The Sun. — London, England, 1852-04-17 00:00:00

Irtirti ambition. FRANCE. The Minister of Police has just addressed a cir cular to the prefects, explaining the sort of restric tions to which are to be subjected persons under surveillance, or who are interne—that is to say, 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 interns 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 de so 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, l'Ardeche, Cher, l'Herault, I'lndre, la Nievre, and the Var. 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 D ebats states that when the agents of the Go uernment went to take possession of Neuilly and Monceaux they found the gates closed, a n d after hav ing three times demanded that they should be opened, and each time received a refusal, they broke them open. Immediately after this forcible entry, a com plaint was addressed, in the name of the heirs of Louis Philippe, to the President of the Civil Tribunal, who fixed the 16th to hear the parties. The counsel for the Orleans family are AL Pallet and M. Berryer. 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, nad the effect of strengthening the commercial and political relations between the French and t he native populationi., THE ARMY. (From the United Service Gazette of this day.) STAFF APPOINTMENT VACANT.--The appointment cf Inspecting Field Officer of th e Y or k R ecru iti ng District has again become vacant; Lieutenant-Colonel Davis, of the 9 th 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. PORSMOUTH GARRISON.—The regiments ia gar • rison are busily engage d 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. CEIATHAM GARRlSON.—Detachmerits, consisting of upwards of 2,000 men from the several depots of regiments stationed in India, are under orders for embarkation, to join the head-quarters of their respective corps. DRAFTS FOR INDIA .—Tha several drafts for the following regiments will embark in June for Bengal, viz. :—The 10th, 22nd, 24th, 32nd, 53rd, 60th, 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 Major Shaw and Captain Poitier, of the 3:1 West India Regiment. Colonel Bazalgette, Deputy Quartermaster-General to the Forces in Nova Scotia, 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 7th 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 Isiazin.--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'Clure, and the Investigator's party, from Behring's Straits. This expedition, it is said, will consist of two ships, the commanders of which have been nominated by Sir E. Belcher. Commander Inglefield and Mr. Allen, master, it is reported, will be the officers selected for the commands. Her Majesty's screw vessel Conflict, Commander Jenner, may be daily expected with General Roses and family, from Buenos Ayres. Commander Skinwith, who was appointed to suc ceed Commander Drake, in command of her Mejes ty's ship Conflict, has arrived in England by the Bra zilian pa( ket, he having missed his ship, in (loose.. quence of her having been ordered off the station by Rear-Admiral Henderson, in order to bring to Eng land Roses, the ex-Dictator of 81V2D03 Ayres. HER MAJESTY'S STEAM FRIGATE DRAGON.—We regret to hear that small-pox has broken out on board this vessel, and that her clerk has been attacked, and sent to the naval hospital at Lisbon. Her Majesty's steam-vessel Harpy has been con demned, by survey held on her by orders of near- Admiral Henderson, as being unsafe. A JOE FOR THE GENTLEMEN OF THE LONG ROBE. —We hear 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 with 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 Census-oMce, Wash ington, gives the following interesting statistics of rail toads in the United States:— The number of miles of railroad in operation in the United States, January 1, 1852, was, as nearly as can be ascertain e d, 10,8141. At the same time there was in course o r _of construction an extent of railroad amounting, acc miles. By to th e mos t re li a bl e es ti m ates, to 10,898 1 By far the greater portion of the lines com menced, but now incomplete, will be finished within the five ensuing years The length of railroad brought into operation since January 1, 1848, is 5,224 miles. Within the last Nearly all the lines in 2,153 miles ha v e be e n finished. It isin progress have been commenced since 1848. Supposed i that from 1,000 to 1,500 the miles, additional t 00,898 now known to be in pro gress, will be put under contract during 1852. There never existed greater activity in the making of ra ilroads in the United States atesthan at the present time. Many of the lines proj ected h ave taken the place of plans for the construction of canals and turnpike roads. A cco rdingly these work s o f publi corora Ild i m e u p e r r o g v y e m u s e n formerly ar e n o t , prosecuted with the same although much activity exists in the construction of plank roads. The labour and capital which they would require are absorbed in the numerous and almost colossal schemes of railroad building. Si nce extent of railroad opened for travel and lB4B the into o ieve that transportation to ob has nearly doubled, and there i s reaso n four years. will the increase in the length of road brought vie ma y expect that the territory of not be less rapid during the next period of years. By the year 1860 the average the United States will be traversed by at l east 30,000 miles of railroad. It is very difficult to form . an estimate of expense per mile of building railroads in the 'u n i ted States. In fact, no average can be assumed as United States. cost of the roads in New ble to the whole country. —, England is about 45,00 0 dol ls. p er mile; i -11 ew York N Pennsylvania, and Maryland , about 40,000 dolls. But in the interior of these States the surface of the country is broken, rendering the cost of grading very heavy ; and nearer the sea, wide and deep streams interrupt the lines of trav e l, and make the expense of bridging a seri ous item. In New 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 item of construction. In the southern States and the valley of the Missis si pp i 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 cast 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 becomes as densely settled as the older States of the Union. ...e T . h e Central Railroad of Illinois is an enter • prise ~.ich furn ishes furn ishes a remark able example of the energy and no i s v :l "' improvement in the new States. Illi- State in , .t.t.lenitted into the confederation as a square ra:34,o..with 30,000 inhabitants. It has 55,405 to the m eans °f territory, and a population, according Railroad id to exte°lnaSso, of 851,470. The Central at the confluence ,c,i the he its south-western extremity, of thist: the north li ne of th e s l a llississippi and Ohio Rivers, to , with two diverging The total len gth branches. and branches, is to b e eigo(lttl including the main stem at 20,000 dollars per mile, m il es, The cost is estimated entire work, without equip men a t ; , 6 p,ooo dollars for the is the longest continuous line of „LePerating it. This lion in the United States of which — t i„ llo w in contempla lity of speedy completion. It has b ee n re i s any probabi such facilities for executing the pl ans e o r menced with that there is no reasonable doubt that it ~,i : t a Projectors within a few years. . ' ll be anialied Mr. Asa Whitney proposes to construct a railroad from St. Louis, or some other place on the Mississippi river, to the Pacific Ocean, termi nating either at San Francisco, in California, or at the mouth of the Columbia river, in Oregon. He 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 miles in width by 2,000 miles in length. His plans were first laid before Congress in 1542, and he has since been continually oc cupied in recommending them to the favourable atten tion of the Government 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 con sidered impracticable, from the fact 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 e l evate d mountain districts , in which can The found no materials of construction, and which would afford no business for the support of the road, were the difficulties 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 I in operation was a sho rt road built for the transporta tion of ice from a small lake to the sea in the State of Massachusetts. The length of this work was four miles. it was finished in 1830. In the same year the State of South Carolina caused to be commenced a railroad from Charleston, its principal part, to Augusta, in Georgia. The distance is 135 miles. The work was finished in 1833, at the very small cost 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 southern 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 rivers and other streams, and the viaducts upon which it crosses the valleys that intercept its route, are 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 dolls., and the expense of construction was 43,333 dolls. per mile. The road was originally sug gested in 1829. A company 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 citizens. _ In 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 anc3 of the State in which it gir a s to be built. Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois; Mississippi, and some other States adopted extensive systems of improve ments, consisting of railroads and canals, which they pursued until their credit failed—an event which hap pened in most cas-,s before any of the works had been completed and brought into profitable use. But the general practice was to charter companies, each of which was charged with the execution of some particu lar work, and to aid them by loans of State stocks. Al though this practice has fallen into so much disfavour in some of the States, that the citizens have incorporated in their constitutions articles prohibiting advances by their Legislatures for such purposes, it is yet continueLl by others, and Virginia, Tennessee, and other States are now prosecuting expensive works, considered essential to their prosperity, by means of advances from their respective treasuries. In the year 1850 Congress 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 Railroad, to which allusion has been before made. This magnificent donation 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 applications have been made from all the new States for cessions of land for railroad purposes. Whether such further aid shall be extended is now a much agitated question in American politics. Bills are pending in Congress pro posing 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. The eastern 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 r. dditional expense has been incurred to overcome or penetrate this nsount,iu barrimr. In the, plan first adopted for the general system of State improvements in Pennsylvania, it wa:; proposed to effect the crossing of the Alleghenies by means of in clined planes with powerful stetlonery engines at their summits. 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 from Baltimore to Ohio river is cerried over a paesage 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 1.16 th to 4-sths 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 llessack 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 York 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 States, 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 he 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 considerably less than that of an equal 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 3hown, the cost of construction is far below what it is in the northern and eastern States. The management of the American railroads is entirely distinct from the administration of Government. Their concerns are managed by corporations, which consist of a president, secretary, and 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 body president, and appoint the secretary. The president and secretary have gene rally liberal salaries, but the services 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 28 and 30 miles. Express trains, on such oc casions as the conveyance of the President's Message, frequently maintain for long distances as high a speed as 45 miles an hour; and on one road—that between New York and Albany-40 miles per hour is the regular rate for all passenger trains. The fares or rates of passage are not uniform. In New England the average price per mile for the con veyance of passengers is under two cents; from New York to Boston it is two and four-tenths; from New York to Philadelphia, three and four tenths; from Phi ladelphia to Baltimore, three and one-tenth. From New York to Cincinnati the distance is 857 miles by the northern route, of which 143 miles are travelled by the steam-boat. The prico 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 miles in length, and the fare will be 13 dolls. —that is 2c. per mile. AN IRISII COURT, JUDGE, AND cuurt-hotC, story, The folio • REGISTRAR. itnohigeweek before last, is, while a veritable for a long time account of a curious scene in the Cork Irish raciness as anything wo have read as f u ll hits eff the "two It is a private letter from registrar in the irtnahans" with great fidelity. The Cork, and and court corresponds to the marshal aid,geenerally the judges this assi zes, now a judge, in the Engli s h . (which is a well-p O'Brienthe post to some relative. Mona- YasyGeonee.r)al when Sm gi i v th e ban, wbo was Attorne and came the(poor fool) unste figuredr circuit s ti! Judge Ball. Monahan and Ball ares in the absence of old although I don't see much connexion n oth Papist judges, and gt o us profession and their conduct on the tneir reli gious ben ~,,,,.. fr it is they both afford the Cork on i ans a bit eh ' ' -' -Ile they come h ere. The followin g nihreenux of fun w h en ar facts, althoug h the y ma y seem incredi ble in.a.he veritable half of the ninte enth centur y . Scene—lreland. Second was tried this la st week for stealin g o a t s. I believe man the ev id ence was conclusive enoug h in fact , though n ot i n law. Perhaps t he identity of the property—at all times a difficult proof i n the article of grain or flour —was de fective. However this might be, so it was that the jury brought in a verdict of acquittal. " How say you," says the registrar, a moist and rather rollick ing brother of the Judge— ., H e , say you, gentlemen of the jury, is the prisoner guilty or not guilty?" " Not guilty, 'says the foreman. " N o t gu ilty ?" says Judge Monahan—" O h Lord Then, addressing the prisoner--" Prisoner, the jtiry have found you not guilty, hut you stole the oats nevertheless, and take care you don't come before me again. This same worthy brother of the judge was quenching his thirst at a shop (Mrs. Usher's) in Princa'A-street, while the court was s itting, and it is his duty to be present and adminis ter the oath. H e was sent for, and ran to the court as well as he was able. When he got into the court he made his way across the table, squeezed himself i n under the front of the bench, and putting his hand °I / i lia Pocket, be exclaimed, loud enough $0 be heard by all the counsellors and attorneys, " Oh, d— it, I have broke my pipe!" Immediately after this a Quaker came on the table to be examined as a witness; the regis trar handed the Quaker the swcaring book. " I'm a Friend," says the Quaker. " You're no friend of mine," 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." " I'm one of 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 a rum chap, a captain of a vessel, under examination last Friday. Ho was partly drunk at the time, and when the counsel asked him some question he did not wish to answer, he turned to the judge and said, " I say, messmate, am I forced to answer the question?"— Bristol Times. LIFE IN CALIFORNIA. (From the San Francisco papers.) A sad affair cccurred in a house of ill-fame on the night of the 22cl of February in this city. An 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 at Spanish Bar, on the 16th ult. Mr. Charles H. Dexter and Captain Daniels were found cut to pieces in their beds. The murderers were supposed to have been Mexicans; no arrests have been made. The victims were generally esteemed. Two Sydney men, supposed to have been connected with an organized band of villains, committed a daring robbery at Murphy's Diggings, in Calaveras county on the 20th of February. They were arrested by the people and promptly hung on the spot. In this city burglaries have been of almost nightly occurrence, and thus far the criminals have escaped without detection. Crime has alarmingly increased in San Francisco within the past month. Hardly a night passes that the most daring burglaries aro not perpetrated in some part of the city, and notwithstanding the violence of public opinion against the robbers, and the certainty that if caught in their acts, the rascals would in all probability meet with instant death, they seem to grow more em boldened as they continue successful. It seems that the fearful tragedies that have b...de California so unpleasantly elisteeguished have not yet ceased entirely. We learn from the Calat , :ras Chronicle of Saturday the 14th of February, that on the preceding Wednesday two men—an Englishman and an Irishman wore hung at Murphy's Fiat for theft. The Chronicle says:—" Two tents had been broken into at that camp, from one of which 400 dolls, had been taken, and from the other but 25 dolls. 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 unable to learn. The people were infuriated beyond control, showing, by their excited actions, that nothing but the lives of the criminals would be allowed to expatiate their guilt. Accordingly • they seized them from the sheriff, and with shouts of passionate exultation launched the unfortunate culprits into eternity. REGULATION OF TIME BY ELECT 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 Company, and carried out under his superintendence by Mr. John Sandys, electric telegraph instrument and clock manufacturer, at whose establishment, in Upper Whitecross-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, &c. 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 communication 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 lung quadrangular shaft or pillar of wood, painted white without, 38 feet high, and between 8 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 shaft passes towards its apex through the centre of a large hollow globe or bull, 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 in grooves or slides from inside the pillar, and by means of an electrical trigger communicating with it, an electrical shock will every day at one o'clock- cause the ball to fall eight feet from the top of the pillar, and by this means, when placed in the in tended position in the Strand, it will, when the wires connect it with the ball en the top of the Observatory, at Greenwich, fall simultaneously with it, and thus indi cate exact Greenwich time The bail, released by the electric trigger, will on the instant of its falling com municate mean time to a " grand regulator," or electri cal clock, in the offices below, which, in its turn send an electrical stream of true time throughout the country —the regulator being also furnished with a remarkable apparatus by means of which the minute and hour hands are to he 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 tric Telegraph Company, by Hungerford market. Of the 38 feet of which the pillar consists, 17 feat are to be fixed in to the dome or root, leaving 21 feet visible above the building, and the pil lar 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 pure 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 bronze, are inscribed, in a beautiful light blue letter ing, the words " Electric Telegraph Company." The peculiarity of the enamelled.glass, which consists of a coating 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 noticeable in connexion with the ordinary ground glass illuminated clocks in London, but presents a soft opaque white surface or transparency, and is, so far, a great ima provement upon the present method of illuminated I clockmaking. Mr. Sandys is the patentee. RIC THE LONDON GAZETTE, April 18 WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 16. -Ist Regiment of Life Guards—James Keith Fraser, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mare, promoted, April 16. sth Dragoon Guards—The Hon. Grey Neville to be Cornet, by purchase, April 16. 7th Dragoon Guards—Montague Dettmar, Gent., to bo Cornet, by purchase, vice Wetherall, promoted, April 16. 6th Dragoons—Richard Henry Currie, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, April 16. 7th Light Dragoons Lieutenant the Honourable Charles Harbord has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his Commission, April 16. Bth Light Dragoons—Riversdale Richard Glyn, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, April 16. 9th Light Dragoons—Charles John Heaton Ellis, Gent., to no Cornet, by purchase, vice Willis, promoted, April 16. 16th Light Dragoons—William John Pearson Wat son, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, April 16. by purchase, vice McKenna, promot e d, Ist Regiment of Foo t—Walter Mac p he r s on , Gent. , to to be Ensign, April 16; James Archibald Ruddell Todd, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ward, who retires, April 17. 2d Foot—John Charles Tyrwhitt Drake, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Thomson, promoted, April 16. 4th Foot—William Crozier, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Breton, appointed to the 38th Foot, April 16. 16th Foot —Juries Davis, Gent., to bo Ensign, by pur chase, vice Briscoe, who retires, April 16. April 16. _ a 233 Foot —S ta ff S urge on of the Second Class Richard k-1 table, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Bradford, promoted on the Staff, April 16. to 26th t oot — Her b er t William Thomas Hayne, Gent., sign, by purchase, vice Chute, promoted, 32d F oot __ • Pay ma vlce Moore, William Garforth to be Pay ter • 333 r00t,....H :re, who retires upon half-pay, April 16. 35th Foot —W illiam purchase, vie, Ben n ett,nz"' Thorold, Gent., to be Ensign, by Iliam George Clarke, Gent., to be promoted, April 16. , vice F a i r b a i rn , p romo t e d on th e 39th Foot—Hu g h Ensign, _by purchase, _ce Baker, promoted, April 16. S A t s a a fr, ist A an p tr 6 g . een Georg evi De Carteret, Gent., to be 46th Foot—Major lin ald Stuatt, from Unattached, to be Major, vice Maclean, promoted to an Unattached Lieutenunt-Colouvley, o without purchase,' April 17; Robert William Arnold Torckler, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Eustace, promoted, April 16. 50th Foot —Anthony Molloy Fawcett, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Tupper, promoted. April 16. 52nd Foot—Charles Henry Bullock, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Edmonds o who retires, April 16. 65th Foot—Lieutenant Benjamin William: Rawson T ra ff o rd to be Captain, without purchase, vice Rhatigan , deceased; Ensign Francis Beaumaris Bulkeley to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Trafford, Sept. 18. 66th Foot —Henry Walpole Frederick Harris, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dickens, promoted, April 16. 75th Foot —Ensign William Winniett, from the 86th Foot, to be Ensign , vice Cowell, p rom oted , April 16. 77th Foot—Richard Butler Willington, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Acton, promoted, April 16. 83d Foot —George Dunlevie, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Graham, deceased, April 16. 85th Foot—Montagu Barton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Armitage, promoted, April 16. 86th Foot—Ensign Henry Cracroft Maine, from the 39th Foot, to bo Ensign, vice Winniett, appointed to the 75th Foot, April 16. 93rd Foot—Charles William McDonald, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Stewart, Zpromoted, April 16. 3rd West India Regiment—Edward Armstrong, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Cole, promoted, April 16. Cape Mounted Riflemen—Sergeant-Major William Simkin to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Kingsley, promoted, April 16. UNATTACHED. —Brevet-Major Donald Stuart, from the 46th Foot, to be Major, without purchase, April 16. BREVET.—Brevet - Major Stephen James Stevens, C. 8., of the Bombay Army, to be Major in the East Indies, while employed as Captain and Adjutant of the East India Company's depot at Warley, April 16. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon Edward Bradford, from the 23d Foot, to be Staff Surgeon of the First Class, vice Andrew Fnulis, who retires upon half-pay; Assist ant-Surgeon William Home Fairbairn, M.D., from the 35th Foot, to be Staff Surgeon of the Second Class , vice Gamble, appointed to the 23d Foot, April 16. MEDIORANDUSL—The removal of Assistant -Surgeon J o h n Knox Leet, from the 85th Regiment to the 10th Foot, and the appointment of Mr. William George Clarke to the Assistant-Surgeoncy of the 85th Foot, on Mirch 26, 1852, have been cancelled. c omm i ss ioaa by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lincolnshire. , Gilbert Heliry Heathcote, Eeq., to be Deputy-Lieu- tenant, Ma:Ech 31. Nichole.s M`Cann, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; William Furey Cust, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Joseph Livesy. E s q q. be Deputy-Lieutenant; Wil liam Earle Welby, ~ to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Charles Thomas John Moore, EN., to be Deputy- Lieutenant; Henry Edward Fane, Esq., to be Deputy- Lieutenant, April 12. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire. 23 Regiment of Royal Bucks Yeomanry Cavalry— Archibald White, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Nash, pro moted, Feb. 17. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire. Hertford Militia—William Franks, jun., Esq., to be Captain, April 13. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Edinburgh. Edinburgh Regiment of Militia—John David Bu chan" Hay , jun., Esq., to be Captain, vice Monro, re signed, April 12. WHITEHALL, MAIPCII 30. The Right Hon. Sir John Jervis, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, at Westminster, has appointed Charles Edward Wratislaw, of Rugby, in the county of Warwick, gentleman, to be one of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the ac knowledgments of &eh to be executed by married women, under the Act passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for the substitution of more simple modes of assurance, in and for the county of Warwick, also in and for the counties of Leicester and Nor. thampton. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. William Green, builder, Coggeshall, Essex. BANKRUPTS. William Jones and Charles John Jones, plumbers and glaziers, High -street, Islington, to surrender, ,May 4, at two, and May 25, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Hill and Mat thews, Bury-court, St. Mary Axe. William Lawson, chemist, Diss, Norfolk, April 26, at ' one, and May 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall street; Miller and Carr, Eastcheap. John Stutely, stone-mason, Salisbury-street, Stepney, April 23, at twelve, and May 28, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall street; Lawrance, Pleats, and Boyer, Old Jewry- Chambers. James Todd and William Todd, saddlers, Yarn), Yorkshire, April 30 and May 28, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Middleton, Leeds. James Leader, builder, Liverpool, April 26, at twelve, and May 31, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, John Rymer, paper manufacturer, Gate shead, Durham, official assignee, Liverpool; Tyrer, Liverpool. March 19 and May 6, at eleven, at the Nowcastle-upon- Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee; Earle, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall - street. J. Shelford, Standon, Hert fordshire, butcher, May 7, at eleven—J. Spalding, Camb rid g e, ironmonger, Ma y 7, at eleven—W. Haslam, Hertfordshire, chemist, May 1, at eleven—F. Winch, Margate, tailor, May 1, at half-past eleven—J. Perry, Harlow, Essex, linendraper, May 11, at eleven—J. J. Hatch, l'iiday-street, ()icy, wholesale furrier, May 11, at eleven—J. Starkey, Old street, St. Luke, carpenter, May 11, at eleven. In the Country. J. J. Nicholas, Newport, Monmouth, timber-merchant, May 11, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. J. Rayner, Manchester, tailor, May 7, at eleven, at the Court, Man chester—W. B. Richards, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, grocer, May 8, at half-past ten, at the Court, Birming ham—J. Padgett, Idle, Yorkshire, cloth-manufacturer, May 6, at twelve, at the Court, Leeds—M. Common, North Shields, Northumberland, May 7, at two, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—R. Seymour, Sun derland, linendraper, May 14, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. PAYMENTS OF DIVIDENDS. G. and A. T. Webb, Great St. Helen's, wine-mer chants, second dividend of 2d., on Saturday next and three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. P. Raiford, F. Raiford, and C. J. Wraggo, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, bankers, ls. 6d., on any Thursday before June 30, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Birmingham. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. T. S. Curties, York-street, Westminster, cheesemon ger, May 10, at one—W. J. Miall, Ingram-court, Fan church-street, cement manufacturer, May 11, at twelve. In the Country. J. A. C. Reimann and J. G. Gellar, Liverpool, mer chants, May 7, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—G. Moon, Borrowby, Yorkshire, corn-miller, Alay 14, at Pleven, at the Court, Leeds—W. Savage, Bradford, Yorkshire, druggist, May 24, at twelve, at the Court, Leeds. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. W. Clapham, Strand, victualler—R. Drower, College street, Chelsea, builder, a certificate of the second class—S. Solomon, Strand, tailor, a certificate of the second clan—W. Miller, Hawley-place, Kentish-town, baker, a certificate of the second class—E. Jones, Strand, woollen-draper, a certificate of the second class —E. Fowler, Bristol and Pontypool, draper and tailor, a certificate of the third class, after twelve months—C. Bacon, Walton, Somerseishire, tailor and woollendra per, a certificate of the third class—J. Copeland, Barn staple, Devonshire, tea-dealer and draper, a certificate of the first class. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Pater Starne, Shouldham, Norfolk, journeyman black- smith. Rev. John Hague Bloom, Castleacre, Norfolk, clerk. Michael Maltby, St. Margaret, Noriolk, boot and shoo. maker. William Pidd, Eastoft, Lincolnshire, blacksmith. Richard Crowther, Maidstone, tea dealer. George Chambers, jun., Ma idstone, carpenter and builder William Ilobday, Canterbury, teacher of music. Robert Leach, St. Alphage, Canterbury, auctioneer. William Bemister, West Quay, Southampton, carpenter. Henry Green Wood, Southampton, journeyman cabinet maker. Joseph Atkinson, Kingston-upon-Hull, sloop owner. William Dalton, Bilston, Staffordshire, teacher of an infant school. Thomas Hayward, Deal, grocer. James Deayton, St. Peter, Hertfordshire, victualler. Thomas Bingham, Ford, Buckinghamshire, agricultural labourer. James Raggett, Hemel Hampstead, Hertfordshire, watch maker. James Bogue, of Bedmont, Hertfordshire, grocer. William Brock, Epworth, Lincolnshire, schoolmaster. Frederick Smith, Liverpool, itinerant dealer in glass and china wares. John Dougherty, jun., Liverpool, butcher. Samuel Wood, West Derby, grocer. SCOTCII SEQUESTRATIONS. D. Mathew, Dundee, heckle maker, to meet within the British Hotel, Dundee, April 22 and May 20, at two. R. F. Barr, Glasgow, tea merchant, to meet within the Waverley Hotel, Glasgow, April 21 and May 12, at twelve. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. S. Castelli and B. Giustiniani, London and Constanti nople—T. Hirst, T. Smith, J. Hanson, J. Quarmby, and J. Hirst, Longwood and Golcar, Yorkshire, scribbling millers (so far as regards T. Smith and J. Hanson)—J. Harding and R. Cappor, Ashton-under-Line, drapers— H. Hitchins and F. Hitching, Storey's-gate, Westmin ster, and King William-street, City, civil engineers—T. Smith and H. Smith, Pancras-lane City, agents—R. Greenhigh and R. J. Greenhalgh, Pancras-lane, Shrop shire, grocers and drapors—G. R. Hilliard and C. What though, Rayleigh and Wickford, Essex, surgeons and apothecaries—R. W. Rayner and H. S. Brown, Liver pool, commission agents—J. Ormiston, J. Williams, and E. Bower, Flint, coa l merc h an t s ( s o far as regards E. Bower)—W. G. Drewry end 11. Adams, Beverley,.Y e o s st , shire, drapers—W. Brook and J. Brook, 7Alauctisind'ir.. stuff manufacturers—H. Dowson, G. Harker's reg ards Wandless, Westerton-quarry, Durham (so far H. Dowson)—E. C. Squires and J. Rotherhithe, bone boilers—E. MasseY d L ulach i nes __ manufacturers of patent logs and and J. Sharpe, shire, grocers—A. ' Small, J. A. Coato, H. Coate, and J. Sarell 'rave:Mall waro manufac- Burton- upon-Trent, DorbyshiTarpo_ T. Jackson and Gloom, and A. Moore, turers (so far as regards J. iichh Reeves, v o m ne ; r e: merchants—T. mercers e ea T r 3d s ' . : W. Goodman, Kingston-upen - t Lewis and H. Salmon'ganj.wt ,B°Suebaro.rbogrne, Dorset -M. Dyson, H. Iladswor Almondbury, Yorkshire, cloth finishers (89 f rsr , 46 re. gai 'da M. Dyson)—J. Noyes and H. C. Ropes, Man chE at3r, shoemakersaind Liverpool, icedealers—S. Daw son„ jun,, and R. Archer, Ashborne, Derbyshire, guano and oil cake dealers. PRICE OF SUGAR. Tho average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from returns made in the week ending April 13, 18b2, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain : From the British possessions in America 19s. 2d. per cwt From the Mauritius No return. y) From the East Indies 225. Average price the two foregoing de scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as G ab r o o v et e r , s,.. an h d a exclusive of . duty ... 195. 9d. By authority of Parliament, HENRY BICKNELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) Alt Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32 for the Week ending on Saturday, the 10th day of April, 1852. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. X. /Totes issued • • • • • • •• 32,733,785 Government debt 11,915,100 Other securities • . 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 18,700,410 Silver bullion • • • • 33,375 £32,733,785 1 £ 32,733,785 J. R. ELSEY, Deputy Cashier. 52. ErAISTMEN T. _ Datod the 15th day of April. 18 Government semi- ties(including Dead Weight Annuity)•• 14,301,095 Other securities •• 11,225,844 ;Notes •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 11,526,200 !Geld and silver coin.. 511,514 £37,564,653 J. IL ELSEY, Deputy Cashier. BANKING D. Proprietors 'capital.. 14,5T3,000 Rest -••••• • • • •• 3,091,222 Public deposits (in cluding" Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings -banks, and D ividend accounts). • 4,764,651 Other deposits •• • • 13,992,932 Seven day and other Bllls•• •••••••• • • •• 1,162,545 £37,564,653 Dated the 15th day of April, 1 LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, April 16. (Sittings in Banco.) MARKS V. HAMILTON. This was a rule to increase the verdict obtained by the plaintiff for 7001. by the addition of 1,2001. The action was on a policy for a house and auction-room in Oxford-street, and the furniture and goods therein, the defendanti being the Sun Fire-office. At the trial be fore the Lord Chief Baron it appeared that the de fendants had reinstituted the house and auction-room, and a verdict was taken, under the direction of the Learned Judge, for the value of the goods and furniture destroyed, subject to a reference to ascertain whether anything more was due to the plaintiff in respect of the premises reinstituted. The plaintiff, however, insisted that, as the reinstitution had taken place after issue joined, the defendant was not at liberty to enter upon that Oefence, and this rule was subsequently obtained to review the direction of :he Chief Baron on that point. Mr. Creasy end Mr. Phinn now showed cause against the rule, which was supported by Mr. Sergeant Shee, Mr. Metcalfe, and Mr. Lush. The COURT, at the conclusion of the argument, dis charged the rule, being of opinion that the defendants were entitled to prove reinstitution at any time in re duction of damages. The amount of that reduction was properly referred, but in the meantime the plaintiff was entitled to received the 7001. found for him by the jury as to the goods cud furniture, and a portion of costs, though not all, as the reference might be against him, and the costs of the defendant on that inquiry might be sot off against those of the trial. Mr. Sorgeant SUEE would accept 1501. on account o the costs. The Couur thought this to be a reasonable arrange ment, and the rule was discharged, on the understanding that the defendants would at once pay 8501., to the plaintiff,—Judgment accordingly. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, April 16. (133fcre Mr. Commissioner LACY.) IN RE EDWARD LAWRENCE LEVY. This insolvent, an attorney, was opposed by Mr. Slee and, Mr. Paterson; Mr. Cooke supported. The principal point of inquiry in the case was the disposal of the furniture by the insolvent iu October last to his father for a sum of 6001., half of which was then advanced, and the remainder on account of a prior debt. After a long inquiry, Mr. CooKE informed the Court that Mr. Levy, sen., was still willing to carry out a proposal already made to and refused by the cred i t ors, viz., to pay ss. in the pound on all the debts, the creditors giving the insolvent a re lease, or to pay into court any sum which the Commis sioner might think right. Mr. SLEE'S client wished for time to consider the proposal, MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, April 16. (Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, Assistant• Judge, and a Bench of Magistrates, at the Session E-house, Clerken well.) The - Court sat to-day and heard appeals against the refusal of the licensing justices to grant or renew licenses for the sale of excisable liquors. Joseph Henry English appealed against the refusal of the justices of the Tower division to renew a license (under the 9th George IV., chap. 61) to sell excisable liquors in the house and premises called the Angel, Back road, Shadwell. Mr. Clarkson appeared fur the applicant; Mr. Bodkin for the respondents. Mr. BOTiRTU saifi ho should show that the justices were perfectly justified in refusing to renew the license of this house, by calling witnesses to prove that it was frequented by prostitutes of the lowest description, that robberies had taken place there, and that there had been every disposition to screen too parties, instead of assisting the police to apprehend them. Evidence to this effect having been adduced, Mr. CLARKSON said that the application ho should make to the Court would be of a nature only to enable parties who had embarked money in the concern to be guaranteed against loss. 'rho establishment had cost 2,500/., cf which only 5001. was the money of the appel lant himself, and the rest was advanced by friends and relations. He proposed that these parties should provide some person of unexceptionoble character to keep the house, and that till then the license should remain in the hands of the justices; otherwise those other parties, by the withdrawal of the license, would be ruined Appeal refused. Charles Lindsay appealed against the refusal of the justices of the divifion of St. d ames's, Westminster, to grant a license to the house and premises situate at 12 and 13, Air-street, St. James's. Mr. Ballantine appeared for the appellant, and Mr. Bodkin for the respondent. It appeared from the evidence that Mr. Lindsay was desirous of keeping a second class hotel by obtaining a license for these premises. He had been formerly in the service of the Earls of Stair, Mansfield, and Ilchester, as house steward, and the house, which is of some size, and is now kept by him as a dining and:lodging-house, is of the greatest respectability and conducted in a very creditable way. Several witnesses stated that this de scription of accommodation was very much required, and that the want of a liquor license there was a great inconvenience. On the other hand, it was contended that there was no necessity for any more hotels in the neighbourhood. The license was refused. James Harrison appealed against the refusal of the justices of the Tower division to grant license to a house and premises situate in Mayfield-road, Dalston. Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Parry were for the appellant, and Mr. Bodkin for the respondents. On the part of the appellant it was contended that there was a necessity for a public-house in the neigh bourhood—the nearest being 165 yards off. The lease of the premises was for fifty years; and the appellant, who was a person of respectability, paid 2001. for the lease, and had since expended 3001. on the premises. Mr. BODKIN having been heard on the part of the licensing justices, The COURT confirmed their decision. The following appeals were confirmed by consent:— David Furminger Kennett, against the refusal of the jus tices of the Marylebone division, to renew a similar license to the house and premises called the Princess Amelia, Oxford-street, Marylebone; James York, against the refusal of the justices of the Kensington division to renew a similar license to the house and premises called the Swan, near Fulham. bridge. And the following one was dismissed, nobody appearing for the appellant:— John William Hobbs Haynes, against the refusal of the justices of the Finsbury division to grant a similar li cense to the house and premises called the Market Ta vern, at the principal entrance of the Islington Cattle Market, Lower-road. POLICE INTELLIGENCE• WORSHIP-STREET. A well-dressed youth, about fifteen years of age, who gave the name of John Parker, was broug ht up before Mr. D'Eyncourt (who has only just recovered from a long and very dangerous illness), cha r g ed with robbery. A lady named Pullen, the wife of a gentleman in the City, called at the office of her husband at four o'clock that afternoon to receive about 151., but prudently pla cerem ced a 14/, of the money down her bosom, and the sovereign and a quantity of silver, in a steel purse. In half-an-hour after she was .passing Shoreditch Church, during an election for churchwardens, and was endea vouring tons cape the crowd of blackguards there col lected, when she was joined by the prisoner, who walked some distance beside her, and she directly after felt a slight jerk at the pocket in her dross, and ontuprnairnsge round found t he p risoner rapidly transferring her to his pocket. Notwithstanding the crowd about her she courageously grasped the prisoner by the neck, and de manded her p urse, but the prisoner indignantly protested his respectability and innocence, and would have es caped altoget her but for the opportune arrival of a re ired officer, who assisted the I , idy in securing him, and he then dropped her purse at his feet. hinty ounfor any a l the oe . s been Alderman, the gaoler, intimated that, p r isoner appeared to be, he had k no w n almostr intli ui thieves yea rs as one of the most practisEdad dexterous h i n the metropolis, who had n ex t able times iu custody, and sever al was , convicted in fact, and imprisoned, and who s e real nlm 9 M'Carthy. Newell, a constable of the N division, also stated that he had known the prisoner as a dexterous pickpocket for the last five years. Ho was fully committed for trial. LAMBETH. of the A. case of considerable importance to both masters and men has been brought under the considerat i o n Hon. G. C. Norton at this court. members of the Richard Oran:, operative engineers and g.' Keene wore Engineers' Amalgamated :ljoeiety, Francis ng ea with having ht before ~ ..„ ine the e in that magistrate on a warrant cha , rg e -, he i r Q wn clas I Assaulted James Goodman, ono c 3 ' tho employment of Messrs. Mandalay and Field, the extensive engineers in Lambeth. Mr. Wood, a solicitor, appeared on behalf of the com plainant; and Mr. Games was retained for the de fendants. Mr. Wood, addressing the magistrate, said it would be endeavour, if possible, to induce his Worship to send the case to the quarter-sessions, from the importance of the subject generally, as involving a question, not of a single case, but also that at issue between the em ployers and the Amalgamated Engineers' Society. The importance of the subject alone would, he apprehended, sufficiently fit it f or such a tribunal, because, i n ma tt ers of this description, there was the peculiar feature of a fund in existence for the payment of pecuniary fines in flicted upon those who violated the law. Such was the fact in the present instance. Mr. Games's clerk, who attended on the part of his master, objected to ex parte and general statements, and submitted that the defendants were present to answer a charge of assault, and not matters connected with the Amalgamated Engineers' Society. Mr. Wood then proceeded to detail the alleged facts attending the assault, and called the following evi dence:— James Goodman said—l am an engineer in the em ployment of Messrs. Maudslay and Field. On Saturday last, the 10th inst., I left my work at four o'clock, and wont alone to the Tower public-house. After I had been there about ten minutes the two defendants came in together, and two others accompanied them. The de fendants asked if there were many at work in our place, and I replied that there was a great number of them. They said, " I suppose you have signed the dccument" (a declaration by those who have signed it that they had no connexion with the Amalgamated Society), anu I re plied "Yes." Richard Omen addressed me first. I then added that we had a great number at work, and that a great many others would like to come too, if they had a chance. They then called me all the " knobsticks" they could think of, and used bad language. A friend of mine, named Cumming was present, and he, addressing them, said, " Why don't you let the young man alone?" Up. to this time I had not spoken to them, but they immediately began cursing and swearing at me as hard as they could. (The a itness here corrected himself by saying that Oram alone had used bad language to him.) lie proceeded—Cumming then went out for a policeman, and the defendants followed him out, and I walked be hind. I then saw two friends of the defendants on the opposite side of the way. All four came across the road and ran after Cumming, and struck him. Oram struck first. I received several blows on the nose, and while striking me the defendants made use of a bad expression, saying, "You are one of them." [The witness exhibited marks on his face.] In cross-examination the witness said—l am not and never was a member of the Amalgamated Society, but I did receive is. 6d. from them fur eight days. lam not a working engineer, but an engineer's labourer. There were seven or eight people at the bar of the pub , lic-house. I will swear that before any words were spoken by the defendants neither Cumming nor the others present, nor myself, nor anybody in the employ.. meet of Messrs. Maudalay, began shaking our pockets and ringing our money. I will swear I did not see any money shown to the defendants. I did not hear any body present say to the defendants, " You poor amalga mated ." No threats were used towards them. I did not hear the defendants say, " We don't want to have any words with you; we will leave." The defend ants walked straight to the Crown public-house, where the committee of the Amalgamated Society meet. I went a little beyond my direct turning perhaps, but 1 don't know that it is much further than any other route. Mr. NORTON —Surely we cannot go so far as to cir cumscribe the limits within which any person must con tine himself. Cross-examination continued—l did not see Cummieg strike Oram, but cannot say whether he struck him or not. Mr. NORTON—From what has occurred, do you feel in any danger from these men? Witness—l feel that I don't like to walk anywhere there, because I have had enough through this. Mr. NORTON—Do you feel intimidated by what they have done? Witness—Yes, Sir, Ido indeed. I have seen some of the Amalgamated Society's inen since the alleged assault, and they said nothing to me. James Joseph Cumming, an engineer's labourer in the employment of Messrs. Maudslay and Field, corroborated the greater part of the statement of the last witness. Ile also said that he had himself been violently assaulted by the defendant Oram, and that he had gone to the Tower-street police-station and given information of what had occurred. Mr. NORTON—Did either of the defendants use any threats to you or Goodman ? Witness—Yes, Sir ; they threatened to give us somethhing not pleasant, be cause we had signed the declaration ; that was the grievance. Mr. NORTON.—From what they said, do you go in fear ? Witness—Yes, most decidedly. In his cross-examination this witness said, ho never belonged to th e A ma l ga mated Society, , but he had ” re ceived Bs. 3d. a l toge th e r all the time he was out. He had never applied to the society to support him. Ho made no dir ec t application to the society, but, under standing that the committee were sitting at the Crown public-house, ho went there, and received ss. out of do nations received at two public-houses, and altog e th er go t Ss. 3d. Would swear most positively that on the day of the assault he had not rattled money in his pocket, nor had he done any s ingle act with the intention of insult ing or offending the defendants. He never had been attacked before, but was in fear the defendant's conduct would be repeated. A third witness was called in support of the charge, and on behalf of the defendants it was contended that the evidence was not sufficient to sustain a charge of intimidation, or even of serious assault. A witness named James Swain was also called, who said be saw the complainants and defeedents standing near the end of the Waterloo•roed on the day in ques tion. The former had their hands in their pockets, end kept calling after the latter that they had money in them. A scuffle then ensued, but it was very soon over. This witness denied being a m em b er o f the Amalga mated Society, though he acknowledged receiving money from the society. Stephen Shorthouse, a blacksmith, who was in com pany with the last witness, completely corroborated his evidence, and added that the com pl a i nants put the i r fingers to their noses and point e d t owar d s t h e deten dents. This witness admitted being a member of the Amalgamated Society and receiving pay from it. Mr. NORTON said it w as c l ear t h at the evidence of the complainants did not bring th e case w i th i n the terms of the Combination Act, and he was inclined to think that they had in a great measure provoked the treatment they had experienced by calling; after the defendants and acting offensively towards them after having parted peaceably. He should not, therefore, send the case to the sessions, but impose a fine of 20s. each and the costs of the warrant, or, in default, to stand committed to prison for twenty-one days each. The fines were immediately paid, and the defendants at once discharged. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. WAKEFIELD, APRIL IG.—The arrivals this week are extremely limited, and we have only a poor show of most articles. The market opens with rather more ac tivity, and for wheat the full prices of last week aro ob tained, and on fine fresh qualities there is some improve ment. The demand for barley lessens, but good quali ties maintain their value. Oats and shelling as last week, and in retail demand. Beans are rather easier. New. B. 8. 41 to 43 45 --- 48 3S -- 41 42 45 37 40 42- 44 ••• 37 40 42 -- 44 44 -- 48 00 -- 00 31 37 Old. WHEAT, per qr. 601bs per bushel:— s. s. Saolk,Essex, and Kent, red ... —to Ditto, white ... Norfolk and Hunts., red ... —— Ditto, white ... Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red ... Ditto, white ... Yorkshire, red ... Ditto, white ••• Dantzic and Konigsburg, white .. —— Lower Baltic and Hamburgh, red... MPditerranean, red ... ••• ••• BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels: — Norfolk and Suffolk... ••• • • Lincolnshire and Yorkshire Scotch Grindin, 28 - 30 _ _ - - 29 - 32 - - - 29 - 31 _ - 26 - 23 - - - 27 - 29 per 30 stone Jg Foreign ••• •• '•' ••• -- BEANS, per qr. 631bs to the bushel :- 9d 2 t 6 0 10: 7 mall, fine ... ..• ... „32 34 31 —32 Ticks ••• ••• ••• • .. 31 —3B 30 —3l ...... 11 :11 - - d: t t o o - - - - d d — lod to 11d Foreign OATS, per stone : Mealing • •.• Ffeoerdeiignng ... ~. ... d to —d 9d to 10d SHELLING, per load of 2611 b -. —, —__ 26 MALT, per load of 6 imperial bushels —_ _ g 4 27 PEAS, per Imperial Quarter : Blue and wh te i b o il e rs ... Grey anted Feed - 28 -- 32 , . ...--- - - - - . 28-- 3 - 2 VALS. ARK Qrs. Wheat ••• ••• ••• 2,731 Barley ••• 835 Oats .•• ... ... .. 674 Rapeseed qrs. ... .. Shelling2os Linseed .. ... Malt ... • 4.11 • • Flour ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Beans••• ... • ... ..• 326 Peas ••• ••• ••• ••• Taro ... ... ... ... LIVERPOOL, APRIL 16, 'The C orn E xc h ange this morning was well att en d e d , and though not a large busi ness in wheat and fl our , the g eneral demand pricesandfor both wider than of late, g articles was and extreme were obtained. Indian com manded full rates corn was peas ' were unalter in ed s i n : avialluseh. show, was but muderate, yet more barley, and Beans were rather dearer. Oats, NEWBURY,and , Al'ltlL 15,- - Oar supply of wheat to-day equal to the demand, which was than very slack. The sales effected were at a trifle under the rates of last week, but a large portion remains unsold. Barley, short supp l y , but su ffi cient to meet the demand, and no alteration in price. Beans, oats, and peas, short supply, and in fair request at fully late rates. EXETER, APRIL 16.—Cattle market: Th e su pp l y was large. Beef was dearer than last week—from 78 to 8s per score. Barreners fetched fetched from 45 6d to 55 per conple, per score. Cows and calves were from 8/ 8s to 13s. Steers about the same as last week. Sheep: Wethers from scl to sid. ewes from 4. 1 1 d to 5d per lb. Pannier: 7s per score. Turkeys 6s to 7s 6d each, ducklings 5s to 63 fowls 33 3d to 4s, pigeons 10d to is each, roasters 4s - tO - clover 6d to 6d ss, galenas 5s per couple. Pork carcases: The supply was large, at prices ranging from Ge 6d to Seeds: Bever 4s 6d to 5s per bushel 4d. Corn Ex change:gher than 5s 10d perlb,whyvitheeaDtuctacnhno7td b t e o ciu B o d t , ed trefoil hi per bushel, barley from 3s 9d to 4s, oats 2s 8d to 3s, fine t rt fl i o s e r r o 3 L 2 s s tr to Gl 3 R 3s m p A er mi ss E c T k , .Wool: lid per lb. APRIL 16.—Th9 offices are still very badly supplied with sampleo, and the cales since our last are limited to about 350 hhds and tierces of West India, at steady pries. Refined firm. Hum is v ery dull.—Bristol Mercur W•ANOTTI Arku, 15, X 4 3BterdoY Cher® WM PM° inquiry for barrel bur, and a fair business was done at former prices. Wheat is a slow tale, and rather lower. Oats are:held firefly, and findy prepared Irish are taken by miller's at last week's rates, 17s 9d per boll of 264 lbs. Barley is dull, but without change in price. Baas and peas are a turn lower. BANGOR, APRIL 16.—Wheat, best home growth, 403 to 43s ; middling end inferior, 38s to 40s ; barley from 29s to 31s ; oats, 173 to 183 ; oatmeal, 26s p©r 2401b5. DENBIGH, APRIL 14.—1 n our market this day but little business done. Wheat from 13s 6d to lis per 1681bs. Barley los to 103 6d per 1471 b. Oats 4s 6cl to 7s per 1051 b. WREXHAM, APRIL 15.—Wheat, 6s 2d to 6s 3d ; oats. 3s 4.1 to 3s 6d ; barley. 4s 3d to 4s 61 Potatoes, for domestic use, 2s 4d ; first sorts, 2s 6d to 2s 8d ; winter sets, is Gd to 2s 2:1 per measure ; a few choice second sorts sold for 2s 8d to 3s per measure. Turkeys, 4s 6d each ; fowls, 2s 6d to 2s 10d per couple. Butter, 10d to lid p(r 16 OIInCPS. NORTIIALL'ERTON, APRIL 14.—Wheat, white Els 3d to bs 6d, red Ss Od to 5s 3d; oats 2s 6d to 2s 9d; beans, 3s 9d to 4s 6d; barley 4s Od to 4s 6d per bushel. RIPON, Aram 15.—White wheat 5s 3d to 5s 9d, red ditto 55 to 5s 64 ; beans 3s 9d to 4s 3d per bushel; barley 28s to 325 i oats 18s Od to 22s per qr. WIITHERBY, APRIL 15.—White wheat, 16s 6d to 17s 6d, red ditto 15s Od to 16s Od per load ; barley 30s Od to 32s Od per gni beans 00s Od to 00s 011 per load ; oats 10d to lld per stone. KNARESBOROUGH, APRIL 14.—Wheat 5s 3d to 6a Cd ; beans 4s Od to 4s 6d per bushel ; barley 28s to 30s ; oats, 18s to 225 per qr. IxvzaNEss, APRIL 13.—Wheat, per qr, weighing 621 b per bushel, 38s Od to 40s Od; ditto, old, weighing 621 b per bushel, 005 04 to 00s Od; barley, per quarter, weighing 541 b per bushel, 25s 6d to 26s 6d ; oats, per quarter, weighing 421 h per bushel, 21s Od to 00s 04. Oatmeal, per imp erial boll, 16s 8d to Os Od ; ditto second, 15564 to 00s Od ; barley' meal, lls 6d to Os Od ; peasemeal, 005 Od to Os Od; bran, per stone, Os 7d to Os Od ; first flour, per 2801 b., 345 Od to 35s Od; second ditto, 27s Od to 2s Od ; oatmeal, best, per stone of 14113 imperial, Is 8d to Os Od ; ditto second, Is 4d to Os Od; barley' meal, Is 4d to Os Od • peasemeal, Os Od to Os Od ; first flour, 2s 6d cash, 2s 9d cre dit ; second ditto, 2s 04 cash, 2s 4,1 cre dit. Potatoes, per stone, 5d to Od ; beef, per pound, 4d to 64; veal, 44 to sd ; mu tt on , 4d t o 6d ; p o rk, 3d to 4 4 ; fowls, each, 124 to 14d; chickens, per pair, 12d to 16d ; ducks , each, Od to Od; eggs, per dozen, 4d to sd; butter, fred 4 8d to 9d per lb; ditto, salt, 8d t o 10d ; cr oudie (curds), `` 2 d ,,, 04 ; four-pound loaf, cash, 5d to 6d ; ditto credit, sid to bid; coals, per cwt, 94; hay, per stone, 7d to Od. THE CLOTIiING MANUFACTURES. FOREIGN WOOL—LEEDS, APRIL 16.—There has boert fewer inquiries for foreign and colonial wools daring th e past week. Prices have undergone no material alteration' ENGLISH WOOL—LEEDS, APRIL 16.—There has bee° rather more inquiry for wool, and prices are firm at 1 414 week's rates. LIVERPOOL WOOL —APRIL 15.—Business is sti ll quiet, but not so flat as of late. Prices firm, as stook s are very light. No imports of foreign wool during th e past week. TRADE OF LEICESTER.—Being-,holiday week but little has been doing in the warehouses. Although yarns are dull of sale, wools have assumed a firmer appearances and somewhat higher prices are asked than was obta ins ' s'. a fortnight ago. BRADFORD, APRIL 15.—Wool—The purchase -- rg all kinds of combing wool are acting with extreme caution, and this being a holiday week, less has been required.loired. There is not any anxious desire on the pat of the holders to clear out before the new clip pres en itself in the markets of next and following mouths. is more than ordinary apathy and indifference manifested this season, as with the difficulty of effecting sales here e,„, the firmness evinced by the growers and dealers in 6 "i country to buy at the prices now demanded, ie to ill°. a direct loss at the seat of manufacture. broken keep firm, from the small Neils an Yarns—More is doing iu yarns, and any lots now offer; lug at late prices are ready sale. , The shippers been quantity Mak in g * been very inactive for a long time, and yarns leave b ee ... very firm during their absence as buyers. If orde rs i.reesed in the market, they will not be accepted escel4 at better prices than are now generally current, fur it generally understood that the least loss is sustained •F,Y, machinery being wholly idle. The d emand for this di s trict in spools is not eear;to the extent of last spring, se! as the season is now advancing when the manuftv3ture rB are usually busy, we may expe c t an improved dttm al for yarns, and with it better prices. Pieces—There 1.! decidedly more doing in all kinds of piece goods an d fe' all markets than a month ago, but we are sorry hexar that the prices are yet very low, so much so, fresh looms will be put to work unless an advance ce n a be realised. In fancy goods there is no fresh life , e n the trade is confined to different kinds of mixtures. a s TRADE OF MANCHESTER, APRIL 15.—The Li f erP .L. O market having met the adverse accounts of the e°"„le market in the United Stat e s with firmness, and' s' o , newel of activity today, we have had a slight insrr, ( d ) io % ment of business, and b u y ers w ho have been hTh he r bark appear now disposed to give out orders. I s T e ,, l g ter spinners nor manufacturers have been able to get l ob prices, but there has been more business, and rates v' elee were rejected on Tuesday have been taken rather frevoio The inquiry for T cloths, long cloths, and doraesti.:l s ; j e India account, led to come business, although the ' lo ge by the Overland mail speak of low exchanges. The I .lioo , shipments of 40's yarn expected out had led to a d e ' 'b e te but in higher numbers there has been some business to-day on India account. COAL. MA[kL. . Prices of Coal per ton at t; Bate's West Hartley 13s 6d Buddle's W. Hartley 133 6d Howard's W.H.Neth 13s 6d North Percy Hartley 133 6d Redheugh Main 1 ls Od Tanfield Moor l2s 9d rantield Moor Butes 12s Gd Eden Main lss Od Hetton Lyons Main 15s Oct Blaengwawr Steam 23s 0(11 Cowpen Hartley Nixon's Merthyr and Cardiff Wall's End, Sce. _ _ ESTIMDAT. the close of the marke , •, 3 „ 6d Lawson ..............• .. 1 3 , 91 Liddell ..... ..... .• .. 1 3 3 9d Walker .................. Braddyll .............. Helton ........... Od ...... 17 1 6 Larnbton ........ . • 153 °I V. Hetton Lyons ...... 149 6 Pensher .................. 163 04 Richmond ............... ihs 6d ißussell's nett= ..... 165 1 ,Stewart's "" . ° I Heugh Hall ......... 15s 3 d South Kelloe ........... 140 I Backhouse ............ .• • 1 44 'South Durham ...... •-•° 160 Ol Tee 5...... .......... 137 Sold, 63. Gosforth d 1 liebbara ships at market, _-- - RAILWAY SHARE MARKBT BRISTOL, APRIL 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was an improved tretl_lligo; bibited in the share market to-day, and a good. ,ut ore ,. has been done at improved prices. The sales reportea.„'o, Bristol and Exeter, 95—Caledonian, 20Th—Great IN eb'„,,i, market opened , ha — 92 y — o A r l k i 92—Midland d n d is Stock, 8 Midland,yi 68%—South-Eastern h-Eas t e rn and Dov er, •," 1 a fel l STOCK Excru l LL ds the ;close of L'" this morning, but became weak towards te and East,Tunei oN day. The sales reported were— mberg Cheshire , 'e - E . l . s( l ) l (. 6 )L, sh A ar r e .5, , di • a ) 17—Ed* 41 a ll luLl6 Ditto (late Cheshire and Birkenhead, . inburf,,,itto, 3 / Lancashire and Yorkshire, 74y, —eif Glasgow, 31 4 • 2% die.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and ll ' 00••••" and North-Western, 125 c.—Ditto, New Q u10 r ,„ 0 ., London Fifths, VA p.—Midland, 68% —Ditto, 72 Ditto Li' a Fifths, 6 1-16 dis.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, ~ too , 5.);;; p,—Ditto, 1,, an ,i/ York and North Midland, 25%. solidated ,( Birmingham and Derby), 3 6—South-Easte ti••• Dover 2- ,4—• MANCHESTER, APRIL 16. r lc sTocs. Exce,A,(GE.—'The business to-d ay was rat her . 5% p.—Soutb-Eastern and Dover, 229 , i3- - ' I ; ( ;n rnitecl, and prices had a downward tendency. The tr 5i1 k ,. 9 0 ,,,, lions were as follow : —London and North-Western,. •L`;,), 'CI Midland, 26 —Manchester, Sheffield, and -",-; Ditto, Preference, 13 %—ritidland, 6 S r /T ; , Lancashire and Yorkshire, 74 1 / I Caledonian, 20')i,•—•:" --4' burgh and Glasgow, 32—East Lancashire, 17%. BIEBIANUHArd, APRIL 16 a c Q o nu l d n i r s h i:Ne i :e s' , 34 Vs 16. to STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market continue/ an t maintain its firmness ; but although the settlement of accoo-- tchloeseLoofnd'eanhainisgtes,tao-ndda,ya as usual, c ne a p. t t t h e in l e egraph. passed off satisfactorily, there is still little business do., d a h s e t r h e o a b s t s e r mtrrh The en sameic quotationst e h e e [ `ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway' s Pill s f or t.e ' l b 9, o f Sick Headaches, Bile, and We a k an d Di sordered Stem' ., 4 , to —These wonderful Pills ha ve b een the means of restor ie fi et b health many persona pronounced incurable by the faculty_ ;, t3 ,, at home and abroad. They may be taken with perfect sa ro ta and a certainty of effecting a cure, by persons suffering bile, general debitity, sick headaches, diseases of the stornacul r 0 4 or liver complaints, and those who are predisposed u t? ils ; f Q" cannot use a more effectual remedy than Holloway's no di: oisi, acting as they do Open, the very mainsprings o f life " and 0$ can resist their influence, their effect is mild yet speedvy,ruggie..., family medicine they are unequalled.—Sold by all . Stray London. and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, °` London. At. noon, on Sate: DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE.---- day last, a fire, which totally destroyed premises occupied by ig: shedding, Brc., took place on the P • rern s t ituate at Red /0,1 - .: Joseph Leighton, farmer and " Ilier and Spetchley rot; near the junction of the Whittingtonn close proximity to . s o f The buildings referred to were e st side, and the chitnne• rob gl oldt than discoveries Leighton's dwelling, on a stable, cart and cow the communicated to the tht i io the house taking fire' the :the flames spread rapidly, a n .', Joe of the stable, - p r fortun e s m i comeae s we notre sine se', yet ,g,411.. burnedwas a s s h never e r vt or time idled sadly nverified than by the present cli" - 1 trophe. suddenly, whilst the - fire was eventually subdued, W'''' of the engines wing, in her chair. With the assis.,t%ot we have stated.—Worcester Chronicle On the ruesday previous Leighton's wife exP"' nee A C O LONIAL effe r extract from a private letter describes one of the rage ) mornfrtoh me d JUDGE owviwhhe°.lwhole 1 .°1 il l aN the h misfortunes e “ll e (the d otti in A his 'horses are turned out to gr. 9514 tiffs has no se . ol o of t w h t e ihn r e b_ rvants, usDtriaFlirar:c_urams.--Tbe toles being an invalid, ho is pushed to court in a bath chair b Y 50n5.....!... .....!... __.--.--r.. BIRTHS. OF A 80N. On the 15th inst., at Ladbroke•terrace, .Notting- N a thaniel Cooke. Rol On the 13th inst., the w if e o f D r. W. W. Wildeyt Marines, of Fort Cumb er l an d , P ortsmouth. hill, gal. OF A DAUGHTER. Hen b o y.on On the 14th inst., at the Grammar School, Thames the wife of the Rev. C. 11. Godb On the 14th inst., at Brockley-l an e, Lew y. isham-ro ad ' wife of Mr. A. D. Toovey, of AldermanburY. MARRIED. Ed' O n the 11th inst., at St. G ' H sq uare ' t . - o mund Calverley, ,,e E . sq., only son of John CalverleY• ati s g 'igter Oulton-house, Yorkshire, to Isabella Mary, eldest d of J. T. Selwin, Esq., of Down•hall, Essex. caret C.8., 0n ofth e s l n •l ie t d h in in o s r t e . : D at o l r ‘.:: e . m t. merid, Charles Richard 11 I u se • Eqt., to Emma Georgina, only daughter of Captain rd 4 On the 13th i ns t., a t Brec D hi i n E C l tstle, the Right non. Lor a Panmure. On the 11th i ns t , at Brixton, Emily Frederica, eldett daughter of Lieutenant . Richard Bowen, R.N. On the 13th inst., at Dover , t he Rev. Robert Redo Bede, of Ashmans, Beccles, Suffolk, aged 59. On the 13th inst., at Elm-lodge, Kilburn, Frank Forger, Esq. , C.E., aged 52. u On th 14th ins., at Tnbridge-wells, Salina Elizabet.b: Only daughter of t the late Rev. Peter Still, of CattistocF Dorsetshire, aged 19:,,,_,.....,..._ ____.......„................„, _--- ---- - (.4 c f London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOU'N ~ ~, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Bun Office, No. 1 , ".; Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoys iii Ws. WWI giddlcl94 _liiitgdat kpril 17 le4ab L c a el It THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING-, APRIL l7, 1852. 1 t A a of N . 8 lii In 1 li Pr , nit (1 0