The Sun. — London, England, 1852-04-19 00:00:00

• FRANCE. The Minister of Police has just addressed a cir cular to the prefects, explaining - the sort of restric tions ei) which ere to be eubjected persons under surveillance, or who are. interne—that is to say, i obliged to reside in a particular place. The object of both measures is to prevent communications with ; others suspected of being inclined to conspiracy, and to break off relationship with old associates. Persons under surveillance and interne must present themselves every fifteen days to the proper authority, or incur certain penalties set down in the decree of the sth March last. Should any such persons re quire to visit same other district, or to make change of residence, they can only do s o by express autho rity of the prefect. Particular objections are made to giving passports for Paris, Lyons, and the depart ments of Allier, Basses Alpes, rArdeche, Cher, rllerault, and re, la Nievre, and the STar. The Minister of Police reserves to himself the more serious right of allowing persons condemned to reside in a particular place to change into some part of another department. The Debuts states that when the agents of the Go uernment wcat to take posge3sion of Neuilly and ' Monceau' they found the gates closed, and after have ing three times demanded that they should he o pened, and each time received a refusal, they broke them open. Immediately after this forcible entry, a com plaint w:is addressed, in the name of the heirs of Louis Philippe, to the President of the Civil Tribunal, who fixed the 16 hto hear the parties. Tne counsel for the Orleans family are ea. Paillet and M. Bernier. The Prince President of the Republic, with the view of extending' commerce in Algeria, has, on the report of the Minister of War, decreed that a fair Shall be held annually in Algiers from the 20th to the 30th September Fairs held in 1850 and 1851 have, it is said in the report, had the effect of strengthening the commercial and political relations between the French and the native populations. THE ARYIY. (From the United Service Gazette.) STAFF APPOINTMENT VACANT.—The appointment of Inspecting Field Officer of the York Recruiting District hes again become vacant; Lieutenant-Colonel D a vis, o f the 9th Regiment, having been obliged to decline accepting it, in consequence of his having made arrangements to retire from the service by the sale of his commission. PORSMOOTH GAREISON.—The regiments in gar rison are busily engaged training their quota of men to the use of the Minie rifle. The troops composing the garrison of Portsmouth amount to 4 600 men. The Ordnance Board have purchased the premises at the top of High-street, including the Theatre, which are to be pulled down, and the ground added to Cam bridge-barracks. The amateurs of the garrison are about to get up a series of theatricals, in aid of the fund for the relief of the widows and children of the men•lost in the Birkenhead. CHATHAM GA anvoN.—DAachtrients, consisting of upwards of 2,000 men from the several depots of regiments stationed in India, are under orders for embarkation, to join the bead-quarters of their respective corps. DRAFTS FO& INDIA.—The several drafts for the . following regimen's will - emberk in June for B-mgal, viz. :—The 10th, 22nd, 24th, 32nd, 53rd, 60 . h, and 96th Regiments. No vessels have yet been taken up for this service. Captain Grey, 85th Light Infantry, Aide-de- Camp to Lieutenant General Sir John Grey, late Commander-in-Chief at Bombay, has returned to England. Lieutenant-Colonel Huey, 68th Light Infantry, is about to retire from the service by the sale of his commission. A Court of Inquiry is about to assemble to inves tigate some transactions that have taken place be tween Mijor Shaw and Captain Poitier, of the 31 West India Regiment. Colonel Bazilgette, Deputy Quartermaster-General to the Forces in Nova Scatia, has assumed the com mand of the troops stationed in that colony, in con sequence of the demise of Sir John Harvey, the late Lieutenant -Governor. The ith Fusiliers have been ordered to take their grenades off their collars, and the 85th to replace the beads on their jackets with buttons. EXPEDITION TO MELVILLE ISLAND.—We have reason to believe that it is in contemplation to dis patch another expedition to Melville Island, with the view of anticipating the arrival, or of meeting there, Captain M'Cure, and the Investigator's party, from Behring's Straits. Tnie expedition, it is said, will consist of two ships, the commanders of which have been ncminated by Sir E. B,lcher. Commander Inglefield and Mr. Allen, master, it is reported, will be the officers selected for th=.a commands. Her Majesty's screw vessel Conflict, Commander Jenner, may be-daily expected with General Ro3as and family, from Buenos Ayres, Commander Skipwith, who was appointed to suc ceed Commander Drike, in com►nand of her Mjes ty's ship Conflict, has arrived in England by the Bra zilian packet, he having missed his ship, in conse quence of her having been ordered off the station by Rear-Admiral Henderson, in order to bring to Eng land Rotlas, the ex-Dictator of Buenos Ayres. HER MAJESTY'S STEAM FRIGATE DRAGON.—We regret to hear that small-pox has broken out on board this vessel, and that hsr clerk has been attacked, and sent to the naval hospital at Lisbon. Her Illjes'y's steam-vessel Harpy has been con demned, by survey held on her by orders of Rear- Admiral Henderson, as being unsafe. A JOB FOR THE GENTLEMEN OF THE LONG ROBE. —'We bear that a certain captain in the Royal Navy, who was engaged in the Chinese war, has commenced legal proceedings against a brother officer, for asper sions cast out against his character in connexion wi'h an engagement against the enemy. We wish our worthy friend well through his difficulties. 'STATISTICS OF RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES. Mr. J. C. G. Kennedy, of the Ce,nsus-offic9, Wash ington, gives the following interesting Etatistiza Qf rail reeds in the Vaited States:— _ The number of miles of railroad in operation in the United States, January 1, 1852, was, as nearly as can be ascertained, 10 ; 814`. At the same, time there was in cours e of construe-Lien an extent of railroad emounlite. according to the most reitaole estimates , to 10,894 ..miles._ ~ y far the greater portion of the lines cyal ul_eneol but now incomplete, wig be finished within the ensuing into operation since The length of railroad brought since January 1, 1848, is 5.224 miles. Within the last year 2,153 miles have been finished. Nearly all the lines in pro.re s s have been commenced since 1848. miles, additional L S O Btl7 o, ed that from 1,000 to 1,500 grass, will be put under 10,898 now known to be in pro- There never euzinatiettdagzateter activity in the making of contrac, during 1852, railroads in the States than at the present time. Many of the lines Projected t a a n k d en tur t n he o plans for the construction of canalsuab ik P e la ro ce ad o s f . Accordingly these works of Prosecuted with the same order P tc improvemeet are not and ener gy , although much activity exists in as plank roads. The labour inici the construction of would require are absorbed in the capital which they colossal sehernee of railroad budding.n M eraus and almost extent of railroad opened for traveland S ince 1843 the has nearly doubled, and there is reason transportationbt' ieve that the increase in th- let gth of road brought • into use will not be less rapid during the next p er i od of four years. By the year 1860 we. may expect th a t the territory o f the United States will be traversed by at least 3 0,000 miles of railroad. . form an estimate f the It is very difficult to _ _ .. 0 averag e mile of building rattroads in the 'unite d expense per no average can be assumed States. In fact.as applica ble to the whole country. The cost of the roads in New England is about 45,000 dolls. per mile; in N ew yolk, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, abou t 40,000 d olls. But in the interior of these States the surface of the country is broken, ren d er ing the cost of gradi6g very heavy ; and nearer the sea, wide and deep streams interrupt the lines of travel, and mako the expense of bridging a seri ous item. In N ew England and the more densely inhabited parts of all the old States upon the Atlantic. as in all European countries, the extinguishment of private titles to the real estate required for railroads frequently forms a large part of the expenses included in the it em of construction. In the southern States and the valley of the Mississippi 20,000 dolls. per mile is considered a safe estimate. There, in most cases, all the lands necessary for the purposes of the companies are given to them in consi deration of the additional advantages which private pro prietors expect from the location of the roads in the vicinity of their estates. In many of the western States the cost of grading a long line of road does not exceed 1,000 dells. per mile, the cost of timber amounting to no more than the ex pense of clearing it from the track. For these reasons the expense of building railroads in the southern and • western States is now much less than it will be when the country beanies as densely settled as the older States °Abe Union. . ' The Central Re:hoed of Illinois is an enterprise *Mob furnishes g m- .. a remarkable examp le of th e energy nobi li Vrt of improvement in the new States. LH- St a t e t r is admitted into the confede r a tio n RS a square in u e l a lS, with 30,000 in- h abitaWs. It has 55 , 405 to the aft °' territory, and a population, according Railroad i s t , tite _. o 1850, of 951,470. The C entral st the eonfian k „7Lrore its south-western extremity , the north line or th :Tre-lasisaippi and Ohio Rivers , to The total length e t this tei with two diverging branches. and branches, is to be F , 5 7 14, itictodiag the main stem at 20,000 dollars per en u e. tit. The cost is estimated entire work, without et ra f 3 ' 60 ROO dollars for the is the longest continuous ma ,:," 4 operating it. This ' k 'llO the United States of '''''r e new ' in conterepla 4-- - ' ' seeedx completion. n- ~44„i s /.:•, 5 ' • • - tett", any Prebabi '44.-S - "Witelr facilities for executing Plage —i n z illenced with k :.- ; dig titers Tkolvasonable do{ u sht: - 'la projectors t "\---..,‘ .e . ' 1 10thin.a few yOrs. ~ * lithe finished ,t-rki:;_,..,„,',,_s.4lrlr4s.aaWjiitney proposes to_ s tsutruo • c ., -__:.'"ln'M ---4 84. ~ r 4040, or some other r a m ."' ladlsead \\,.. ? )riaSissippi- erlier, to the Paci fi c o cea -- ; aa 'the k . 7 : '...- .Ltuiting eiLhiiritit San Francisco, in California , tThisi -411" irle - Mcktii.iif the CAumbis river, in - 0 -- or at Oregon, ile, -S" • solicits the patronage of the national Government for this prodigious work , and petitions for the grant of a tract of land equal in extent to 60 roileit in width by 2 000 miles in teegth. his plans w ere first laid before Congress in 1842, and he his since been continually oc cupied in recommending them to the favourable atten tion of the Goverment and the people with great ability and zeal, but with what success remains yet to be seen. Without expressing any view with reference thereto, it may be said that his project is generally oen aidered impracticable , f rom the tact that of the 2,000 miles of territory which his route across the country must traverse, a large portion consists of desert or of sterile and very elevated mountain district ,, , in which caabe found no materials of construction, and which would afford no business for the support of the road, were the difficultios of building it overcome. Many in telligent men, however, are convinced of its practica bility and expediency. The railroad system of the United States may be con sidered to have commenced in 1830. The first one put in operation was a short road built for the transporta tion of ice from u small hake to the sea in the State of Illawsechueetts. The length of this work was four miles. it was finished in IS3O. In the same year the Stste of South Carotins caused to 1r) commenced a railroad from Charleston, its principal part, to Augusta, in Georgia. The distance is 135 miles. Tee work was firtieh.tri in 1833, at the very small cos; of 1,336,615 dolls., which sum in cluded, also, the expense of furnishing the road with engines and passengers' and freight cars, and all neces sary equipments. This was the first railroad of any considerable length constructed in the United States, and it is believed to have been the cheapest 'and one of the most successful. The longest continuous line of railroad in the world, and that in the construction of which the greatest natural obstacles have been overcome, is that which ex tends from the Hudson River through the souther(' counties of New York to Lake Erie. Its length is 469 miles, and it has branches of an aggregate additional length of 68 miles. Nearly its whole course is through a region of mountains. The bridges by which it is car ried over the Delaware and Susquehanna rivora and other streams, and the viaducts upon which it crosses the valleys that intercept its route, aro among the noblest monuments of power and skill to be found in our country._ Most of these works are of heavy masonry, but one of them is a wooden bridge, 184 feet in height, and having but one arch, the span of which is 275 feet. One of the viaducts is 1,200 feet long and 110 feet high. The aggregate cost of this important work was 23,580,000 d ylls., and the expense of construction was 43,333 dolls. per mile. The road was originally sug gested in 1829. A comp any was organized in 1832. Surveys . were made in the same year, and operations were begun by granting a part of the route in 1834. It was finished in May, 1851, and opened with great cere mony for travel and transportation in that month. The State advanced 6,000,000 dolls. towards the work, and afterwards released the company from the obligation to pay the loan. It will thus be seen that the execution of this great improvement was pursued through nineteen years, and it was not accomplished without calling into requisition both the resources of the State and the means of her eitizsms. Ia the infancy of the American railroad system, and for ten years thereafter, it was the rule to extend to every important enterprise of that character the assist ance of the State in which it was to be built. Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois, Mississippi, and some other States adopted extensive systems of improve ments, consisting of railroads and ca na l s , w hi c h th e y pursued until their credit failed—an event which hap pened in- most cases before any of the works had been compl t , -d and brought into profitable use. But the general praetics was to charter companies, each of which wits charged with the execution of some particu lar work, and to aid them by loans of State st ,cks. Al though this practice has tallen into so much distnvour in some of the States, that the citizens have incorporated in their constitutions articles prohibiting advances by their Legislarures for such purposes, it is yet continuei by others, an Virginia, Tennessee, and other States are HOW prosecuting expensive works, considered essential to their prosperity, by means of advances from their respective treav Elf ies. In the year 1850 Gingress passed an Act, after a very protracted discussion, granting to the State of Illinois about 2,700 000 acres of public lands to aid in the con struction of the Central 'road, to which allu,ion has been before made. This magnificent d)nation is reck oned by the company to which Illinois has confided the building of the road to be worth 18,000,000 dolls. This was the first instance in which the aid of the national Government had been extended to .a railroad project. But since the above grant innumerable ap . pl;cations have been made from alt the new States for cessions of land for railroad purposes. Whether such further aid shall be extended is now a much agitated ( poison i n American politico. Bills are pending in Congress pro po9ing to cede for these purposes about 20,000,000 acres. Nearly parallel to the Atlantic coast of the United States, from Maine to Alabama, runs the range of moun tains known as the Allegheny or Apalachian chain. Thaeestern bases of these mountains are not distant from the seaboard more than a hundred miles, and they form a very formidable obstacle to the construction of railroads between the great eastern cities and the inte rior. In nearly all the great enterprises which have been undertaken with the view to effect such connexion, great additional expenme has been incurred to overcome or penetrate this mountain barrier. In the plan first altered tor the general it, stem of State improvements in Pennsylvania, it was proposed to effect the eres3ing of the Ageghasies by means of in clined planes with powerful stationary engines at their summit. These planes were built, and have been used for several years, until experience proved that their operation was too slow and too expen sive to maintain a successful competition with other methods of conveyance, and other improvements have since been finished, designed to supersede them. The railroad !rose Baltimore to Ohio river is carried over a passage in these mountains where the elevation is up wards of 3,000 feet, and a part of that height is over come by tunnels, varying in length from 1 16th to 4-s:hs of a mile. The road from New York to Albany, along the banks of the Hudson, has three tunnels. The greatest work of this kind yet proposed in the United States is the tunnel through the Hossack mountain, which, if executed, will be four miles in length and 1,590 feet below the summit of the ascent. The cost is estimated at 2,000,000 dolls. On the road from New Yobs to Lake Erie tunnels have been avoided by very expensive works, which overcome ascents of 1,400 feet. No authentic statement has ever yet been given of the capital invested in the railroads of the United Spates, but we have the means of forming an estimate upon which much reliance may be placed. The railroads in operation at the beginning of the present year may be assumed to have cost 348,000,000 dollars. The amount invested in the lines under construction it is impossible to estimate with even an approximation to correctness. Their cost, when completed, will be considsrahli less than that of an eq'ial length of road now in operation, for the reason that the greater number of new or un finished lines are in the west or south, where, as has been shown, the c )st of construction is far below what it is in the northern and eastern States. The management of the American railroads is entirely distinct from she administration of Government. Their concerns are maa.ged by cerporations, which consist of a president, secretary, sad directors. Each of the di rectors must own a certain amount of stock. They are chosen by the body of stockholders, who have votes in proportion to the number of shares they hold. The di rectors choose one of their b , dy president, and appoint the secretary. The president and secretary have gene rally liberal salaries, but the cervices of the directors are gratuitous. The rate of. speed on our railroads is not so great as on those of England. The ordinary velocity of a pas senger train is 20 miles an hour, but on some routes it is as high as 23 and 30 miles. Express trains, on such oc• casions as the conveyance of the President's Message, frequently maintain for long dist inces as high a speed as 45 miles Ztln hour; and on one road—that between New York and Ai bany-40 miles per hour is the regular rate for all passenger trains. The fares or rates of passage are not uniform. In New &gland the average price per mile for the con veyanee of passengers is under two cents; from New Yi.rk to Bolton it is two and four-tenths; from New York to Philadeiphia, three and four tenths; from Phi ladelphia to Baltimore, three and one-tenth. From New York to Cincinnati the distance is'Bs7 miles by the northern route, of which 143 miles are travelled by the steam-boat. The price of passage for the whole distance is 16 dolls. 50e, being slightly under two cents per mile. The lines between Baltimore and Cincinnati, soon to be opened, will be 650 m il es i n length, and the fare will be 1.3 dolle.—that is 2e. per mile. COURT, JUDGE, AND story,e ilti A rt N h a s o tifing IRISH i I :e l_ w. The eek b?fore last, is, REGISTRAR. ""i t n u g account of a curious scene in the Cork Irish raciness as anything 'me. It is a private letter wh f Irishnelhana" h fo i r ts a a l ff ° l ' t. " two Mo :l o o m a c voerri Cork, a a h n l d e we have real registrar in thewith great fidelity. The in the English • and:nun corresponds to the marshal (which is a vvell-paid i g ea rilly the judges give the post bun, who was Attorney- Y G o e n ne e) t i o some relative. Mona (poor fool) figured as a retail, is when Smith O'Brien the Munster circuit this assiaos, l 77 - a n th iecte, and came Judge WI. Monahan and Ball are botill ab t. ll 7" l l e l l of o l d although I don't see much connexion betty - ''Aultoil, and reli gious profession and their conduct on thbee— tneir it is tbey both afford the Corko " e .':4191a. , yet tru e roans a bit of f 9 they come here. The following morceaux .n— au When facts, although they may seem incredible in rrertt a b le half of the nintcenth c9ntury. Some—lreland. e second half wag tried this last week for stealing oats. I *". raan believe the ev id enc e was conclusive l enough in fact, thoegh not *n ' law. Perhap s the identity of the prop e rty— at all tinaeli a difficult proof i n the article of g r a i n or flour . • • • V/ a 5 de Ective. Hovrevor this might be, so it was that, the jury b roug ht in a verdict of a cqu i ttal , " How say you," says the registrar, a moist and rather ro,lick ing brother of the Judge—" How say you, gentlemen of the j u ry, is the prisoner guilty or not guilty ?" "Not guilty," says the foreman. '- Not guilty ?" says Judge Monahan—•" Oh Lord!" Then, addressing the prisoner—" Prisoner, the jury have found you not guilty. but you stole the oats nevertheless, and take care you don't come before me egiiin." This same worthy brother of the judge was quenching his thir s t a t a shop (Mrs. Usher's) in Princo's-street, while the court was sitting. and it is his duty to be present and adminis ter the oath. He was sent for, and ran to the court as well as he was a ble. When he got into the court .he made his way across the table, squeezed himself in under the front of the bench, and putting his hand on his pocket, he exclaimed, loud enough to be heard by all the counsellors and attorneys, " Oh, d— it, I have b ro k e m y p ipe!" immediately after this a Quaker came on the table to be examined as a witness; the regis. trar banded the Quaker the swearing book. " I'm a lqiend," says the Quaker. " You're no friend of mine," 1 DAS-LIGHT AND COSS COMPANIES. Dividend A.mennt Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. .---- 4. 8. 4. L. a. cl. British ••••••.. • • •• .. • 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 1034 Ditto Provincial.... 11. 81. 20 0 0 20. 0 0 1834 Brighton •.-..• • •• • , 51. 120 0 0 - 16 City of LondOn .. •• - 61. 100 0 0 150 0 0 125 • Continental Consolidat. - hOS. 175 0 0 31 5 0 - Equite.l,lo , ...... •• .. 503. 50 0 0 50 0 0 27 Great Central .••• • • • 51. I 0 0 0 10 0 0 13% Imperial ............. 31. & bonus. 50 0 0 60 0 0 66 Independent ... .... • • 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 46 London ........ .. .... - 50 0 0 50 0 0 -- Do., Parl. Preference 61. 25 0 0 7 10 0 - Phoenix ............. 311. per cent. 50 0 0 49 0 0 25% Ratcliff ..... ._ .. 6 1 . ! 100 0 0 90 0 0 - United General . .... .. 11. 5O 0 0 SO 0 0 1734 WestallastarCl3artered 51. per eent. 60 0 0 - 39% Ditto, New •....... bL per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 734 LIST OP SCOTTISII COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of raid. • Price. Annum. Share. .--....---- -- -- -...........- • Z 8. d. 4 s. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Comp any 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 201% Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank I 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 Clydesdale Bank-. - Commercial Bank •• •• 71. percent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 180 I , .lastern Bank .• •• ...• 61. percent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 9)% F.dinb.k:Glasgow Bank 31. per cont. 5 0 0 5 0 0. 3% Exchange Bnk of Scot - 100 0 0 33 0 0 4%' National Bank 434 per cent. ,50 0 0 10 0 0 15 34 Northof Scotlandßank 51.pereent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% Royalßank ofScatlancl 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 132 N Union Bank of Scotland 81. pox cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 85% Western Bank.... Alliance Fire and Life 134/.pr cent, 10 0 , 0 10 0 0 21 34 British Guarantee Caledonian Fire Incur lOl.per cont. 100 0 0 10 0 0 15 City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 41. 78 Colonial Life Edinburgh LH"; Incur 6l. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 ! 2134 ling.& Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 1 3% Life Assoc. of Scotland 6l.per cent.. 10 0 0, 110 0 ,31• 150 National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 ;29•.6d North British limn •• 41. per cent. , 200 0 0 20 0 0 ! 31 Scottish 'Union Inernee. 7341. pr cent! 20 0 0 1 0 0 ,364.0 d Standard Life u n ited Dep.Assurance sl.per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 20s ed MIS CIII.I.ANI301:713 . Dividend ' Amount Naule o f Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ...-.-.............--. ______. -.--- -,...... X. a. d. A. I. 4 • . Asmara Tea •• •• -.. .• - 20 0 0 20 0 0 9 &nett ,Ir Mart •••• • • • • 21. ss. 50 0 0 - 26 61. per cent. - 35 0 0 21 11. 100 0 0 35 0 0 1634 1 . 11 . 1 08. 10 0 0 10 0 0 23% : - 2 10 0 - AustralianrigsAustralian aHenx iaT A lcfr g : s d snbt e :f u r l ie. t ;s ll i. r ... - British American Land - - 38 10 0 - Canada ... .. .. .. .. . , 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 ••••• - 100 - 11134 cent. s 3 p i . p c e . : 3bs,2lloo 0 0 ,100 0 0 94 - 93% 5/ pr. cent. 100 0 0 1 100 0 0 119 CotzNi,:D D ettbn .yu liolits Navigation atR . t. 5 :.... veTeg Zealandorpu o r asr c .l e veto n ie Ea.. etnn:tr Companyt..sBßß.i Invest.n.li.nno dr.d d g e.yas a percent. ..... _ 50 0 0 7lO 0 - Geu.st eam N av i ga tion 10 p.ct. 'l5 *0 0 14 0 0 29 . nuclea t e, ' 11,y.. .. .... ... Stock. - 206 Ilungerford • .......... 21.5 a. liounth4Atennetraluesianan.d. •..... ' -rOO 0 47 London Institution .• • - - 78 15 0 5 - _25 0 0 25 0 0 - - 25 0 0 112 10 0 -.•• • • • _nseell Institution •• • • - - !26 5 0 - K a en v i n ualr B r.Orient.Stm. 61. p. e.te be. 50 0 0i 50 0 0 7934 0 0 0 , I 62 0 06 0 00 0 00 0 1 2 : 04 2 34 Ro y al Man At • • share. It t i 4 }4 l l. l.3 l P P . r r ithar ce ar n e e t ...i l 2 o:o 0 0 0 --' ►liea 0,200 0 1 -- I LIVRI ! PrIOL, SATuDAY, APRIL 17 —The screw steam- ship City of Manchester, Leitch commander, which andde r, Boston: sail e. a d t t w o i m i s t htt h:e i l; t e n r s s e F : a y: l m a a t y a elevenlsafatnedr Aa:privru• sailed from Philadelphia on the let inst., arrived in the Mersey days. The Royal Mail steam-ship Niagara, Stone to-day,nommen narodfs o upwards f7oor Hal o i f fax l 5 passen gers. The United States, maner, will bail from no S f --'' Port next d , with the mails, a m . c'r New York on We d nesday mail steam-ship Pacific, Ne, com- SUN FIBll.—TV io of this valuable species . of shark were captured daring the Present week in the neighbourhood of the Isles of Arran, by a Ci addagh fisherman. The fish is rarely found on the coast of Ireland before the month of BUY. —Galway Mercury. Earl Httrdwicke, the Postmaster-General, is at prea9ut steyiDg at Ma Kati SYcley UV, Ilaut4 - - LIFE IN CALIFORNIA, (From thd San Francisco papers.) A rid effatr ccurred in a hewn of ill-fame , on the night of the 221 of February in this city. Ae alterca tion ensued between two men, one named McDonald and another Carroll, which resulted in the stabbing of Carroll, who died from the effects of his wound a few days after. McDonald has been arrested, and committed to await his trial. An atrocious murder was committed et Spanish Bar, on the 16th ult. Mr, Charles H. Dexter and Captain Daniels were fout.d cat to pi e ce s in their beds. The murderers were supposed to have been Mexicans; no arrests have been made. The victims wore generally esteemed. Two Sydney men, supposed to have been connected with an organized bawl of villains, committed a daring robbery at Murphy's Diggings, in Calaveras county on the 20th of February. They were arrested by the peo ple and promptly hun g on th e s p o t. In this city b urg laries have been of a l most n i g h t l y occurre nce, and thus far the criminals have escaped without detectien. Crime has alarmingly increased in San Francisco within the past month. Hardly a night passes that the mo st daring burglaries are not perpetrated in some part of the city, aid notwithstanding the violence of public opinion against the robbers, and the certainty that if caught in their WS, the rascals would in all probability meet with instant death, they seem to grow more em- It seems that the f e a r f u l trage di es t h a t h ave male b c o a lcl ii e to n r ed n as they Oclatinue successful. soun.motly diatinguished have not yet a ( 0 learn. from the Calaveras Chronicle c o Q fS s a 'd tu e rd n a tire yt l h y. the 14th et Rebruary, that on the preceding w Wd e e re n h esd un al a t t w isi o in s r e p e bri e v E i g e t g f lsh o i r in t h a e n ft. a n d T a h n Irishman Th an e Chronicle sap:—" Two tents bad been broken into at that camp, f ro m one of which 400 dolls. had been taken, and from the other but 25 dells. Sheriff Marshall, we learn, arrested the persons who had committed the crime, and they proved to be an Englishman and an Irishman, whose names we were linable to learn. The people were nf control, showing, by their excited i net a io ria ns t , ed oi b u eon t y not d hing but the Jives of the criminals would be allowed to expatiate their guilt. Accordingly they- seized them from the sheriff, and with shoos of passionate exultation launched the unfortunate culprits into eternity. Price REGULATION OF TIME BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. The ingenious apparatus intended, by means of the electric telegraph, to establish and transmit uni formity of time, in accordance with the Greenwich standard, throughout London and the provinces, having been completed, a notice of the remarkable contrivance cannot fail to be read with interest. The apparatus in question has been designed by Mr. Ed win Clark, the engineer to the' Electric Telegraph and carried out under his superintendence C by om m p r a . n y John Sandys, electric telegraph instrument and clock manufacturer, at whose establishment, in Upper Whitecress-street, the contrivance was ex hibited to visitors. Entering an extensive work shop, the visitor observes between fifty and sixty workmen busily engaged in all sorts of telegraphic oonstruction, brass finishing, battery plates, wire work, Ste. There are to be seen in this department in process of manufacture all the newest devices and designs for carrying out with economy, and to the greatest possible perfection, the system of c ommunication in troduced and now established so extensively by the Electric Telegraph Company. In another department were observable a variety of finished instruments ready for removal, and in a third direction the visitor entered a department devoted to the ingenious ap paratus constructed by the Electric Telegraph Com pany, in association with the Astronomer Royal, for the establishment and transmission throughout London and the various provincial commercial communities of mean Greenwich or geometrical time. In this department, placed horizontally on supports, is a long quadrangular shaft or pillar of wood, painted white without, 38 feet high, and between I and 10 inches square. It is constructed in three sections, so as to allow of its being readily taken to pieces, in about 13 feet lengths. This hollow sbaft passes towards its apex throligh the centre of a large hollow globe or ball, by a contrivance similar to that in connexion with the well-known ball at the top of Greenwich Observatory. The globe is about .4 feet 6 inches in diameter, is constructed entirely of basket work, and is large enough for four per sons to sit comfortably in it. It is to be covered with canvas and painted black. By means of a bar inside the ball, connected with a piston or moveable rod, working iu grooves or slides t!.om inside the pillar, and by means of an electrical trigger communicating with it, an electrical shock will every day at one o'clock c a u se th e b a ll to fall eight feet from the t o p of the pillar, and by this means, whe n p laced in the in tended position in the Strand, it will, when the wires connect it with the ball on the op of the Observatory, at Greenwich, fall simultaneously with it, and thus indi aete exact Greenwich time The ball, released by the .electric trigger, will on the instant of its falling com municate mean time to a "grand regulator," or electrical clock, in the offices below, which in its turn will send an -lectrical stream of true time throughout the country —theregulator being also furnished with a remarkable apparatus by means of which the minute and hour hands are to be made to move every minute. 'The ap paratus consisting of the pillar and ball will be placed on the top of a dome admirably adapted for the purpose, and which is observable on the top of the West Strand establishment of the Elec cric Telegraph Company, by Hungerford-market. Of the 38 feet of which the pillar consists, 17 feet are to be fixed into the dome or roof, leaving 21 feet visible above the building, a nd the Pit' tar will be crested with a silvery looking weather vane 10 feet 6 inches high, with the let ters E T C cut transparently on the arms. Outside the establishment in the West Strand, but in imme diate communication with' the grand regulator, is to be a newly-designed electrical clock, surmount ing an ornamented bronze pillar, and similar ones are to be placed at all the other telegraph . stations. The dial-plate of these clocks is of the most elegant workmanship and design. There are four square dial faces, each two feet high, and within which the electrical clockwork is enclosed. The dial-plates are of a beautiful enamelled glass of a pare milk white, the hours and minutes being marked by :stained glass indications on the alabaster base, and upon which, under the hour and minute hands of b ron ze, are inscribed, in a be au tif u l light blue letter ing, the words "Electric Telegraph Company." The peculiarity of the enamelled glass, which consists of a c oating of white enamel on both sides of the ordinary sheet glass, is, that when the dial is illuminated, it does not reflect on its frontispiece or face the unsightly shadow of the machinery within, so no ticeable in connexion with the ordinary ground glass illuminated clocks in London, bw, presents a soft opaque white surface or transparency, an d is, so far, a great im provement upon the present method of illuminated clockmaking. Mr. Sendys is the patentee. - - --- RACING FIXTURES FOR 1852. York Spring 2O Royal Leamington 2O Malton 22 (Merton • 1 Chester Spring Tavistock Lewes Spring lO Newmarket S. S. Shrewsbury l2 Plymouth Spring Eping 1 Le p tham Manchester... . Cuggeßball Soothwell Ascot . Beverley ........ 9 Lambertoo ............... 15 Hampton. l6 JU Salisbury ... . 1 Newmarket .............. 6 Worcester Lancaster Ileley l4 Liverpool AUG North Staffordshire .... Brighton 4 Edgware 5 Wolverhampton 9 Great Yarmouth lO Beading Newmarket F. 5......... 26 Hambledon Hunt ...... 29 .Y. Durham .................. 13 Bath and Somerset ... 18 Liverpool H. ......... 19 North Herta ...... 20 Epsom ......... . ........... 25 cti WYe ••• •• 000000 0000000 .z. Newton . ..... . l6 Newcastle Bibury • M icclesfield 23 Stockbridge Winchester Knighton 25 Carnal° , ...... 29 Ludlow rLY. Stamford 2O Kuutstord Nottingham Abingdon 1 Gcodviod ... ......... iIST. Coventry ll York RadeliP 23 Eghara _ 25 Lincoln SEPTEBIBER. Warwick 7 Beiford Whitehaven . ~. Doncaster Eglinton Club 2l I Newmarket F. 0. ocTo Chester Royal Caledonian Hunt and Edinburgh Club 6 Yorkshire Union Hunt 6 I Wrexham IBER. Newmarket S. Q. Holy well Hunt Richmond. . 2O 1 Newmarket Houghton.. 25 NOVEMBER. Worcester Autumn 2 IRISH RACES TO COME APRIL. Curragb .................. 20 3IAY. Kilcock .......................................... . ........ . ..... 24 JUNE. Curragh 22 I Mon k s town .............. . 29 I JULY. H ea th 5 I Bellowstown ............ 21 AU GUST. Dawn Royal Corp 3 'nom ........... ... 23 Phcenix Park ...... . ... Roscommon Down • sErr smuts 21 .' _ Curragh 7 I Johnsto wn Limerick OCT OBER. Curragh l2 I PATIO?? Royal Corp .. . ... _2O I A little boy,ren yeari old, drowned himself in Derby on Wednesday last , from mort i fication at his mother haying discovered that he had stoleu sixpence. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH WARK. Jaincs Welsh, a well known puglii,t and ,'ubliean. wss ixrought before Mr. Combe on a warrint, by Guest, 52 L, charged with assaulting George Thomson, a betting wan, by attempting to gouge his eye out. Complainant, whose right eye was completely closed up, stated that on the previous evening, a little after eleven o'clock, he went into the parlour of Mr. Patten, of the Scar Inn, High-street, Borough, to see some friends. He sat down quietly for at m, time, when the defendant entered the pariour in a very excited manner, exclaiming that he " should like to knock somebody's ear off." Witness asked him " Whether he meant his?" when he replied, " Yea, you -." The defendant then came up to him suddenly and pushed his finger into his right eye, and called out that " he wrald kick his brains out." Witness was in such agony that he could hardly help himself, and defendant nearly forced his right eye out. He here produced a certificate from a surgeon, showing that he had recvived a severe injury to the eye. Mr. dOBIBE—What is the reason of all this ill feeling between you? Complainant—l believe it is si.me thing about his wife and marriage. I now go in bodily fear of him, as he asBsult,d me iu a cruel Runner once before. In cross-examination by Mr. Hutchinson, complainant said he was a betting man, and got Ma livelihood by at tending races. He was not a member of Tattersall's, but went round the country and bet upon horses that he thought would win. There were abut twenty persons in the room when he was assaulted, and he was playing cribbage wish a friend. Mr, Hill, from the ofEe of Mr. Roberts, requested an adjournment or the else, as the complainant had a num ber of respectable witnesses to corroborate his testimony, but they were unable to attend that day. Mr. litrchinson said his client was a very respectable man, and at present looking out for a public•house. He should be able to prove on a future occasion that the complainant was the aggressor and brought all upon himself. Mr. COMBE asked whether he had any witnesses in court? Mr. Hutchinson replied in the ricga;iv , . His client had surrendered to the warrant; therefore his Worship would be pleased to accept of bail should be feel inclined to adjourn the case. He had several re sponsible tradesmen in court who would be answerable for his attendance. , Mr. COMBE said that it appeared to be a quarrel be tween them, and resulted in one of thein being worsted. He should, however, remand the detent lent until Satur day next, and accept bail for his attendance. Bail being put in be was dis -harged. LAMBETH. Upon the Hon. Mr. Norton taking his seat a certifi cate was produced from the County of Surrey Lunatic Asylum reap-cting the statc+ of mind of the lunatic and murderer, Thomas Wheeler, from which it appeared that he had been discharged from that asylum in February of last year at the urgent request of his mother, who had given the required undertaking in pursuance of the Lunacy Act. On reading the document Mr. NORTON said it was a lamentable thing that the law as regarded lunatics was not more stringt-nt. It was evident that this man was quite unfit to be at large, and there ought to be a law empowering the lunatic tsylums to insist upon the most ample security that a discharged lunatic would be pro perly taken care or. They ought not to be given up at .the . mere request or caprice of any of their family, bat some protection should be given to insure the public security. THE SUN, LONDON, i says the registrar, looking the Quaker full in the face, with a gaze more peculiar than perspicuous—" You're •no friend of mine; kiss the book," "Pm one a the Friends," said the Quaker. "I don't care whose friend you are," says the registrar; " kiss the book" The judge now interfered, leant over the bench, and said to his worthy brother, " Let him be affirmed; he is a Quaker." Whereupon the registrar dictated the affir mation, and I understand made a sad hash of it. We had arum chap, a captain of a vessel, under examination last Friday. He was partly drunk at the time, and 'wh,n the counsel asked him some question he did not wish to answer, he turned to the judge and said. " I sav, messmate, am I forced to answer the question?"-- Bristol Times. PRICES OF SHAKES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. Frcm the Official List. eIIBLISIIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 16. ZOINT-41TOCIEL 113212t7L5. Dividend 1 Amount 1 Name cf CCMpitny. per i of i Paid. Price. Annum. ! Share. 1 --•-••••••••- -.-_-...1_ , £ s. d. A s. d. ,laistralasin •••••• • • •• 51. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 40 Britsh North American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 Commercial of London 161. per cent. 1 4 10 0 0 20 .0 0 - Colonial . • - Gloucestershire • • • • • • 115/per cent. - - 7 - lonian •• •• •• .. •• •• - I 61. pr cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - London and County .. 61. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Loncin and Westnalnstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - London Joint-Stock... 61. per cent. 50 0 0- 10 0 0 - Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New.- •••• • • 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - National of Ireland .. , 41. per cent., 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Nat. Provneial of Eng. ' 61. per cent. t 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, New. .•• •... 6/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - Oriental Bank Corpora. ,81. p ct. & bs. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - South Australia - .... 61 per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 24% Union et Australia.... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto •• - .......... 61. per cant. - 210 0 - Union of London. •• •• 71. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 1 5 34 Union of Madrid ..... - 40 0 0 40 0 0 - X31111:111ALN43311 CIOINPANFINSI. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. ---.--- -1..-. A a. d. £ a. 4. Albion .... ••••• • • • • • 21. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 86 Alliance Erit. and For. 71. 14s. 6d.bs. 100 0 0 11 0 0 2234 Ditto Marine. ••• • •• 61. p.c.& be. 100 0 0 25 0 0 41% Atlas ................ 135.6 d. 20 0 0 , 510 A 18 Argus Life .• • • • • •• 41. per cent. 100 A 0 16 0 0 British Csmtnercial - Is. 6d. 50 0 0 5 0 0 6% Clerici,Med.l6Gea.Life spr ct.&bi. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19% County •• • • .......... 41. 100 0 0 10 0 0 100 Crown ••• • • • ...... •• 14s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 16 4 4 Earle • • ss. 50 0 0 5 0 0 7M Eqity and Law ...... 4 34 per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 5 34 European Life •• •• • 105. 20 0 0 All paid. 12 General ............ - 5 0 0 Pt 1534 Globe .. ..... • • 61. per cent. Stock. 139 Guardian ............ 51. p e r cen t 100 0 0 45 0 0 56 Imperial Fire .. •..... 111, per cent. 500 0 0 150 0 0 256 Imperial Life ...• -.. 1211. 100 .0 0110 0 0 04 Indemnity Marine.- 1/.OIA iss. 100 0 0 120 0 0 50 Law Fire . .......... 28.&'2s.bs. 100 0 0 210 0 0% Law Life............ - 100 0 0 10 0 0 46% Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 5% London Fire •..... -10 c ltc be. 25 0 0 12 10 0 - London Ship ........ 105. & bs. 26 0 0 12 10 0 - ',Lorin° - - •••• ..'.... 15s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 153( Sled. Inviid&Gen.Life 4341. per ct. 50 0 0 20' 0 2% Monarch -. .. • • ...... - a 0 0 1 0 0 220.6 d National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 234 Palladium Life Si. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 234 Phoanix . 31. p. sh. Ps be. - - 164 Professional Life.... •• 51. per cent. 6 5 0 010 0 158.0 d Provident Life• •••• • •• 11. 51. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 30 !Welt Life•• •• •.•• •• •• ss. 5 0 0 010 0 734. Royal Exchan:e 6l. p.ct. & bs. Stock. all 22534 -tun Fire - •, - 21.1 Ditto Life .• 11. 6s. - 66 United Kingdom .... 42. p. et. & bs. 20 0 0 4 0 0 '4% . niversal Life........ tO% ct. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0.0 3 9 34 Victoria Life. 51. per cut. - I 412 6 6% B&tDGZS Dividend Amount Name of ComPellY. An num. Sha et Paid. Price. re. , • --- -...--- -.... £. 8. d. X. a. 4. Hungerford•• •• •• .• • • - - _ _ Southvrrlt ••..•• • • • • - 100 0 0 - - Ditto Nw of 7N p.c. 70a. per cent. 50 0 0 - 16 Waterloo .. ••••• • • • • • - 100 0 0 -2% Mtn Old Ann. of 81. 2/. Bs. Od. - 60 0 0 r 24 Ditto Nw ditto 0f,71. 21. 2s. Od. - 40 0 0 22 Vauxhall .... ••• Av • 21. 70 10 3 - 18% W A T B it .VIOIII3LS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. . per of paid. Prise. annUM. nue. ..........:.-- - --- -. A O. d. a s. d• East London...• ...... 81. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 156 Grand Junction •• •• •• ' 41. per cut. 50 0 0 - 6634 Kent-. .... •-.•• • • • 4l. per cat. 100 0 0 - 80 Lambeth .... •••• • • • • 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 97 Now River ComPanY• • 21. 10s. - - 60 Southwark & Vauxhall , 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - - Waal Sitiyilasex -.. •• 61.05. pr cat! - - 10236 D 00368. same of compaap. Dividend per Amount • - 1 of Annum. Share. Paid. Price -.-- £ e. d. £ s. d. Commercial ••..- •• • • 41. pr cent. Stock. - 90% . East and West Ind. a... 6341. pr cent. Stock. - 184 East Conntt7 • ••• .. • 20s. per eh. 100 0 0 - - London •• . ... •• .. 51. pr cent. Stock. - 123 Ditto B onds.. •• - - i 41. per cent. - - - t.Kztharine ......... 334 per cent. Stock. - , 81% Ditto Honda- •• ~.. 4341. pr cent. - - - tioathampton ........ I 11. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0AN..3,13. .; 1 .1 Dividend _Names of 1 t Dividend Price. Names of 2 1 1 Am p: un, „ ice. C =pantos.; d per Companies. .si , . "'" sc Annum. ea 1L X \ A.shtn& Oldh! f:8 11. p. ct. 140 Macclesfield • 100 21.108. 50 Barnsley. •• • 1160' Neatk .. •• • • 160' 161. IrktikBsAbrBllso , 51. 85 Oxford.... • • 100 ! 13!. 135 3irmiaghlin ,40 41. Peak Forest. 7g , al. 18s. 70 Coventry.... 100 251. 260 Regent's •• • • 33 , 11. Si. 16 U Derby ••• • • ! 100' 61. 63 Rochdale.. • • gs' 21. 42 Ellsmre&Chs 69 2% p. ct. 33% Ssmrset Coal 15/), GrandJunctn 100 3/. pr. ct. 4$ Do•LkFd St 121 NDo.; 6 pr. Ct. 10 6 1 . pr. ct. 11% Stffrd& Wore 140 281. 405 . Grand Surrey I 100 21. Os. 31.% Shrewsbury.. 125 Grand Union , 100, 11. 10s. ' 24 Stoarbridge.. 1 45 201. 290 Konnt& A.vul 39 4e. 04. 5% Bevel - mond/ 21.0 e. 24 Lancaster . 100 Wye Rail. i 26 Undo& Livrp 100, 201. 465 Warwick& / ft,, 4/. • 10 Leicester.... 1100 61. 66 ilirming. 3 I v. Leicstr &Nth i 83, 41. 44% WarwickY*l Lou ghboroghll42 , 701. 510 Napton.. 3 100 31. 22 Monmouthsb 100! Worcstr &/ ~, 31. 33 Ninte.mrysh' 100 Birming. ' MeltnNwbry: 100: Wilts ID BrkB lis. 6d.. 714 MONDAY EVENING, APRIL F 19 1 1852. EXECUTION OF ABEL OVANS. On Fri day the convict Abel Ovens underwent the ex treme penalty of the law in front.of Monmouth county gaol for the murder of his illegitimate child, by drown ing it in a stream of water at Newport. The prisoner was tried before Mr. Justice Wightman at the last Monmouth Assiz"s with a woman named Sarah Dove, the mother of the child, who also wes found'guilty, but reprieved three days • before that ap pointed for her execution. It is, however, stilt uncer tain whether she will not be executed also; for, accord ing to the statement of Ovans, it was she who stripped the child of its clothei and threw it, into the water. When the respite was made known_to Dove, she ex claimed, " Ah, I knew they would not do it; they dare not." However, since that time she has made certain statements to those who have attended upon her in pri son which tend to corroborate what her paramotir bad previously stated and the governor of the gaol, Mr. Barrett, thought it to be his duty to proceed to Lo :don to lay- those statements before Mr. Justice Wight man, which he did on Thursday. At four o'clock on Friday morning a letter was received from the Home offiee, directing the full penalty of the law to be carried out on Ovens, but not on Dove, and the drop, a simple piece of mechanism, WAS erected in a couple of houre. By seven o'clock in the morning a large concourse of spectators had congregated from the surroundieg.district of i Dean Forest, Chepstow, Ross, Cullford, &e., in front of the gaol, and by nine o'clock, the hour appointed for the execution, upwards of 4,000 persons had congregated in view of the drop. Of thesti a large majority • were women, who behaved in anything but a becoming man ner. Many arrived at Monmouth on the preceding night, and others had to travel through the night. At the appointed hour the culprit ascended the scaffold with a firm step, and having shaken hands with the under sheriff, the governor, and Calcraft, the cord was adjusted and ho died without a struggle. After remaining sus pended the usual time, the budy was cut down, and the crowd dispersed. EXTENSIVE FIRE. On Sunday morning, a few minutes before one o'clock, a fire 'broke out in the extensive premises be longing to Mr. J. Hill. camp equipage and wholesale trunk Manufacturer, situate at Nu. 212, Piccadilly. The flames originated from some unknown cause in the ma nufactory behind the dwelling-house, and owing to the large qutntily of stock in the place the fire extended with more than usual rapidity ; so that in the course of a very brief period the flames shot through the dif ferent windows and also from the roof, to the danger of destroying every ouilding near. Messengers were dia• patched in sundry directions for proper assistance, and two of the Royal Society's escapes and another belong ing to St. James's parish attended. These were fol lowed by numerous engines of the London Brigade, West of England, and Sr. Anne's parish. Before, how ever, the firemen had time to reach the premises the flames rushed from the factory into the private resi dence, setting the third fl )or -in a blaze. Fortunately a bountiful supply of water was procured from the mains of the Grand Juuction Company, and the engines being manned by nearly 100 hired auxiliaries, copious streams of water were scattered over the burning mass, hut in spite of which the work of devastation con tinued, and in order to stop the further - spread of the alarming element, the firemen were obliged for some minutes to leave the 'main body of fire while they beat down the flames raging in the surrounding houses. The latter having been accomplished, the whole fore , was brought to bear upon the factory, ants, after some hoary' hard working, tne flames were t , ventually extinguished. The d .mage done is thus officially re turned by Mr. Braiciw,od, the superintendent of the London Fire-Engine E,itablishtnent:—" Sunday, April 18. -e-At half-past 12, A M., called to a fire at Mr. Hill's trunk manufactory, in Piccadilly, whi c h was extinguished by firemen with seven engines of the establishment, that of the West of England, and St. Anne's parish. Two floors of the workshops are completely burned out, the roof cif, rest of building and contents damaged by water, &c. Insured in the Sun Fire office. The third floor of the house burned out. Insured in the Sun-office. Mr. Thomas Stillman, surgeon. Contents not insured. Back windows burned out, and part of roof off; rest of house and contents damaged by fire and water. Miss Amelia Price, milliner. Considerable damage by fire and water. Insured in the Globe Fire-office. No. 2. Eagle place, Piccadilly; Mr. J. Everard, fruiterer. Contents not insured; building, unknown; back windows de molished, and frames burned." A great crowd of persons were present, but, owing to the admirable exertions of police, no accident occurred. SEVEN CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH. The village of Renton, situated about sixteen miles west from Glasgow, was, on Thursday evening, the scene of one of the most appalling catastrophes which ever occurred in that part of the country—the destruc tion ,of two dwelling-houses by fire, and the death of seven children by the same means. The particular scene of the calamity was in Main-street, of the above named village, and it appears that between six and seven o'clock on the evening mentioned volumes of smoke were aeon issuing from the window of a garret occu pied by a labourer named James Lay, in which his two sons, along with five other children, had bean amusing themselves in the afternoon, during his, absence at work l at Dumbarton, where he is employed as a labourer. taken.t , was at first conjectured that only the chimney had fire, but the flames soon appeared and spread oof b w s l a t s h w s l u l c in h fearful , rapidity that in a few minutestthh a blaze, and had likewise,ignit, d . t he ia n a. thatch of Thereo tihse every adja cent dwelling-house in the . .Stik back gera were ignorant of the reason to believe that the "l a a nts of the garret, for no impending fate of the attempt was made p°MrtlePscue them from the flames, although the teuandt ottfhethshe;iegkrosuonfdthfleocohrildarfetnerwahaordost stated that be hear half-past six o'clock. filled i t s h p e r a o p b a a ; b et l mr e i , eo h ndt o o w fh ev at e dh r e , sue t iTv h eo a en t ain t t l e i ed e dense smoke which e th a e lis il f l. (, :s a te s d sis e t h a i n t o d e r . en A at n e y n r a. e e t e t a e e r n in ly t p ed ts f w r o h m ic c h on w t e in re ui m ng ad th e e t i - o ; in the and that they were thus p fire were ineffectual , and the roof weresoo .a th cr e ash, and there being no fire-engine extinguish fell in i ‘v ith . v illage the fire continued burning till both houses totally consumed. When the bodies were - extricated from the smoulder ing ruins; they were so much charred and disfig ured as not to be recognisable even by their own had evi dently with the exception of the brothers Lay, who perished in es - eh other's arms, an d w h o were disting uish able by their respective sivs. The names o f t h e deceased and their ages were as foll(673:—Michael Lay, 12; James Lay, 4; Hugh Sinclair , ethldeestboy 6; ; jam" Stewart, 4; Jan et Pau l 94 ' ; and E S U L b u e e l l h Wilson, Sharp, and the o f f ae a t ge. of How the fir e originated is unknown, Lay not apartment and giving an alarm is at the time. probably accounted for by the door being locked leaving the has naturally caused a great deal of excitement i village and throughout the neighbourhood. - The occu n rre t te _ STATE . . VISIT 01' THE JUDGES TO ST. PAUL s.— yesterday being th e fi rst S un d ay in Easter Term the Judges proceeded in litre to St. PaursCarhedral , w here they were met by usually large the Lord mSheriffs, Aldermen, and an un usually or, the distinguished number of Common Council members. The personages having taken their places in the sacred edifice, p a very impressive and eloquent sermon was delivered by the Rev. Mr. Champ ne Y s • the rector of White chapel, who selected for his text, lst Corinthians, Ey., 20, " NCIT is Quiet riven from the dead.", . - RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE-. THE WAR OFFICE AND THE LAILWAYS. The fellowieg circular bai been issued to every rail way in the United lie - ,gdom:— " War-office, April 5, 1852 " Sir,—The Secretary at War having had under his consideration the subject of the fares at present paid by the public for the conveyance of troops by railway—viz., 2d. per mile for each officer, and Id. per mile for each soldier, and being of opinion that rates more favourable to the public may now be fairly expected for such con veyance, eoNsideriog the large number of the military who use the railway.. at small trouble and inconvenience to the companies, -the managers being previously warned of the exact numbers about to be forwarded, and consi dering the very general reduction that has taken place in passengers' fares, especially in the case of excursion trains, I am directed to request that you will • bring the subject before the board of directors, for the purpose of ascertaining whether they would be willing to enter into an agreement with the Secretary at War for placing the cheree fur the conveyance etf troops, especially when moving in large bodies, on a more favourable scale, pro portionate to those usually charged to passengers by excursion trains= 4 "lshe following rates are those which the Secretary at War would propose, and which are not lower than what the public have, he considers, an equitable right to expect for a serv!co of this description:— F.r officers proceeding singly or with a body of troops less than 50 in number=-lid. a mile each. " For soldiers proceeding singly or in less numberis than 50- 4 1 d. a mile. "For their wives or widows-41. a mile each. "For officers proceeding with a body of troop of 50 men and upwards-11 a mile each. _ __"For soldiers proce,d.ng in bodies of fifty men and upward 4, d. a mita each, a day's notice being given to the e , hapAoy. "For their wives, if proceeding with them, 1 31. a mile each. " S )Idiers' children under three yea rs of age to be convey' d free. "Above three and under twelve years of age, at half the foregoing rates. Above twelve, at full fare as charge able fur their parents. , " The amount of luggage to be conveyed free of charge to remain as at present, viz, :—For every officer, one hundred weight; for each soldier, soldier's wife, or widow, one half-hundred weight. " Thr, Secretary at War is anxious to obtain as early as possible the d-cision of the various railway companies on the proposition now submitted to their consideration before the annual removal of the troops takes place. " I cm, Sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) "B HAwEs." YoItK- AND NORTH MIDLAND.--It appears that the long pending snit between Messrs. Crawshaw, railway contractors, of York, and the above company has been .at length broukht to a termination. The action was commenciel in October, 1847, and in November, 1849, was referred to the Recorder of London, who concluded his investigation about the-end of October, 1851. The sum sought to be recovered by the plaintiff's, for con tract work done un the York and Scarborough branch railway, amounted to 142,5601, and the amount 0: the award, to be paid on or before the Ist of May, is 34,1761., being 100,3841. less than the claim. The com pany will have to pay the costs, which it is believed will be very heavy. CORNWALL.—The report of the directors of this,com pany, to be submitted to the shareholders on Wednes day, states that the warrant of this railway department of the Board of Trade has bean obtained tor abandoning the branches and reducing the capital from 1,600,000/. to 1,125,0001, which they believe will be more than ample to complete the main line from Plymouth to Falmouth. The 251. shares are converted into 20/. shares, thus reducing the liability of the shareholders one-filth, while full credit is given for all peat payments, equal to 3/. 15s. on each 20/. share. It is- proposed the proprietors who have more sharer : thin- they can conveniently hold should have the opportunity to lessen their ltahilitiea , byrforteiting one-fourth of their shares, on paying the call now made of 15s. per share on the remaining three-fourths. The directors- believe that further calls to the amount of 101. 10s.' per share will suffice, with the borrowing powers of the company, to complete the works and provide the working stook. ' It is proposed to make a single line, but to provide turf& ciept land, and construct bridges and tnnuels for -a doable line. The experience of the West. Cornwall, now. in course of construction; proves that_ the works can be completed for the present estimate. Full confidence is placed in the friendly feeling and liberality of the land owners along the line. The traffic already realised on the West Cornwall Railway confirms tke made for the C ornwa ll R a il wa y that es timates of tra ffi c the latter will yield a return on the outlay of at least 4i per cent: The di rectors congratulate the shareholders on the prospect now opened of Dialling the line at a small cost, and com pleting a continuous line of railway from London to Falmouth and Penzence; READING, GIIILDFoRD, AND REIGATE.—The land owners and inhabitants of the districts adjoining this railway have j us t presented a memorial to th e P res id ent of the Board of Trade, setting forth that the company obtained their Bill from Parliament on the express ground of furnishing accommodation to the inhabitants of the west of England, particularly of Bristol,- Exeter, and Plymouth, so as to enable them to proceed direct to Dover, Folkstone, and other places on the south-eastern coast, and ultimately to Paris, Brussels, and the conti nent, without being obliged to go round by London; that since the completion of the line no such communi cation as the public were led to expect has been afforded, but a spirit of hostility to other companies who will not accede to their terms appears to have actuated the direc tors in violation of their original engagement, and to the sacrifice of the public interest; that no proper ar rangements has been made to meet the trains upon the Great-Westero and South-Western railways, but, on the contrary, alterations of time have been made, apparently with u;, other object than to force those companies to a cancetaten, and thus the convenience of the public has been sacrificed to the dissensions of the respective managers. The memorialists represent that this conduct is a breech of faith on the part et the directors, inasmuch as they have not continued their line-into the station of the Great Western at Reading, thereby entailing the re meval of luggage and passengers to a distance ,of a quarter of a mile by road, and causing serious public uneecessary loss and expense. The memorialists call upon the Railway Board to exert its authority iu com pelling the directors to fulfil the conditions upon which they obtained their Act, and if the Railway Board pos sess no such power, they then call upon the board t o apply to Parliament to have additional power vested in the beard for such purpose. . - - - RAIL WA Y stiAREIiiARKETS BRISTOL, APRIL 17. STOCK EXCHANGE. -- , The share market was firm and active to day. Great Westerns were done at 92. LIVERPOOL, AVAIL 17 STOCK EXCHANGE. The share market was not quite so good to-day, but prices remain without material alteration. The transactions were as follow : Caledonian, .20 1 / 4 Grenock, guaranteed, 15 Eastern Counties, 95/B—Lanca shire and Yorkshire, 74 1 4 - Ditto, Fifths, 6 dis.—Ditto (West Riding Union). 4 its--London and North-Western, 125—Ditto, New Quarters, p.—Ditto, Fifths, 4% p,— Manchester. Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, New 6/. Preference, 13-16 p.—Midland, 68 —Ditto, Consolidated ( Birmingham and Derby ), 36—Newcastle and Carlisle, 78—Shrewsbury and Chester, Preference, guaranteed 8 per cent., 15 13-16 South- Eastern and Dover, 22 1 ,i—York and North Midland, 25 5 A—Dutch Rhenish, 331 3 dis. VIANCEit.STER. APEIL 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow: Ambergate, 2 1 / 8 dis.—Blackburn (No. 1), PA — Caledonian, 20:y 8 —East Lancashire, Preference, Fifths, 3-16 p. —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 74%—Ditto, Fifths ' 1 dis.— Manchester, Sheffield, tuad Lincolnshire, 3 4 15-16—Ditto, New 61. Preference, 3 4 p.—Midland, 68x8-South -Eastern and Dover, 22y 8 . BIIIMINGEIAM, Arum 1.7. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market has been ex tremely firm to-day. bUt there was very little business doing. The only transaction reported was—South Staffordshire, dis. • THE COUNTicic jLAktKETS. LIVERPOOL, Aran. 17.—T0-day prices in Brunswick ; street are very 6rm, and we have a good demand. MANCHESTER, APRIL 17. —Di a i g i theed assumed grpresentour a d i t week e an improved feeling has g eo r n ad s : c it u ll e Y u ay, n flour trade, which has, tone, leading ti an increaJed, Wit by no means extensive, business at fully previous prices. In other articles no change has occurred. Into, Liverpool and Runcorn th arrivals from Ireland are moderate of oa . ts o a li a r d w l) 4 a r r k l e y t e and good of oatmeal; whilst about 2,500 sa.c quarters tbeurttabtai.y f :i adfj e uo - r.t ; constitute the only. supplies of mumen se t ch c al ,:stwise Q 1 ,11231 hen oaeal ni n yli b irnb a oeha n frte c oaw e lfdli d hee r ra a s: t eroafn(bi both h-:' flour, relit nt ' abroad ige i l m we s p a imports h r o t ef s y a a raremeowor Inmost generally tlyoa obtaineds es as s t o h o f m i t s h e m e t s o i e m rn a e past. v a a n n el e ,fl e o w u a r sdemandednot s of buyers, and not'aegaracaet nuustutol APRIL 17. rai s se oT o T u i r li q o u Ti orions. with a small attendance -- At Derby on F;iday to enable wheat sold at fully the terms of the pre . ber of seller, change took place in the valie of any vious week. ' No chan other article , and but little Wheat, red, 40a to 425; business was transaoted. old, 50 3 to 525 ; white, 46s to 48s per 36 atone; g rindi ng, 23i to 30 barley ' for malting, 28s to 325; for per 24 stone'p.r 30 stone; oats, old, 21s to 24s * new, 2ls to 245; beans old, 39s to 40s per 38 stone. fi , - Mr, 3h to 325 ; fine ' 33s to 34s per 20 stone. Very little suPer ; was done at Worksop,Mansfield, Retford, Grantham, Melton, and Lincoln, but the tran- Motions effected were on fully previous terms. At our own supply of wheat was very Market to-day the limited, and an aivanco of Is per quarter was given for good qualities. We had but few mattsters in the market. Oar quotations may answer for fresh threshed samples, were in. better : e unsaleable. ' Oats any others were value. Thepresent prices of de mand, and trans hold their grain in Nottingham are as follow :---W to 7hes;at, re white, 38S old, 463 to 49s per 36 stone; new, 42s 4d; t , 435; barley. for malting. 275, to 31s per quarter; er for grin, ding 27s to 28 4 per 30 stone; Oats, 203 t0.23s p 24 s toue; beans, 01d,34s to 36. i per 38 stone; new, 30s to' 33 8; Egyptian. 30s to 31s; ft mr, superfine, 30s to 358 per 20 atone; ditto, fine, 28s to 29a. Stourbridge market on Friday waa but scantily sup plied with grain of all kinds. Wheat and barley were pretty well in demand at fully last week's currencies, with a firm trade. Beans and peas fully maintained lust week's rates. Oats flit, and not - much doing. At Wolverhampton mlrkeit also the supplies of wheat were Small, and both farmers and dealers looked fur fully last week's prices. Malting barley was in good supply and rather cheaper, prices average 28s to 30s per quarter. Little doing in oats at uria:tered curren cies. English nits, 23s to 245, and Irish 21s ' per 319 b* ,en scor e Beans worth from 13s 64 t o 14s per -e for_old, and Its 6 , 1 to Its for new.' 1 litddnrainster market, too, was sparingly supplied with wheat, and although the business transacted was rather alum limiltd pole. Siva TiVe artu, 'Pe malting trr.4 is now become dull, registers have now f. ir t part in,tde 'their a-oar's purchases. Thr re n. , t mueh On offer at late rates. Beans were in; qTred for at former pric,.l. and a fair average amours. of bri.iness dono. There - was also a pretty brisk deuland for oats. In peas nothing , doing. In the gr oa t malting districts of Suffolk the Inalts terB have nearly done malting for the season. Barley to cheaper and has not so ready a sale. At Woodbridge barley sold slowly at 18 WS money' Oats ttl.sa were oh aper. On Thursday, at Stowmarket, barley was reduc ed 18 to 2i per quarter. WORCESTER, APRIL 17.—The market to-dair rather looking up, the absecce of foreign arrivals in t D .: country stimulating the d eman d for home produce. I'" advance of ls per quart e r on l ate rates was realized In some instances English white wheat rules isi) s ' 16s 63 per bag of three - bush.ls, and red 15s to 159 6 j Malting barley firm at 38 6d t o 3 s 9d p er bushel, an " distilling qualities 3s 33 to 3s 6,1. New English , beli tli 4s to 49 61 per bushel, and old 4s 6d to ss. FPre i g ° arera4e about 3s 6d per bushel. Old English oats a r e worth 3s 63 per 39 ib, and new 3s to 35 3d. 'lrish 8 0 : pies from 28 93 to 3s. Spring vetches 4s to 43 6d P", bushel. Waite - vas from 43 to 4s 41 per bushel, an gray from 35 6d to 4s per bushel. The list wheat are' rag. here is 38s 81 per quarter, and burl .y 29s 6d. .hel* DALicEITH, Ayala 15.—The relative weight per four bu i - 0 of the three prices of wheat were 18st 111 b, 18st 41b, an d 31b. Vats, 12st 101 b, 12st 01b, and list 11b. Barley, 16st 41b,ib 15st 91b, and . 15st 2113. Peas and beans, 19st 185 t 7 end - 18it Olbs. lie f ! ) Qrs. Best. Current. 241 Wheat ......... £2 5 0 £2 1 0 el !, 7 4 798' Oats ... 1 2 8 1 0 4 0 '', ;0 Barley' 1 11 0, 1 8 6 1 6 54 Peas and Be ans 1 . 13 0 112 0 1 n 0 Average of wheat. 40s ad. WI: th ABERDEEN,. Arun. 16 —Grain—Oate 17s 9d to 401bs per buel ; barl e y, 24 s 6d t o 00.0 d. 521b s Wile" Per 51s; bear, 2456 d to 25 s Od, 521b s per b ushel; wheat, re d 35s t° ditto, white 12s to 43v,621bs per bushel; oatmeal, 1414%n5,-, per boll ; flour, 32s t o 32. 6 d per sack. Prov i s i o 4d to 6d per lb ; mutto n , di tto, 4d to . 6d; veal; d ittA lii; to 6d ; pork, per stone, 3s, t o 3 s 6d ; lamb, per qr., 5s to tallow, per atone, 3,, Od to 3s 6d ; potatoes, per h riji '4d to 6d ; rabbits, each, Od to Od ; hares, elr:g • to Os Od; grouse, perbrace, Os to 08 ; butter, per lb, 80 to eggs, per doz, 5d to 7d ; cheese, per cwt, Os to Os Od s " pee pair, 2s 6d to 3s Od; chickens, ditto, 2s 6d to 3130 d; duo k l p 2. Od to 2s 6d ; ducklings, ditto, Os to Os Od; turkeys, peril I to 8s Od; geese, ditto, 7s to 8s; butter for exportatioss(Pk7oi cure), per cwt, 00s to Hs •' eggs. wholesale p rice , p er dOzen.'' to 4id ; 4lb loaf, 6d ; 21b boat, 3d ; pork, p er stole of d 17 Os od to Os Od; pork fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od ; pork 3s 6cl to 4s 3d; ship pork p e r b arre l o f 204 lb s , Os o d ; Meal—Oatmeal, Is 5d to Is 6d; barley dust, gd , t4) 1 1 4d peasemeal, is lOd to 2s Od; aids, Od to 7d ; berliee'?;:gey to Is sd; flour, Is 9d to Is IQd; barley, per lb, lid 40 2 a; "'— flour, is 5d to Is 6(1. , ,„ Ras DUBLIN, Aram 16.—The corn-market to -04 ,-, , a gat ext melt' dull for every description of rht so r Larley, and our quotations of Tuesday were ba b re et h o f ro d e s; ported for these articles. Oats met rather a ciand, uud in some instances realized a trifling ila Ya t sti There was rather more inquiry for Indian core 1 , 260 improvement of about 6rl per qr. Wheat, svhite; 284 ,°, 0 , red ditto, 223 to 23a 63 ;' bere, Os to Os Od ; t i p, . 12. Out ; oatmeal, 11s 6d, to 12. 03; bakers' fleu r !hp, cwt., 12s - 6d to 155; barley,' 12s 6cl to iss;' Indian CO par 4801 b, 29a Od to'3ls Ott; rapeseed, 145 Od to :per barrel. COR A PIUL . . In the trade here we K, have • no l6 new feature. l market is still very dull, b u t we o b serve •rather ni o be r o e . firmness displayed than of l a t e , w ith a' disPsiflr the part of holders to seek enhanced rates, -vvliiCY,,,. o , ever, we imagine, they will find a difficulty tn obtalotPs The arrivals from abroad during the - week ba" 11 .,a been numerous. Ihe receipts of borne grain 000 ti very trißng, the quantity for the week being 81CC P (01 brls, at 19s to 228 per brl ; 138037, 0720 brlsottl29o, to 148 4d per hrl; oats, 1,374 brls, at 0a to 115'9(1.00 A A ;. There has born little variation in the - prima of-AO 7„, scription of gree n corn. Foreign wheat ii.helcttalti!ro little more firmness, but there is only a ,smill bttou'd passing in the primer descriptions. SoMeWil e° is, E,,y /Awn of a secondary q.iality have .baen. oBR e ivi, about 18s 3d per barrel. Barley is scarce ancriltals,,l%.4, its value. In oats we have no transactions to ' l4e4 . ...„14 Holders are asking lOs 9d to Ila per barrel for.or tou t but without finding purchasers. The trafle,4l . 13 ,... ° ,,, r is very dull, the . purchases being made onlY'for,,,,` — t a' flitte,consUaiption. Coarse flour continues - to Err'"" 0 goOd demand. The business passing in Indian - 0 0 0 0 vary restricted, and w e h ave no i m p rovem ents to fl oe Of either in demand or va l ue . W e quo te the vs . " — Galsez 7122 6d per ton. , Barrels. o ir retiok iten s O White wheat 00s Od to 00a Od' 00s Od--0,, 0 Red wheat ...00s Od to 00s Od en do 0 Ditto . .... ....003 Od to 00s Od 00s Od-- , 1 O Ditto 57 Barley 12s 6d to 13s 7d}" --do O Ditto oos Od to 00s Od 135 -6a-""" O Ditto .........00s Od to 001 Od ~„._,,- O Buu ere OUs Od to 00s Od Os 124 Oats- 91 Od to lls 5d 44. } O Ditto ... Oes Od to 00s Od lOs id— -0 Ditto ... oos 0.1 to 00s Od di e° 3 Pigs 3ls Od to 32s Od 0 0, Quantity sold at the Highest PrioeE' 2 o atS; 0 barrels white wheat; 0 red.; 14 barley; 0 bore; Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last wes os : ° Wheat. 81. Barley, 555. Oats, 1595. t o. Return of Cattle sold for week ending Ap ri l Pigs, 28. Sheep, 47e. Cows, 1 05 . 14 , 6d; Coat.—Ftour —First 12. 68 to 13s 6d; eztra,_, 7 $ wh to9g seconds, lOs 6d to 1210 d; households 9s to 104 6 d; e at• per cwt. Oatmeal los 6d to l lie Indian meal7s 3d to 7V 4 ;:od pet meal, 00s to 00s oi , per cwt. ' lndian corn 710 e Cd to e g 4 ton. Bran 87s 6d to 9tis per ton. Hay—Farmers 20s to'3o ti-jrS 26s ; ,dealers 30 * to 40s Od; average 35s per ton . 13s Od tti2os Od ; Average 18s ; dealers 304 Od: t,v,„ pd; average ,00s Od per tan. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6en *ld to household loaf bid to Od per 41b. Fresh butter , n : Ar . 10d per lb. Eggs-4s 4d to 4s 6d per hundred. 7dett Newport 15s Od ; Lydney 15s ; Landore 00s; oft. 12s 6d per ton. Tallow 37s Od to 38s Fe' lost whisky, 25 0. p., 5s 9d per imperial k s to —Beef 4icl to 7d ; mutton 5d to 6id ; veal 0 0 0 7d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausage s bd p e r lb to p 818 s to 9/ Os per cwt. Bangor slates 2/178 6d to 310 e I° , oo o. Bark,red 7 1 to 81 103 per ton. Fleece wool 14e to 15s pe r Hemp 29/ to 34/ per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings , 19s to 005„,r ditto, 24s to 00s per barrel ; Newfoundland,. 10/ Os to Il e ,s ton. Timber—Memel, 70s per ton ; red pine, 31' Si ; ditto, 2/ 15s per ton; deals, 151 to 181 per 100 . iw ia s Market 18s to 255; salted 201 to '26s per cwt`; eslfri, n d to Od per lb. Potatoes, White 8d to 9d . L ; 1 10d to 12d. Guano—Peruvian, 101 10. to 111; to 91 e l . per ton. Tar—Archangel, 19s per banal: SEABORNE MAILS. 0I I [N signifies that the mails are d en t fr om th e G e neral by the night—and M by the morning—diapatch.] ay :nu Lig:it—arm as ny the morning —dispatch.] <) ~..---r" PLACES When made up in Froniwhat e n ifD leneral Post-Ofllce port dill- ' 1- due' London. patched. ........,,..." ----- • APr ti l America (by Brit. pla.)N April 23 ~ .. I,iverpool ••1„0 , A.merica (by U.S. pkt.) N April 20 .. .. Liverpool , • l'''Y • America (by U.S. pkt.) M April 28 .. .. Southacapt , ..,...i. gi Africa (West coast).. N 14th 01 the month !Plymouth - 1 1 114 Alexandria* ........ N 19th & 20th of mo.!Dover a .. k 4 O , i3elaiam ~ .. .. N Daily • • .. ..(Dover •• Dint -1 l4 Brazil .. . .. 51 9th of the month • Southampt. ifi Buenos Ayres •• .. 51 9th of the month Soilthampt• :4 1 '20 California(viaChagre4) .. Ma) l e Cape of Good Hope N,l4th of month Plymouth hi Zd & 17th of month Southampt. AIN', 3 mo Dover AP ril 90 Central America .. M 2.13 & 17th of mon. ISouthampt, AP T 456 10 Wed., &Fri Southampc To. . 41 0 N , Mon.. .1 Channel Isles .. •• A 0111 Constantinople* .... N 7th 17th 27thof , •• _.•, 11,1117 th of the month iSouthampt. APv T ranc e .. .. M& N Twice daily .. ..IDover .; Tvii, 3 0 .. N 7th 17th 27th of mo ;Dover .., , Apr. O. N Tuesday & Friday !London ..- TlieS;v 3 ol 7. N 17th of the mouth'Southam t Apr il M Wednes. & Satar. !London .. Map,; 20 l'iSthdc,24th ofmOnthiDover • • I "' Elonduras .. .• • k P • ..._, Iroland .. .. H G u ie rian ec b o urg e d h .... • .. • .. M 8; N Twice daily.. • • Uolyhe'ad•• 1 :*" India(via Southamp.) M!2oth of the month Southanapt. v 1 ' I Southsurnton) .. 21120th of the month .SonthaMPt• Meaner' •mean (via 1 I m e ed dia m fa rr ia ane sfa a rs n eill ( e v s ia ) gal Marseilles) .. .. N 8111624th ofmonth Dover '•• . f .., 5 ' Mexico • • .. .. Mid of the month.. SoathamPt• M4l; Pi Madairu ••• • .. 11 1 9th of the month Southampt. ri s , Malta* .. .. f 7th,17th,19th,27th /b oys * , ~‘.lLpr? ~ I 1 & 30th of month 3 ' . April 12 „ Naples* .. .. • • N s th 15th 25th ofrno,Dovor .. April 2. West Indies . Papal States* .. .. li !kit 15th25th efroo'Dov er ~,,:d . April 7,1 l'eninsalar •"• •• M 7th 17th 27th of me S*P t t a ri r" p. April 'A' Pere •• •• •• Mll7th of the month S °4 - .. !April 0 , Tuscany* .. . • .. N l sth 15th 25th of mo Dover • , , ...t 10 West Indies (axospt • - f 6 - , i• •. SonthaMpt.Ma hi Havanna & Nassau) tr 2d of the month •• *MA magi.. ... ' —......, tons marked 09 are con .. 'SI 17th of the month SoutilarnPT. ,5p.....-.: FNl,Wroaeer Porn t l e e hi s . n : .d l e 84 : : iiva. . si. .i sahl_. .. ). . a r 3 '- . s th h . a t :t h b : : month e i Papal sularates „, .. .. .f . 4. 1: t s . , t t i.t 15th 25th ° of t ::: T uscany * .: "• •• hill7th of the month ld. li M 211 5 7 d t h o l f s t t b h e `4 :L e h i, o t h f i n . .o West Indies ** •• -Ai 17th of the month (exp ep t Havanna * The mail u packet 3 to those 0 ountries thus ra; f_______„ 13r0if RECORDERSIIIP OF ABlNGDOlf.—Thomas 10'11 Esq., M.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge, and 1.4 1 1 0 0, Inn, has been appointed recorde r of the borough of Abu* vice. H. J. shepherd, Eiq , QC., resigned. 0 0 00 , fADVERTISEMENT.]—THE EARL OF ALI)I S ~.s co efiv Ann froLLOWAY'e PILLS.—An astounding care by tide rt a in 1 10 medicine, after every other means had failed. See extrac ‘ l ,l , 1 0! Lordship's letter; dated ' Villa Messina, Leghorn, rel?„"hoesr: Professor Holloway—Sir : I beg to acquaint you that your Pl;n7,, 001' fected-a of of a disorder in my liver and stomach which eil '.4 sot eminent of the faculty, at home and all over the continens,, 1.- Witt ,-• lsbe" v wiu. been able to effect; nay, not even the waters of ~Ll 4 _, pills ro rienbad. (Signed) " Atunosocati." ' These wonderrul.4'o o ol 4 / , cure any dieease of the liver or stomach.—Sold OLIN %,d, SIP Ointment) at Profe.ssor Holloway's Establishment, 244 s u • by an medicine vendors threwrhont the civilised Wor l2/ ' BIRTH& OF A s ou. Thigh, t he wife of - On the 15th inst., at Oakfield, Chudleigh. •- . • • Joseph Oldham, Esq. po rt ' IV On the 15th inst., at North-terrace, AngleseYP `"-- wife of Captain James H. Freeth, Royal Engioae r , l ,;.. wife .o ' On the 16th inst., at Tottenham, IVliddleaeXt '"" Henq Edward Vale, Esq. - , the OF • DAUGHTEZ. ~ • ...„ n tall - On the 10th inst., at the Downes, near Souteso'r wife of Andrew Saunders, &q. 4 die i ,ogjiCf On the 14th inst , in Albert-street, Bee n: " ''' ' wife of W. F. Spencer, Esq. _ . , MARRIED. ' ~r.,..r1e1!.°1 36 On the 10th i n st., at All Saints' Church, -''"'-',s6bree' Richard Hamilton Rankin, Of Loudottn-road, S t• D4oo' wodtoory, the only daughter of the later" lnas Esq., of the island of Grenada, I.V. I. v .,,,, k ,p 111C 9 ' .0a the 14th inst., at. St. George's 09 0 1 i l v ,„" sitrai n Edinburgh, Duncan Forbes, Esq„ late of 'China, . 1 ,.';,,i000 , second daughter of the late Sir John Forbes, of- 1 :' - ''' Bart, • • „ w lf, Thou=r, E4v, tO_liiet.,___l___.,.., ori the 15th inst., at the 'pariahAnn, only, daug hter . church, conyof John Jarvis, Eq, ' . • terOranceth, the DIED- ' olo °l Briggs, Es.. aged 53- ' r ' ' o f 000' On the 14th inst.. William Courtney, Esq., . ~ 11th inst.. at Holtby-house, near York; , .. H y d o .park, aged .„..A.bli, On the 14th inst., at Lower Stakesby, near W IIP ,; Abel Chapman, E=el.. aged 95 . , • .4reet, • On thellch. inst., Mr. James Ball, of Great ffeiT Gough-equare, aged 70. 2 ; ) 1 p / 10 On the 14th bast., at Banning-heath, Kent, BaO". of George Huxley, E ic p, aged 66. _______., rf London : Printed and Published by MIIEDb YON il s, N . o. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, 1N ..4 , 0 . , o f Strand, in the Precinct of the Savors ill tollo M u " ViddliV; 1 \ 1 90 0 35 APtilai 18.02.- . 4 Li it, 4k, 11.1 tb a ton sha E.. 1 14 7, laic