Ditto 25 37 Marseill es _ 25 321 25 37 Frankfort on M:tine — 1181 118 f Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — 351 35% 49 Madrid Cadiz --49.4 Leghorn — 29 721 29 77/ Genoa — 25 50 25 55 39i 40 _ Naples Palermo — 121 121} Messina — 1211 1211 Lisbon 52f 52t . Oporto Rio Janeiro New York E.I. Co's Ms. Houk. his. 60d. Calcutta, Co.'s rupee 26 24 k Bombay ditto Madras ditto — 26 24 k East India Company s Bills drawn, from the 24th alt. to tho Bth inst: Bengal Madras Bombay., 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) Per oz. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) I, 0 5 11 GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.---The Government emigration ship Herald, 1,195 tons, Captain Henley, sailed f rom Plymouth on the 22d ult. for Melbourne, Victoria, with 59 married couples, 4 single men, 262 single women, 33 children between the ages of 1 and 12, and 8 infants, making a total of 425 souls, equal to Opt statute adults, under the charge of Surgeon-Superintendent J. C. Sanger, M.D. Her Majesty's Emigration Commissioners have given notice of their intention to receive tenders on Thursday, the 3d inst., for ships to proceed to Adelaide, South Australia, Table Bay, Cape of Go o d H ope, and Melbourne, Victoria, to be ready respecti ve l y for the reception of passengers on such days as the Commissioners may appoint, between the 4th and 11th of April, the 11th and 18th, and the 16th and 25th. In ships over 500 tons there is now a graduated re duction of the crew. SCALDED TO DEATH.—An inquest was held yes terday at the London Hospital, on the body of a girl named Margaret Haggerty, aged nine years, who on Thursday morning fell into a tank of scalding water on the premises of Messrs. Goodhart and Company, sugar-bakers, of Rat cliff. She had been sent from home with a pail to fill it with hot water, and in dipping it into the tank she slipped and fell hi, and was so severely scalded that she died the same day. Verdict, accidental death. FR OM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIOIIII