The Sun. — London, England, 1852-03-25 00:00:00

GERMANY. We learn from Berlin that Baron Linden, Ambas sador Extraordinary from the King of Wurtemburg, has had a private audience of the King, to whom he delivered a letter from the King of Wurtemburg containing a satisfactory explancion of certain words used during the live political excitement. After the audience the ambassador was invited to dine with the Kiog at the Castle of Charlottenburgh. . It is stated that the question of the succession to the throne of the Grand Duchy of Baden has been settled, and that the Prince Frederic will be sum - maned to the Grand Ducal office. In Bremen the Constitution is abolished. The Senate nas published the resolution of the Germanic Diet of the 6 h of March, by which that assembly ad;ipted the inelifications proposed by th e & nate consequently repeals the Constitution, and an nounces the grant of a new fundamental law. In Vienna the Ministerial President has formed a committee to ctosttly investigate the milizary budget, and to ninke any proposals for retrenchment in the expenditure that may seem at all feasible. It is generally expected that the committee, which is corn p 'M A of e xperienced and clear-sighted men, will peo,)ose certain reductions which will tell upon the finances. _ A telegraphic dispatch says 1,700 men from Sera jeno have marched into Limon All the G:eeks and the 13.:irnan Catholics are being disarmed. All the Roman Catholic and Greek clergy, and the beads and two principal magistrates of every town and village, have been arrested. Concealment of arms is punished with instant death. Tne Turks alone are excepted. Troops are expected at Grahowr, Giltmock, and Davao for the purpose of suppressing the alleged PatPdavistic movement. Travellers, even those pro vided with Austrian passports, are exposed to the greatest inconveniences. • lq.ny Christians, quite op -pressed with the expenses of qua rtering the troops, have quitted their homes, - And it:Wytfandering about. Tile military cornmalider of / Vague, Field-Marshal Count Clam Gallas, has issued a progiamation, under date of the 14 , h, which suspends the right of associ ation', and recaPs to mind the prohibition of either possessing or distributing exciting or revolutionary pamphlets or papers. Every transgressor of either of these laws is amenable to the cognizance of the eourt,martial. In Upper Au!itria the tide of emigration is greatly on the increase, and this is by no means con fined to the mechanics or the lower classes of the po d hlation, hut large farm-.:s and persons po.s-ssed of considerible landed property leave th-ir native sod for the purpo.e of try ng their forune in America. Dr. Anthony Warren, of N ew !nuke', formerly D =try to the Austri in Diet, hss united with hims , lf above 100 highly-respectable per.,,,ns, who will leave for their distant transmarine home io the course of a few days. - In Bohemia, in a di-trict of Blowitz, An emigra tion soui-try oas hen form-d, the otject of which is to establish a B iht-mian and Dliravian colony in North America. The illness of his Royal flighnet , s the Grand Duke of Baden his assurn-d such r seriou , characttr bat be is not expected to survive many days. ITALY. The latest accounts from C , gliiri are of the 17th. Toe grestst tranquillity prevailed throughout the isles d, Iw no intelligence had yet been receivi-d from the cxpeditionary column sent to the Nurra dis.rict. Tne number of inu4k.ts collected at Sa;sari is 3 800, of which 800 only bel.oaged to the National Gusrd Tne rural populations, it appears, has refused to j in the disturbances at Sassari. G--neral DURAND° hay re - urued to Cagliari; the rigour of the state of ,siege has beeu obated at Sassari; only 35 persons are Under judicial eximination. Tne Chamber of Dlputies of Turin was discussing the Civil Pension Bul. Oa the 19:h the Minister of Finance had presented five projt.cts of law to the Chain'on. (Le of them authorised the National Bi k to increase its capital by 8,000,000 of livrev, another propmed certain modifications in the taritt, and a tnitd was relative to the construction of a rail- W ay' hetay ,, en Turin and Sure. The Milan Official Gazette of the 18 h inst. an nounces the arrival ut Marshal Radetzki at Cremona on the 17th.. The Roman Journal of the 15th inst. states that the Pope had held a S, , cret C.msistory in the morning of the day, at which four new Cardinals of the Holy Rnnan Church were appointed. Amongst them was the Archbishop of Bordeaux, Monsignor Donner. After the Consistory, Count Thntivoglio left fur Fc,in( , e to convey to his Eminence the news of his elevation. The Piedmontese Chamber of Diiti,s met on the 187 A inst , to hear the interreil along of M. Ferraccia relative to the recent events at Sassari. M. Ferraccia rose and said : • 'Having b en summoned, with the other deputies of Sarainia, ny the Mod eer of the Interior, I did not think proper to effer any opp,eitien, the state of siege bring acre vie d. creed. Any onservation I could have menu would - neve been tardy :surd useless. Besides. I was not in peesession of the ibf e-e.a•ion I have since reeeiet d. I em n sw enablid to since with certainty that the depiorable ev, , lrs of Sesieri were brouht a`) , et by p-tty persone lities and in , ults offered by _the rifl , nsn to peaceable citiz.ae, who wera under the necessiiy of defending themselves. Thy preclematien ot the suite of siege is, on the part, of the Coinet, an abuse of p ;wer. It any body respon.iole for the recant earnailtieus in S erclinie it is the Governenen , , which never thought if organi4iee the pel.co or repiaci..g the troeos gutty of i nstie , w imetiee, Toe Ministry as e erts 'hat S .rdiaiii ts infested with •veret socie'iee, who ..e reject is to separate the isl.tid trcen Pied w iiite The Sariliuiene are anima ed wi h „entimi tad of union and fraternity. The diserdere und offences, re priefiii on certain e otets of the island, have been pro duced ny watt ot firiisigh• - , on the part of the Govern ment, by the detcsteble mode of aeseseing the the ohs; acres thrown in the way of induery and tievie, and by the apaiby of the cons hued authorities. I will never approve measures 'f an exceptien.d character, for they reeel to my mind the period of vice-regal despetism. It woekl be preferable, in my opinion, to favour the intellectual, morel, hi nd civil developmeut of the country. I conse quently coneid , r that I ate tulfilling a duly, in calling this Nieniatry to account for auspeneing the elf cta of the Constitution in the province of Sesseri, witheut having litre previously authorised to do at by a law, " M. P e rnati, Minister of the Interior, replied— " The s'a'e of siege is only a concentration of plwer, to provide for ex.raordiaary area by ex , ,raordinary 11270 e 1- If that cncentration o cower vier should abrogate , neeteti on ,i I,b et id is tie d suppress the guarantees of ,waste and individual liberty, it deserves the censure of .ntine ? t n ,B t. Bat, it it. should respect those rights , a nd lf to concentrate iu one hand the civil. and mile :ire a w e belonging to the Executive Power, the latter net exc.., d its attributes or violWe the Cons , i e , t " ccrise pieei„L°e•,, Tats opinion is confirmed bi the a i d b a a i l l - __e t e r itea in a state of siege in 1849, trom 'F re „, h '3? ri of texts whieh I might ber. ow volt d the Sa , titt,i2, r V 1 mereover twi e cot,- G,, epeties to isepriae them of the intentieo tit the sere d th.it the r er r e ' re "o' , and they uetiiiim..usly acted with ir ze k e in iispensable. Thus th.- w ti e t . )..f ,„ tee 240 - 1 of Febr l i .83 and loyalty. A taw occurred to tne oriertnee. 4, _Ty serious exeessee h a d sue , ked, and we hid a r e „: l ; 4a Peny of was .ceelieri and suga te: i deplore the iic carreticee at certain eezat.,o,:. thin' decide e whence have not }et suifietent l Y. came the pi-oeecst.tio, there of insubo_rd:nitete eviden t e th w a ounded nemely. that seldler 4 we re " 1- treatee, 80 1 : and one kdied. wis coliscvently there prevailed in the province a spirit which required to energetically checked. Lion decree_ establishing the of siege, of the ezonti n is coideled CO (1,1A:ell Demuth). 1 : 1 ;" ,, a_ .. the doubt should be respected, but it does not eee it Wh r e. F . % Government cannot protect order against ail attacks, from from whatever aide they . come. M. &Ili!, who spoke next, sail " I expected that the Minister of the Interior, i ~ n ord reae er toltwify the measure, w -euld cite conspiracie tioretry intrigues, or demezogic c eeses. Ile adducte it d no : such faces.. If ordinary off2nces suffin to justify the proclamation of martial such law, why not extend it to Piedment, where offences are daily committed? The occurrence; at a masked ball at S s asari"were mere individual offences, and del nee conetitute a revolt. The Courts of Justice alone were competent to try them. I consequently propose the following order of the day :—' The enamb3r, consider ing teat the Cabinet had no right to deprive the inhabi tants of the town and province of Sassari of their consti lutienal franchises, passes to the order of the day. After a few words from M. Asproni, General della Ilirmor9, Minister of War, rose and said— "lt is. my duty to refute insinuations tending to repre- Relit the diiiz tri as having been assaulted by the troops. person perfectly worthy of credit, who left Sassari 24 h February, certified to the Gevernment that was the soldiers who had been ill-treated and ma imed in their barracks. Offieers and soldiers were in sialeed by the sit and tim National Guard. Cul was exercised towards thi=m. A corporal sen trytry of q":7 4 by plata-shot tired by an advanced ionxl Guard. The troops behaved zith generally M. 14,tazzi and M , subsequently vindi cated the conduct of National Government. The latter dedirrd thatbytheb,NcoLonal Guard had dishonoured its uniform nation. M. pr i o n t g e an in,trutnent of assassi sh,3tsit d aphis', those words, asserting that the by ci av t were not fired . by the Guard, but te-ns armed with fo Al ing-pienes. M. Lione then um d - d an order of the eley, by which the Chamber reserved the measures adopted by the G,,,, e its judo on r p n r m o e p n o t siti. b ) :t o it wan not supported. Finally, on the ili Gustave de Cevour, the simple e r e,. of the day was a put to the vote, and ado p ted b y considerable m:.jo- Tity. The AAsembly attervvards ad; Ittrneel ii The Duches- , 1) •A'''v'r "ct ' eve Ind is entn.- Callin g a select circle at Newton House, near Boroughbridge. Ler Gr ace cimes to, tier new mansion, late th e E ar l o f e rby's, ia (I.oiVellOronlarCo eary in tto, .ensuir 4 mo n th, tllO WWII. THE SUN, LORD DERBY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sits.—Can you spare me a smell space in your valu able, highly-interesting, and most impartial journal. If yes, I wilt venture a few words on the position of the Ministers and the Opposition. The latter complain—or would make us believe that they do—that Lord Darby has not been sufficiently explicit in his explanations. Has. he not been rather too much so for them? It ap pears to me that Lord Derby has said, as plain as words Cul speak, as clearly, I may say, as A B C, and as icer tainly as that two and two make four , that h is own ndi vides' opinion is not in the . slightest degree changed as regards the impolicy of free trade, and I conclude that he spe:ais the voice of his party, and the following may, I think,. be considered as a lair summary of his Lordship's speeches:—A great experiment has now been going on in thieceturry for some years, of the impolicy of which neither I nor my party entertain the smallest doubt. Oa the other hand.we are well aware that a very large and influential body of men who have a majority in both Houses are of a different opinion, and we are, therefore, quite aware that it would be impossible, even if it was advisable, and the wish of the country, to reverse this system with the present Parliament. Consequently, as soon as what we consider the necessary and most important business of the country has been transacted, we purpose to appeal to end take the sense of the coua ry; not on the mere question, however, of a corn•law, but upon the broad principle of protection to British interests and British industry. As far as re gards protection, we do not even in the next Parliament propose to meddle with it, unless the voice of the coun try is expressed most decidedly in its favour, and then in bringing forward our measures for protection, wemost certainly do not mean to exclude the agricultural interests. Oa the other band, again, should the decision of the country be against us as regards protection, but in our favour on other matters of hardly less importance, we propose—not most certainly even then to resign—but to endeavour to carry out the•policy decided upon by the country, fully and fairly r taking care that no one parti cular intereat shall suffer more than, or be sacrificed to any other; endeavouring to equalize the weight of our heavy taxation over. all branches of industry and all property equally, whilst at the same time relieving all, as tar as possible, by a strict economy and a steady pur pose in our policy. We hope, in short, the great expe riment having either passed away or become a fact and a reality, to guide the nation onward in the path of glory, and not to be driven forward by a perpetual howl of dtscuntent.—l am, Sir, your admirer, FAIR PLAY. ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. On Monday evening the usual meeting of the society was held at the Royal Institution, Albemarle-street. Sir R. J. Murchison presided. The Earl of Verulam, oiptain Pullen, • and Captain Washington Carr, were emeng the new members elected. Captain BEATS N was intrLduced by the President, and read an interesting paper in explanation of the objsct, of the expedition on which he is about to embark in le arch of Sir John Franklin and his brave companions. He gave a minute description of the steamer, the Isabel, 250 tons, in which the search will b performed, the pre cautions used to enable the vessel to resist the pres sure of the ice, the number of boats, awing which is a life boat, and the general equipments, which are most estop! te. He stated that the crew would esonsist of twelve persons besides and provisions were provided for five years, and could ne made to last seven years, it necessary, while abun dant ammunition had been supplied by the Board of Ordnance. His course, on leaving England, will be to proceed direct to the Straits of Magellan, thence passing into the Pacific to Callao, arid from that point proceed ing to Behring's Straits. Arrived et the ice, Captain Beatson proposes to push forward to the north and was', along the Asiatic shore, and to get to the north as far as peseible this year. As soon as the winter com mences he will endeavour to explore to the east and north-east with sledges. In the event of not getting so tar this year, ha intends to winter as far to the north-west as possible, previous to starting in the spring. Oppertunity will be taken to erect cairns on every availablo cape or hill, in which will be deposited a bottle containing a notice of his inten tions. Every endeavour will be subsequently used to get to the eastward, but should this be icapracticeile on ace unt of the condition of the ice, Captain Bsat son wisl make to the north, entertaining, as he does, the conviction that if Sir John Franklin has errivtd in or about the 150. h meridian, he would probably try to proceed westward in a higher latitude. This course he proposes to follow year by year, until he deems tha region sufficiently explored, which the missing naviga ters are by competent judges believed to have reached. In conclusier, the captain expressed his hope that he would be favoured with moral and physical energy to perform his task; but sheuld he not be fortunate enough to meet with traces of Franklin and his crews, he should at least return with satisfactory proofs of their not having reached the parts he proposed to survey, and with the consciousness of having performed his duty. Thanks were voted to Captain Beetson for his paper, the President observing that the plan was peculiarly his own, and that the exhaustive process of search now in progress would leave no means untried to discover our missing countrymen. A paper, by Mr. P. L. Simmonds, On Animal L:fe in the Arctic Regions," was then read, which was strongly confirmatory of the views and de tails given by Mr. Petermann on the same subject at a recent meeting. Some diecns'ion followed, in which Sir Thomas Phill:pl, Dr. Trueman, and other members took part, a very strong opinion being generally expressed wish regard to the present safety and ultimate discovery of Franklin and his companions. Adverting to a state ment in some of the papers, that Captain Ray, of the Hudson's Bay Company, had picked up a portion of a !IT staff wi h the Admiralty mark upon it, the inference being drawn that it was from the wreck of one of Franklin's ships, the President expressed a de cided opinion, fe ueded on the last intelligence heard of the expedition, that ;his conclusion was wholly errone ous, an opinion in which he was supported by the best geographers. A paper was read by Mr. Gassiest, descriptive of his travels iu Southern Africa, which concluded the business of the evening,. CITY OF LONDON GEN eR.IL PENSION SOCIEI Y. The anniversary festival of this useful charity was celebrated on Tuesday evening at the'Londnn Tavern,Vi.- count M.h,,n, M.P., in the cnair. The Noble Chairman having given the loyal toasts, with a few appropriate remark-:, n pr, , posing the toast of the evening," said such meetings .as the present were pecu li ar to thi s country, and it was cheering to p erce i ve that gentle men of opposite political principles could unite cordially in supporting a charitable society. In pleading on be half of this institution, he noticed its value in seeking out And supporting rhedecayed and unfortunate, who were deserving of receiving its benefits. And he considered that it would be .mach better if individuals wore to contribute to such charities where the merits of the re. cipients were strictly inquired into, instead of mis takenly encouraging those impostors who abused their benevolence. Ile drew an amusing pic ture of the tricks practised by professed mendicants from Sheridan's play of The Critic. Mr. Thomson, the chairman of the directors, p-opused the health of the Noble Chairman, and stated that E trl Stanhope had ac clotei the office of the president of the society, and had been pleas' d to send a donation of 101. and to double his atcetat .subscription. The report stated that the sum of 56,994. had been dts:ribut,d by the society since its comm -r.cernent to 882 pensioners. There were at pre sent 56 persons receiving assis , ance. The donations c ‘l - in the roam amounted to upwards or 4001. The following legaeibs were also announced :-1001. from the la . e Mr J. Thomson; 1.0001. Tome per Cent. Consols, !rum Miss E. ciebb.m; and the reversion of 2,00 C/. on the death of a lad, , war,lse name did not transpire. Having responded to the toasts of the " Corporation of London," the " Stewards " Ste., the company separate d.. The mu-ical arrangements were u n d e r t h e direction o f Mr. Geege, assisted by the Misses Wells, Mr. Perren, and Mr. F. Smith, who preside d at the pianoforte. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEER ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1852. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Dismes ...*l9B Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 44 Tubercular Diseases ... 224 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 145 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 51 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... 269 Diseases o f t h e St omac h, Li ver , an d o th er Organs _ e et ••• ••• ... 74 Diseases- o f th e Kidn s -•• Childbirth, of Diseases oit ' he c' •• ••• 22 Uterus, &c. ... 5 the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ... 14 Diseases - o f the. Skin,Malformations... 4c. *** *** 1 Premature BI T % ••• ••• ... 4 Atrophy ••• ••• ,•• ••• ••• 30 Old Ago ". ... 31 Sudden—. .- w 0.41 ". 62 Violence. Privation, COld, ." ". C 4 uses not specified " Intemperance ... 31 ••• ••• •••• ••• 2 DEATHS FACIN ALL e itra Poptgatien . Ea "" ••• Enumerated, Deaths in con ., 1851. spending week West Districts... 376,427 236 North Districts.. 490,396 Central Instricts 393,256 ... 25t) East Districts ... 48 5 , 522 ••• 265 ••• South Districts.. 616,635 ... 379 •-• 1,208 Deaths in the Week. 195 237 208 230 338 T0ta15........ 2,362,236 ... 1,412 ••• 1,203 Males ... •.. ••• ... ... 6 52 Females .. . .. ••• 556 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Mules 897 813 Femal®s ••• ••• ••• Total ... ••• '" I ' 7lo *ln this number are included 20 by Scarlatißa, 32 by Typhua Fever, and 19 by Diarrhoea. THE KROLL WINTER GARDEN at BERLIN After this splendid establit.hrnent bad b , . en con,utned by fire last year, it re-opening, after c6mklete recon struction, took place on the 24th February. A spacious entrance, scsplble of accommodating two coaches, leads the visitor throuvb a vestibule to the entrance, where the bui - cau and the wardrobe are situated. To the right, an elegant winditlg staircase of iron leads to the corridor and the bows of the first saloon. This, called the Roman Saloon, has a length of 80 feet, by 36 f e et of breadth, and 26 feat high. It is painted gold, white, and red, and the ceiling has casettes, whien ikutround two large fresco paintings. The malls are ornamented ' LONDON, with groups in medallions. Large mirrors, 12 fret by 6, ornament the walls. By a c ,lonnade, which divides the saloons, we reach the King's Saloon, which has a length of 100 feet, by 78 feet broad, and 40 feet high. Six chandeliers spread the light of 900 gas tapers over the space. The saloon and the surrounding boxes are painted white, gold, and green. The architecture is that of the Renaissance style; grooved out gilt pilasters end into caryatides, which support the ceiling; they are modelled by Professor Fischer. The ceiling consists of a network of gilt ornaments, containing medallion por traits of poets, painters, and architects. The third apartment is called the Knights' Saloon, and is of the same dimensions as the former. The ornamentation consists of paintings representing sports and mediaeval gymnastics in eighteen arched niches. The other ap purtenances of the new Kroll Winter Garden are of the same character, and the whole ornamented, more -1 over, with plants and shrubs. The very large atten dance on the opening and subsequent day, proved the liking of winter gardens by the large population of the Prussian capital.— Builder. Dividend ' Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. .....I.ITMOWWW.M., ................. X a. d. £ a. d. A.astralasia ...... •• • • 51. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 39% BritshNorth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Commercial of London 61. per cent. ,100 0 0 20 0 0 - Colonial 21. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Gloucestershire ••• . • . 151 per cent. - - - lonian •• ••••..•• •• .• 61. pr cent. 2S 0 0 25 0 0 - London and County •• 61. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Gondn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - LondonJoint-Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 18% Provincialef Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New.- -.• • • 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - National of Ireland .. 41. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - '..tlat. Provncial of Eng. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, New. ••• - . . 61. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - Oriental Bank Corpora. 71. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - iouth Australia •-••.• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Union of Australia- - 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto • • ...... • • .... 61. per cent. - 210 0 - tinion of London. •• •• 71. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Union of Madrid ..... - 40 0 0 40 0 0 - Iniffrolll.ll.l3fell CI OTSPALICIIZEI. • Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. -,„ £ a. d. £ s. d. Üblon .... -•••• • • • • V. 10s, 500 0 0 50 0 0 86 Alliance Brit. and For. 71. 14s.6d.bs. 100 0 0I 11 0 0 22 Ditto Marine. •• •• - 61. p.c.& be. 100 0 0 25 0 0 41% Ulm • • • 136.6 d. 50 0 0 510 0 17% Argus Life -•• • • •• 41. per cent. 100 8 0 16 0 0 Arius'. Commercial - 7s. 611. 50 0 0 5 0 0 6% .;lericl,Med.&Gen.Life spr M.& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23 • r.:aunty .............. 41. 100 0 0, 10 0 0 97 '.11.,,wn .......... •••• , 14s. 50 0 0 b 0 0 16%( Eagle . .. ss. 50 0 0 5 0 0 7% Eqity and Law •• 4% per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 4% ~.tropeard Life ••• • • 101. 20 0 0 All paid. 12 General .... •• • • .... - 5 0 0 I 9 5% ,41,1.,e Guardian .......... - 51. per cent 100 0 0 45 0 0 55% imperial Fire •• •• •• •• 12/. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 256 I nperiai Life -••.. •• 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19% Indemnity Marine.. •• 11. sh. & %ti. 100 0 0 20 0 0 49% LAW Fire . ... • .... •• 2s. & 2s. bs. 100 0 0 210 0 3% Law Life............ - 100 0 0 IS 0 0 46% Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 5% London Fire ........ 10s & be. 25 0 0 12 10 0 - London Ship ........ lOs & bs. 25 0 0 12 10 0 - darine -•-..• • •• .. 15s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 15% ‘ted. Invlid &Gen. Life 4341. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2% Monarch •• • • ........ - 5 0 0 1 0 0 .21s. ‘Tational Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 '2% 'alladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2% •,'ltcenix . 31. p. sb. &be. - - 16: Professional Life 5l. per cent. 6 5 0 010 0 lbs. Od ?rorident Life •• -- - 11. ss. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 30 .lock Li fe .. ...... .Loyal Exchange 6l. p.ct. & be. Stock. all 227 ion Fire. - ~ 21.4 Ditte, Life 11. 6s. - 48 4. United Kingdom .... 41. p. ct. & be. 20 0 0 4 0 0 4% ..7niversal Life........ 10% ct.&bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 39% Vietoria Life . I 51. per cat. - 4 12 6 5% BIIIIDGZS Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. .--- - A. a. d. A. I. d. Ilang'erford ...... .. • . - - - - 3outhwrk ..,... •„ .. - 100 0 0 - - Ditto Nw of 739 p.c. 70s. per cent. 50 0 0 - 16 Araterloo •••••. • • .. • • - 100 0 0 - 3 -Ditto Old Ann. ofBl. 21. Bs. Od. I - 60 0 0 2414 Ditto Nw ditto of;71. 21. 2s. Od. - 40 0 0 22 Vanzhall •• .. •• • Ay. 21. 70 10 3 - 18% lATALTEIZ-WORKS. - Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ....a...............m.. X s. d. A s. d. East London..• •..• • • • 81. per cat. 100 0 0 - 155 Grand Junction ••• • • • 41. per cnt. 50 0 0 - 67 Kcnt• .-....••- • • • • 41. per cat. 100 0 0 - 80 Lambeth -..••• • • • .. 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 -• 97 get. River Company.. 21. 10s. - - 60 Southwark & Vauxhall 51. per cat. 100 0 0 - - West Middlesex •• • • •• '61.05. pr cut. - - 102% DO433ES. Dividend Amount game of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ~....-.---. . -- -- --- £ s. d. X a. d. Commercial ...... •• .. 41. pr cent. Stock. - 90% East and West Ind, a ...6341. pr cent Stock. - 153 East Country ....• •.. 205. per sh. 100 0 0 - - London .... ....... 51. pr cent. Stock. - 122 Ditto 8end5........ 1/. per cent. - - -- ?t.Katharine .. --3% per cent. Stock. - 82 Ditto Bonds • • .• .... 11%1. pr cent. - - - le:ltha.mpton ........ 1/. per cent. 50 0 0, 50 0 0 20 C.134.1V13.31.8. ," t 4 Dividend ' • per c Lam p e a s ni o e f i .1 1 4 „.• Dividend ) price . Names el '' ' p er Cempanles. ?I 1 Annum. Price . ' tr: Annum.' iu , —1 ---...-- I .0 Ashtn& Oldh 1:8 :71. p. ct. 140 Ma c cl es fi e ld • 10 0 ; 21 . 10 e. 50 150' 51. 85 O x f or d...—. 100 13/ , 185 - B i rm ingham 40, 41. P ea k F ores t. 78 ' 81 . 18s. 7 0 C o ventry.. •• 100' 25/. 20 0 Re gen t' s •• • • 88 i li. 88. 16% ,11raiyA..b;; 160, N eat k •••• • • 100 i 16 k clk rn r, s t l Derby ••• • • 100, 61. 63 Rochd a l e .. •• g5 l 21. 42 Ellstnre&Chsi 69 2% p. ct. 83% Semrset Coal 1501 lrandJunctn 100 3/ pr.ct. 474 Do.LkFd9t 12 IDo., 6 pr. Ct. 10 61, pr. ct. ii 4 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 405 Grand Surrey 100 21. Os. 8234 Shrewsbury.. 125 ,rand Union 100 1!. 10s. 24 Stoarbridge.. 145 201. 290 liennt& Avu 39 48. Od. 5% Severn and Lancaster •1100 Wye Rail. t 26 1 21 ' Os ' 94 E/oeds&Livrp 100 201. 455 Warwick& l / eicester ..• • 100, 51. 66 Birming. i 10C 41 ' . 40 Leicstr &Nth 83 41. 44% Warwick& Loughboroghll42 701. 510 Napton.. 3 100 - - 3! . 28 fonmouthsbt 100 Worcstr tel 78 31. 33 Ilntg.mrysh l loo , Birming. 81 , 31tnAlwbry , 100 Wilts & Brks lls. 6d. 7U 4AS-LIGUT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend 1 Amount name of Company. per I of Paid. Price. I Annum. Share. __-- I IX. a. d. A. s. d. British •• •• •• -•••• •• 11. 140 0 0 18 0 0 IC% Ditto rrovincial.. - 11. Bs. 20 0 0 20 0 0 18 Brighton ••-•••• •• - 51. 20 0 0 - - City of London .. - - 61. 100 0 0 150 0 0 128 Continental Consolidat. 50s. 75 0 0 31 5 0 - g'ouitable ... - „ .... 50s. 50 0 0 59 0 0 274 Great Central ....... H. 0 0 0 10 0 0 131,4 tmperial .. ..•••••• 31. 50 0 0 50 0 0 69 Independent ......... 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 46 f.ondon• • .... •....... - 50 0 0 50 0 0 -- Do., Parl. Preference 61. 25 0 0 710 0 - natnia ............. 311 per cent., 50 0 0 49 0 0 254 Raton' •••••..• • • • • • 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 - United General ...... 11. 50 0 0 50 0 0 163{, Westazinster Chartered 51. per cent. 60 0 0 - 3944 Ditto, New ........ 51. per cent. , 50 0 0 10 0 0 74 LIST OP SOOTTISII COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount ' Baste of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - ----......-- X s. d. A s. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 41. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 901 Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 10% Clydesdale Bank •• •• •• q 4 per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 12Z Is Commercial Bank 'astern Bank.. .. .• •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 9% Edlnbioalasgow Bank 31. per cent. 50 0 50 0 3% Ezehange Bnk of Scot - 100 0 0 42 0 0 4% National Bank 436 per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 15% North of Scotland Bank 51. percent. 20 0 0 210 0 27% Royal hank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 , 100 0 0 132 Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent 100 0 0 50 0 0 /15% Western Bank ..•••• • • 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 654 Alliance Fire and Life 34 /.pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 2134 British Guarantee Caledonian Fire Insur lOl. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24 City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 41. as Colonial Life Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 13 0 0 ! 21% Eng.& Scot, Law Life 51. percent. 50 0 0 217 6 I 34 Life Assoc. of Scotland 6 /.per cent. 10 0 0 110 0 !3/. 15s National Fire and Life 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 27,.0d North British Insrir. Scottish Union Insruce. 74/. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 304.0 d Standard Life United Dep.Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 9 20s Cd MXSCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ------- - SO a. d. X. s. d. Assam Tea .......... - 20 0 0 20 0 0 N /motion M art •••• • • • • 21. 50. 50 0 0 - 264 Australian Agriculturl 11. 100 0 0 35 0 0 164 Australian Trust •• .. 6/. per cent. - 35 0 0 21 inglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 23% Ditto, Hall Shares.. - - 2 10 0 - British American Land - - 3$ 10 0 - Canada ............. 61. percent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 49 Do. 5 per cent Bonds - 100 Ditto, 6pr ct. Bondb 61. percent. i - - 108 ntiiii:ou Equitable rlneledsirltenni fo.raisizmn i tot ; iiyrt. v tanin... e , it iin r io. s s l ..n.an e s...t n ..t. r .... y .n... City Navigation Bonds 31 per cent. ' - - 934 Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.iz bs, 2I 100 0 0 100 0- 0 94 Ditto Yew .. •• -••- 50 0 0 710 0 - 5/ pr. cent.. 100 0 0 !100 0 0 119 - Stock. - 206 10 p. et. 15 0 0 14 0 0 - 21. Se . - 100 0 0 47 - - 1 7815 0 6% Veva Zealand Company 25 0 0 , 25 0 0 - Ditto, New - 3RcenvtehrsAioungazl.,:un't....S.loiel.• 1 8 1 4 1 :1 P . a p Ze r r d . , c Bc aar e b9 n o t . : 1 5 2 0 : 0 5 - 0 3 ° 0 0 : 1 . 2 5 0 21 :0 62 1 0 0 050 0 0 0 00 1 2 7 0 = 4 9 1: 1-loyal Mall Steam... • 41. p . . share. 100 00'60 0 0 80% van Dieman'a Land.. •P - W 3 0 29 0 Q e - e TRH HEIGHT OP IMPTTYwrive, 0 (1.-. 714,,,,,1.,-, n;nl-11, eight ElG a li n T d nine op l house of Inspeet:rn brooches, and marl nsszcs.- , —On Monday nigh, m of skeleton keys, 9 Some audacious thief en teredcontrived to steal Bs. Ledsam, of the Salford police f b o e r t c ' w e e:ltebilnye meanslih time the same officer has had hi a 's house in money, and three makes the fourth during the past twelve months, and what similarly entered nhat is more remark able, the house i s exactl yopposite th e the police office, distant row it something entrance of u yards — a nd the inspector himself was' on d „il d er : a do at the very time I...,aaitchester courier. *—Y in the oaee ' RitICES OF SHAKES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM . PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. L V/MIMED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 23. NOINT-STOCE. BANNS. THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1852 MERCIFUL JURIES. A girl named Alexandrine Raffanel was tried four days ego by the Court of Assivs of the Aude, sitting at Montpellier, for the murder of a sub-lieutenant of 2d Regiment of Hussars, named Anceaume. When in garrison at Tarascon, in 1849, Anceaume made the girl his mistress, and the followed him in 1850 to Carcas sonne. At that place he became acquainted with a young girl of respectable family, and resolved to marry her. The wedding was fixed to take place in July last. This greatly exasperated the prisoner, and she fr. quently menaced Anceaume with vengcance. In the Light of the 2d July the report of a firearm was heard in the lieutenant's room, end on going to it he was found wel tering in blood. In a few minutes he died. Suspicion fell on. the girl, and it was ascertained that she had a key to his room, by which she could let herself in with out his knowledge; that she bad a few days bJore been making enquiries as to how firearms were loaded; that just after the shot was fired a girl had been seen running from the house towards - that in which she lived; and that a ball, similar to that by which the officer was killed, was found in her room. But, notwithstanding all this, the jury returned a verdict of acquittal. During the trial, the girl repeatedly protested her innocence, and beard the verdict without the least emotion. A peasant girl, named Tt 4ie Chunhu, of Etourvy, d“partment of the Aube, was also tried three days ago by the Court of Assizes of the department, sitting at Troyes, for an attempt to kill a lover who had aban doned her. By this man, named Prunier, she had had a child, and he undertook to give her 5,000 f. to pro vide for it; but after subscribing a document to that effect, he contrived to get it away again. Having broken off with her, he paid his addresses to a girl named Lar bouillat, and a marriage was resolved on. One evening in January, as he was kissing this girl on taking leave, a shot was fired at him from the adjacent garden, but fortunately he was not touched. The prisoner lived in the next house, and it was proved that just before she had bought a pistol. In answer to the interrogatories of the President, she readily admitted that she had fired the pistol, anti that she, had formed a deliberate design of killing Prunier because he had dishonoured her. But nevertheless the jury decland her not guilty.— ficaignani. FRENCH RAILWAY TRAFFIC. The following are the last returns of the gross re. ceipti of the principal French Railways : NORTHERN.—From March 4 to March 10: Passengers, 203,9921.; goods, 265,605 f.; total, 469,597 f. ROWEL—From March 7 to March 13 : Passengers, 66,672 t.; goods, 97,8741.; total, 164,546 f. HAVRE.—From March 7 to March 13 : Passengers, 23,577 f.; goods, 46,0191. ; total 69,596 f. ORLEANS.—From March 8 to March 14: Passengers, 77.900€. ; goods, 141,2961.; total, 219,196 f. BoaDxkux.—From March 2 to March 8: Passengers, 44.489,.; goods, 69,754 t.; total, 114,243 f. VIERZON --From March 8 to Msrem 14: Passengers, 38.958 f; goods, 52,990 f. total, 91.948 f. NANTES.--From March 4 to March 10 : Passengers, 23,9851.; goods, 31.4601.; total, 55 445 f. STRASBURG.—From March 4 to March 10: Passengers 93.6641.; gouds, 118,670 f.; total, 212,334 f. BALE.—From Feb. 23 to Feb. 29 : Passengers, 17,9741.; goods, 29,007 f., • t0ta1,46,981f. MONTEREAM—From Mar. 4 to Mar. 10: Passengers 8,056 f.; goods, 14,506€:; total, 22 5621. MARSEILLES.—From Feb. 26 to Mar. 4: Passengers, 42,4201.; goods, 35,497 f.; total, 77.917 f. CHARTRES.—From March 8 to March 14: Passengers, 21,791 f.; goods, 23,5901.; total; 45,651 f. When made up in I From what When PLACES. !General Poet-officel port die- a London. I patched. ' uue. '...--..-.....-. ......*•••••. America (by Brit. pkt.) N March 2; .. .. ( Liverpool .. March 30 America (by U.S. pkt.) N April 6 .. .. Liverpool April 1 A viarica (by U.S. pkt.) M', March 31 .. .. ' Sontharnpt. Africa (West coast)• • 24 il4th of the month IPlymouth Aprl 3 ) l i i tt il ' 9 4d th & o l f 7 t t h h e ol m m on on th tt • ...1 ... ... N Daily •. .. .. ' Dover .. Mar N 19th & 30th of mo., Dover .. March 23 B A , te ig a i ru mn idrial.. , Brazil .. ,„ .. M j9th of the month !Southampt. April 16 c ß a u l e it u o o nt s l A a r ri efi a ei v agra • • Cape of Good Hope N,l4th of month 'Plymouth.. April 3 ~ .. N I 7th 17th 27th of mo 'Dover .. 51 arch 30 ''S S ° ou at th ha a rn m P pt t : s A l p a r r i c l h l 2 6 o . M 23 & 17th of 113011. ISouthampt. March 22 Channel Ilea • • • • N Mon., Wed., & Fri.' Southampt. To. Th. Sat Ccoenutrstanal Americatinople . Chili .. .. .. .51 17th of the month ;Southampt. March 20 Franco .• •• 31 & N Tw ice daily .. .. Dover .. Twicedaily Greece* .. •• .. Nlth 17th27th of mo , D over .. M a r c h ao El o 51, Wednes. & S atur .:L on d en .. Sitth.Thut aonduraa .. .. . N 'l7th of th e mouth ' Southampt. March 22 Ireland .• •• Jambfuridgh .. .. N Tuesday & Friday ,London .. Tu e s. Sat. lla .. • • •• Mlt N Twice daily .. ..:Holyhead •• Twicodaill India(via SouthamP.) M 20th of the mouth.Southampt. April 2l India (viaMarsoillea) Niath&24th efmorith, Dover .. Apia 2 .. M 20th Of the month lSouthampt. April 21 llediterranean (via .. N eJs& th 3 l o s th th Marseilles) .. .. N B th&24th ofmonth Dover .. ,April 2 ___,_ . .. .. M2d of the month.. I Sonthampt: 'April 5 ar de lv ra •.. .. .. M 9th of the month ISouthampt. !Apr.: 16 li t ed u i th ten an :n n ran n) (via i r 17th,11th,19th,27th Malta* • • • • month Naples* • • • • Papal States. „ .. N sth 15th 25th of mo ! Dover .. April: 2 o2 f stof me i l o D v o e v r Dover ~. (March April2 2B Peninsular . • • • .. M 7th 17th 27th of mo r Sonthampt. !April 6 , .. .. M 17th of the month 15outhampt. March 20 Peru rttn . )* : : .. .. N,stla 15th 25th of mo Dover .. April 2 Teat Indies .. •• M , 'l7th of the month 'Southampt. 'March 20 West Indies (except Havanna & Nassan) 11,2 d Ofthe month .. tionthampt. April 5 . The mails to those c °entries thus marked (") are conveyed by French packot v!a 5i arseillei. ACCIDENT TO A CLERGYMAN.—We regret to state that the Rev. Charles Oxenden, the respected rector of Bar ham, met with an accident in the course of last week, which will, we fear, incapacitate him from fulfilling his parochial duties for some time to come. Mr. C. Oxendo was walking in the garden of the rectory, when he slipped down an ab• rupt terrace bank fronting his house, and in the eff( rt to re cover his footing, snapped the tendons of the leg, just above the ankle. To a gentleman of his active habits this is a mot un f or t un ate occurrence, seei ng t h at though neither dangerous nor painful, the accident is one whi c h requ i res en ti re res t a nd perfect quiescence. Our reade rs may remem b er that some months back we recorded an accident of a similar nature, which befel Mr. Charles Vernon Oxendon, of the Rifle Brigade, son of the above gentleman, on the St. Lawrence cricket ground, when playing the match between the gen tlemen of Kent and the gentlemen of Englan d . —D over Telegraph. THE GAMR-LAWS.—The amount of crime, misery, and cost, resulting from superabundant game-preserving and game-laws, which is shown during the p esent assize cir cuits, tails forth grave reflection. That noblemen and squires, by their infatuation for superabundance of game (st hich amounts to a sort of mania or madness), should bring upon the community all the ills and evils which they do, is truely disgraceful, and it is impossible that it can be much longer endured. No reasonable person would begrudge tern of rational sport and diversion, but the contrary ; yet their game preserving has grown to such a bight that the country justly condemns it, and because it beget injuries and consequences most serious. It is, also. too bad that the public should have to pay, in any shape, one farthing for prosecutions arising out o f t h e ; game -l aws. Th e t i me i s hastening on when some preserves will have, as they ought to have, the entire coat of those prosecutions to defray them selves ; and they ought to be at the expense of maintaining the prisoners, and exonerating the ratepayers from charges of the convicts' wives and families. This being accomplished, " My Lords and Gentlemen" would then act differently to what they now do.—( Ftom a Correspondent.) AN UNWELCOME VIEHTOR.—An adventure with a tiger occurred latelyat Balasore, ending in the death of one person, and serious injuries to another. Two native women were proceeding at an early hour in the morning towards a patch of jungle in the immediate neighbourhood of a village in the Eastern district, when a tiger suddenly sprang from beneath a bush, and seized one of them by the arm. The screams of the terrified victim, and those of her equally ter rified companion, brought to the spot a number of the inha bitants, at sight of whom the tiger took to his heels, hotly pursued by the intruders on his morning's repast. The brute made straight for the village, and rushed into the hut of a poor woman, who had sufficient presence of mind to rush to the spot and bar the door against the exit of her un welcome visitor, who remained in sole possession of the pre mises. There, however, he was not long suffered to remain undisturbed. The multitude crowded round the entrance, and one, bolder than the rest, climbed to the window, and strucked the imprisoned savage several blows with his club, upon which be leaped over the wall and slunk into the neighbouring jungle. There his assaliant had again the au dacity to pursue him, and paid for his temerity with his life. While " beating about the bush," to the great alarm of his more prudent companions, a low growl w arned him of the approach of danger, and in an instant he was stretched life less on the swa r d . The tiger then disappeared, leaving f the_ or inhabitants, w e may suppose, with no very ardent de s ires his return.—lhdian Paper. LEGACY, &C. DUTIES.—Mr. an I d - lu o m th e er . his annual return as to legacy whichduty was printed on Saturday. In 1851 l e gacy 49402,3911. was paid in Great Britain on a capital of 5 8 t s h . - l o d , a n r u y a i l f a r sot: the l t amount 10 0 u n p t e r ot c cent. The tr a on which such duty has be:n paid from the y ear f en ding the 1,610,511 ; 71U 16s. 4d. In Ireland, in the year which legacy has o bt ained duty was paid was 2,4K,2281. 17". s—, and lBsl, the amount duty was t 8,444/. Bs. 4d. In Ireland, the 99n s 3 u 2 m u s . in s England and 66,0751. In the year ended the sth of January re venue derived from stamp duties onlegacies of duty on probates beyond the MITI staitnedoll Wales was 1,160,0801. 16s. 5d.; in Scotland, and in Ireland, 59,566/ n d 95 ,63 a 3 s /t. legacies2t s h . 8 ' . a in Great Britain, 1,225,713/. 194. 15., 17 , 17 the duty on Is. 6)., and 66,0751. Since the year ininintratioast and testamentary PaPerop 11, . JwBesr:e4d.; respectivelyw e - o probates, 9 26,021. administrations, is 6 i,,1,3 legacies has been 47,502,446/. 14s. 91, a3nad2o6no,poroopils,eaida- Tlhoen thet otaalunlaum9tun:sft ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. Hu ClRCUlT.—Kingston, March 23. The commimsion for the county of Surrey was opened at this place on Monday, and to-day business was pro ceeded with in both courts, Mr. Baron Parke presiding on the Civil Side, and Mr. Jiz:cic ,, Coleridge in the Crown Cone. There are 33 pr.soners for tri,l on the Crown Side, and 44 causes are entered at Nisi Prius, six of which are special jury cAses. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron PARKE and a C,Jm rrion Jury.) JENNINGS v. CROCKER. This was an action to recover damages for a bmach of promise of marrisfe. - Mr. Chambors Q.C., and B >via app iared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Jimes, Q.C., and Mr. Wordsworth, were counsel f r the defendant. The plaintiff in this action, it appeared, was a cook, and in the years 1843 and 1849 she filled a situation in that capacity in the family of a gentleman named Clark, residing at Pt ckham. The defendant, who was at that time not more than 18, was in the service of a butcher in the neighbourhood, and the parties it appeared be came .Imitten with each other, and by the consent of the mistress of the plaintiff the defendant was allowed to visit her in the kitchen, and was received by her and her fellow- ervants as a suitor, and on several occasions he intimated his intention to marry her, and said he should set up in business for himself ; and one of the other servants in the establishment was to be taken into their service when they were married. Daring the courtship the defendant sent several valen tines and other poetical epistles to the plaintiff, but as she•unfortunately was unable to read, a good deal of their intended effect was doubtless destroyed. The par ties, however, continued a correspondence together until the month of August in 1851, when the defendant wrote a letter to the plaintiff, in which he addressed her as " Madam," and went on to say that he was surprised she should have said that he had left. Peckham bLeau.e he was ashamed to stay there any longer; and that he had done nothing he was ashamed of, and he intended to return very shortly. He also said that he had heard she had been to his uncle's to complain about him, and advised her to be very careful what she said in future. The letter went on to state that he did not care what she or any one else said about him. He was fond of having "a flirt," and he would have one as long as he lived; and the letter concluded by stating, that if she behaved well, when he went to Peckham he would go and see her. The letter was signed, " Yours, &0., J. 13. C.;" and it appeared that two mouths afterwards the defendant got married. Evidence was given to prove these facts, and it ap peared that the defendant had stated to one of the wit nesses that an uncle had died and left him 1,0001; and after this a coolness was observed on his part towards the plaintiff. It appeared that the latter was five or six years older than the defendant. Mr. JAMES made a most humorous speech to the jury on behalf of the defendant. He said he was quite cure this action would never have been hoard of, if it had not been for the silly boast of the defendant, that his uncle had left him a thousand pounds, for which there was not the least foundation; and the fact would, no doubt, hare been proved, if it had been capable of proof. The case, he submitted, was of a most trumpery character. What were the facts? A butcher's boy, for he really was nothing else, in the course of his business falls in love with a lively cook. Which was to blame it was not for him to say, but cooks were proverbially susceptible.— (Laughter.) Whether it was owing to the heat of the kitchen, or to the peculiar nature of their profession, he could not say, but certainly they did continually hear of the affections of cooks fur policemen, and persons of that stamp, and Life Guardsmen.—(A laugh.) In the pre sent instance it appeared to be a butcher's boy. hie con tended that there had been nothing but a little familiar flirtation, and all that the plaintiff had lost was her butcher's boy.—(Renewed laughter.) He then referred to the poetical epistles sent by the defendant, and ob served, that inasmuch as the plaintiff could not read, she could not have been very much affected by them, and the Learned Counsel caused a roar of laughter in court by referring to some of the letters. I❑ one of them the defendant, after talking " foaming teas" and " loving hearts," and such matters, concluded by stat ing, as a postscript, "In haste, as lam going to kill." In another letter he gave an account of his old mare having " slipped up" as he was riding very fast down a hill, and he said that if he had not "stuck" to her, he must have been seriously injured, but as it was, they both got up together, and he found nothing was the matter with either, so that he went elf again, as fast as aver. The Learned Counsel concluded by chlling upon the jury, if they gave a verdict at all for the plaintiff, only to award moderate damages, as any others must inevitably cause the utter ruin of the defendant. Mr. Baron PARKE summed up, and the jury, after a very brief deliberation, returned a verdict for the plain tiff—Damages 50/. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—Exeter, March 20. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice TALFOURD.) William Gildon was indicted for the wilful murder of John Finch, on the sth March, at Marychurch. Mr. Collier and Mr. Carter were counsel for the prose cution, and Mr. Cox for the prisoner. It appeared that the prisoner was a wheelwright, living near Torquay, occupying one of a row of houses. In the course of last summer he married a young woman of the name of Ann Finch. who, before her marriage, had an illegitimate child by a person of the name of Thomas. It was part of the arrangement that this child should live with them after their marriage. On the sth ut March a Mrs. Stier, the former mistress of the wife, came to see her old servant, and shortly be fore she left the prisoner crime in, and at that time the child was well and cheerful; it was undressed and put to bed. The prisoner's wire went out with Mrs. Stier, to ace her a li,tle way on the road. They lett at seven o'clock. The wife returned at eight o'clock, and during her absence the child had :net with an injury, from which it died at five o'clock the next morning. On the sur geon, who had been called, making a more particular observatioc, be found on the back pert of the head, just behind the ear, a mark shoeing that the child must have received a most violent blow, and he was of opi nion that that blow must have caused the death. The prisoner accounted for this appearance by stating that tongue t h e handand seen The ofo n nothinghiethe wife,about it. prisoner ' s Mr. Cox urged that there was no motive shown for the prisoner taking the life of the child, and that it was possible it might have died in convulsions by knocking itself about in those convulsions. Mr. Justice TALFOURD summed up the case to the jury. Mr. CARTER suggested that his Lordship had not stated to the jury that if they did not think the pri s)ner guilty of murder, they mght coLvct him of man slaughter. Mr. Justice TALFOURD said he did not know how he could suggest such a thing. The jury, however, appeared to have heard this re murk, for they returned, a verdict of Manehughter. Mr. JUstiCB TALFOURD, in passing sentence, cbservcd ;List the jury had come to a decision upon a mere case of possibility. It was, indeed, a mere possibility that this could lave been mauslau;hter and not murder. In his opinion all the circumstances tended to the conclu sion thet the more serious crime had been committed. He should pass upon taw the most severe sentence the law allowed—that he should be transported fur life to a penal settlement. BUSINESS OF THE ClRCUlT. — Notwithstanding the judges are sitting till a very late hour every night, the business is so very heavy that they have been compelled to postpone the commission day at Bothnia from Wed nesday till Thursday. MIDLAND ClRGUlT.—Warwick, March 24. (Before the Lord Chief Justice JERVIS and Special Juries.) FOSTER V. PARSES. This was an issue directed by the Court of Chancery to ascertain whether the plaintiff was the heir at law of Isaac Parkes, who formerly lived at Birmingham. The property was of considerable value, E aid to Lo nearly 60,0001., and the present question arose upon the death of a granddaughter of Isaac Parkes, the plaintiff claiming as grandson in another line. Mr. Edwin James, Q.C. (specially retained), Mr. Mellor, Q C., end Mr. Hayes, appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Humfrey, Q C., Mr. Macaulay, Q.C., and Mr. Field, for the defendant. The court was crowded from an early hour, in expec tation of a case of much interest, but certain mys'erious whisperibga amongst the legal gentlemen gave rise to some misgivings; and Mr. James was shortly stating the facts of the case, when he was interrupted by Mr. Humfrey, and after a brief discussion an arrangement was come to between the parties, by which the defendant, as we understood, was to have 10,0001,, and her costs, conveying any interest she might have in the prop ert y to the plaintiff as heir-at-law. Subject to that arrangsl-, tnent a verdict was taken for the plaint iff ; and the Treed, which it was fully excreted would la st ten it not t days, thus pleessutly terminated. solicitors; plfor aintiff's a d sn a od t i t Ge . o r ! L O u l a d i oJi:,Worfy London, ing ham,we ethe Liverpool, March 24. 13 ron ALDERSON.) IVORTHERiv CIRCUIT.— "CROWN COU RT.- - ( B 20 was c harged wt n the man ' Thomas Bradley , ag ed efore Mr. a . M a nchester, on the 10th slaughter of Jane R oberts,,at i of January last. _Mr. Monk and tr. Mr. prosecut i o n; a Cobbett for the prisoner. Th e deceas ed , it ap p e ared, resided at M anc h ester, o l r as i t n w g as do p w ro n ce v ed o i l n la g rd be s t t w re e e e t n 10 an and o d n the eo i , : l tot clock of rl Jn . January ry n m , Manchester, a cc ompanied by h er d aug h ter, and, while they were crossing, a cab was driven at a rap i d rate downthey the street. There were two men on the box, one. of whom was at the time violently fl )gging the horse. The deceased was knocked down and run over by the cab, which was driven on without stopping, but was fol lowed by three men who got hold of and clung to it for some distance, until compelled to let go from the ra pidity with which it was driven. One of them, however, succeeded in ascertaining the number of the cab to be 111, which was driven by the prisoner. The prisoner was not identified in any other way, but he had been seen with that cab that morning at the stand and to drive a fare. 'lhe prosecution relied on these facts as 1 sufficient identification of the prisoner. The Learned Couna .1 for the defence relied on the identification of the prisoner not being sufficiently esta blished, and called witnesses to prove an alibi. Mr. MONK having replied, Ills LORDSHIP summed up, leaving it to the jury to determine whether or no the prisoner was the man who drove the cab, snd whether or no the weedy/it e ha: oc curred was the fault of the driver or - of the ,decessedy.' hie Idordebip observing ihet be h A d frcqueetly re- nrirked, when women were in a position of danger of that kind, that instead of going forwards or trying to return, they mood still in the very place where the dan ger was greatest. The jury retired, and after a short alisence returned with a verdict of Guilty.—Sentence was deferred. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS; March 24. (Before Mr. WrniAiii and a Bench of Magistrate 9, at the GuimhalbyPestminster.) James Phineas Davis and David John Davis were joietly indicted for having committed an as.ault upon slr. John O'Brien, a person whose name has been for some time past before the public in connexion with turf tranwictionft, on the afternoon of the 181 a inst. Mr. Sleigh conducted the prosecution; Mr. Ballantine appe,red for Jemes Phineas Davis, and :Mr. Parry for David Jibe Davis. The defendants both pleaded not guilty. Mr. SLEIGH, in a brief address to the jury, stated the facts of the case, as detailed in the following evidence. The prosecutor was examined by Mr. SLEIGH. He said—l em of no buiiness or profession whatever. I was educated fur the legal profession in Dublin, but I never took up my degrees, although I am anti+ d to them for having passed the required number of terms. I know the defendants, who were engaged against me profes sionally as solicitors, in an action at law and in a suit in Chancery. I reside at the Talbot Hotel, Richmond. I have been extensively engaged in sporting transactions ; and I may say that, next to Lord George Bentinck, I have been suc cessful, and have some of the best horses on the turf. On the afternoon of the 18 . h of this month I was in James-street, Haymarket, where I saw the two defendants. They were comirg in the direction of the Haymarket, and I was going away from it. They were then arm-in -arm, but as soon as I got close to them they unclosed their armF, and stood about half a yard , apart. James Davis then, putting himself in a menacing attitude, said to me, " What do you want with us?" I said I did not want anything to di with people of their class, as I under: toed they had been to my hotel at Richmond for the purpose of vilifying my character. Upon this, James Phineas Davis seized the stick I held in my right hand, and David Davis immediately struck me•with a larger stick that he held in his hand. The stick he had in his hand was large enough, I should say, to fell an ox. He struck me on my neck, but the blow was evidently aimed at my head. Seeing the formidable nature of the stick, I endeavoured to get the stick from him. David Davis then seized me by the collar, while I with my left hand held the stick in his hand. My right hand was engaged in trying to preserve my own stick from Phineas Davis, but he almost immediately wrested it from my •hand. I was then engaged in holding the other stick with David Davis, and my hat falling off, James Phineas Davis then, with my own stick, struck me violent blows, and on various parts of my body. A crowd collected, end a pdice-Constable came up. I never attempted to insult, or offered any gesture of defiance to the defendants. Goss-examined by Mr. BALLANTIME—Mr. Davis's stick was much thickAt than 113HIO. Tths two men both attacked me, and on endeavouring to preserve my stick I was placed in an unfavourable position, and being off my guard David DaVia seized me by my ncckclo h. I will swear my hancrwas not raised against the defen dants first. :This I belie've arose out of an aftsir re specting a Mr. Clifton, and I was charged with fraudu lently obtaining a number of bills which are at present the subject of a suit in Cbar.cery. Mr. SLEIGH obj , cted to this line of inquiry on a sub ject which was in the course of investigation in a supe rior court. Mr. BALLANTINE said he wished to test the credit of the prosecutor by his previous transactions. The prosecutor was cross-examinad at great length, and questi.)ced in reference to assumed previous trans actions, with a view to impeach his credibility. Mr. John Gubcrt WAS the next witness. He !aid that he was a baker in the employment if Mr. linker, Pear son-street, Kingsland. On Thurtduy afternoon, the 18th instant, he was in James-street. He saw Mr. Da vid Davis try to throw Mr. O'Brien. He caught hold of him by the throat, when the other gentleman struck bim with a stick. He never saw either of the persons before. The first thing be saw was the seiz'ng him by the collar. A person Rho was by called out " sham. upon which Phineas Davis said, " That is the noted O'Brien, the extortioner." Henry Hockley said be was passing through James. street on the afternoon in question. His attention was attracted to something going on. A desperate struggle took place between the prosecutor and David Davis. The witness then went on to give corroborative evi• dence of the assault upon the prosecutor. This was the case for the pros.etei on . Mr. Ballantine then addressed the jury for the defen dant James Davis. Mr. Parry addressed the jury for the other defendant. The jury retired to consider their verdict, and after an absence of half an hour returned into court with a ver dict of Guilty against both prisoners. Mr. WITHAM said the sentence of the Court was that each of the defendants pay a fine of 50/. to the .Queen, and be imprisoned until such fine was paid. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WESTMINSTER. Mr. James Pugh, ,tailor and outfitter, of 117, Jerrnyh etreet, St. James's, underwent a very lengthened reexa mination before M , . Arnold, charged with having, by the agency of hots, uttered two forged cheques. -Henry Hankers stated that on the 24th of November the prisoner met him in St. James'eepark, and asked him if he could go as far as iciog-street for him. He then took him into New-street, Spring gardens, and told him to wait a minute, and immediately afterwards joined him without a hat, and having told him that he belonged to ' the house 17 in that street, gave him a letter addressed to Mrs. Faulkener, and told him he must be careful, as he would have to bring .money back, adding that he (prisoner) ought to go him , elf, but that his master had a dinner party and he could not spare time. Witness took the letter, gut 201. 10s. from Mrs. Faulkener, and was met upon his return, near No. 17, by the prisoner, to whom he gave the cash, and prisoner then gave him a shilling for his trouble. In reply to questions from Mr. Arnold, witness said he next saw the prisoner at the House of Detention, Cleikenwell, whither he was taken by a police officer, who told him that it was to see for the man who had given him the cheque. He was shown into about a doien cells where there were prisoners before he came to the one where he recognised the accused. Nothing was said by the officer to point out the prisoner. The officer was not in the cells with witness. Iu cross-examination by Mr. Payne, the witness said that while in the waiting-room at the prison, before vi siting :he coos, there wsa somebody walked by the door in the passage, accompanied by another gentleman, and the officer said that was the man. Witness was looking out of window at the moment the officer said so, but turned round and saw two persons, and merely caught sight of their forms, as they passed along the passage by the door so quickly. Mr. ARNOLD put some further questions to the wit ness, and elicited that, although he had in his visit to the cells seen a dozoa or more prisoners before he identi fied the accused, some of these were boys, others appa rently navigators, and tout the prisoner was the only well.dressed person- he saw. The officer was called, who slid he told witness that the object of his visit to- the prison was to see whether be could pint out the man who gave him the cheq ue; but he positively drnicd that, when the prisoner passed the waiting-room door, he had said to Hetakere, " Th e t is the man." Witness did not hear any observation made at the time prisoner passed the doors Did not hear the words, " That is the officer who took me into custody." The boy was sitting at the window with his back towpath the door, and did not move, although he might have looked towards the door, iu the opening of which witness was standing. Mrs. Fautkener and Mr. Partridge were then exa mined—the former to show that she gave the 201. los. to a boy who brought the letter purporting to be writes by Mr. Partridge; and the latter to show that it was a forgery. This being the whole of the evidence for the prosecu tion in Mrs. Faulkener's case, box with The boy White was put into the wi tness -box re spect to the charge of uttering a forged cheque by Mrorr.. Kirby, at Brompton, purporting to be Bowdler. The particulars of this charge were detailid only a few days ago. In cross-examine:ion by take b from unstuffy he was y Mr. Payne. h e said that, on the day after his discharge the police to 117, J.:rnsyn-stteet, where some in. qu iry was mode. O n Sunday fortnight, about half -past a sev en in the evening, h e went into Jerrnyn-street t o mee t the officer, who' however, b did note , Tne nea r 117 he saw a did l now sn 7hteeolm he e little doubt whether,nv: to dbewht h hil e ee prisoner —but he wav the w an -enter No. 117. It did not occur to him, alt h ou gh he thought he had seen him before some where, that he was the man who gave him the ele qu un til he saw him go into that ho use , an d if he had not' u• e ntered it he should not have thought of him in con transaction. nexien 'With the He believed prisoner . gave him the note. . Mr. Kirby anti the Rev. Dr. Bowdler were called to show that a forg e d c h eque had been tendered to the former. Payne hi a s id ol r i e e s n s t e! 'the magistrat e s at g reat length on Alr bel a'f of Ann Pennell was then called, and proved that the prisoner and his' family moved from Storey's-gate on the day he was alleged to have met White and given bim the cheque in the evening; that she accompanied the accused and his wife to their new apartments at Notting-hill, and that he never left the house that evening. Mrs. Harling, the landlady of the new apartments, not only confirmed the alibi, but declared that the ac cused was in bed at seven o'clock on the night of Sun day fortnight, in which she was corroborated by ac cused's wife's nurse, and two witnesses from 117. J. r_ myn-street, were called to show that he did not go there en the evening in question. Cresswell, a solicitor, who is the accused's father in-law, said he visited him at the -prison on Thursday, and after a conference with him observed the officer and a lad with him. The accused said, " I find the officer - who arrested me is -here," and added, printing to the officer, " That is the man." The boy (Hankie's) and , the officer were at. that time standing with the room door open, locking at them. Witness and the accused, after going towards the officer, returned again along the passage to the waiting-room door. when the accused re• peated, in alluion to the offic-r, " That is he " but s id it was not • the same boy (Whit e being the only boy - who appeared against hits on the previous examination). )fir. t h e present state of the case the end he is . Mr. ARNOLD I evidence is not schatg ,eiffiscl i ient to s en d t h e prisoner for trial,d 1 Daniel Frazer, Eliza Frazer, his wife, and John Frazer, his brother, were bought up for Aug eximius- It tinn on a (large of plundering Mr. John Tallis, print and publi.ht-r, of St. John -street, Smithfield. From the evidence of Mr. Talks it appeared that for two years past the prisoner Daniel Freva - bed lrieu in his employment in the pardel-packing departMent , his premises in St. John-street, and that latterly the other male prisoner had also been engaged on the pre mises in the map-colouring dPpertment. Up to The"' day last he did not distrust their honesty ; on the con trary, he had a high opinion of their characters, WO' cularly of Daniel; but on that day, in consequence of what had be'en told him, he went to the shop of a P e". broker in Holbern, and there totted some books belong ing to him. Oe returning borne Mr. Tallis told the prisoner Daniel Fravo- that be wished him to accompani him to a shop in Holborn, when the latter made some excuse for a few . minutes' absence, and imenediatelY tab seended. His wife and hew her were given into Gusto* and ho himself in a few. days gave him self up to au effi:lr, to whom he had declared that he alone was the guilty party. The shopmen of four different pawnbrojrcra wer e in attendauce with a number of exp,n,ive and le the nq bound volumes, which had been pledged by each of prisoners, tied all of which were sworn to b y Mt. Tsai prisoners, as his property. Mr. Talks made a serious complaint of several pore" brokers, who, when applied to on the subject of the pro party belonging to him which had been stolenl and pawned, threw every impediment in his way; and L only on his threatening to apply for a search-wort, that they gave him any information or produced t property. Mr. ELLIOTT severely censured the conduct of the pawnbrokers in taking property of such a descriptioU that produced from persons in the positi on of the P"'' tiers, without making the nt•c..e.sery inquiries—iool;ll:: which must have led to a detection of theirdishonestY lon g ago, He (Mr. Elliott) perceived that ev en the leaves r . some - of tae costly-bound and expensive works vol' duced, and on which not more than a shilling v.e.; uul ki bad been advanced, were "not cut; and be consi.aberolit that 'the act of taking such, property in pledg e v/t o ,, e d making the necessary inquiries WaS scarcely te ll lsy from that of receiving • stolen property w ith n gn i • knowledge. f out Mr. Tullis remarked, that from the tepticoony grab of the pawnbrokers, the books had been pledged of him on the let of March, 181, so that the system t b s; robbery must have been car red o n for twidve and many of the books produced belonged to a i)tr4ot Tallis's Illustrated London for 1851—which was 11°. published to the trade. Wet The prisoner Daniel Fraser said he Alone ca and that neither his wife nor brother knew h ow ue (a° by the books. Mr. ach 'ELLIOTT•ELLIoTT considered the case a very bad bad one; _ was guilty of the stealing , a nd he coma:acted all three for trial. THAMES.• Daniel Billinyton, alas Price. alias Lewis. wily. been frequently in custody tor assaults and °OrigbblT. . was brouAilt before Mr. Yardley charged with sta 1/1° a woman named Ellen Sweeny, with i ntent i° der her. i the The prisoner, who had been recently emPlOn,Ljed City Soup K toben, Shoemaker-row, was aPPr e r no ed yesterday by Police-Sergean: Kelly, 2 K, who " er e f:rti, that the prisoner had stabbed the same vvoman and that he was best known by the name of Daniel 9 . Mr. YARDLEY—He is entered on the police - Daniel Billington. Sergeat.t Kelly—He is always called Daniel Gooedd from his lutfiaidy character, and hi s real or • upPo res_ vnblanc.., to the murderer of that name. .„k Mr. YARDLEY remanded the prisoner for ey es THE CO UN Tat AKT(ETr- LIVERpoOL, MARCH 23. Trig ma rk et The demand for wheat and flour was not setae, &Idiot: holders were willing to take lower p i :• Oats and,r,„, r was were dull, and cheaper • baile and - rletennebanged. "" a was a large suppli of cheaper; beans,maand offered at a delis/ of 6d per qr. ndian corn 6d per qr. lower- l i , rri g l,s is t -: Ireland and coastwise, wheat, I - 5 barle 2,49321 nnne , '-' , ,:,..4 oats, 2,123 ; beans, 105 qrs ; flour 99 ysa'cks. Foreign 9,057 ; barley, 2,541; oats, 383; 431 qrs.; fl ou r beans, 5,177 sacks. well attended: No iIII • NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET, MARCH 2 3 * --- tlf : ly standing the supplies were m derate, trade ruled e xceed. fi g a decli ne dull, and to transact business a further c line must have b ee s B a rley acceded to, which factors were unwilling to ..11ow • heavy sale, and the turn lower. In other articles no chang e i., NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKE T, MARCH 23.—The ,nPf .r. of beasts being large, trade w as sluggish, at a decline in 'AIP on last week of from 3 d to cd per stone, and a considersni portion remained unsold . All breeds of sheep moved off 00,4 yet former terms were ; ully supported, and a clew ance effeeta Beasts. 1,1o0; sheep, ,3.50. Pricer —Oxen, 4s 3d to 1$ ' i ". per stone; heifers. bs 3d per stone; sheep, in wool, bid 7 6d per lb ; ditto, shorn, bd to Od. . II EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET. MARCH 23. — Th ere Wi ng i the meal market to:day 7 sacks Oatmeal, each scAl 28011) imperial, whereof 5 sold thus :— t at 33s 04 50 " at 32's ; average price of the whole 11 128 2d 4-12ihs. 2 sacks pot -barley which sold Ow: —1 at 28s, mid 1 EDINBURGH HAT AND STRAW MARKET, MARCH 23'-'. Oat straw, from 7s 6d to 9s Od per kemple of 16 stenes ts°:(l wheat ditto, 9s Od to li,s Od; barley ditto, 71 6d 0 . 84 gay, from 9d to 11 d per stone. DALKEITH ' MEAL MARKET, MARCH 22, 48 bags of oatmeal and 2of pot barley at this T here nisrketst at Zs. sales dull. Oatmeal up on the top 6d per bag. seconiiandloW;e: prices from 9d to ,lid per bag up ; pot-barley 6d per tag dear- ' there was no barleymeal in market. Third. Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second imperial .. „„ •.• .., ....a nu ymeal, per ditto ... —s 01 8.." (.' Od Peasemeal „. ,•,, ,„. ~...s L id .....8 Od ----; Od Flour ... „, ,„. „, 31 01 30; Od 29s Od —s Od --a Od -_-_:. cal Pot barley ... . 28 6' —s Od "--- COAL Prices of Coal per ton at t Bate's. West Hartley.. 12s Od! 13uIdle's W. Hartley...l2B Od! Cares Hartley ... 12s Osil Howard's W. H. Neth • 12s Od' Longridge'sW.Hartley 12s 6d North Percy Hartley.. Ns Od Ravensworth'aW. Hart 12s o,s Pantield Moor.Butes... 128 3d Wall's knd, Stc. - Gosforth ..... . 134 Od , Barton Lawson l2s Od Walker l2, 6‘ Eden Main ..... l- 0. Lambton Primrose Bell ...... ...... 13s 9u Braddyll Ships at market, y is arsuDAY. he close of them arket:•_-: 'Hatton ................. 1 0 5 3 5 via 'Haswell..... .......... pi s 94 ILAmbton ..... . ....... 145 9d Plummer ..... •• . 143 gd Russell's Hetton ..... 6 od Stewart's •• •••• . 1 . 25 od Fowler's Hartlepool.. .149 Q Heugh Hall ........... Kelloe ............. 1 3 _ `4 6 Nc,rth Hartlepool..... .. - 17 9 ' d South Hartlepool ..... 34 South Kelloe ........... 15' 03 few. . . ......... Ni xo n's literthyr sod 21 pi Cardiff .. lA. I_. 66 Sidney's Hartley ..... 74 .....Sold, 52. RAILWAY SHARE MARK TO. STOCK EXCHANGE, -T B Rhe m TOL, aMrkAentcHwas24 very inac tive tO and prices had a downward tendency. T he tranct„i°ll; , were as follow:—Aberdeen, 13% Great Western, 88N Midland Stock, 63 , .44... "LIV, MAEcx 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.ERPOOL -The share mar ket was not quite - so -d wr . sa good to-day, but prices remain without material alteration. 'the transactions were as follow : -Caledo nian. 18 /q shire and Yorkshire, 73'4 c.—London and North.Westerq• British, 7 3 4 124;14—Ditto, New Quarters, 5 p.—Mancheater, Shetlielt and Lincolnshire Preference, 12 9-16 - Midland, 6334—N °rt A 'Shrewsbury and Chester (Oswestry an Chester), 11—Scluth••Eastern and Dover, 21%. MANCH geruh., MARCH 24. tvroms . Kac.secautc.—The business to-day was rather li mited, and prices had a downward tendency. The transaC . tions were as lollow:-- East And 34,—Eas:ern Coup . ties, 9%—East Lancashire, 17,4—Ditto, Preference, Quer' tern, 84— Ditto, Fifths, 5 5-16—bancashire.and Yorkshire. 724—Manchester, iShefield, and Liticolnshlre, p 1 2 Lto - Ditto, New Preference, 11- t 6 U. P.—Sheffield, Rothe' . ham and Goole, 21—South -!:astern and Dover, 21 11.16.--• Mid and, (ALA Caledonian, i 804.— London and North.. Western, 124—Ditto, New Quarters, 54 -._ reference, p Londcm z ind South -Western, B.4—Dublin and Drogheda, Thirds, 123/4-1; Manchester and Birmingha m (CN, ~ j Quarters, 2 1 ) . -- " N°It- British, Preference 5 L tilltla-Nligth Staffordshire, 8 , dill. AM, MARCH 24 s.A ' Secs EXCHANGE. —The :bitsin ' ilasiw - ' ess to- day.was verf 'rho in amount , but prices generally , werewell •d. ...- o nly sales reported were—Birmingham, sustame so Stour Valley, 9/. 18s. 91-.... L, Wolverhampton, ,04. ____ 9 d.-London and North-Western, "" • [ADVERTISEENT.] Hollowa 's 9 Pills the ', b l e s S t f and most e ffi cient Remedy to Cure Drops y.—Extra ct- i n " s ea. ter from Mr . P. Williams, dated "Milford, Ma re " - ' 1 ei t i h n a fe s r d m er y iv o ed u o b l y it t . he s u o se on of To Professor Holloway. Sir , — Feeling grateful forth ebTro Pills, I cons ider I bit& m d duty y t wife o our of her last C her feet and and ancles began to swell and' afterwards her tu rn after the birth whole Y 9 strongly indicative of drops y , this occurring at th; leetb of life. - I - obtained the best med i cal advice , but her l am continued to decline. I then trid your Pil ls ' whib islth." --. happy t o say h ave restore d h er to sou nd an d perfect h i s w Estab -Sold by a ll D rugg i s t s , an d at Professor Hol loway lishment, 244, Strand, London. lOOO HUNTING ACCIDENT.—Mr. Brown, better i n the as " 11arbro' Brown," was following the stagboned h came i!1 Vale of 'Aylesbury, on Thursday week, wh en - e very n e ' contact with a hi . ; 11 bank,•the top of which was bard road' row and about four feet perpendicular drop into a ,_ stru ck The bauk gave way with the bore's hind feet wbeji, r wo o it, and caused' him to alight upon his head. ..! ,11 .. n0i , big partly 'picked the horse up, when he slipped, lei' !_,r. some side, and Mr. Brown escaped without the least injur y ' w ith person, however, who was gallopping down t he _ fr,, d our the others, rode against Mr. Brown and knocked.n_iwactugly: when he was ridden over by another horseman, isl 3 sur gical stopped his horse when upon him. After a caret tc ot ~ broke n : : examination it was found that his thigh, thoug h that be ' was seripusly injured. We are happy to lear goes o f bis progressing satisfactorily, though there is l ittle e ___....„3T orth proceeding with his occupation for months to cowc amptoa Herald. "°'--------- BIRTHS. F A sort. On the 21st icst , at Picton-villa, Nololk-soad,-St- /t)brf6- wood, Mrs. James P. Davies. gerts, On the 21st inst , at the Parsonage,Little Hadhatri,oool. the wife of the Rev. E. Randolph , c urate of Lithe' " OF A PALIGHTBM. the D a of On the 21st inst.. at Upper Grosvenor-street, Sir Edward Nuon, Bart., M.P. f Ol e On the 21st . in ß st xt ., at Heavitree, Exeter , the la dy Hon. W. Addington ,---- & 13. MARRIED. ta ' - On the 2Sth of January , at Bellary, Lieutena n t (laug h Bivar, 1 t Madras Light Infantry, to Matilda Boma, ter of the late. Colonel John Hunter. DIED. On the 22d inst., at Wellington - g rove, Blackheath, litilll4 Collingwoxl, Eq., aged 66 H3r O d i e l -tih,t:rk:2l(llrsi.ni‘sit.i.ryatpielehipaBrlez,sa-estirzt., Westbourrie-ferrlice' r Pelir On th , 22d inst., t' , e Rev ' P. S. Dodd, rector -0. - hurst, Kent, and Aldrington, Sussex, aged 77. the w i f e of On the 22d inst, at savenoaks, Nar y Jane, H. Glaibrook, Eeq., of Boxgrove, Sussex. gro• 4 1 1, tCollege-placlCarnnen-town, on t he ___._.__ 2.2 d i l3 ,, s ' 0., Ease, aged 76, podgy On the 2.ai inst., Thomas Parker, eldest son of Dr. Peckham, Surrey. 10v. - • London: Printed and Published by MITRIO-2" - No . 119}, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Oni , °* , us ty r Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, DA WI. 1 4 , 410 A• 4059 Tunisia, lamb 24 004 EXPLOSION OF GUNPOWDER IN A WRECK. The principal and superintendent harbour-master having received directions from the I. , )rd Mayor to blow np flip wreck of the Resolution, lying at the bottom of the Thames, in Northfleet Hope, that eflicer and his men have be: en making small explosions, within the last few days,in the wreck, and a preprArion for its c:nspi.t e destruction with gunpowder is appointed to take place to-morrow (Friday) morning, at hall past ten o'clock. The boats of the harbour-master aro daily surrounded by wherries and skiffs, and the curiosity is very great to see the ingenious system of diving, and the effect of the galvanic battery in the explosion of the gun powder. It has-been found necessary to publish placsrds, con taining the following notice to master, pilots, and others, in charge of steam-vessels navigating up and down the River t'bames:— " The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor has given direc tions for the removal of two wrecks in Gravesend Reach; and to prevent accidents and loss of life, persons i n charge of steam vessels are required to blacken the speed to the lowest possible amount during the time of pasjing the wrecks. The working hours will be notified by the display of a large green fl.g, with the word ' wreck' is the centre. " CHARLES ROWLAND, " Principal and Superintendent Harbour-master, Port of London." The spectators of the interesting experiments to• morrow will, it is expected, be very numerous. The grand explosion will take place certainly before eleven o'clock. - SEABORN E MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent Irons the General by the night—and M by the morning--dispatch.) T' IG, , .„. 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