The Sun. — London, England, 1858-03-04 00:00:00

MONEY • i3D COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENC CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Provision having now becn m? de for the com mercial bills due this day, the 4th of the month, the demand for money is somewhat quieter, but it is thought, and the advice 3 from the manufacturing districts warrant the impression, that henceforward the improvement in business, will be sufficient to produce a grad ual extension of the enquiry. So great is the amount of unemployed capital, however, now offered on easy terms, that some time must ne cessarily elapse before enough is withdrawn to im part more firmness to the quotations asked in Lombard-street, as the renewal of business, under the most favourable circumstances, will no doubt prove very slow for some few months. Of course the bill-makers will take the earliest opportunity for elevating their charges ; but at present there is too much competition among them to admit of any material alteration. In some quarters, however, money cannot now be procured on such moderate terms as those required a few days since; 21 instead of 21 percent., being demanded for good descriptions of paper. With the minimum at 3 per cent., no one can object to that rate. Until recently many were confidently of opinion that the directors would make a► reduction to 2i per cent., but that hope is no longer indulged, and the public generally express their approval of the course pursued at the national establishment, beclse no s ubstantial benefit can be derived from the official t-rma being forced to a lower point than that which is now established. The accounts just received from Australia apprise us of further large consignments of gold, and even if the purchases of silver should necessitate a few withdrawals from the B ink, they will not produce anxiety as the defect so occasioned would be replaced whenever any lsrge remittances were received either from Australia or America. A small portion of the am )unt couv.-yed by the Donald Mc Kay,—viz., 20,0001., was taken into the Bulk yesterday. About 60,0001. worth of silver was brought yes terday by the Srine from Boulogne. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed firmly, and values of all descriptions were id. per lb. dearer. The sales am , unted to 6,000 bales, 600 of which were taken by the speculators. la the Railway Share Market the business transacted was limited, but prices were fully maintained. There was a meeting of the Geelong and Ballarat Railway Co. to-day, at which it was agreed to leave the public balance, of about 72/., in the hands of the directors for their trouble, as the expense of dis tributing that amount over the large number of "hares would consume the amount. A. meeting was called by two parties to-day, at th e London Tavern, to bring some complaint against the management of the Unity Bank, but at the appointed hour no supporters of the movement appearing, the meeting,which was large, appointed a chairman, and passed a ♦ote of censure on the conveners, and one of confidence in the Directors Of the Unity Bank, after which they separated. There has been an improved market to-day for English Securities, and a moderate business has been done at an advsnce of per cent. The settlement of the account being over business has %lightly increased, and the easy state of the money Market together with the confidence expressed in the new Ministry has caused a partial return of buoyancy. Consols have risen to 97 and 971 for Money, and 971 I for account. At the present Moment, however, the market has relapsed into a heavy state, the prices being 96111 and 96i to 97 respectively. The New Three per Cents. have been dealt in at 97a f, but have since been 971 1. The Reduced are marked 97g I. Exchequer Bills are 38s. to 41s. premium. Bank Stock is 225 to 2261. Business in the Foreign Stock Market is quiet, and prices exhibit an upward tendency. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 1014 102; ditto 4 per Cents., 104} I ; Peruvian 44 per Cents., 80i ; Russian 5 per Cents., 109 it ; ditto 41 1 per Cents., 99/ 100; and Sardinian 5 per Cents., 91. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5/ 61 ; Mexi can, 235 to 20f ; Peruvtan 45 per Cents, 80 to 81 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 56 to 57 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 455 to 46/ ; Russian 5 per Cents., 108 to 110; Ditto 4A per Cents., 98 to 100; Spanish S per Cents., 44 to 441 ; Ditto New Deferred. 261 to 26g. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up be this day, are in round figures as under : 1858. 1857. Great Western £21,932 £24,233 North-Western !South-Western Brighton 9 860 10,922 Midland B onth-Eastern 10.787 14,375 Groat Northern Lenoashire and Yorkshire 20,032 22,538 North. Eastern Bristol and Exeter 4,992 5,109 Chester and Holyhead Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincoln 8,514 4.884 North London Oxford, Worcester, and Wolvor 3,560 3,700 south Devon Belfast and Ballymena Glasgow and Sou h-Western Edinburgh and Glasgow Northern of France Grand Trunk of Canada great Western of Canada Rather more business has been transacted this morning in the Railway Share Market, and prices have exhibited an improvement of about to per cent, for most of the leading lines. Caledonian, Eastern Counties, Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee, and North British advanced ss. ; Brighton, North Western, Midland, and Vale of Neath, 10s. ; Great Western, 15s. ; and South Eal,terns, if. ; Great Northern, North Eastern (Berwick), and Lau easbire and Yorkshire declined about 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines are quiet, and show little variation in prices. Paris and Lyon 3 have declined about ss. ; East Indian, Grand Trunk of Canada, Great Western of Canada, and Great Indian Peninsula, are at about former rates. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares are a shade firmer ; London and County improved 55., Oriental Bank, 55., and Union of Australia, ss. ; Canada Land Shares improved 11., and Peninsula and Oriental Steam, ss. IMMESH FINDS THIS DAY AT ONE (from the o. 4 dietat List:! _ PuAnus done Baak Stock 226k 5 a , ,e , „eat. ktectueed 2•1.uu1t.,, 97 i i a Z„. Per Cent nnnsols •C nn 4 itioh New ; per Cent. Annuities 9 74 i 4 i Long Annuities, expire stit Jan. 1860... 2 1-16 la kis iionds, .£l.oui , ... .. ... ,• ••. ... 30 p em_sols for A ccourt (Apr - i 18) Exchequer 4ilis, s ! c, ~1000 - ~i fi~. S Ditto Advertiaed 3B 41 p 28Ickai OF FOREIGN FtiNlli AT ONB O'CLOCK Peruvian Bonds, iii per Cent .... Ditto Account . Ilus3ian Bonds, In'', i: St • /I 5 perD Cent lO9 ? - 1 -. Ditto, cli per Cent. Sardinian Ronda, f per Cent. - - Ditto Account Turkno, c.n.te, ti per , Ont Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, ; per Cent. Ditto Account TWO O'ciLoCi , . Consols, money bittu, Account The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Com- Pany's steamer City of Baltimore passed Cork about /300 11 yesterday. She brings one day's later news from N ew York, but as a strong easterly gale was prevailing ' n Channel, with a heavy sea at the time of her passing C ork, it is uncertain at what hour she may a r rive to t4orrow. THE SWANSEA CONVICTS.—The two Greek sailors, o r ,' - ' e lPhanta and Halius, wh o w ere convicted at Swansea , -4 Saturday, and sente nce d t o death for the barbarous l 'Order of a shipmate, will be executed at Cardiff It 1 4 841 (1 there has never been a public execution at Swan :. The convict s beh ave th emse l ves in a very careless ll nner. Th e Sheriff o f th e coun t y wa ited upon them oaSlinday, when one of them, pointing to own neck, with a significant gesture, "Me hang to-morrow. Was told that he wo u ld no t b e hanged for some day s, AUt at he appeared desirous that the execution should com e once, and repeated, "No, no ; hang to-morrow ! Z a priest of th e G ree k Ch urch h as b een sen t f or from 400 11 to attend the convicts. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 4, 1858 ED RENTAI,43. (11 , ?Mcz Prices yetterday- 98 - 100 100 - 102 14 - 16 139 - 141 4 - ',lOB - 110 - ••• 13 - 14 ••• 24 - 25 97 - 99 ..• - ••• 2 - 2 96 -7- 98 5t --- 17 135 - 138 8 - 8i 10f - 101 33 --- 90 - PREFERENCE SHARES. Blyth and Tyne 10 P. c.pref. (issd. at 501.) Brie. & Ex. 4 p. c. qt. bo. 4 per c, Shares.. Caledn. £lO 4 p. c, Ches. & Ho. 5 p. c, D0._d0,5 per cent ICork&Batidonsip.o, Dun.Perth.Saber.J E. Anglian Ole. A Sh. Do. do. Ole. B 6p. c. Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c. Eas. Co.Ex, sp. c No.l Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 pr. c. St. East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 5/ 10 per cent Do. la. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent... East Lancash.6 p.cts. E.&W. York. J. sths Ediu.dc Gl. 5 p. c. Sh. Ed. Prth. & D 4p.c Furness, 5 p, c Glas. dz 5.W.G.5 p.c Great Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. Do. 4i per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. G . of Scot. Ist Pr( Gt. S di W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt.W.(B.StH.Ex.spc Do. con. - zed. 4i P.C. Do. con, red. 4 p. c. o. irred. 4 per lent, ° 5 B Prof.h d S rof : Do. o. Chester Bp. c. P. S. Do. do. 5 p. c. d 0.... Do. Birm. Gua. Stk. Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh. Do. do. do. Do. do. do. Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pc.No.l l D0.,P., 5 p.c.St.No.2 Do. New Guar. 6p.c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. & N. W. , Coy. di Nuneaton 5 r. Lon. di S.W. 7 per ct. late 3d Shares ... Londy.& Color. a Sh. Londy.&Ennis, a Sh. S.,&L. 6 p. Cent. dO. Do. do. 34 per cent. Marypt. &Carl. 4 P.C. I Do. 4A per cent Do. do. Consol. 6p. c. St. Do.Con.Br.Bir. 6 p. c. Do. 4. p. c. Pref. St. Do. L. di IL Pref. St. New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p.e.red. sp.e.pm. Do. Perpet. 6 pr. et. Norf k. Deb. 4 p. c. Sh. Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 54 p.c. pf , 1847 Do. Wv. V.sp. ~ 1 847 North British IDo. 71. Preference ... N.B. Berw. 4 p. e. Prf. Do. do. do Leeds 6pa No.l o. do. Qrs., 1848... Do. York El. dr S. Pur. North Staffordshire.. Wor. dt Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar. Do 6 p. c. 2421 guar... IDo. do. Debentr. St.l Cout.New Pro. Sc.N.E.Aber.e.6p.c. Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. Do. do.3i p.c. pf. St. Do. uth Devon - Do. fixed 4i pr cent. S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent Do. Fixed 4i P.C. Sh Do. New 41 pr. cent S. Wales Gua. 4 p. C. Do. do. 4i p. c S.Yorksh.4 13. c.Guar ock. &Dar., 5 p. C Do do. do. Waterfd& Kilk. 6 pc BRITISH (Alfred Cons. (Philk.) {British Iron ...... Condurow (Cambrn.) Dev.Gt.Cnsls. (Tay.) Est Basset (Mogan) Great South Tolgus rt. W. Alfrd. (Philk.) Grt.W. Vor (llelstn.) Lady Bertha N. Frances (Illogan) N.W.Basset (Mogan) North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St. Blaxy) Porkellis U. (Wend.) Sort. Cons. Min. Co. S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S. Cam Brea (Illogn.) S. W. Frances( Mogi'. ) Tam. S. & L. Min. Co ;Tin Croft (Gwennap V. of Towey (Camar.) W. Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskrd.) Wh. Basset (Illogan). Wh. Buller (Rdruth). Wh. Edward (Calstek: Wh. Kitty (U. Llant Wh. Ma. Ann (Monht. Wh. Trelawney (Lis. FOREIGN FOREIGN. MiNEtt. 10 i all lAntwrp& Rotterdam' 6 - 66 61 20 all 'Ardennes... 1 1 1 7 0 is. A Bo u n st Acc .a o n rd Cop. (li.) - j p 5 all Belgian East. Junct 1 - 1k 11 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued 20 all Beziers to Graissessac ... - ..• at £5 pm) - 2. 6 all Carmeauxet Toulousa 30 all Do. Cocaos (St Cuiada _. - ... Coal Mines and Ry. 3i - 3i 20 15 Do. St. John Del Roy 12i - 136 20 15 ;Dutch Rhenish -34 d 1 6 Clarendon Con. MM. 20 all 'Eastern of France - ...d 20 I all Do. Now ... - ... 40 all Cobre Copper 4l - 43 20 1 2s. Euphrates Valley ... ... - ... ... 16 Copiapo - 15 20 all (Great Central of France ... - ... 1 all Dun Mountain Cop -20 all Great Luxembourg... 71 8} 8 i per Mining Co. - k P 1G 6 Italian Junction 2 all Fortuna - .fd 20 all Lake Const. & Bale .. - ... 20 all General - 171 20 i all Lierro and Turnhout ~. - ...d 3 all Linares -96 1 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 4i 5 p 5 1i Lusitanian - 6d 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.e.p. . - .. 1 all Mariquita 20 all Lyons and Geneva ... 27 - 28 1 all Now Granada 20 all Lyons & Mediterran. ... - ... 1 all Noveau Monde - ”. 33A all Maria Antonia - ... 20 all Pont.Sil.LdM.&Smlt 5 .- 6 10 all I Do. New 5 1 Port Philip ”. -- .I. 20 all Namur & Liege - 1 26 - 3 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Prof 2 - 21 1 all United Mexican . 1 3i - 46 16 all Northern of France 3B - 38$ 10 ! all NorwegianTruk.Pref 1 - 0i I MISCELLANEOUS. . 20 1 all Paris and Lyons 334 - 333 ni 20 all Paris and Orleans 55 - 57., 1000 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) ; ... --, ... 20 9 !Recife & San Fra I 25 1 1 .u.,19 Australian Agricult. l 256 - 266 26 (Pernam.) g. 7 1). c "'" di , I u 10 all Australis, Royal Mail lii . ii 10 all Berlin Water Works.. 4 - :5 10 1 all Rome and Frascati - ... •• • 10 1 2 Do. Now iss. at Si. d ... - ... 20 ' ali Royal Danish ...... - - 18 I A - i 50 1 40 Brit. American Land 35 - 40 5 all Royal Swedish lOO I 324 Canada l4B - 155 151 50 2C all Sambre and Meuse._ 8 - 81 St. 100 Do•Go.6pc.Jan&July 1136 - 1146 1.13 i 14 10 all )o. 56 per cent. mei. • 8-' 8 4 St. all Copper Min. o f E ng . 30 - .15 20 all Southern of France.. 216 - 22 25 all Do. Pref. 71 p. cent. 26 -- 28 8w all West Flanders 44 - 5 5 all Crystal Palace li - 1$ 16 10 all Do. 56 p er c . P ro f . 9 --9 i 5 all Do. Preference - 1 1 20 I all W. (St N. W. of France 27 - 28 4 all Crystal Pal. of France .. 20 6 West ern ofAustria... •.•• - ••• 20 all Eastern! Steam 44 _.N! 20 all W,J L. of Switzerland ... - ••• St. 100 Electric Telegraph - 105 6 all W-estaden 6 all t)0.8 p, cent. pro f, .•• 5 all Eu.&Aust.Cop.SmCo 11 - 14 20 i All Zealand ... ... - -. lO 10s.'Eur. & Ind • Jetn. Tel. ... _ ..: 9 all lEur.&Am.Stm.(lim.) 41 -44 J 01NT-STOCK BANKS. 20 all 'Gen. Ir• Sc. Col.(lim. y ... ..... 10 all A ustra l asia 85 - 87 85 15 14 ! Gen. S team N av i ga t . ... ... ... 2: - ; 18i Bank o f E gypt t 24 - 241 20 5 London Discount ... 14 ii 0 48 - 5 2 - - 31 36 100 50 Bank of L oudon 4 all ILond. Gen. Omnibus 3i 40 all Bri.Col. lik•dtLn. Co 2O 10 IMagdalena St. Navig. ... _ ... 50 all British N. American) -.. 20 10 C.Bk.of Ind•Au.&Cl, 4 7 .. 1 1 10 0 all all 1 1 11 D 1 0 e(..1 Ex itei t 'a e n n . si E o l n ee T • ei T e e g l . . 5 ___- 9 101 50 City - 61 10 all , Mexican& S.Americn .. _ ... 100 25 Colonial ..... 251 5 Nat. Discount C 0.... i __ i j ;CO 20 Commercial of LOnd. . 18 .1 - "' 10 6 (Netherlands Laud.... i __ 3 .., 20 ' all Eng,.Scot.&Aus.Cot. 176 - 10 all 'Do. Do. - 3 20 all Lon. Ch. Bk.of A .a-t. 17t - 181 17j 18 5 all Do.B p.c.Pf. iss • at ld 2 - 3t 20 ' all Ditto New 5 3 po. Do. - i d 60 20 London and County ... _ "' n ,., 50 Lud.drE.Bueng.Corp __ 100 80 ;New B. &N. S. Land 17 - 'lO "0 zu k ... "'St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p.c.D. 96 -- 97 ... 150 10 London Joint Stock. ... -_ . 100 20 Lond.andWestminst, -_ 1 all N. B. Australasian... i - 1 ; .., ... . ... ... 00 135 National Pro. of Eng. ... - ... 20 all O Nrth enta ofEuropeSteam l _ 20 10 Do. New ..... ._1 all Oriental Gas - 11 .. 50 25 National Bank 5 all eelßr. Ld. & Mine , % 21 20 I all New South Wales.... 44 - 46 50 all euinsular & Oriental 784 -70 i 79. 25 all Oriental Bank Corp. 36 - 38 37 1 50 10 Do. Now 7 8 p 20 120 Ottoman Bank - 20 201 19i 50 all Rhymney Iron - 24 100 125 Proyincial of Ireland, ... •••• ... 611 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 63 -64 10 'all Do. New 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 1/ - lf 5 1 EL.Aus.B.&G.Iin.Co ... - ... St . 100 S. Ans. Gov. 6 p.e. bd s . 108 - 110 25 all South Australia . - ••• 25 all South Austral. Land 37 - 39 25 all Union of Australia_ 46 - 48 461 4 1 all Submarine Tel. Seri if - 1 1 ... 26 Do. New 26 - 28 261 1 all Do. Registered - - 1 50 (10 Union of London .... 23 - 25 20 5 'Trus • Lu. Co. Up. Can ... - - ... 100 50 Unity Mutual 1 ...d ... --• . 100 281, You Dioniou's Laud.. 10 -. 12 10 50 V_Volitr 14 01 Lond ; " ma *". ~.d. 90 - 95 jiiii - 164 6 - 108 112 110 - 114 115 120 4.15 -- 120 130 135 74 - T 6 17 -- :19 11l - 113 LO2 - 104 61 -- e 3 10 -- 11 5f - 6 92 - 94 87 - 90 88 - 90 99 - 101 10 - vsl 16 - 17 10 -10 A 72 - 76 19 - 20 9i - 10 14 - 15 138 - 140 .60 - 165 121 - 123 66 - 70 - 139 - 101 - 93 ioi = ilk ~ "'. ... 11.. ..." ... - 109 95 - 97 1 - A pad -- 123 .07 -- 109 -- 99 110 - 115 72 ---• 74 10 - 254 - 27a 21 MINES. 11 - 12 - 6 80 - 90 470 - 490 85 - 95 16 - 17 5i - 6i 14 - 2 - la 10 :1 _ 11 16 4i 20 - 21 4 5 id id 360 370 4 5 220 230 - l i 3i - 4 1 'll x . 2 6 - 27 - 115 220 - 240 310 - 320 7i - 7i 12 - 13 45 - 47 23 25 thin jay TEM ATilk3?..'ED ASSASSINATIOY OF Via FifENCI-1 EMPEROR. FURTHER EXAMINATION OF M. BERNARD Simon Bernard, charged with being concerned in the late attempt to aseassina to the Emperor Napoleon, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Jardine, for the fourth time, this day, at 2 o'clock, Mr. Bodkin appeared on behalf of the prosecution, and Mr. Sleigh defended the prisoner. It will be recollected that the points of the former ex amination were the connecting the prisoner with the pistols found on Orsini, and Pierri, and the proceedings last Tuesday were confined to proving that the prisoner Bernard conveyed the empty shells to Belgium, from whence they were taken to Paris by a man whe had not the slightest knowledge of the purpose for which they were intended, Bernard alleging that they were to be used in a new invention about to be applied to gas. The Court, as on former occasions, was densely crowded. Mr. Bodkin —Are all the witnesses bare t Inspeetor Sounder s—Yes, sir ; I have brought them. The first witness called was Henri Jourdain, commis sioner of the Hotel de l'Europe at Brussels, who said—l recollect a gentleman, whom I then knew as Allsop, stopping at the hotel eleven days. laccompanied him to the railway, when he left on the 11th of December. A young man rode in the cab with him. I sat on the box. At the railway, tickets were taken for Paris. A. horse which had been hired was also taken by the same train. They started at seven o'clock in the evening. I have since seen the person I knew as Alliop in a French prison. Mr. Bodkin--Did you hear that person called by any other name ! Mr. Sleigh—l object to the question. , Mr. Bodkin—Very well—it is of 'no importance. I will not press it. Mr. Sleigh—When did you first hear of this matter, and when were you asked to come and give evidence ! Witness—l first saw the attempt in the newspapers, and then I was called in by the Juge d'lnstruction. Mr. Sleigh—Were you arrested. Witness--No. Mr. Sleigh—But required to come here and give evidence. Witness—l was sent first to Paris, then here. Mr. Sleigh—By whom Witness—The Juge d'lnstruction. Jules Fournarier, the waiter at the Cafe Suisse, who, at the last examination, described the balls brought to the hotel, was then shown the gre nade brought over by the French officer, and said the balls he saw were exactly similar to the one produced. Mr. Sleigh—You cannot swear that the balls produced are the identical balls you saw in Brussels ! Witness—l cannot. William Meteyard, managing director of the Hotel de Europe, at Brussels. I recollect a gentleman coming to stop at the hotel in December. I knew him by the name of Al'sop. He was a stranger. He produced a passport, which I examined. He left it on the 11th; of December. I recommended him to the Hotel de Lille et Albion, in Paris. I have not seen that person since, Susannah Meekenbeim, a native of Sheffield. I reside in Brussel.. My husband is a Frenchman. I formerly lived at Birmingham with husband, who was a manufacturer. I left Birmingham three years ago. During my residence there, I became acquainted with a person named Pierri. He was a professor of languages. In January of this year, Pierri came to m y residence in Brussels. My husband saw him. He made some inquiries of him, and they afterwards left the house. I afterwards followed, and went to the Caf6 Suisse, where I met my husband. herd in a short time joined us; as Pierri left he gave me a small packet wrapped in brown paper. . The grenade was here given to witness, who with some trepidation, took itjinto her hand, said the parcel Pisrri gave her to carry was not near so heavy as that she now held. [To be continued in our last edition.] n i : Rea L ei E A :ano T gyn i a Titnl:NsotasTe.HSL,:icw.Dr Socrates. Greek s .:; :iy.ps etrLeg Bu i lder) g lawyer ile r r y e c . ently moved the Supreme Court at Athens for the reveraal of f et ac hareßß t g— , °:Ue t TtNe l: nt i walla of the latter in St. Paul's may he cite d e' for their extreme accuracy m reporting from beginning to end every little word they hear, amongst the very best reporters we have in the gallery.—Punch. COAL FOUND ON THE GARSCUDE ROAD.—In the course of digging the trench for depo.iting the large pipes to convey the water from Loch Katrine, the men came on an outcrop of excellent coal, about half a mile on the south side of Maryhill. The mineral was within four feet of the surface of the Garscube Road. The con tractors, who were of course only entitled to excavate that portion that /ay within the prescribed limits of the trench, seed the coal so found toheat the melting-pot...— GU/vow Herald. DISPOSAL OP CORPORATE PROPERTT TO THE LANCIA SHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.—The Liverpool Town Conned, at their meeting yesterday, decided to grant a perpetual lease of land on the site of the old Borough Gaol, comprising 18,800 square yards, to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, at an annual rent of 2s 6LI per square yard. The company gave the council the alter. native of selling the land in fee for 2/. 15s per square yard, but the arrangement of a perpetual lease was pre ferred. The land is to be appropriated by the company to an extension of their warehouse and general traffic accommodation. THE PUBLIC EXPENSE OF MAINTAINING THE GAME LAws.—According to a Parliamentary return lately moved for by Mr. C o l v i l l e , it ap p ea rs that during the year 1856 33 women and 126 children were. thrown as inmates into the various workhouses of England in con sequence of the persons by whom they were usually supported being 0 mfined in gaol for offences against the game laws, and 197 women and 633 children became recipients of out door relief from the same cause ; the total expense of the in and out-door relief thus bestowed being 6931. Hs. 6d. nil MURDER IN TRH lIATSARKET. —Ever since the alleged murderer, Giovanni Lard, has been removed to the House of Detention, after his examination at Marl borough-street Police -court on Monday last, he has shown the utmost indifference to his situation, but he has rendered himself somewhat remarkable by the fre quency of his calls for an attendant, by means of a bell, to request additional food to be brought to him, but of course such requests were disregarded, food being only dealt out at specified hours to all prisoners who are unable to provide it for themselves, Yesterday the Sar dinian Consul went to the House of Detention and re qnested to have an interview with the prisoner, which was of course immediately granted, aud he informed him that he should feel it to be his duty to transmit to his Government in Sardinia, of which country the alleged murderer is a native, an intimatioa of the occurrence, and requesting at the same time that be (the prisoner) would give him the address of his father, and that he would write a letter for him, to transmit it with his own to Italy. The prisoner at first altogether declined to do so, but, on the Consul representing to him that as he had given hi 4 real name, and as a notice of the murder, is which he was alleged to be concerned, had appeared in the newspapers, with a description of his person, that as soon as those papers reached Turin the article would be translated and inserted in the Italian papers, he con sented to communicate the name and address of his father. The Consul then promi se d to write to him. The father is a Unman, residin g a f ew m il e s from Turin, an d the son is o f t h e same trade, and he had left Italy for this country to take ship to Monte Video, and from there he intended to go to Mexico, where some of his father's relatives are settled. Before the Consul left, he questioned him as to the charge, which he positively de nied, and in answer to seine questions as to his posses sion of the deceased Woman's peapeety, he said that he purchased it of her for 101, and that he was innocent of auy participation in her murder. gi b passport was examined, and all appeared to be quite regular as to his leaving Italy en route to this country from Monte Video. ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. — An alarming accident occurred on Tuesday evening en the Norfolk section of the Eastern C ount i es R ai l way , between Great Yarmouth and No rw i ch. In conic quenc., of the line between Norwich and London b e i ng o some v e Norwich n a more or less delayed, and the dow n train, the t ra i ns h ave been which ought to la Yarmouth and Lawee. toft, did not depart till about (3 p.m. to leave lt e t impeded 4 45 with p. snow, fo Between Yarmouth and Norwich the line runs for the mo s t part t h roug h a and th e snow w ith w e h s i o c l h a t h , e a strong wind to a great depth i n many p l aces . By great exertions the rails were c l eare d w h ere desolate, district was ars hvisited country, on Monday was drifted by they were blocked ; but no sooner w as t hi s d one t h an they were again drifted u p b y the north- eas t er , w hi c h bleak,my continued blowing hard throughout Tuesday. The 6 p.m. train left the Norwich station, drawn by two engines, and accomplished the first seven miles of its journey in safety. When, however, it was about a mile from the Buckenhain station, one of the engines left the rails in consequence of the depth of the snow which bad again covered them. It happened that anu nber of trucks were passing on the other line at the moment, and the engine which had run off came into collision ' with some of them. A great crash, of course, took place, and four or fire trucks were smas h e d . A n permanent way, named Chandler, also inspector of per had one of his arms broken, and an engine driver, named Holroyd, was seriou s l y scalded. No passenger sustained any injury, but the trains were, as a matter of course, brought to a stand-still, and the 00 . capants of the carriages were conveyed back to Norwich. After a delay of about four hours the communication was again restored by . means of trains ran on each side to and from the debris which obs tructed the line. This course was also adopted yesterday mornin g , an d grea t exertions were ma de to overcome the difficulties which existed. Four trucks were forced off the rails in conse quence of the accumulations of snow on the E a stern Tivetshall, and the H 1 th and Union division, near a eswor Harleston branches were blocked. Yesterday the weather happily manifested a tendency to improve. LA7.T INTL LrC/77:,!r.C7.--- VICE-CLEANCE.OI.' COL (Before Vice-C; Sir P:,ge JUDGMENT-ROBINSON V. ROBINSON. His Honour the Vice-Chancellor, after minutely ex amining the declaratiops in the wit! of the tfstatrix thi case, was of op:r.iou that Cat) teuants iu c::Anrstou were preferable. His Honour made a declaration to that eff..ct. Coats to come out of the common fund. ROLLS' COURT. (Bafore the Master of the Rolls.) GREEN V. THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY, AND LON DON AND ELACKWALL RAILWAY COMPANY.-JUDGMENT ON COSTS. His Honour, the Master of the Rolls, was of opinion that on taking a retrospective view of the whole facts and circumstances of this case, no costs should be allowed to either party. No coats allowed. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. COMMi6BIOIIIr Goulburn.) IN BE PAGE. This bankrupt is described as of Hythe, Kent, grocer, and to-day was appointed for choice of assignees. From the accounts by Mr. Harding it appears that the debts are about 1,6561. ; to ditto holding security, 150/, ; assets surplus security, 1501. ; stock and debt, 3501. ; 6xtures, 3001. Assignees were chosen. IN BE HILL. This bankrupt was described as of Quidhampton Railway, contractor, and to-day was appointed for con sideration of his certificate. The balance-sheet, prepared by Messrs. Butler and (tannings, commences May 25, and ends December 4, 1857, and debtors to creditors' unsecured 6921. To creditors who took possession of sundry stores, &c., without consent, 2741. To ditto holding security, 112/.95. sd; profits, 117/. ; capital, 2,687/, but which consist principally of a disputed debt of 2,6001, Credi tor—good debts, 173/. ; disputed debts, 2,600/. ; pro perty, 1451. Debtor—held by creditors, 250/. ; property held by creditors on security, 12,1841, The disputed debt is claimed of Messrs. Hoof and Hills, of Brentwood, for extra work on the Birmingham, Dudley, and Wolverhampton Railway, caused by the alteration of the sections by the Railway Company's engineer. His Honour referred to the report of the official assignee, and said the accounts were very unsatisfactory, and he hardly knew how the bankrupt could have been allowed to pass his examination—at all events, the con sideration of the certificate must be adjourned to see what the estate would realise. IN BE BROOKS. This bankrupt was described as of Tichbourne.street, auctioneer, and to-day was appointed for choice of assignees. The petitioning creditor alone proved, and on die application of Mr. Dalton, on behalf of Mr. Barton, who claimed a debt of 9,0001., the choice was adjourned to enable him to prove, as he was not satis fied that the bankrupt had given up the whole of his property. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) coNmermo JURISDICTION - BANKRUPTCY AND INSOL- VENCY - A HARD CASE-IN RE BLACKWELL. The bankrupt was described as of Portsmouth, up holsterer, and to-day came up fs)r his certificate, which was unopposed. Mr. Lucas, for the bankrupt, said the bankrupt had been in business for thirty years, and had been going on successfully, until a fire broke out on his premises, by it he lost considerably, his stock having increased far beyond the amount of his insurance, and from other losses, he was obliged to apply to the Insol vent Court, and at the same time proceedings were taken in bankruptcy, and the property was taken by the official assignee and sold, and the loss on the realisation was 6401. He submitted this to be a case of unavoidable loss and misfortune, and the bankrupt had already been in custody nearly three months. His Honour granted an immediate certificate of th• 2d class. A question then arose as to a claim by the broker of the Insolvent Court for making and keeping pos session. Hip Honour said only one charge could be allowed, and the parties had better agree. IN RI ACKHRMAN. The bankrupt was described as of Beaufort-buildings, print-seller, and to-day was appointed for choice of assignee. From the statement by Mears, Sedgwiok and God dard, Mary-street, it appears the debts are about 1,250/. ; property, valuable engravings, portraits, &c., valued at 600/. Assignees were chosen. IN RS TYLER.-THE BANNER AND PATRIOT. To-clay was appointed for the last examination of this bankrupt, the proprietor of the Banner and Patriot newspapers, but no accounts having been filed the case was adjourned. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.) MARLBOROUGII-STREET. CHARGE AGAINST A SERVANT FOR STEALING A VALUABLE WATCH.—Charles Bohn, aged 24, a servant, forme/1y a courier, was charged before Mr. Beadon, on suspicion of stealing a gold watch, value 751., the pro perty of Captain Alfred Charles Curtis, R.N. Captain Curtis said the prisoner was a servant in the house where he was staying, 16, Bury-street, St. James's. On Tuesday evening at six o'clock he missed his gold watch from hii table. This was on his return home, he had left it in his room on going out some two or three hours before. Tho watch produced in court was his, and the one so missed. The value of it was 751. Jame• Redpath, assistant to Mr. Attenborough, pawnbroker, Piccadilly, produced the watch in question. It was pledged by the prisoner on Tuesday afternoon for 71. Horatio Watt, of the C division, said he apprehended the prisoner yesterday at 16, Bury-street, charging him on suspicion of stealing Capt. Cartie's watch. He replied hs did not steal it. Be subsequently told witness that a man he met in Good.street on Tuesday afternoon asked him to purchase the watch for 4/. Though he at first refused to do so, he at length complied, and pledged it at Attenborough's for Ti., but afterwards went to redeem it. Remanded for a week. THAMES. D♦RING RONIIRY IN ♦ DwiLLING-HOUsR.—A well known thief named Wm. Hodges, 20, was brought before Mr. Selfe charged with stealing a coat and a child's frock, value be., from the dwelling-house of Mr. George Padfield, of 31, Jubilee-place, Stepney. Last night about 9 o'clock Mrs. Padfield, the wife of the prosecutor, was engaged in her domestic duties when she heard a noise in her parlour, and upon going into the passage saw the prisoner and two other thieves leaving the parlour. She endeavoured to stop them, when the prisoner, who had her husband's coat and her child's frock in his band, pushed her aside and fled from the house with his companions. A cry of " Stop thief" was immediately raised, and the prisoner was pnrsuod by Mr. Samuel Butler, of No. 31, Jubilee-place, who soon overtook the prisoner, awl he then threw away the coat and frock. Batter seized him by the collar and the prisoner threw him ou the ground and entered into a violent struggle with him. A police•constable named Pittance, No. 247, K, came to the spot and secured the prisoner. The coat and frock were Soon recovered. A police-constable said the prisoner was an old offender and had been imprisoned one month for picking pockets. The prisoner first said he was innocent, then that he wished the case to be sent to the sessions, and, lastly, said he was guilty. Mr. Selfe sentenced the prisoner to four months' im prisonment and hard labour. POLICE TELEGRAPEC.—The police committee of the City of London have resolved, as a preliminary arrange ment, to unite a few of its stations by an electric tele graph, according to the plan submitted by Mr. Waterlow, and upen the over-house system, as constructed by Mr. 0. Rowland between Messrs. Waterlow and Sons' estab lishments in Birchin-lane and London-wall. Contrary to the opinions expressed at the time, some seven months since, the wire then pieced up has not been in the least affected by its exposure to the smoke, or by any of these atmospheric influences which it was supposed would have impaired wires so suspended over large towns. A MAN DEOLPITAI%D ON • RAILWAY. On Sun day night a frightful and i n stantly fatal accident el)p e ocd curred at the railway station, Wigan. A order t o off the platform, intending to cross the lin e s reach a train, when he w as knocked down by another train which he did not see- He fe ll with his body between the rails, and his head and neck upon the rail next to the platform- The wheels of the engine and carriages passed over him, literally grinding his head off, and separating it from his body. The deceased, w e understand, was Jasoes Yates, of Mire-lane, Wigan, and it is said that he was a collier, an elderly man, and the father of eight, or nine children.—Mgnac s e cr Examiner ond Tinto. L.T.VEPPOOL Pay.) ~~► (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,— The Stewards have decided that (w , ather mitting) the Steeplechase, and other races will tak p'ace on BaturJay neat, as there is every prospect cf ctatge iu tie wt:,-.tLa. E. W. TOPHAM, Clerk of the Course. March 4, 1818, LUDLOW RACES. The races are postponed till further notice, TILE CHARGE AGAINST MR. BUTT, M.P. The committee for investigating the charges in the petition of Mr. Coffey against Mr. Isaac Butt re-assem- Lied yesterday at 12 o'clock in No. 18, Committee room. The reporters were not admitted. The committee broke up at half-past four, when the chairman announced that the resolutions to which thu committee had arrived were in effect an acquittal of Mr . Butt. The resolutions, which were not communicated to the public, will be reported to Parliament on Um meeting. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Colonel T. O'Brien, the Assistant Quartermaster- Geseral, has completed his inspection of the military hospitals and the casemate barracks at Chatham, and has made several important suggestions and alterations which will provide increased comfort and accommoda tion for the sick and convalescent troops who are now sent to Chatham to await their discharge from the service. Yesterday preparations were commenced at Brompton barracks, Chatham, for converting the whole of one side of that establishment into a hospital for the sick and wounded troops who are now on their passage home from India. It is understood that upwards of 1,000 sick troops can be accommodated at Brompton barracks, which is admirably adapted for the purposes of an hospital. Considerable activity prevails in the ship-building department of Chatham Dockyard in hastening forward the completion of those screw steamers which have been ordered by the Admiralty to be brought forward for launching. The following serew steamers will be launched from the dockyard during the approaching summer—viz., Hero, 91 ; Hood, 90 ; Mersey, 40 ' • and Charybdis, 21, giving an aggregate of about 12,000 tons burden. The experimental operations of casting and preparing iron ordnance at Woolwich have gone through a variety of grades since the recent opening of the factory last month, with a view of testing the standard of material and workmanship indispensable to the new undertakint. The 68-pounder gun, the first production of the establish meat, was composed solely of scraps of Swedish krill, pronounced by a series of chemieal experiments to be superior to the various samples selected. Although the establishment has been fitted with the best working ma chinery which the ingenuity of the day could suggest, the process of turning, on account of the hardened quality of the metal, was found to be a task of considerable difficulty. The machinery was consequently worked with increased power, and the operations made partial pro gress, but the temper of the metal resisted the extraordi nary efforts which it was found necessary to adopt, and the ring terminating the head of the gun, termed a " caeca ble " suddenly gave way. The gun has, therefore, been rendered useless, except to be broken up and employed with other metal. A couple of heavy guns were yester day cast from a supply of iron obtained of Mr. 'Archi bold, proprietor of the Acadian iron mines in Nova Scotia, with whom the Government has entered into a contract for a term of years. The Nova Scotia iron is known to be of a softer and more pliable nature than the Swedish, and from experiments already made the former has been proved to possess equal powers of resistance. Colonel Teesdale, commanding the brigade of Royal Horse Artillery, yesterday assumed the command of the Royal Artillery garrison at Woolwich, during the absence on leave of Col. Bloomfield, Aide-de-Camp to the Queen. Col. Brown, commandant of the Royal Marines at Wool wich, returned to the garrison on Sunday from leave of absence, but is unable to attend to his duties, in conse quence of indisposition. The following named freight-ships were yesterday chartered by the Military Store Department, for the transportation of war stores from Woolwich—namely, the Golconda, for Trincomalee ; the Sarah, fir Malta ; the Lady of the Lake, for Port Natal • the Jubilante, for Cape Town ; the Parkfield, for New Brunswick ; and the Glentilte, for Bermuda. Capt. T. S. Thompson (1846), recently in command of the Colossus, is named as the officer to succeed Captain, now : Rear-Admiral, Craigie, as superintendent of the Royal William-yard, Plymouth. Mr. George Moore, lately appointed master of the Eagle, has been ordered to proced to Devonport, to superintend the fitting out of the Shamrock, gun-boat, and to navigate her, when complete with stores, to Pem broke, where she will be employed as a tender to the Eagle. PAYMASTERS, R. N.—lu consideration of the many addi tional duties devolving on paymasters arriving in coast miard vessels the Admiralty have been pleased to grantto 'these deserving officers their time so served to count as that of second rates, towards their half-pay. We trust the assistant paymasters serving in similar ships, all of whom are upwards of six years' standing on the list, will also receive some additional emolnment.—Plymoutli Mail. The Hannibal, 91, screw. Captain the Hon. George F. Hastings, assisted by the Echo, Mr. Harding, in command, and the Comet, Mr. Sanger, in command (Government steam tugs), was removed from the Ports mouth dockyard jetty yesterday up to moorings opposite the Magazine at Hardway, until her berth is secured on the Gosport side of the harbour. The Marlborough, 131, screw, Captain Lord F. Kerr, flag of Vice-Admiral A. Fanebawe, C. 8., hauled out of the steam basin duck at Portsmouth yesterday, assisted by the Government steam-tugs, and moored alongside the dockyard jetty, where she will complete her rigging and stores. It is rumoured that his Royal Highness Prince Alfred will make his first sea trip in the above noble three-decker, at present the largest and most powerful line-of-battle ship afloat. The Renown, 91 screw, in consequence of the incle• mency of the weather, was prevented getting under weigh at Spithead yeAterday, to test her speed at the measured mile, at Stokes Bay, it blowing half a gale at Spithead. Renown, Curava, and Racoon, have struck lower yards and topgallantmasts. The Agamemnon, 90, screw, was taken out of dock, at Devonport. on Monday last, and will soon be ready to receive her portion of the Atlantic cable. The Orlando. 50, screw, now building at Pembroke is rapidly p.ogreseing towards completion. The I:2th of June next is the day named for the launching of this, the finest frigate in the world. She will be navigated to Devon port. The Shamrock and Cadger, gun-beats, were taken into dock at Devonport yesterday, to prepare for com mission. The Rhadamanthus; steam-vessel, is ordered to leave Woolwich to-day for Plymouth with boilers for the screw steam-ve3sels Orlando, 50 ; Aurora, 51 ; and Revenge, 91, now building at Pembroke. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, March 4.—Wind this day at noon, E.; light airs, and fine. CORK, March 3.—Wind E.—Put back—Sabrina (e), with machinery out of order. WATERFORD, March 2.—Wind E.—Arrived—Anne, from Paraiba. CASTLETOWNSEND, Feb. 23.—Wind S.S.E.—Sailed -- Lilydale, for Londou, in tow of a steam tug, and with two extra pumps and two extra hands. Quil:NsowN, March 2. —Wind N.E.—Arrived--Mary Allen, from Rio de la Hacke, short of provisions ; Co quette, from Gaboon for Liverpool, short of provisions ; Atalanta, from Liverpool for Gibraltar, to atop a leak. MALLION ROADS, March 2.—Upwards of 100 vessels at anchor, wind bound. STORNOWAY, Feb. 25.—Wind S.—Arrived—Dorsiana, from Calcutta ; had experienced severe weather. OFF QUEENSTOWN, March I.—Wind S. E.—Arrived— City of Baltimore (ss), from New York for Liverpool. GLOUCESTER, March 3. Sailed—Mehemet Ali, for Porto Rico ; Rival, Halifax. GRIMSBY, March 3.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Vijeland, from Christiansand for St. Blieux, with loss of anchors, chains, boats, bulwarks, stanchion, and leaky. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind E. Sailed, March 3—Agia Sofia, for C o nstantinople ; Eclipse, for Ostend ; Der Dick Wilhelm, for Lisholl. Gipsy, from Poole, for this port, at Holyhead, with damage to keel, having been off the Platters. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAM.) G RA VESEND, Thursday Morning. Wind N.E., fresh, and fine ; tido, five hour's ebb. Arrived—Baron Osy, steamer, from Antwerp. Sailed—Caroline Agner, for Bombay • Concordi, steamer, Boulogne; Hanover, steamer, for Ostend ; Leon Rayniondos, Madeira; Prince Rupert, Jamaica ; For rester, St. Vincen t ; Ochteryne, Port Natal ; La dy Grey, Lagos; St. Thomas, packet, Rio Janeiro. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Wind E.; fresh. Passed —ticker, screw steamer, 2,034 second pendant, making from the north for tho westward ; Melancthon, from the north, for the westward. Sailed —Mary Garland, for London. Loss OF Two Livzs By FlRE.—Yestez day forenoon Mr. W. Baker, the coroner, received information respect ing the death of Emma Gunnery, aged 6 years, whose friends reside at East Cottage, Barking, Essex. It ap pears that the deceased by some means ignited her dress, when she ran screaming to the front of the house, where she met a man, who extinguished the flames. She was conveyed to the Londo❑ Hospital, where she was found to be severely burnt. She was placed under the care of Mr. Birtwhistle, the house surgeon, who rendered every assistance, but she expired from the effects of the in juries. —A. second death occurred from fire to a little boy ❑amed George Rowland, aged 3 years, residing at 3, New-court, Wapping. The deceased stood upon the fender to reach a toy from the mantelshelf, when his frock became ignited, and he was so shockingly burned that when moved to the hospital he died. The coroner I will hold inquests on the bodies to-morrow. '-'..''...tj ., At..;iE RAIL' AILW AY Asabg. Nottug. BOBU at Eastn. 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MCI can Stk.diDar Do ;Gt.Westu. 93 2 1034 x d 9:i 34 1261 7i 60} 1 93 i 21 1081 98 i i i 99111 Z 96 5 61 5i 80 791 80 100 991 10/ lli 19i i 51 51Ibi 84 22 It 100 100 100 100 all .00 all all 104 21 TRE AUSTRIAIV PIPLO.RING 1..',...V.P.1: i d TI ON, Ptia Austrian Goveriani.n - in the course of lest ar desp a t e i e d i h e Nov4ra frigate on a voyage ouud th e world, pr o v i d e d w ith all the means of wientifie investigation and discovery. By accounts from the officers of the expedition it ap pears that the Novara, having touched at the Cap• of Good Hope, remained off Cape Tlays, awl then sa il e d on the 26th of Out o l w as li t f to or r the 24 orf-Urb&s, M. Ilullersf The Isands of St. Pa u l an d New commander of the N ovara, m tbe officers, and naturalist s attached t ' the expedi ion, received every mark of attention and kind ness during their stay at Cape Town from Si r G. Grey, the Governor of the colony, and they seem. to have been most agreeably surprised by finding at the southern extremity of Africa, instead o f a rude settlement, where they expected wild animals and savage Hottentots, a community so advanced in civilisation, wealthy, flourishing, possessing all the appliances of an old society, cultivating art and literature, and provided with well-stored shop, public libraries, museums, and botanic gardens. Cape Town afforded the inquiring minds of the Austrian explorers an admirable opportunity of comparing the results of colonisation by the ener getic Anglo-Saxon race, its enterprise and pro gress' with the mournful decay and decline of most of the Spanish and Portuguese settlements. Of the climate, resources, and natural advantages of the Cape colony the Austrian men of science speak in terms of the highest admiration, and exi_ress their opinion that, as a field for colonize,- ion from Europe, it is preferable to any part tithe United States. A large number of German -emi grants will shortly be settled in the colony, under the superintendence of a respectable Hamburg firm. The Novara sailed from Table Bay on the 26th of October for the islands of St. Paul and New Am sterdam, which are so little known that it is only since 1853 their names have been accurately settled. Before, from the confusion made between them by captains of vessels and successive navigators, it was not known exactly which was which. But an Eng lish ship having been wrecked on one of them na 1853, the Admiralty ordered an inquiry into the cause of the inaccuracy of the description of the islands and their position. The result was the dis covery in the archives of the Dutch East and West India Company at Amsterdam of the original log book kept by the celebrated navigai or Antonio Van Diemen, during his voyage from the Texel to Batavia, between the 10th Dee., 1632, and 21st a July, 1633. According to this authentic record, Van Diemen passed within sight of both islands, which are only 42 miles apart, on the 17th of June. 1633, and that he then gave to the northern island the name of New Amsterdam, and to the southern that of St. Paul. This island was visited by Lord Macartney in 1792, on his voyage to China as ambassador ;he has described it - in his account of his voyage, but makes the usual error of that period in calling it New Amsterdam. Though both islands lie in the track of ships bound to India, China, Australia, and New Zealand, they are very imperfectly known. The commander of this first Austrian scientific expedition, therefore, touched at them on the way to Ceylon, and daring a stay of 19 days took a more complete survey of both than has yet been made, though the weather, except for six or seven days of the time, was very unfavourable. The position of St. Paul, as fixed by the Austrian observations, is iu lat. 38 deg. 42 min. 55 seconds S., and long. 77 deg. 31 min. 18 seconds E. from Greenwich. Both islands are undoubtedly volcanic, and in St. Paul the geolo gists found the most complete confirmation of L. von Buch's theory of craters of elevation. One of these craters forms a sea basin capable, with little difficulty, of being made a secure harbour of refuge for ships disabled by storms in the Indian Ocean, even ships of large burden. Though the rains are heavy the climate is healthy, and admiks of cultiva tion. If settled, the island, with an abundant supply of vegetables, would be well adapted for the easy recovery of crews suffering from scurvy. The Novara on the 6th December touched at New Amsterdam. On landing it was found impos sible to penetrate further than the summit of the cliffs, theinterior being covered with a dense growth of shrub (cyparia). But there is no doubt that the island is of the same volcanic origin as St. Paul, and probably of the same geological period. New Amsterdam is in lat. 37 deg. 58 min. 30 sec. S., and long. 77 deg. 34 min. 40 sec. E. Its highest point is 2,784 feet above the sea level. The island was sighted by the French expedition in search of La. Perouse in 1792, but the commander (Duttrecas teaux) did not land, not being able to approach the coast on account of dense clouds of suffocating smoke. It has always been a question whether this smoke proceeded from some active volcano in the interior ; but some of the crew of the Novara set fire to the brushwood on the cliffs, and the result was precisely the phenomenon seen by the French commander. The results of the observations made by the naturalists of the Austrian expedition are being prepared for publication. THE MEETING IN HYDE PARK. Mr. Beadon, the Marlborough-street police magistrate, on finding that the foreign gentleman who was attacked in Hyde-park by the mob drawn together on Sunday week by persons who desired to give a public expression (ii opinion on the Conspiracy to Murder Bill, did not make his appearance when the prisoners were examined, remanded the case in the expressed hope that the gentle man would come forward at the future examination. In consequence of what appeared in the public papers, the magistrate received the following letter 2, Chura-court, Clement's-lane. " Worshipful Sir,—l am informed loy Sergeant Dowd that it is your wish that I should appear on Monday next, but as I think the disturbance in the Park on Sunday was partly owing to some disagreements of party, and as I myself am a foreigner, I think it best I should not appear. At the same time I must inform you that the statement of facts in the papers is correct. —Your very obedient servant, BESSET, Mr. Beadon wrote to Mr. Lesset in reply, and the result was that Mr. Besset consented to attend to prefer the charge yesterday. George Cox was put to the bar charged with assault. ing Mr. Besset. Mr. Besset on being sworn said—l live at the Pavilion, Sloane-street. I wry; in the park on Sunday NI eek. I was in a carriage with ladies. As I was going home all at once I Ras attacked in Hyde Park by several people. The defendant was among them. The defendant took off ay hat by getting on the footboard behind the carriage, and struck me ou the head with my hat several times. I said to the cuachmau, " Turn round," but there was no chance of doing so for some minutes. The defendant continued striking me for three or f , ur minutes. I could not get nay hat again—some people took it, and I lost it altogether. I do not think defendant spoke to me. The defendant, in reply, said—What the gentleman states is all true ; but lam not the man at ell, It was a man more respectably dressed than I am. Mr. Beadon, to Mr. Besset--Da you recognise this person ! Mr. Besset—l think I do, for I struggled for my bat. Mr. Beadon—Have you any doubt about him ! Mr. Beset--There were co many perions there that I may make a mistake ; but in my opinion he is the man. Police-sergeant Dowd, who gave evidence previously, raid the defendant was the man. Mr. Boadon—l am satisfied that you (defendant) are the man. Your conduct has been such, prisoner, that I could not think if allowing you to escape all punish ment, and therefore I desired Mr. Besset to attend at this court. I shad fine you 51. for the assault, and one month's imprisonment for the assault en the constable ; and I further say that, indisputably, when riots occur in this way, I will put on the heaviest penalty the law permit'. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day,) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended March 4, ISSB, made up from the Re' turns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT BARLEY I OATS I RYE BEANS 1 rills 45s Od 33s lid 22s 4d 35s Od 38s 4d 403 THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. WHEAT I BARLEY OATS RYE 46s 4d I 36s 6d 22s 9d I 33s 05 I 388 lld I BEANS 405 .il rzls ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 92,431; ba r l e y, 78 , 310; o ats, 15,934; rye, 53; beaus, 7,310 ; peas, 2,121 quarters. MEAT MARKETS• NEWCIATE AND LEADENHALL.—ne trade generally ruled inactive, at our quotations ; —Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 61; Pork, 3s 03 to 4s 4d per 81bi by the carcase. SOUTHALL, March 3.—The supplies of stock in to•day'a market was only moderate, and the trade generally ruled inactive, as follows : —Beef, from 3s cid to 4s 41; Mutton, 3s fid to 5s 0 I ; Veal, 45 Od to Is Od ; Pork, 35 6d to 4s 2d. per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, March 3.—There was a good demand for beasts, on rather higher terms. All other stock met a dull inquiry :--Beef from 3s Od to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s 2d ; Veal, Sc 10d t o 4 s 8d ; Pork, 3s 6d to 48 4d per Sibs ; Store Pigs, -- s to —s ; Mulch Cows, —7 Os to —1 Os ; Lean Cows, —/ to —1; Suckling Calves, —0 to " each. HAY MARKETS. SMTTHFIELD.—Meadow hay 21 10s to 31 150; clover; 31 10s to 51 Os; and straw, 11 38 to 11 lOs per load, A moderate supply and a fair deiVo° CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 21 10 8 to 3/ 18s ; clover, 31 lOs to 41 15s; and straw, II Gs to 11 10.3 per load, Trade firm. WHITECRAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 103 to 31 15s ; d o , 0r 1 31. lOs to 5/ 03 ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 11 94 per load; Supply goad, god trade OTIZI. 93 97 6 39 8 61} 1 110 i 21 26' 13A 20 St. St. 12i 121, all all 100 100 100 100 34 100 25 10 1.0.6 si' 1/ 7s 11 i 97 61