The Sun. — London, England, 1852-04-16 00:00:00

0r)(4.. 1„ v o i p , -2' SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. FItANCE. The Debats has the following on the subjeat of the treaty cf commerce just entered into between France and Piedmont "Called to power with the rnia4ion of repairing the ma terial disasters, which were immense, of re-establishing calm is minds agitated by the saturnalia of 1848, and of founding a new political order of things, based on the charter which King Charles Albert gave to Piedmont, the Minist;y. presided over by M. d'Azeglio, has de ►oted itself for several years to that frightful task with a courage, a talent, a .firmness, and a moderation which have often merited success, and always public es teem. Succeeding to a frightful and decisive defeat, in want of money, attacked by parties, still agitated by the spirit'of 4i. Maaziei, a pray to insurrection as home, and to the exigencies' of a foreign conqueror, it was nevertheless able by degrees to establish order, to restore credit, to place the kingdom again in an honourable and respected situation, and all that without violence and without departing from ideas of order and of moderation. Whilst around it vanished all the imaginary conquests of 1848, whilst so many constitutions fell by turns, it has known how to establish the constitutional and representative regime in Piedmont, and :o establish it on bases of justice, honour, and liberty, which we may hope are now solid. In the midst of the wreck of so many illusions and hopes those who have not yet lost all faith in a wise and limited liberty, those who still believe that without it there is no true order nor dignity possible for nations, will find in the example now given by Piedmont a legi timate reason for persisting in their belief. Let Italy, in particular, turn her eyes in that direction. Let these unhappy and senseless patriots who, in 1348, would not receive independence from the hands of a King open their eyes to the light, let them under stand the terrible lesson which they received in 1848, when they saw the Lombardian peasants, full of grati tude for the excellence of Austrian government, refuse their upper,: to the liberating army, and let them know how to render an accoent to themselves of what might, under certain given eircurnstenees, result from the happy contagion of a liberal, enlightened, and national Govern ment." _ The Pattie has the following : " Several journals have announced that a measure re lative to the prefectures and snb-prefeetures was to appear almost immediately in the Moniteur. We are able to state that the report is unfounded. rafter having given to the departmental administration high salaries and Considerable attributions ' the Govern , • me at is anxious that the personne l of that adminis tration should be ' equal to its new functions. It is with this oject that M. de . Persigny is carefilly examining tins personnel, and he - intends to gfve all the Deceiteary time to his investigation. We are assured that, perhaps for the first time, solicitations on the sub ject, however strong they may b:, will he of no avail. The minister wishes to make himself acquainted with the services, the talents, and the aptitude of those employed, and, far from the personal solicitations of prefects or sub-prefects, or the recommendations of their families or friends, being of any avail, we think that they will ra ther be unfavourable to them than otherwise. The Mi nister of thelnterier is firmly' resolved to improve •the administration, and not to be influenced by any consi deration but the advantage of the service, of the Prince President, and of the country." We,read in the Public • " The ne).zotiationa witioh had been opened between Prussia and France relative to the navigation of the Rhino arc actively going re. TJp to this titre French vessels had been allowed to have the advaninge of the reduction of titts [nada on the Ist o,:rober, 1551, 'in favour of atites on the banks of the river, but the Pitts ciar,ii that t: , a t favour would vr:>l.un Gov:•rnmt.r.t wouLl COR3O 0.1! thi. M.l - 4 not r.ecert pr- , p , .•• - •tio.ta which k.ad - f.trn made to it. now d.,m7r.d& - t th.t the G flag :dwell be trext4d en a Tig!i: - ? in tho C.nal of fi.,.u'rt-• gen. We hope th . -It. unittistanding %tithe coma to." II HE LONDON GAZE'S TE. (TILLS EVENING.) LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 7, 1852. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will bold a Levee at St. James's Palace, on Wednesday, the 21st April instant, at two o'cleek. LORD CUAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 7. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold Drawing-rot:one, at St. James's Palace, on the following days, at two o'clock:-Thursday, 29th April inst.; and on Thursday, 13th May next, to celebrate her Majesty's birth-day. N.B. The Knights of theeseveral orders are to, appear in their col lira at the drawing-room on the 13th of May next. WHITEHALL, APRIL 14, 1852. Tree Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Richard Watts to the Rectory of .Nailstone, in the county of LeiCester, and diocese of Peterborough, void by the death of the Rev. Robert Crockett. CROWN-OFFICE, APRIL - 15. MEMBER RETURNED TO BEJIVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Harwiah-Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Knt., her Majesty's-Solicitor-General, of Piccadilly, in the county of Middlelex, in the room of Robert Wigram Crawford, Esq. whose election has been adadged void. WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 16. Ist Regiment of Life Guards-James Keith Fraser, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub Lieutenant, by parchaie, vice Hare, promoted, April 16. Royal Horse Guards-William Robert Hare, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Arthur de Vere Viscount Malden, who retiree, April 16, sth Dragoon Guards-The Hon. Grey Neville to be Cornet, by purchase, April 16. 7th Dragoon Guards-Montague Dettmar, G°ll%, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Wetherell, promoted, April 16. 6th Dragoons-Richard Henry Carrie, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, April 16. - 7th Light Dragoons - Lieutenant the Honourable Charles Ha: bard has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his COMMitiiol3, April t 6. Bth Light Dragoons-Riversdale Richard Glyn, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, April 16. 9,h Light Dragoons-Charles John Heaton Ellis, Gent., to be Cornet, by purChase, vice Willis, promoted, April 16. 16th Light Dragoons-William John Peareon Wat son, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, April 16. lat Regiment of Foot-Walter Macpherson, Gent., to to be Ensign, by purcheae. vice McKenna, promoted, April 16; James Arehibe'd Roddell Todd, Gent. to be Ensign, by pnrcbitt , e, vice Ward, who retiree, April 17. EJaI-Jvim Charlee •Eyt whit; Dr.lo, Gent., to be Emig', by pureht,e, vice Toomson, promoted, April MI eth' Filet-William Creeks, Gent., to be Ensign, without porehaie, vice Breton, au -Anted to the 38th P:)01", Acrd 16. 16th ,Poot-Jam” Davie, Gent., to he Ensign, by pur ehre, vic e B r i scoe , whot etire: , ,, April 16. 3, 1-Foot-S: 4 ff S u r y ou o p t h c i Second Class Richard GaneJl., max. to be . :ti - u - rgeoo, vice Bradford, promoted on the ;Staff, Ap r il 16. 26th F.e.,t-u erbett William Themes Hautit", Gent., to tif, le ee i vt, , A.pril 16. by purchase, vice Chute, promote d, 32d Foot - Lieatere e t Ga"o-oh to be Pay master. vies Lioqre, who tA I- A 6 331 Foot-Henry I:b o o :Fr es upon half-pay, 1 . purchase, vice Betaiet; 'bi.c'nd• Gent to be Eneign, by 6 .peoted, April 16. 35th Foot-Williarn." ssietant-urgeen, p eo !g e Clatke, Gent., to be staff; April 16 atrbairn, promoted on the 39th Foot-Hugh George De Ce l e E t o , ige, purchase, vice B a k er , promoted, Gent., to be e, April l6. 46th Foot-M. , .jor Donald Stuart, lie, m to 00 allor', vice Maclean, promoted be en Unattached, W Lieeearit-Celoneley, withotit porch:gle , April Robert William Arnold 'rorckler, Gent, r., Ensign, without purchase, vice Eusie ee , p ,„ tnotee, thoril 16. both r o ot-Aptly/3y Molloy F aw e ett, Canc., to he E ns i g n, by purchase , vie,- Tupper, proe,oteo. 'April 16. FJot-Cbr.:;c.; Henry Bulimic, Gent., t o b e by rirc hi lr o„vlce Etlreontla, , whia retire?, April 16. 14.,t-Lieutenitot Benjamin Thibaut :Rawson T ra tfod u) b e Captain, without ptirclyssit. vieefthatigan, Ensign Fr4ncia Ilesumares Baikeley t o b e e cotenart t, without purrOs,ase, rice Trafford, te e e pt . 18. . 66th Feot-Fieury Whicole Fredertnit . .Flarris, Gent, sine Dickens, promoted, t. be Ertsit , n, by prehase, April 1G „e-to_rn Wienietr. from the 86th sth FootErisigo () motet; April 16. Few, to he E R s; a, vice Cowed, Ps 77. h Foot-Richard Butler Willingten. , Gent.. to be Easigu. by pureness. vie, Le a ve, promoted. April 16. I 8 3 d FooT,-George Dunlevire Gent., to la 3 1 Ensign, without purchase, vice Gr own, deceuseel, Apri l . 8. 85th Feot-M en t e e ts Berton', Gent., to be Ensign, by part:hese, vice Artningw, promo ted, April 16 . 861 h Foot-Eorn, lleery CrlerOft Wine, from the 39:h Foot, to be Eniign, vice Irv' ii,niett, appointed t o the 751 h Foot, April 16. 03rd Foot-Cearies William McDavald, G ene " to Etes'eis, without purchase, vice Stewart, epromotee, Aprll.l6. 3rd West India Reglment-Edwerel Armstrong; Gent., without purcha se , to be Ensign, vice Cole, promoted, April 16. Care MBunted Rill -imen-Sergeent-Major Simitin to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Kingsley, promoted, April 16. UMATTACIIED _Rievet.Major Donald Stuart, from the 46-n Foot, to leo Mejor, wthout parcheae, April 16. BREVET.--Brevet.MUjor Stephen James Stevens, C. 8., ov the Bombay Army, to be *Meier its the Etat Ladies, while employed as Ceptain end Adjuteat of the East Inlia, (`onapso) '1 ( . 410 . att W arloy, April 16. HOSPITAL Sztif.--Sargeou Edward Bradford, frem Ur 231 Foot, f 0 be Staff Surgeon of the First Class, ''"o' Andre a F ou o o , ► w e e r ei_irps upon half-pay; Assist 7 linkt-r * 3 "ritc on Willi a m ' Fairbairn, 31.13., from the t;,h',Staid titirgf-AA of tne Seaond Class, v-omn er:l;teoue,4leN,ze.ouoie: erl to thi4 23t1 FOot,A o rril 16. 0. John Knox --Th e „i rese o et . A , . ant-Sur g eon q e t ' fr " rn the 85th Regiment to the lOth Foot, and t b Ciarke to th,, A 4 ,PPE , ' , nt.l-- e- of Air. William txeorge March 26, 1854, "urgeonoy of 'atm 85th Foot, on 'Commissions by t i.„.te eiine 2 11,, , .. Gilbert Henry I:4,,,ltedji-i-litenant of Lincolnsh ire. tenant, March 31. - te 'E' 4 l, to leo Deputy-Lieu - Nichols; Wow:in, William Percy Cast, Fee + , „. 1 t Deputy Lieutenant; ep Li v e s ee, Esq.. t o be D e , o opeeaty Lieutenant; liam Earle why, E sq ., to b r o etLi eutenunt - Wit- ; Cha r les Themes Jokin Moore, o .,P u t - Y - Litut ' enent; ,Lieureeant; Henry .Etiward Fam e , ke,' b, ReOntY- 7.4eritegant, April 12. to eputy- r~~► i n s .. ~ THE SUN, Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghanashire.l 21 Regiment of Royal Bucks Yeomanry Cavalry— Archibald White, Gent., to be Cornet, v.ce Nash,'pro mated, Feb. 17. -Commission by the Lird-Lisn'enant of Hertfordshire. 11 , ,rtford Militia—William Franks, jun., Dq., to be Capt&n, April 13. C .inmission by the Lord-Lieutenant of - Edinburgh. Edinburgh Regiment of Militia—John David Bu chanan flay, jun., Esq., to be Captain, vice Monre, re signed, Apia 12. WHITEHALL. MARCI 4 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 Warwicti, gentleman, to be cne of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the ac knowledgments of deeis 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, alio 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 a: two, and May 25, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchureh-lane; Hill and Mat thews, Bury-court, St. Mary Axe. William Lawson, chemist, Dias, Norfolk, April 26, at one, and May 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assigneA, Sambrook -court, Baaingnall 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, Plews, and Boyer, Old Jewry- Chambers. James Todd and William Todd, saddlers, Yarm, Yorkshire, April 30 and May 23. at eleven, at the Lreds 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. Mcrgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Tyrer, Liverpool. John Rymer, roper manufacturer, Gateshead, Durham, 4arch 19 and May 6, at eleven, at the Newcastle Lis gnat Court. Wakley, official assignee; /lade, Somh amptou-buildings, Chancery-lane._ PRICE OF SUGAR. • The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from returns made in the week ending April 13, 1852, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Grist From the British possessions in America 19s. 2d. per cwt From the Mauritius ... ... No return. „ From the East Indies .. 225. 4id. Average price of the two foregoing de scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as above, and exclusive of duty ... 19s. 9id. By authority of Parliament, Hxzrat BrciiN ELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company Grocers'-hail, April 16. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this night's Gazette.) An account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 82 for the Week ending on Saturday, the 10th day of April, 1852. teens DEPARTILENT. Notes Issued 32,-33,785 £:i2,733,785 , M. MARSHALL, Chief CusiLer. Dated the 15th day Of April, 1852. Government debt .. 11,015,1C0 Other securitlea .... 2,984,904) Gold coin and bullion 18,700.410 Silver bullion • • • • • • 33,375 £32,733,735 BiNECING DEFAITKCIf T. . —. Proprietors 'capital .. 14,553,000 Government • secnri- Rost .••• • ....... 3,091,222 ties(including Dead Pablie deposits (In. Weight Annuity).. 14 20 I,r 95 chiding Exchequer, Other secnritles .... I 1 22.5,844 Commissioners of '1°: " ••••••• • • • - • • • 11 524 200 National Deli, Say. Gold sailsllsof coin • . 5 11,514 tu.s-bants,a,idpi- MICIA, ^ • •04 CI! I • (~ Ln s j 4 Other deposits ...... 13,9 2 032 Sz'rcn clay .tad other F.:1111.• •• •• 1,162,843 3'37,3'34,653 4.17,s 64 653 M. MARSHALL. Chief Cashier. Dated tie 13th day of April. 1852. COURSE OF .EXCHANGE.—(IIIIS DAY.) Ailuter-aai .......... 12 Gay Gihraitar.......„,„„.„ _ Ditto, three monts.. 12 2 Legllolrll ........ ••.. • • 30 $5 itolterdarn .......... 12 2 Genoa .. •• • • .......... 25 60 Aritorerp......., „„ „ 25 624, Milan .. .... _„„„ „ ~ 8ru35G13.... _-_ _ _ 23 62)6 Venice.... ~ „ ........ _ likunbargh ......M.B. 13 1 13 e YtsPiee • • ............ 4r % /tt0na...............• Palermo, per0z........ 122 Paris, 3 days i eight .... 25 45 Messina .............. 122 Ditto, 3 months .... 2s 62% Ea5b0n................ h 314 Marseilles ............ 25 6434 DPorto•• •• • • ........ • • 53% 800rdeaux......... • alo Janeiro .......... frankforton Mains.... 122 Buenos Ayres .... _ 80T1in.... • • ........ .. New York, 6 odays'elicht Vienna, effect. fin...... 12 34. Philadelphia ~ .. „...... _ 1 n y b o a t r n a . ... X u 3 17 9 0 0 Trieste, ditt0..........12 36 mats OP ECILION PER ox . Potersbhrgh. SU. Rble-. 4 3 9 7 VA P n or re ti l i g g n al a G el ol4 itsdrld ••.. •• - ••• • • •• caliz .... ,_ • .......... 50 Vanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Barcelona .. --.- • • - SOW Dollar; • • .... o 4 10 1 8 5t0eua........ ~....... Allvcr in bars .f...... 0 5 0' MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, April 16.) SUGAR.—To-ciay a brisk demand was experienced for West India Sugar, both for the scale and pan, aed the rates _obtained were rather tinder those current pre viously. Purchatcs are 1,096, making for the week 2,303 hhds, &0., and the advance in prices 6d per cwt. RgintsaD.—To-day Refined Sugar met with a ready sale for home consumption, and rates closed with firm ness; I,lw to fine Grocery lumps at 44s 6d to 483 6d per cwt. There is a firm market for Crushed, and with se►eral buyers for shipping. kLiniaTina.—This of►ernoon there was a good demand privately tor Maurieius Sugar, and rates rule 6,1 per cwt above last week. At auction 1,719 bags were disposed of, low to mid yellow went at 30s 6d to 32 , , good mid 32s 6d, fair to fine brown 27s to 30a, and fine grainy yellow 40a 6d to 41s. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the demand further in creased for Bengal Sugar, and an advance of fully 6d /ties established. At Auction 1,995 bags went readily, fine white 13 , ,nares 37a. good 34s to 355, mid 33s to 33s 6d, damp 32s to 36a 6d, fine grainy yellow 383 to 403, mid to good 33s 6d to 375, ord 32s 6d to 334, and brown, from 28s to 31s. Severe! parcels of Madras were sold privately at a small advance, and 640 bags at auction realised 22s 6d to 24s for soft brown. FOREIGN.—To-day Foreign Sugar was much sought after chiefly fcr exportation, and former rates were freely offered, business was interfered with by a scanty supply. At section 70 hbds and 50 brls new S'. Croix duty paid were sold at stiff rates; good to fine yellow went at 383 to 423, and low to mid 31s to 345, the chief part 42s per cwt.. 4101:4158E5 —The demand for West India is more ac tive, still no advance. is apparent. Gperations are to a fair extent; Barbadoes and Antigua at 13s to 13s 6d, and other sorts at 121 to 12s 6d; some business has been done in Bengal and Mauritius at Ile to lls 6:1. A cargo of Cuba -bas been sold at about 12s 6d, and small parcels at 13s to 134 6d. Honey sell with.loss freedom, sod previous terms aro not sustained. At auction,3o casks sold at 294 to 334 63, and privately good to flue Jamaica 48s to 565, and ccm mon to mid 38s to 463. A free sale still prevails fur Tamarinds. and stock in first bands are much reduced,, the prices pod for West India are 24s to 345, and East India Os to 12s. COFFEE.—To-day holders of Coffee refused to submit to any further reduction; yet t hero was no improvement in. the home or export demand privately ' and none was submitted to public sale. The arsine of good to raid wood ord Native Ceylon is 37s 64 to 38s per cwt. COCOA.—The supply has increased of Trinidad this week; best . sorts barely sustained prices, and for others a decline of is to 2s per cwt took place. There has been a rood demand s and 1,000 bags at auction were all sold, flee red went at 37a to 38,3, good 35s to 36a 64, !ow to mid: 32s to 34s 6d, grey 28s to 303, and good ditto 30s 6d to 3ls 6d. Privately Grenada is offering at Goes 283 to 33s per• cwt. Operations in Foreign remain tr:fling, althocgb Para and Bas is can ba obtained at 23, to 255, and Gusysquil at 283 to 29:. TEa.—Fine Coogou cannot generally be obtained uncl,v last week's currency. alit(mgh operations have been Upon a Amall scale. Other sorts are cffsrsd at a reduction of Id per ib, yot purchases are limited for all purposes, ono supply tar exceeds the demand. For low (Drafts; rotes now rump tat ti- i t. 7d, good ord 744, rather tlselstsh leaf to blackish leaf 8/1 to 10 i strong uud Pekoe t k loo inil : s 33 l l o ll i t d s,r, : ig o r.os l o s ti s w ri per 11:, nd o (6 , llo lo 6 og iju is t, r id ing at l a ll t d o have Isoe ' n Sol.choug• filen -6'l: in iv . ith cAntiol), and pric&-s are receding, gar :a to flo e ,eilo t , a t 101 kinds 81 to 9.1. Thtr_ are e to ls 7J, and other now tow buyers of .Pouchoeg, yet sales are not. p rec ,,,e , nanted „_ rates remain at from 4il to 6d. In va o i i a ' , 7 „ - i t el Pekoe little has been done;_ the present f, s; 9d to now froth Is to is 7d, other sorts tea ;m7h Y a vPi‘okg°t s l s o na ct ra ill , erior is' almost. unsaleable. Of 3 to i :rc o e d ls have been sold at easier value is Lu c , r. 7 ' 3 (1 ' 43 t",. for floe bed superior the and oom to mid • good is 3.1 to 13 6j, csses rather under previons44l Green has Leen °iterated there ore sellers in some teams, the quantfty ee iu with reluctsoce, offer even exceeds that of latt ° of recent importations chiefly of ell, end Colbl f i tS meetly Hysoni common and raid tt,e value qualities.' For to tine Is 41 to 2s, choice 2s 2d v' t t o u ; " la t° 13.31. good common 84 to 104, mid to good lid to Bj, yot rL El l ) ,, a n so Gunpowder Canton 81 to 11d, t fl o h 51 " 6id Is to Is 51,. goal 6 , 1 to 2-, fineY:neda eon, ord pi 33 2d, Imperial Canton Capes9l tosat,cl34 to is 6d, tine It sd so 24, ayson ski a t; e 6' i l e r h ::::: ° : - w 4 1. 2 : 1 1 eL n d .l, t ie. tr — t r e e d d d t :i t t t a . o u r i c o l n't to r d d a p a n e y d r , Hyso• s. 1-viankny . to 1 i i a bte t : i d er t , ; 6 f_ a d s is 6B y:, ll , s l.ll CBo eP l a ki eug 4; a .T ll portion only of 4,200 aetualfy found buyers. n icE .—Holders of East India reused to submit to any' 'further. reduction, -anti refrained from submitting lany to auction this week. The small parcels s o ld wer e D ' en o!, gOod to tine it htf.e at' 93 91 to los arid to good m id 9.4 to'9s 61, broken Ss 61 to 84 9 5 1, , 9cargoito 0 8 s : j. liy.wltiadi!or".ilf,t4y;E34l to 8 (1 ' ° Z sl. l.,, D u g li a netZ l. 9 s 4 61 to 10s, pearl barley and Arrsoan 8s 6.1 to 9s per cwt. Cleaned Rice has not tsilen in volue, al bough operas !ions remain small. Carolina is 2ls to 275, and low to fine Patna I.ls to 16z. Tho market for Sagois inactive; and last week's currency is riot sustained. • 01 140 cases : iit snietion a small part enIV sold at 15s to 17s for mid to 'sod small peatl• rwo lots suo erior white ra t her large „ . ferci.:.:el 273 6.1 to' 31e. :7:ago Flour continues to fro virawcd, store is a further Ilse: 286 bgs at aturion at 143 to 14; 61. Prev!ou3 terms are barely sustained fo'r Arrowroot. , p ro gs "raPtito ran met with little attention Of 256 " ; 9 7 g - 3 bit-ctio.ri:tatothei more than half sold at 4 mid. Mites,' finds a t 4 11 d tO 4d for 4" • -arms arJ well anatisincd. 114 4 t ale, .arid: Samna LONDON,' A public sale of sixteen cases went at 2s Id to 2s 2d for Feld, is lld for ore, anti oueof condition is 60 to Is Bd. ?Ise value of better sorts is 2s 3d to 2s 6d. There is an ircreesingdemand for Nuzmees; and rates are well sustained. At auction 31 ea ,, s went readily: fine brown at 3s 24 to 3a 74, good 2s 81 to 33, mid 21 2d to 2s 7d,, low is 91 to 2s Id.- The rates paid privately for limed are from is 83 to 2s 44. Cassie Lives, is still wanted; there is, however, scsrcely any here; price, for good to fine rule at from 1183 to 128 s, and common to good 112 s to 117 a pei cwt. Of Cassia Buds there are still none here. Busi ness has been done in Cassia Vera at from 50s to 645. Cinnamon met with little attention. Prices tor Ceylon first sort rule at Is 103 to 3s, second ditto is 44 to 24 3d, thir and fourth is Id to ls Bd. Sevarel parcels of Cloves have been again soli. Anaboena 7d to 8d; Penang lld to is 2d; Bourbon 6d to 6P. Prices are kept up for Pepper, supply keeping sma!l; still privately operations have been trifling this week, and for all purposes; Malabar is 41 to 44; Penang and Sumatra 3id to 314. At auction 600 bags and robins Malabar and Aleppa were taken in above the value. A further rise for white operated against business; 54 bags at auction were taken in at 94 for mid. The value of better sort is 90 to 11d. Pod Pepper is ranted at 38s to 603 per cwt, and Cayenne 84 to is 2d per lb. Prices are not larger for Ginger, aPhongh more business has been done. At public sale 400 bgs of African sold at 245; 11 cases low Cochin 29s to 31s- 220 pkgs Jamaica, good fine 51 to 7 1 15 9 ; other sorts 212 s to 11103. The value of mid to fine Cochin is from 343 to 661 per cwt. SPIRITS.—The moderato rates taken for Demerara Rum occasions a good demand to prevail, end the Par cels sold were at from is lld to 2e 24 for 30 to 40 over proof. Jamaica is still little retrored for shipping Qr home consumption. Choice markrs have been selling at from 3s 4d to 4s for 30 to 38 over proof, fine ditto 23 104 to 3s 3d, good mid to good 32 to 35 over 2s 4d to 23 94, mid 2s to 2s 3d, and low 24 to 30 over is 94 to is lld per gallon. Few buyers of I.4?.eward Island are to be met with, and Is 4id to is 5d is the value proof.. There are few sellers of hest India under Is 43 proof. Few transactions have token p!ace in Brandy for shipping or home consumption; there is an increasing stock, and sellers are witting to accept lon Cognac best Brands of the vintage of 1851 4s Id to 44 34, 1850 ditto, 43 4d to 4s 6d, 1842 ditto, 4s 94 to 4s I Id, 1848 ditto 5s 34 to 5s sd, oldsr 54 64 to 63 6d, low to mid sorts from 2s 4:1 to 43, and Bordeaux 13 lld to 2s; still deliveries remain larger than in the former year. The market for British made Spirit remains dull, and prices are rather lower, salon having been mettle at 9i 81 to 9s 94, net cash; at present Gin is held fir 8s 6d 22 under proof, and 17 ditto 9s, but a decline is looked for. In Geneva several purchases have been made, and rates rule firm; ord at is 104 to is 11d, and fine 2s to 2s 4d per INDIGO.—The market for East India has yet a favour able appearance; home dealers and exporters are ready purchasers; supply is limited, and the rates obtained have been 4d to 5d par lb above last auctions. The quarterly sale is fixed for the 11:11 of May, and snout 12,000 chests are likely to be offered; at present 600 chests are advertised. Spani.h has been much inquired after, and previous terms are easily ob:,ained. Guatimala Flores realiz,d 53 2d to 55 6d, Sabres 4a 3d to and Cortes 23 91 to 4s 3d per lb• Stock is less than last season by 1,500 Scrum. For auction next week 550 serous of a :new. arrival are do ',dared. _ 40 bags at auction a small COCUINEAL.—To-day Cochineal was inactive , and o f part only sold at 4 s Id to 4 s 3 d for good aiid fine Mexican black, these are rather lower intr.'s; Honduras silvers token in at 3s 8d to 3s 91 for add and good fine black,at ss. ;TALLOW. - 1 o-day at rondo sale 175 casks South American Tall,,w mostly 8,4 d at, 32.- to 365, 225 ditto An*tralian 33a 3d to 365, and 100 tenet Cochin Cocoa Nut Oil.takeu n,361. OILS —Prices continue to decline for Linseed-Oil, 25s 6d to 26s per ewt having been accept .l on the spot; meliy parcel , , in cou.aquenee, have been tuk',ll. 011 is still prt.Bted for bale; brown at 28s 6.1 to 295, psle 30J, and for-ign rriiaed 303, 61 to 31s; a good busin.,..,s, however, has been done. Opera tions in Pnira, have been limited, and fine is offering at 263 to 264 61 There tan cpiet market for Cocoa Nut; Cochin can be obtained at 33s to 35-. Ceylon 323 to 34s,_and d,ne:, 293 to 31.. Olive sells with more freedom; Gallipoli 431 to 4.51108; other sorts , 41/ to 421 103 per tun. Several tran.aetions have taken place in Cud at 341 to 34i 10s. A good demand Exists for Seal; pale at 301 1.03 to 311; other s: its 281 108 to 301. Southe salts steadily ono 321 to 331 10e. Sperm in brisk request at 861 to 871 10s. THE AUSTRALIAN' GOLD MINES. The following extracts are taken from a letter just re ceived by a lady in Stourbridgs, from her nephew, who is located on the 'Turon river gold-digging. It is dated November 21 and 23, 1851: " writing desk is a piece of tenthold furniture we usually denominate the grub box,' which servos U 3 for a table and to hold our victuals, and as the top of it is only about 11 feet from the ground, I am obliged to squat down to write in a by no ' means comfortable position. I can ea'ily imagine what a sensation would be created in England by the 'intelligence of the gold discovery here, and the numbers it will cause to come out in hopes of getting a share of the golden harvest. Alas! how many to disappointmFat ; but still they will come, and the effects ou these colonies will be wonderful, not so much on account of the quantity of gold that will be realised as by iotroclucing influences that will counteract the eff,ct of the old convict system, and gradually redeem society from its present low and tia:ed state You want to know my opi nions respecting Australia, and how they agree with those I had formed of it while in England. I cannot say they agree well. I formed my English !rations from books, but now I u,e) my bodily ceases, and the two countries—the one ideal and the other real, are totally unlike. The ideal Australia was a magnificent fertile country, the real one is one vast desert. The ideal Aus tralia bad a climate unsurpassed, where sickness was unknown, and skies ever blue; but in the real one people die much faster that at home; and though chronic sick ness is not so common as elsewhere, acute diseases are much more so, and persons are constantly cut off in the prime of health and life at a day's notice. And as to the blue skies, it would be well indeed for Australia if she bad less of them. And then the hot winds! But I cannot convey to you an idea of them, so I will not attempt it. My opinion of the climate, on the whole, is that it is very unhealthy. The sudden charges of tem perature are such us you can have no idea of; for in stance, I sleep under four blankets, then my Scotch shawl folded, which is equivalent to two more, and a rug, an amount of bed-clothes one would newer use in England; and yet in the day time I never have anything ()Ver my shirt and trowsers. The exc ssive heat, of the dray makes persons psculiarly sensitive to cold; indeed, though I never siVir ice or snow yet, one hears far more complaints about the cold than in England. Then as to the scenery, which is so mueli enlarged upon by almost. every writer on the subject—the boundless and fertile plains, the noble ranges of monntairs, the beautiful park like appearance of the country, and the splendid timber trees. Pooh; it's alt a dream. Plains there may be, and boundless enough, but not fertile. They bear nothing tilit au ephemeral verdure, which the first hot wind destroys, and which at the hest can barely be distinguished in many Vases; in fact, you ,can scarcely believe in the r xistence (lianas barrenness without seeing it. The vegetation is of a character quite peculiar to Australia; the trees are all evergreens; but instead of this being a pleasing feature in the landscape it is quite the reverse, givirg it a most monotonous and dismal appearance; nor is this in any measure recompensed by the useful valities of the timber; it is near;y all hard wood, and exceedingly heavy and bristle, and it is a very rare thing to see a largo tree of any kind that is sound. . "You will be more ready to believe that the society is of n very inferior description. The mixture of a large nntnher of criminals would naturally have the effect of corrupting it, morn or less; but apart from this the upper chissts of the community are acted urn by infl-mcea which deteriorate their maroiers and usages materially. The great majority look upon the colony not as their home, where they are to spend their cleys' in peace and comfort, and where their children are to live after them, but bring upon their arrival disgusted with all they see, they_set theniselires down earn ally to get money, in order that they may retern home as quickly as pr,ssible; this becomes a principle of their (Australian). mistence, and is nearly, if not quit.-, the only end tiny follow. Now, though this is a very na tural consequenc.., and you cannot blame men for doing so, }et its effect on , thrs.,tone of society_ generally is very itjariutv, destroying • all open, generous sena tnenta, oil cordial good feeling and teartine4s, and giving inste:ad a cold, sordid, seltish feeling, than whith nothing is more repulsive. There is, very !title literary taste displayed ttro:aig the people—Which, however, was to be expecred—their tastes lying quite in another curet, L i(.,,--most horrible swearing, drunk • iness, dog and. prizs fighting, basing their chief reercatir,ns : in these ro,pects they represent what England was a cen , ury sge. ‘• Australia is by a monstrous fiction 0:1101i the land O f plenty, but I have never yet been aide to learn in what t h a t plenty lies, unle ss it b e i t , b ad. meat end h b u id tu c t —of ca gulird • i .o stn hAv other thin gs are so c h eap as a t. rse I speak not-of prices at the Tarot , , but o f what they were when I was in Melbourne. A. few articles: imported are cheaper than in England, such as tea and sugar, but all artielea the produce of meat, are inferior in gaunt), nod butter, milk, eg gs , water, firing, nt, furniture, & e., wire all higher, and ts.at in clothing, bo nze re , „ T ort town too. What - .must prices be in h th igeheror lo m ni p as r , ic except ' the interior. when the enormous lard csrriago i 3 edded • given as much as Z",,0. per cwt. for thereto? w e h ave e from Sydney, while we could have got them sent London to. Sydney for one on, This will give you or 20s. pe . thirtieth that sox. to this c-ontry to have no thirl,es to be sent upoh:7;ra r t an idea what; a drawb'kek , l is in shoa t', tel you that thete navigabl e " Ai cg 150 miles! the 13_ , things vier, six. w"Otii E P 1 and America. and elretrc VIP". ita elitrast that with thr m.sko AU3- ' . B at now to the: gold tit•ld: These are . t!'r . trails ; speed, and y Aes nos of railways, quite a differe:3 ctiuntry, by inr•:*o.!nein4 In fa go cambe r = pets() from E T . gland of rea r for morl and r ' itrel!eet seul les t an , f ' • d 6 g ths.coltwies greater • y' gt v ." • f*Peree, and Convequeutly olg.ain iu g , snee rom the Government Tut this " 141 ' 141 du. ks; it cannot tench the natural qualities tithe stirand c Pirate—it cannot m,ke rivers flow or the •i• ' • (I ~ pesk • 1 etert smile; and A tbtra • flu) v..t.a 15) nktm.arAir.lydiscovery can only is desert. 13.4. ides winch, it lie sexy to ter.-sr-e the fa ate ( .f the gold. mines; they ounot hat maul' year,. • GLId is not found, tiny other metal, to its oli.inal siata• ion in the rochtnirorn whenee it may h. . end it m iT found deposited by the rivers ai .tg their I, from these position s , banks, and in the b e d, why re by di gg ing it is obtained in particles or scales, g e t mini : but it hy en washed mixed up with the earth, the • t t • quantity being e greass ..; I found in the rock, and it gradually diminishes as you ; I ascend tittough the- strata eitsoil that the river in. the I 1 course of age has nhewited . .. This is of very various 1 *'thicknesses, sometime not above a foot or two, end Isometimes thirty or forty feet, and there is generally . 1 about two feet in depth of that nearest the rock-withed. 1 This i 6 on the broke or the stream, "or what are celled I the ' dryaliggings;' in the bed it is very different. There is nnwth greater unifermity in the quantity of gold ob tained end the amount of soil wo have to sink - through; beside=, the gold is net found in quantity en the reek ~in general, •but the highest strata of earth centainine gold is generally the richest, and it gradually dim:- , nishes as . we descend, till we corao to a strata of pipe- Cl a y containirg.a little gold,. b e l ow w hi c h i s the rock having genets:ly no gold upo n i t . I t i s in the bed et feet of tart - ace soil to throw off before we come to the deposit, co n s isting of loose shingle or gravel, with stones of all sizes intermixed. c t r av ' e w about on diggings' ig s g ev ill 3 a' or eight that we nave b een wor king. We We bOO one now in our hole above two yards long and one yard,squ are, which we calculate to weigh three or four tons--rather too muc h f or us [O4OBB out of the whole, so we are cerneut to let it stay there and work reund it. The soil that we wash varies in thickness from two to four or fivo feet, and is also interspersed with large stones. This stuff used to be exceedingly hard, like cement or conerete, but latterly we have had "the wester privilege, sad- this has mace it the easier to pi c k, though harder to wash. This water is a great nuisauce to the bed diggers. We have now been about 'throe months flooded out of our holes, and shall nut be able to . work our Claim properly till the river hes ceased miming.. which we expect, ii no •rain fall, in „ r „h tet , a month on six weeks. We commenced washing the d a y . bolero yesterday, but we have to work up to our knees in a at er , an d I am no t sure t h at ' we shall not have to k ee p a p um p curstant l y go i ng . When we were flooded o u t, an d cou ld d o not hi ng at our present claim, we tried to find some dry diggings that would give us employment while the river was going down; but faili 2 g,' this, we bought a hole upon Crawleres bill, in coejanction %hit a neighbour,- for 51, which we ',clerked at for a week, but findieg nothing except indi cations, we sold it again for 31, by which we about cleared our ezpentts. Having nothing we could do them, m y partner and I set out for a week's prosrct ing to o 'jeer about twenty-five miles off, ca/lect the p t remul, tut returned unsuccessful. We have now got into work agile, and our claim has every appearance of proving recautierat:ve, if the river will out) , go down; • bill i t will not do to depend on it alone, nod I think it • pro bable I shall l eave W illiam to work at i t - w hil e I v i s i t t h e Arraluen diggings (which are very highly spoken of ), and bee If th, le is t:il) thing better to be done there. •• You know of ceerse that the pro fi ts o f go ld di g gin g s are very various; i n f eet i t i s to a gree t e x t ent a lot tery, particularly in th e d r y di gg i ngs . You may get 50 ounces in a day or not hi ng. T here f ore a person mast trust to persevera nce aed the long run to remu nerate him; for instance except clearing instance, we have been a month out of work, off top s t u ff, a nd on Friday, when we re commenced watt l i ng we got 12 d wes. , an d y e sterday 2 oz. 13 dwts. 2 gr., which is the best day's work we have ever done. But then you must deduct from this two men's wages at 21. per week, and the time it has taken U 3 to clear off the surface soil, for we cannot do that and wash at the same time; indeed we can onl y wash on an average one day in two. Oar mode of working is as follows. The claim is about 12 or 13 het wide, anal extends from the bank to the river P (about 200 feet). We commence at the bank and work I gradually towards the river, and we have already worked out about a third of the claim towards the beak. The .. first process is to clear off the surface suit from n piece of the lull width fettl, claim, and say ten or twelve feet L towards the river, which is thrown behind, or to the , part worked out. The deposit containing the gold is i then taken out. and wheeled down to the cradle at the river elide. We do ,soil take all the heavy etonce out of , she bele, but roll them to one side vvtaio the otheeia &kite; worked cut, mud Alien roll them into the vacant spare egein while we work out the other side. When tell it deee we clear- off another slice mid so go on. The washing is a most simple andoilactusl process, but , one you eau have little idea of without seeing. A hue , ketful of earth will contain perhaps one speck of gold, say the size of a pin's bead, but as thin or thinner than paper, and this can be got from the earth , with the great es t ease You put the earth into a pro , specting pee, which is just like an earthenware milk pan, but made of tin, which you immerse in the water, giving it a circular motion so as to break up the earth, clean the stones, and shake the gold to the bottom. The larger stones when washed clean are then taken out, and you ceetinue to shake the pan about with various mo tions, not easily d escr ib e d, but soon acquired, until the soil is quite loose and the smaller stones clean. Then you commence to wash away the soil by dipping the pan into the water and raising it again, holding it slightly inclined, so as to let a small quantity of the earth fl ivir out with the water each time. At the end of each three or four dippings you give the pan a good shaking, and so continue, being more careful to the last, until every particle of earth is washed away, and nothing but this email speck of geld remains. But though this is the ori ginal or orthodox gold wathing, it is not the plan in ge- - , news! use, as it it evidsnt that but a very small quantity could be washed by this process. The cradle is the ma chine generally used. In shape it is much like a child's cradle. There is a hopper or sieve', punched with holes, about a quarter of an inch in diameter, placed over where the child's heed would be, and beneath this e. dashboard sloping towards the upper end of the cradle, and having strips of wood, a quarter of an inch thick, nailed round it so as to form a rim ; and there are also two or three pieces of wood nailed across the bottom of the cradle: The upper end is raised two or three inches above the lower ; and, hiving four or five shovels full of earth put into the hopper, the cradle commences rocking with the left hand, white with a dipper in the right water is con tinually baled from the river and thrown over the earth into the hopper until all is washed away by the atones, which are then thrown out. The earth falls from the hopper on to the dashboard, and from that to the bottom of the cradle, while it is inter cepted by the pieces:nailed across, until it escapes at the lower end. But you will say, where is 'the gold all this white ? I will tell you. In a properly con structed cradle three-fourths of the gold veal bo caught by the ring of the dashboard, as its superior density pre- vents it being washed over with the rest of the soil, and what little escapes the dashboard is caught by the pieces railed across the bottom, its gravity, combined with the re ci t ing and water, causing it to sink into the earth, which these pieces iteerespt. But 'the crailer has fre quently to loosen this earth with a trowel, or it would bvt hard end the gold - would wash over it. I should tell you, however, that the respecting pan has still to be used. After washing every three or four hoppers full of earth, the dashboard is taken out, and what gold is in it is put into the pan, and at the end of the day, or as often as the er:sdler chooses, he takes the earth from the bottom of the cradle and puts it into the pan, which is then washed out in the manner I first deacribtd, and the day's proceeds are obtained. •• Oar mot. heaf lire hes hitherto beenbarbarous enough, but we arc getting a little more civilised new. When I first came on the river there were very"few stores, but new there are twenty times as many as there were then, and competition has reduced price s to something more like reason. We used to give 70'. per 10Olbs. for fl tar, w h ic h we can: now get fur 30s. There Was at first no meat to be had from one end of the river to the other bee mutton. Sind'of this no butcher would sell lees than a s lo e or quarter, and not the latter without a deal of grumbling, but now we get plenty of beef in joints, and can take es small a quantity of that or mutton as albs. Tailors, shoemakers, barbers, and blacksmiths are be coming sprinkled about, and one or two bakehouses have been se:acted, one is close to us; and wegst good light bread at 9d. the 21b. leaf (weighing 11-bt.) Mack etnitieeg was a rare gamesome months ago, they charged 63. per end for sharpening pi e k. s _ . a two minutes' job, .bat it was too good to last, and competition soon lowered their tone. . • • • . . . . " Sickness is prevalent here, particularly dysentery, which': has carried Or several persons. Everybody ascribes this to persons drinking too mteth water, but I differ from everybody's opinion altogether, and think that it results from the use of so much stale provisions, and want of vegateblea and fruits, combined with the (xcess i ve us e of spirits, and perhaps tee. The water m a y not be of first-rate quality., but I never heard of a dog or horse on the 'Toren which got the dysen or), from drinking it; and by th e s i m ple pro6es3 of boiling it. its noxious qualities are removed."— Worces ter Ch ron icle. 4...•• ,—,-,—. STOUR VALLEY.—osr ay im am Cu'aitt has made his prtliminarY r` Port 10 tho Board of Trade, which we on • .d-rstand is iniavewy respret in favour of the viows advo • 'leafed by the London at:d No rt h. W eatern C ompany, and condemnatory of the Shreivabark - tand Biraiinglia6 Om ,Wolverhampton Herald. Disodracuron - STATR Or BUNKER'S POND, HACK NEY-sown.—On Wednegday, at an inquest held at the Royal Oak, Barnett• street, before Mr. Biker, the coroner, . Mr, Murray, the registrar of the Hackney-road district, called the attention of the coroner to the state of Bunker's Pond, situated 'near, Catnbridge- heath, Hackney;rcad, adjoining the.Regcrit's Canal, t o which he bad had, on former occa sioos, to refer in hi s report to the registrar•general.— coroce . r Have you written to the.constable, giving him in , tortnatten of airy deaths which have taker,' place owing to thebtate of the pond? Mr. Murray—No, I have not. 'fhere are now •; ‘ )n my b oo k the names of live persons who have died in ht. Anne's -place, adjoining. Coroner—Only bring one case before me and I shalt know how to deal with it. Mr. Murray—These persons are said to have died ct bron ehitia, but they have comokined for .a long time previously of their clr:st, whkh I have no doubt is produced by the tfti"ittrn fr u " ' t h e pond. Many of the inhabitants make . . circular complaints. Juror--Thepond is full of putrid fisb. Mr. Murra v— There are lo a d s o f putrid matter in the pond, and reluse from various factories. I hope Alvin be removed before the Lot weather aets in. Several jurcrs also made complaints of the state of the pond' The state of the pond has beep before the court of the Metropolitan Commissianers o; Sewers for some tm tints past, and a commication has been entered into etith the Regent's Canal Company on the subje.t. DisTrt!s slNG Occitan.ENCS.— At noon, on Satur day last, a fire, which totally destroyed a stable , cart and cow , ee,.‘, place t shed fing , , took 1 ,0 the premises°'cuPied by Mr. J "q 4 4,eighton, tarmerend healer, situate at Red Hill, near the j unct i on of the Wh i tt i n gton and Spetchle3 , roads. The buildi n g s referred to were Leighton'i d welling, on the west' side, and the chimney of the house taking Eire the speras communicated to the thatch es spread rapidly, and . _ in of the stable, froth nheneethe flaw proximity to Mr. a ahort time the whole (A. the nut-premises were eniaer ,burned . or pulled down. That ntisfortunea come not singly present .catas was never more, sadly verified than by the litou's wife expired traPbe. Oa the Tuesday reviou3 Leig stiddenly, whilst sewing, in 1.-iter chair. 1.1; ith the assistance in close of the' enginbs the fire i;,, a , ve . nttl+ll) , EUM tied ' without Worcester Chronicle other loss Than we have s tated. .--- —The fol lowing COLONIAL JUDGeDIFFICULTILS. IN he effects lowing extract from a rivate letter describes one of t lc the Judge) of the bold discoverie P a in Australia: —"1 . turned out to grass, and has no servants, his horses are heing . an inv a lid , be is pushed to court in is bath chair by his sons, j FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL l6, 1852. , RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. WORCESTER AND HERYFORD.—A special melting of the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal Company was held at Gloucester on Wednesday.—Mr. Potter, a director of the Great Western Company, moved, and Mr. Baker, another director, seconded a motion for opposing the Worc.,ster and Hereford narrow gauge Bill, and for sub scribing 300/. for that purpose. After a long discussion a poll took place, and resulted in the rejection of Mr. Potter's moti‘ n by a majority of 199 votes. LONDON, TILBURY, AND SOUTHEND.—The report of the Admiralty states that -the object of this railway is to connect the Eistern Counties Railway with the Thames, near Tilbury Fort, at Sea Reach, and at Southend. The interferences with the jurisdiction of the Ad miralty are by crossing the river Boding, above the town of _Balking, the Raiiiham-creeki -near - Rainham, and the navigable fleet of South Bentleet; by skirting the sea-shore between Leigh and South end; and by the erection of piers in Gravesend and Sea -reach. The Admiralty will require that plans of the bridges or crossings over the river Boding Rainham-creek, and Beefleet-creek, and of any works cotinected with them and with the piers in the Thames, be approved of by their Lordships before being con structed. If the viaduct between Leigh and Southend be on piling, it shall be so constructed as to admit of a free communication beneath for boats, as may be ap proved by their Lordships; if solid, their Lordships will equiro a causeway to be constructed without the bank, seven yards wide, and three feet above high-water mark, with a proper sea wall, for the free use of the public, and that crossings under or over the railway at suitable distances be provided to the satisfaction of their Lord- . ships. ALTON.—The works on the branch railway from this town to Farnham are rapidly advancing to completion. A communication has been formed by the permanent rails on the entire length of .the line, with the exception of an embankment about 300' yards ie length, near the village of Bentley. Considerable delay was caused by the subsidence of an embankment in the Holt Forest. It appears that the earth forming this embankment rested on a body of gait clay, which was too soft to carry the weight of the superadded mass. The difficulty was ulti mately overcome by digging out part of the clay, driving piles, and filling up the space from which the clay had been dug with gravel. This railway differs from most of the branches of the South-Western, in having only a single line of rails. Besides the station at Alton, there is to be one at or near Bentley, for the accommodation of the thickly. peopled district around, including Bin stead, Bentley, and Froyle. It is expected that the line will be open for traffic towards the end of May or be ginning ofJune.— Wiltshire Mirror. SOIREE AT THE LONDON INSTITUTION. The last soirée for the present season was held on Wednesday at this excellent institution. It was exceed ingly well attended, and, as usual, the library, which was thrown open for conversation an hour before the delivery of the lecture, displayed for the inspection of the company a choice collection of specimens of na tural history, and of works both of the fine and useful arts. The lecture for the evening, upon the ethnological and physical peculiarities of the Cape of Good Hope, was delivered by the Rev. J. Adamson, D.D., late (we believe) of Cape Town. It was of a most interesting and elaborate character, and was dis tinguished not more by the popularity with which the subject was treated than by the scientific knowledge which the reverend lecturer displayed of the various points discussed. After describing the manner in which the peculiar climate of the Cape was formed by the action of the great atmospheric and ocean currents, and by giving a general outline of its prominent geological and botanical features, he proceeded to discuss that portion of his subject to which existing circumstances give so especial an interest —the character and position of the native tribes. He stated that British Kaffraria was origi nally inhabited by the Hottentots, a nomads people, without fixed governments or settled habits, who were always at war amongst themselves, but possessed no capacity for resisting the attacks of an external foe. Accordingly the Kafir or Zoolu tribes of the east coast, who were a warlike race, living under the most absolute despotism, had overrun the country, partly conquered and partly mingled with the other race, and the result had been to render this district a com plete scene of confusion and of war, there being a nearly complete want of government amongst the compound race. This was the great difficulty which we had in dealing with them, and would, he thought, render it necessary for U 3 to introduce our own go vernment amongst them ; respecting, however, their right to their lands, which we had hitherto not always done. Of the character of the Kafirs, Dr. Adamson gave the most unfavourable account, describing them as nearly entirely destitute of truthfulness, and so per fectly se:fish, that Europeans had the greatest difficulty in inducing them to adopt any suggestions, because they could not conceive tbat these could possibly be given without some sinister object. The Hottentots, who were a race of a much milder character, were, he believed, diminishing in numbers, although placed in circumstances of great physical comfort. Indeed, he thought that the improvement which civilization had eff,oted in their condition was probably the cause of the diminution, in consequence of its having surrounded them with totally different circumstances and conditions to those amidst which their physical constitutions bad been formed, and to which they were adapted. Be sides these tribes, there were the Bushmen, who al though speaking a Hottentot dialect, were the com mon foe of all the other natives, and lived in the most precarious manner in holes in the rocks and in the ground; in fact, in a manner which would be im possible to any but a race of their dwarfed stature. These general views of the state of the native popu lation of the Cape were illustrated by a variety of anecdotes and details of the most interesting descrip tion, the whole forming one of the mcst pleasant and instructive lectures it has ever been our fortune to hear. ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY. •At the meeting of this company, yesterday, the divi dend declared was 21. per share, free of Income-tax (or at accounts the rte a e 6 r / e . 1 u 3 n s a . n 4 d m . p u e s r l y a n a n d u o m p ) t e , d a . n d A t n h e a rme amendmentand was moved for an increase of dividend, but was defeated by a large majority. In the course of the discussion upon the report, the loss of the Amazon, the accident to the Demerara, and the complaints alleged with re spect to the service of the Dee and the Conway, were eoverslly alluded to, and, with respect to the irregulari ties mentioned, and the statement made on that ques tion, it was intimetrd that the management had taken every precaution to prevent their recurrence. Some of the shareholders objected to the mode adopted in the ar rangement of the accounts, which fail to show, as in former year'', a comparative view of workings, while others contended that it was an impolitic course to allow so large a slim as that sot down for the deprecia tion of the company's fleet. it was also argued that no suppott ought to be given to other projects, and that distinct enterprises should be suffered to reteke their own way, since the proprietors by investing their money had done so with the object of obtaining an increased dividend, ALA not for the purpose of promoting other routes, either of railway or steam conveyance. On behalf of the board, it was announced that the directors were only anxious to make such arrangements as were likely to improve the revenue of the com pany; and, acting under this impression, they sought in an ordinary manner to co-operate with under takings which promised to yield mutual aclvan tage3. With regard to the allowance for depre ciation in the company's fleet, it was felt that the time had arrived for dealing with that question, and in future an annual estimate would be calculated. It was considered that general affairs were in a prosperous condition, since, notwithstanding the loss of the Amazon, there was every expectation that the whole of the new vessels would be completed without the necessity of a call. The points of general interest as far as the public are concernel in the report are the allusions to the Atekzeo, the authority given by the Admiralty for the use in one intit4OCe of iron instead of wood, the advance on Panama Itiilway debentures, the project for steam to Australia, and the views of the company regarding the e attacks" levelled against them.- Whether the loss cf the Amazon is to be passed over as a visi tation, wholly unconnected with any want of fore• sight, is a matter upon which the public, with all the facts recently before them, can easily form an opinion. With restiaot to the new illustration of the changed views of the Admiralty regarding iron, the cir cumstsece affords another proof of the effects of Govern meet interference with commercial enterprise, since it shows that the prohibition of that material has been a mistake, The railway loan is so completely opposed to wend principle as to need no comment. It neither the railway stockholders nor the public think sufficiently well of the undertaking to supply the requisite funds, it can hardly be proper for a company which depends upon a Government subsidy to employ any portion of that subsidy for such a purpose. On the subject of steam to Australia, the announcement that the company of the intend to connect themselves with a project in that made o ° r t I era. th quarter calls for vigilance on the part of the be made to obtain a further mail contract, and a new grant of money. There is no intimation that any 1 'percentile world, to prevent any attempt t i h n a fi t ti such application is intended, but the Pacific is the only 1 region left free from the influence of monopoly, and the 1 eefieial mode of managinz affairs of that sort is such as to allow little chance of expostulation until it is too late. n inmecteod,m wpl connexionwith iatihnitnht tpraardtthei parties areadministrationattacks" merchants company, the effort to weaken them by representing th at the majority are " anonymous" can have no influence. West If.diu4 and it is too much to require should expose themselves to the illwill t that they public body, strongly supported b 1 3 '3 an itflaEntial ment. There might be no cl. • Y t ome Govern ill-Rill,isposition but people nevertheless , to exercise that I in all other cases where pow : not only in this, but concerned, decline to risk it. T r ul establishments. are that if their statement is They conceiv, moreover, FUF:teionesaLl Finally, in 'hey furnieh their mime temperately worded, and published, su ffi cient 8 to the paper in which it ito it to attention on its gusrantee is afford.d to entitle opinion finding ad; tiat o wn merits. So fir from public number that ebtaingi 0 expression in these attacks, the to those re . 11 st•rtiot bears a very moderate pro portioncelved owi t th want of general interest in detail, ' 1 o e about •ships, crowded cabins, bad fare or u incapable . r , - I Is ? nacp -countable delays. The direct° , 1 . true, in addition to their plea sts to the little value of anonymous represer.tations, puitiC to the fact that the " outcry" agaiivt them is raised at a mo ramt w h en t h e y are expending - 4t leas; 650,000/. in the erins?Tuction of new in order to improve Transatlantic commu nication;" hut the outcry. i.,-tend of being limited to any particular's m3ment," hag ben continued fur years, and the public can only deal with the management as they ham found it. As to the '• improvement of Trans atlantic communication," it is impossible that a company enjoYing a bounty of 270,0001. per annum should not he expectgd to accomplish something. The only question is, wh.ther more would not be done if a protective sys tem were abolished which threatens in its ramifications to produce greater evils than the wont of the explu4ed monopolies of plat (him—Tit/pg. 7'HE-MURDEEBTA'IIOY IN NORFOLK oiftwELL, Atqui, 14 7 . -:-The Coroflees iequiry into the death eft William Day, - a little boy, aged Ili years, who was killed by another boy, named Jerres Pearce, said to be of the same ago, while crow-keeping in Out well Fen, on Saturday lasteterminated lest eight, having lasted two days. It. was - held at the Rose and Crown Inn, in this parish, before Mr. W. Townley, coroner for this district of the county, acd a resp , ctable jury. A great number of witnesses. were exemined, the principal of whom gave evidence as fellows:— John Day, brother of the deceased, deposed that on Saturday evening, with other members of the family, he became alarmed by the non apps araece of his brother at the usual time of his returning houae, and went, in cum party with a young man named Sangster, to look for him in the village, and not finding him there, went on to Pearce's house, whiCh was near the field where the deceaeci was known to have been employed dutiug the day. Saw a sister of the boy Pearce, who said she had seen witness's brother leave the field, in com pany with his master, Mr. Reeve,, about four o'clock. Witness afterwards went to the house of Mr. Reeve, who said that the coy did not leave the field at the same time with himself, he having given him orders to stay there, crow-keeping, till dark, and that he had not seen him since. Witness then went home, and find ing his brother had not yet returned, went out again and wandered about in search of him till daylight, when he resolved to go again to Pearce's cottage. Did so accordingly, still accompanied by Sangster, and found that Charles Pearce, about 18 years old, a bro ther of the boy James Pearce, was already up. Asked him why he was up so soon. Pearce replied that he had been drinking at Nordelph on the Saturday night, and returned hsnao so late, although quite sober, that he resolved not to go to bid at all, but to sleep in a chair. Pearce then agreed to accompany witness and Sangster to the field where witness's brother bad been crow keeping. They walked about it for a little time when they came to a spot near the drain, when Pearce said, " Dig down here—here's some holes down here." They accordingly commenced digging, and almost imme diately turned up a cap which witness knew land belonged to his brother. The sods which they dug up had evidently been recently turned over, as if to hide the clots of blood with which they were covered. They found nothing more there, and were going away, when witness saw! something ,to excae his sus picion, a few yards distant, tear the drain. Witness said, " Let's dig beret" but Pearce replied, " Oh, no; there's nothing there; it's only where the boys have been digging for amusement." Witness, however, in sisted upon digging, and the spade almost immediately struck upon sousetbieg which proved to be the body of his missing brother. The brains were blown out, evi dently by the a xplosion of a gun. The body was buried about a toot deep, and about. twenty yards from the spot where the cap had been found, and where he had no doubt first fallen. The cap and loose sods above it were partially burets, and would probably have been entirely consumed but for the dampness of tne turf. Witness afterwards went to the village fur a cart to convey home his brother's remain s , and subsequently gave informa tion to the police. Sangster con oboratecl the above evidence, as did also Chat-hal Pearce, brother of tne accused boy James Pearce, with regard to the finding of tee body. Beyond that witness knew nothit g personally or tee transaction. The lather, mother, and sister of the accused, were severally examined, but utterly denied all knowledge of Day's death until alter the discovery of his body. William Pearce, ten years old, and brother of the en cused, gave more important testimony. He stated that he went to bed with his brother James Pearce on Saturday night as usual, when his brother told him that be had shot Billy Day. They were sitting in the field by the fire (whicu boys are accustomed to keep up while mils-bearing) when they quenched, and Day struck him a violent blow over the eye (which was blackened and bruised when he wee taken jute custody); that he then took up the gun and blew Day's brains out. Day did not die directly, but lay upon the ground bleeding test. My brother (o ,, ntinued the witness) said, -" I did not know wh a t t o d u w i t h h i m. I fi tt e d h im up, and held him sitting on the ground, and I spoke to him, but he could not speak to me. Attr, a few minutes I sew he was dead, end I due a hole in the drain, and buried him ; and alter covering due up, I jumped on him, and j•ina med him down. I did nut like to see the blood on the sods where he fell, and so I put ;that all together, with his cap, and tried to burn teem." William Goullett, a little boy eight years of age, who h:id been at first taken into custody on suspicion of having been concerned in helping to bury the body, gave evidence in a most satisfactory manner to the fullowieg effect : On Saturday afternoon be was at work in a field adjoin ing that in which deceased, and-the accused boy, Pearce, were playing over a fire. Did not go to play with them himself, because his master had threatened to flag him it he did not gather up the chickweed. They were both standing up when witness saw them shortly before a gun went off. Witness looked round. He saw the smoke of the gun, and Pearce still standing on the same spot, but could not see Day. There was a little batik between them, which would prevent him seeing any one lying on the ground. Witness was about 200 yards from the spot where the deceived had made his fire, and where he was killed. It was about half-past five o'clock, when the gun w e n t o ff, which witness supposed to have been fired to frighten the crows. . For some time after• wards saw Pearce walking and wandering about, but did not suppose anything was wrong. Knew nothing about Day's death until Sunday morning. It was stated by an officer of the Norfolk constabu lary force that he had the boy, James Pearce, in his custody at the police-Station at Downing-market, upon tee charge of having murdered the deceased, William Day. On the previous day the constable went to Out well, and on his return to Downham the prisoner asked him if he had teen his father, and. mother, to which a reply was made in the affirmative. The f prisoner after wards said, " Have you seen peter Billy Day ?" The constable again replied in the affirmative, when the pri soner replied, "Poor lit t l e f e ll ow, I have told a gond m a ny lies about it, but I will tell you the truth. I did not shoot limo; but I helped to bury him by the drain side." Afterwerde he admitted that he did shoot Day, who had at first got up, as they were sitting by the fire, and lit him in the eye. Other witnesses having been examined, and a medical gentleman having deposed to the fact that the death of the deceased had been caused by the passage of wadding from a gun through the brain. The CORONER summed up, pointing out the distinc tion between an act of manslaughter and one of wilful U rcLr. The jury requested that the room might be cleared, which was accordingly done, end after cont , ultiug some time they returued a verdict of " lilsuslaughter against James Pest ce." The CORONER expressed some surprise at the verdict, which he contended ought clearly to have been one of " Wilful Murder," and for which offence, notwithstand ing, the verdict just returned, the buy Pearce would, no doubt, have to take hie trial. Pearce was not productA before the jury, the police holding him in custody for examinmtion before the ruagis" trews of the district. _ . . Subacqut-nt to the conclusion of the inquest the sister Of the boy Pearce, who in her examination had denied all knowledge of she murder until after the discovery of the body, is said to have admitted to a neighbour that the whule family knew of the event as early us six o'clock on Saturday night, or within half an hour of its occur recee, as her brother went, home at this; time and said he had shot Bill llsy. ST. ALBANS ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIE7 Y. A tparterly twetieg of this inciety was held at the Town•nall, St. Albans, on We inmclay afternoon. In the absence of the Earl of Verulam, the president (s f, O was in attendance on her Majesty), the Rev. Dr. Nichol son, the rector of St. Albans, took the chair. The Secretary reported an interchange Of courtesies and publications with the Kilkenny Archsaological Sock ty and the R -vsrend Cheilman pr.seuckd a b,auldfuliv ' n the town, is executed copy, in colours, of a fresco, recently di mly . r - r ; of untient in the venerable abbey, reprosentinga mitred ey e ; " 6 " (evidently an arcliblabop) of the Roman c at . P 4 iastio the neighbour- John This print, which is to be obtained i holt° Church. worthy a place in the collection of all lovers art. A bulks which had been found in the discus hood of the Abbey, and which burl XXIII.. was the subject of an • Q flaw( ' of Pope sion. It was discovered near seven eloto4B, the remains of persons who had been interreddit: ground which would i . _uary to the monastery, but appear formerly to have belon which was aubseqnently d e , ge mules of travellers were i been known as tno a su eera tedi and.sfor ages had ground," where' the cumstance was ruentionedPaced. A very singular cir tons. The axis of th., ill connexion with these skele from the due east b * abbey itself considerably varies been exactl , ut the orientation of these budieshad y accurate Mr. E vAlis • a sword produced some Celtic antiquities, espe ciallyin Nrt ca . and some axe heads, found in a neighbc , nr- Mau r .1 the County of Herts• end the same gentle -eau so .— , ' hadslab transmitted 'zit) realarliawhich he to the Society " the subject of the &ilia above of Antiquaries, upon , .. mentioned. He introduced a translation f rom Matthew Paris, in which a curious account was g ive n of the ingeoious mode in which one of the papal legatos satisfied the Archbishops of York and Canter bury upcn is question of precedence. Mr. SHIRLEY Baoosts read a pAper upon the Litera ture of English Epitaphe. He reviewed the history o f these inscriptions, and cited a series of rt.)etical epitaphs b ; ' the leading wr i ter s of Eegiend, from the time Of Sir Thomas Wyat to that of Dr. Johnson. 112 ring dwelt with much - admiration upon the manly, hp u bh y, end individual charac ter of most of these trib utt s to the dead, Mr. Bro kks proceedtd to contrast with them the vague but protuse eulogy, and the vernose, characterless periods of modern r pitepti •writiLtg, which ha consicitted left no abiding impression no the mind of a reader. H O tiso uXamitled the question (f the language in which an epitaph should be written, and while • , admitting teat it would be affectation to .record merely virtues in other, than household b.°ll34°ld words, to nJvoca'eti tha employm•-nt of the Csth o li c an d . • ' •,,,L41, , d.1. gin language for memorials to taco qt ~ , , , c,i-• Mien, and he ni,,,,... ___, . s-iii - and of European rep." .. !..-' r_w_. 4 )ued his hearers that t 79 '-• I , _ 4 iia • Engt . tr.d it w.s -;,asier Vit...-61 than Chuicer. Ss cf..nclederl urgit , g ikat an improvement in our present style of epitaph - , vriting w, uid only be t tr,ctod by tha snt.jFc, b, ir,g o , yntintrilly raised ',lt ineetingi like that be addrct•ped, and ruoturnendA tnembera of arcl:m.)10,0 03 !, nocieties t o tkke special note of nny si n gle instance 0 1 good or bar] epitaph writirgs which elute under their knon ledge, and. to make A the subject of public comment. The , as very favourably rceived by tte meet' inK, and a vote or thanks to Mr. Shirley Brooks, and rdso to Mr. Evaes, for :twit. r.tommunicsq , :zr, wtts Par's ed : Tito audience compri,A d aevsral of too clergy of t"' eonnry, and wayi further graced by the presence of a large numb,rof Tbaliks having been voted to the Rrv, Dr. Nicholson for his conduct In the choir, thn ineHiicg separatcci•-_':' THE CU[JNj MARKETS' , LOU6IIIBuROUGH, APRIL 15.—At our market to-410 wheat was h”id firm. as Also was barley. o,tts and besP 6 wee e in grt-d &maw% BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 15.—At Gloucester and Wor• center markets on the 10;h, Wheat was rather lovers but we make no alteration in our quotations. Baf l9 l maintained its value. We had rather more doing 111 . Oats, Beans fully as dear. During th e p rese nt We"' , very little Wheat has been offering, none appeared to b• wanted. Some Barley changed heeds at former !tricot Only retail sales have been effected in Oats. B-ans aoa.. Pc as very little inquired for. At thi s day's mar k there was again a short supply of Wheat from the far: veers; and although the currency of this day se'neig h ` was firmly maintained, there was; no life in the tradt Barley held for firm •r prices. Wes, in consequence 0, the dry weather, were more inquired for, but withal ) leading to htavy transactions. Beans fully as dear' Nothing worth notice doing in Peas. BRIKT, dege L, APRIL 15.—The corn trade c on ti nu es - and wheat is 1a per quarter lower. English wheat sold ' at 36s to 43s p••r imperial quarter; foreign white ditto' 42s to 45a per 480ths; ditto red ditto (extra fine), 383 to 41s; ditto (fl oe ) 36 s to 395; ditto (ordinary), 35s to 3 r 6r ditto (hard), 35, to 363 per 4801bs. Flour was 10 9; sack and 61 per barrel lower. Eitglish fistir ( s econdV , 27s to 29.4 per sack ; A mer i can di tto (sweet) 19 ► 6C I to 21s per barrel. Barley was a limited sale at foret rates. Enelitin barl e y ( ma l t i tig ) , 28s to 33a pe i quarter; ditto foreign and English (grinding), 24s t ° 243 6d per 4001bs. Oats were. steady at late rates, D e ; von anti Waleh oats, 17s to 183 per imperial quarter(' Irish white ditto, 18s 64 to 203 per 3201b5; ditto (black)/ 17a to 16a 6tl per imperial quarter. Beans were 1 b o t ; turn cheaper. English b eans , 30s to 34s per imPor' quarter; foreign ditto, 27 s t o 2 8a per 4801bs. The 61.., 1 rages are—Bristol w let. at, 40s; Gl ouce st er di tto, 39s 51 Bristol oats, 18s sd ; B r i sto l b ar l ey, 203' 7d; Ifti ll° beans. 31s; Gloue-ster ditto, 31s. DERBY SMITHFIELD MARKET, APRIL 13. There large supply of fat beasts to-day, and most of the noi,"e were first-rate quality ; the demand was about the same, a good clearance was effected. The number of sheep large, and in geed request, without any alteration in pri, °° ,i 11 pigs, about the a verage; ca l ves, plentiful. Beef, ,0 to bd ; mutton, 51d t o so ; veal, 4ill to 5d per lb; P,t, 76 to is 6d per score. R oug h f a t, 3 s 64 per stone - of 141"" Hides, lid to lid per Ib; calf skins, 2d to 3(ld per lb. t to UPPINGHAM, APRIL 13.—Wheat 37 s t o 4o s ; b ar ley 2 . 4 8 4 27s Od ; oats 20s to 245; beans 27s to 30s per qr. Butte to 8(1d per lb ; eggs 20 for Is. LOUTH, APRIL .14. Wheat 35s to 395; barley 25s to 2 8 ° oats les to 19s, beans 26s to 3 , te.per qr. NEWARK, APRIL 14.—Wheat, white 42s to 445, red 3 31" Vosth s; barley, malti ng 28 s t o 30 s , gr i n di ng 26s to 27, ego 245 t., 2os to . 35. a2st., 17s t o 18s; beans, 3os Od malt, to 60s ; tares, 3fei to 40s per qr. ',- LYNN, Aram 13.—Wheat 30s ud to 34s Od, fine 3 7 1 40s; barley 2'2s to 2.-;s One 23s to 30s; oat s 00s to ',— beans Os to ;)s, fine O s t o Os per qr.(' MELTON MOWBRAY, APRIL 13.—Wheat, 37 1 to 31 , barley, 24s to 28a; oats, 18s to 22s ; beans, 27s t ° per qr. Butter 9d to Lod per lb ; eggs 24 for Is. 9° Boseme, APRIL I4.—Wh eat , red 32 s to 3780 d, w hit s SlO to 425, supe r fi ne Oils to 00s ; b ar l e y 24 s t o 27 5; oats, iv" 11 s • beans 27s to 31s; peas 27s to 29. per qr. if; EDINBURGH G RAIN M ARKET, APRIL 1.4„--We hsd the market a good surely of grain to-day, but sales wereZ dd dou The top of wheat was 2s up, and the average 4d:1 , 0 Barley on th e t op I s 6 d , and the average stl down. t. reee!s the top 9d, an d t h e average 6d down. Beans e nthe t: and the average 3d up. Unsold, 111 qrs wheat, 111 5 .• barley. 167 qrs oats, and 11 qrs beans. Top of Wheat a. 64 lb. 4'9s ~ Barley 5 6 ,1b. O d ti a Oats 4411b. 23. ' „ Beans •-• 66i1b.. 36s Od - • EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET, APRIL 14. Tb° ° " - ae ll ' of cattle was 755, or 73 more than last week. Top, rice , 6(1 to Os 04; current, 6 s o d ; secondary and inferior, fr° °l 1; to 5s Od per D u t c h stone. A clearance was :net effeeito The number of sheep at market this morni n g stolie 2,444, bein g 140 more than last week. Best wedlder o°4o. top price, 51d per lb ; current, 5d to Od; eweee 4d t° At the close a clearance was not effected. CORK, Arnie 14. , Barrels. 0 White wheat 00s Od to 00s Od 00, tOrl—W • II Red wheat l9l Od to 22s 0d ) 0 Ditto ........ oos Od to 00s Od 00s ()d-2 0 0 Ditto . Od to 009 Od 1 97 Barley l3l Od to Da 04 0 Ditto oos Od to 00s 04} 131 0 Ditto oos Od to 00s Od 0 Here oos Od to OOs 0d on 041 132- Oats .los Od to 11s 6d tif 0 Ditto ... ...... Od to OOs 04>. 10s 10de*". I 4 0 Ditto ... ..... 00s Od to 00s Od 4 Pigs, 32. Od to Oils Od 00s Quantity sold at the highest Prices:. - • „ o ath ()barrels white wheat; 10 red ; 7 oarey , 0 ewe) 0 pigs. • en Quantity of Grain and Number' of Pigs sold I est Wheat. 81. B ar l ey , 558. Oats d 59 i s n Pigs. rn Retu of Cattle sold for week April 3. Pigs, 536. Sh eep, 423, c ow g 0 , 109. 60. CORK. —Maur —Fi rs t 12 a 64 to 13s 6d; eltro,_1 41 7„ so P . , seconds, lOs 6d t o 12 s Od ; h ouseholds 9s to 104 eke; thir ds , -lee per cwt. Oatmeal 10s 6d to 11s; Indian meal7s to 7s 6o; w meal, 00s to OOs oi , per cwt. Indian corn 710 s 04 to 'll b 'reg° ton. Bran 87 s 6d t o 9 09 per ton. Hay—Farmers 2Os to 271 ye oti asee,!, 00, ; dealers Matto 00s Od ; average oi s per tan. St/ ser• - ' ase , 061 10d 04 to 20 0 04 ; average 00e; dealers 241$ Od to. 0.1; average 00 4 04 p er ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf • 6 14 84 household loaf bid to Od per 41b. Fresh bait"! cosi ly' 10d per lb. Eggs -4s 4d to 4. 64 per hundred. L yyts , Newport 15s Od ; Lydney lbs ; Las dore 00 3 elf" l2s 6d per t on . T a l low 371 Od to 38s , Whisky ; 25 o. p., 5s 94 per imperial golk°'' bd p —Beef 4 1 d t o 7 mutton 5d to 60 Neal ; Our 74 ; pork 44 to Od ; b acon 6d to 7d; sausages b d per lb It 818 e to 9/ Os per cw t. B angor slates 2/17s 6d to SI Oi Pe l _ ten o, Bark, red 7i t o 8/10 s per ton. Fleece wool 14s to 15 s pe r Hemp 291 t 034/ p er ton. Fi sh—Suotch herr i ngs 19 ssto 0061, red 4 ditto, 24, to 00 e p er b arre l ; N ew f oun dl an d, 10/ t , ton. Timber—Memel, 70s per ton; red pine, 31 5 s ditto, 21 15s p er t on; d ea l s , 151 t o 181 per 100, Hr r io s Market 18 s t o 25 5; sa l te d 20 s to 26s per cwt calf 3d to Od 10! 101 to ll; l e halsolt 10d to 12d. G uano — Peruvian. I I 19s Der hernia per lb. Potatoes, white 8d to ; pion 91 et pe r t on . Tar—strehange • _ _ RAILWA Y SRA.RE MARKETS. BRISTOL APRIL 15. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The improvement 'which ; has 1111111 i. fasted itself in the share market for the last fe i f days well supported on the opening of 'Change this m( ;ming. -1 1 68 LA —SJuth Wales, 85 1 4 transactions were as follow:—Great Western 92%—.181_,Iiiie York. and 14°11.- I B 4 l n id d Midland, nSdto,c2lc6,. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 15 STOCK EN-CHANGE. -^ There was an improved feeling g mis % ' ° hibited in the share m trket to-d ay, and a good busilt„; has b e en done at improved prices. The &dm repotted Wer ° :.... Aberdeen, Preference.. 6 per cent. in perpetuity, L 3-16 clita Bir k en h e ad, Lancashire, and Cheshire (late Ciseshire":„. 22/. S:uares, 6 3 4 Eastern Counties, 9.34—Lancashire and Yorks - r e, 74i ro , dis.—Caledonixo, Lancaster ant Carlisle, ?8_ and and NU .-Vircsti New Quarters, 4 1 ~5% c.—DittO, Q ths. / . —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 35x—Midliln e Bi , kenhead) , 6811 —South-Eastern and Dover 221 A—York, N e wca and Berwick, 1934—Ditto, Preference, unpsid-tip, 2 I . , n r" tbs.—Great Southern and Western, 40—Newry and Wn point, 4Y s . . MANCHESTER, APRIL 15. b a Ylif STOCK EXCHANGE.—Th e s h are market opened ----t this morning, but afterwards improved, and a forir g ni :100 of business was done at firm Prices. The ta•anise.2o4 were as follow :—Blackburn (No. 1), 5 53—Csledonial l ' Self. —Manchester, Sheffield, anclLincolnshire, 34 7 / 8 --DittOr , dy. Pr L re .— Midland, 683k — West Riding Union , 4 ' 4 4' — ef a e nc n ti c sh e iro p and Yorkshire, Fifths, 1 dis.—Loridoo n , ; o l North Western, 125—Ditto New Quarters, 5% P*;;ra Northern t.A.), qi—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 32,7000., Counti , ?s. 9 9-I6—Manchester and Birmingham l '', l e' A' s 'iba'.. 4 ters 21./1 p.—Eist Anglian, 4%—Arubergate, 2 3-1 ° s' J . ,idi Dover •, South-La stern a' , . c• . STOCK EXCRANGI y npw AN D ' extremely firm, but there is a decided tendency _A 00" the only transact M'dland ( Birmingham. ions were— 1 aid. Derby), 356h—Shropshire Uni.m, 3 1-3 m .—ThA share market I r s e . meiris not 00_44 0 4 1 floltowav's Ointment": --_ I . [ADVERTISEMENT j w n n ea f r or s th ai e ta ? b u , re c o or f n ßa w d a. u 1 :1; - • weip • . 1 , .... Pil A l l s r t . h D ebestm o e f di s ci t n . e s s ti e e ve h r en k9,:" Stephen's, with a bad leg; be had t i t ti afflicted In g le, consider . ab t e , i attended with continual psi k _ A o• by ~ i or four large wounds In He tried many remedies preseri 0 0 ~ general loss of he • tbutobtained no relief, nor any mil le v i e d length, from re commendation, I lie t r ot s of his sufferings. nt and Pills, and these invaluable T o .edi C iv i i .. Holloway's Ointment cure in a very short per; pd. . t he have affected is . p , in t, 40, Catherine-street, Devonpert, V ison be- p r o• surgeons and . other's:, statement.—Sold s ,E. by all Druggists au A a t stablishment, 244, Strand, Low On' d fessor nufinv ' ; t ll r l u T h a o y ilf , o c tih - w e isw -- a l y s PASSAGES AGHoss THE ATLANTIC- ---- boll .. ~.: FAST England to New York by sailing v assets, 2 n .. - old • . the last month some remarkably fast passage A bMO !nag' e from made from b ngland to New York by sailing SSGIS, 5 w hich are the g l and to last two pass a ges home) w of the Lindon packet-ship NorthurnlY,irland. Cap orb j . 2d. Lord, were made in 30 days. She arrived at New ' 0,,1 on the 2d inst., after a run of 14 days a boors tram .Ji D owns . The ship Washington arrived at New York in ,be 10 days; the Constitution in 18; the Antarctic, in 19;' an, d ..„, ' ll O Queen of the Wct in 21 days from Liveriiirol. The usalt,,,,f Allioth, Captain Alfred N. Lunt, left London on the 10th u tho , and the Downs on the lith,. passed the Land's-end on _, ' (out 0 . 0 13th, and arrived at Boston on the 31st. This is believeu_. be as short a passage, if not the shortest, ever made bet i vf,e o ;" ' the two ports. The ship N. B. Palmer had arrived at .4-1. York from Whampoa in the short space of 84 days. • Mr. 13rass e y, t h e great railway contractor, bag I'o r':. ~_ at work upon his various undertakings,, 40,000 , 1 non - ______ 70......._2_ , ....,,, ......, , , B iliTllB. DP SO It Oa the 11th inst., at N.mtoa Rectory, Norfolk, the W of the Rev Henry, C. Long. Ou the 11th int.t., the w fr :fe of Dr. Folkard, Old BidmPto ll ' OF • DA On th e 14 t h inst., at Tiptree-h UGEI. • ' aII, TKIt near Kelvedon, Ess the wif e of Mr. I. J. Mechi. On the G t h i nst., at ifirw,,od- Eli. house, Cheltenham, Lier Colonel IVAtlon. aktql 67. •AN 9 0.1 th e Ce:n , Maid.-hill, Grace, relict of the Andre w „ 64. Oa the 10Ltt inst.. Richara N. Cartwright, Ea+, of Ix ,WOrt h Abbey, Suffolk; aged 52. • ti"f i tilif'qdt . " by wick • Apralot: eraltad La V III 1 % b st, • :I::,,6tpArld,Printe7 ! 4 Tile Run, Office., NO- 91 J strand, in t h',„ ttr. VOUlitir Savt ? ; the! ALiddle4ex, Friday. APril 16, 1802. _, .i • r• `'i hav :''Paz • .A I Al n 3„ 4et ti vftlai Th, berate _ _ 804'5 7, P.Urgi line" also t: Kttch • peals Cases mater 4 :A. x tiOde TT. ; , .119 • *1 is 44; 1 47, 1 ) a itt4til‘ to F 4 10/13 ItTI ' , kr 414.441410 IBr `~l 4 r tt„, 4 14 4/ tt1,44 ti„T ist