The Sun. — London, England, 1846-03-13 00:00:00

S IN:SPAY. las arrival 7,7 late date =ducal is vessels bad cruise for bria reach • thirty-0e malls - long lie inter° NI that die New l' cfr , as the firs t• out this the lambda did the he t acres° l a nded 3 . t. ' °CI neWS a di°l3Ct'' iu. dr iil , 'a e tia . c u. e t , o , meeD )0 recor , n d in 311 1 1 0 a % one oc c n t ti"r,cii roe y 11 'l e ; of , a,4:0.0,, a proO t e v 'ad )rosP eri lie 114 C v bich 0 10' C. 13'it f t' ' commit 61i adv 'OOl bref :7erf' 1 • Jog; k • v i we re, wer e 11 :i' I.lri ll • ) 11 911 150 to I , 4 1 I, suv er` 1c °fi e 0 10 'Der e J. 0 01 r CO O r e 1 00 1 pp s oe sv 31 0bile :0 51, O e " 4 l lei' • 0 50 onc• 6 1 $ ei74 91 ; Lill at 5 jef s a se ' r da r il o te , g ° 101. 4. / 5 „ 1 0 d ' : o o oc. rls of `'4c . ' ,ref .10 ( 01°. dl O of Brg v ✓O , :)1/ t - -• t-iOP Pfd . a ken ro o. o :90 11 :; ' 6! e i ,jilt , !`d t bo o l, ..511. 0. 3 c ited i e 1 0 il'ej3 .6 ternroi at O op 013°5 • -- (nigh t 62c. a 63e. for malting. Northern rye is in better and sales have been made at 80c. a 82c. The sup °t,eorn are not heavy, and prices are rather better; 9 .000 intshels a4uthern at 64c. ; 2,000 do. do. 6 6 c.; Theis Jersey white and yell o w at 63c. Oats are tt37: t 47 -w. a 46c. f or n or th ern ; 2,500 b u sh e ls southern sold F r q 4 , - .., 4 '°ns-The ket is still very u'kt. No transactions ItEn' t llave taken mar lace p; what 'the q re has bean done has 44 1 kvn for immediate cotinumption. Beef still remains at Itl l .9 t ,N'eek'S quotAtion, say- for mess, 8 doffs. 2oc. to primv, 5 dols. to 6 (lA , . 25c. In pork, little or 12 d l i g doh g; mess mai , be quoted at 12 dols. 25c. to I ° .'"e-; prime, 10 dols. to 10 dole. 25c. ket elcht,s-We have no material alteration to notice in h ite i d ue ati.ount offerieg to the different European ports E. • ter t ° i, lv erPool-Catt on , 1-4 d. to 5-161 ; wool, Id.; seeds, 1., 1h ).11)apee; to ; beef (3011b5.), Gs. Gd. ; beef and pork, e, 4 , A ; flour, 2s. ; turpentine, 2s. 9d. to 33.; leather, 14;1 u• ; (1 .; heavy ooda par ton, 255. to 275. GI; grain, Niel, 8d• l'kt:ei l4 clon--Totocco, per 40s. to 41s. ; flour, per bods , 2tl Gd-; naval store, 3s. GI to 4a. ; measurement th l ; Per ton, 30s. to 405.; heavy goods, 40s. ; oil, 40s. ; tci7,3' ' l4 ; seeds, ner tierce, 10s. to 'l2s. 6d. ; beef (301 lbs. -eu,bs.), on khan )e on England, 108 c. to 1081 c. TR :p.. s E REFFIEL D, B A KE WELL, AND WEST MIDLAND RAILWAY. ll' e sti , (From the Sheffield tortldependent.) 2 s Na t l tl ued, a short time ago, e agreement of amal ,htsi ,°, ll between this Company and the Manchester, te:Su, and Midland, and we gave the substance of the I hn - Ys tat of the foimer Company, in which they accuse the 11, th. rt Sheffield, and Midland of a gross breach of 'tsei rls 0 far as we have seen and heard, the statement yet tts. unanswered We now insert the petition of the fey far' a . nd West Midland Company, in which stSiy their complaint before Parliament, and pray that kje tt Of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland may be i %sei t '' ° r that they may be heard before the Committee in 011 4 , , p gr,lonourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Th',:tt, Pritain and Ireland, in Parliament assei . nbled. . ! imble petition of the undersigned Provisional Di- Ztors of the proposed Sheffield, Bakewell, and West e e `hliand Railway Company, and on behalf of such 4e —l °Pany k lr let h , —.Tl: e als e at a Bill has been brought into your Ho `lter, e. louse, fur making a railway, to be called the Man eNtelsrtfield, and Midland Junction Railway, which Bill e ltat ' l ; " A Bill for making a Railway from Sheffield to i, t t,, 'el and Bakewell, with a Branch in connexion there -4414: ' l e celled, " The Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland jsata Railway." e i ell n Yo us petitioners humbly represent to your Honour .lttelk, that the promoters of the said intended Man , N ee ,heffield, and Midland Junction Railway Company, t t l'i ! 11 :Scs their petition to your Honourable House, for .i is Seel, g in the said Bill, and in bringing in such Bill, ;1 4 ai s ,.ing to apply for the purposes of such Bill, certain s !e l ,; tl ° .aPital represented by the scrip of the said Com ."'S t 'ch is now issued and in the market, are acting con-. ?ou r agreement, a greement, and to good faith with your petitioners, jti at Petitioners are ready to verify. rt e a , e measure proposed by your petitioners' Company, aid O e 1 1 8 . and ons whereof have been de in the ill-offi sections office your Honourable House, and osited the rli N ie &rade, pursuant to the standing orders of your Ho (_esteiftioise), was and is a railway from Sheffield to i' . , ,tls toli , with branches respectively to Chesterfield and to iltte tt e a Measure which is, in part, a competing line with tits the said proposed' Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland lII' `Railway. ki at NI . o g t ;. f , r petitioners had made arrangements for the pro ,the necessary capital for carrying into effect their overtaking, as a separate and independent project, and Z l ,,eb l- 2 . _ point of appropriating their shares for that pur ilesoT certain overtures for an arrangement between the Op o '° ll apanies were received by your petitioners from Osb e d Esq., and others, as chairman and directors se so ,etialf of the said proposed Manchester, Sheffield, and klyeJonction Railway Company. v to te ertaia negotiations took place thereupon between 46tfa to illitte e of direction of the two Companies, with a tse such a rrangem e n t, and your petitioners were re k: - j ! , 1 1) S - the promoters of the said proposed Manchester, Latst.ii and Midland Junction Railway, not to appropriate 4o l eir shares, during the pendency of such negotia -14l a 4 4t s Y o ur petitioners acceded to such request. ti te c se 2 'h the 7th day of November last, an agreement e. , t e .„; lll ded and signed between certain of the provisional 4i e ,°f and on behalf of the said Manchester, Sheffield, :ml'ti!nd Junction Railway Company, of the one part, Se e t i l p Of the provisional directors of and on behalf of the i;,Yos t e ld• takewell, and West Midland Railway Com stke b ,",e other part, whereby it was (among other things) eltt. Tr'ween the said Companies: 0 tb "at the two Companies should be, and the same ,rCehY consolidated and united into one Company, fop p`„llanie of " The Sheffield and North Derbyshire L eies s , e S,'N Tha t a).. ,cs t ,, ~ there should be an united board of directors for k"a- ' - '''' i ated tYhat a . . '- Company. t ee it e4 , capital should be raised sufficient to execute iet 1 ee cuetnes of the two Companies, which was thereby te T. Tr o ,ooo/. in 40,000 shares of 40/. each. ' , lst to rt of the above 40,000 shares, 25,000 shares should 0':le, among the then proprietors of the llanchester, tt:l4 b r , 4r ul Midland Junction Company ; 6,000 shares 1. 1 h e a of i l placed at the disposal of the then executive k i , 3 .; am 2,e Sheffield, Bakewell, and West Midland Com ae°,'a tne remainder should be disposed of as therein Al e • 4 t've I Vikt the r !aeh Company should proceed separately to krsitsc,f7.site notices, ind make the county and parish aepli r 4 ,e plan of its own scheme as if to ground a sepa s th. 1 ,, atiAl to Parliament. 74 t e b- 19t the expenses of both Companies then incurred, 14stt%nic.rred, should be paid out of the consolidated t t ' 4 ll That the Companies. kti to va..i. e co nsolidated Board of Directors should pro ltikett • l ' lllen t fur both projects in one Act, with such t b e ons in regard to those portions of the two schemes, il 's re common to both projects, viz., neonbween Sheffield Ne e rfield, as should be determined the manner iBtb. ,r,t,tentioned. ,`,til ett illat the Sheffield, Bakewell, and West Midland' I^ •" ° ra •should issue • r i • a.. p n 3 not their allotment letters s (l tit P T IW, It idi hat the present scrip of the Manchester, Sheffield, . , I f t t tcl i and Junction Company should be called in and re t; a shares of 40/. each, under clause 4th of the agree le 00 4 that a new subscription deed should be prepared %th k i P t t, (l . to embrace the united schemes. i t : 4,, ue consolidation of the two Companies, by virtue of t.„ t lis e v a e s agreement, was announced by advertisement under tSslte ar of the chairmen of both Companies, in the public I ,lfieb t ' o e r rs i _ published in Sheffield, in the said month of Att "t Yo- ' . 4st. tf e i ii ,`' • Petitioners and their Company have, on their '''t, s to "ed, and, in good faith, acted upon the said agree , 1. 4 res relying thereupon, did not issue their allotment \ 1 , kar ate scrip, and have since taken no means to raise a ik t ,a t capital, as was stipulated by such agreement. t ee 4 l n ' ti r petitioners have ailed upon and required the V i e s , _chester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction Railway lip,' tQ , and the promoters thereof, on several occasions, to ;tl eri ,,'' Part of the said agreement by calling in their pre ti;l,ty t y: In order to the issue of the proposed new capital, Ott .° totPrepaton Ind signature of a new subscription if t Y i! t ' 1 , , ', 0 , order embrace your petitioners' projected rail s ~'e 4i PI as their own, agreeably with the ninth clause ecertl k " agreementnotwithstanding their promises • It 't f lea nthe have hitherto failed, and now at length •t 6 `) do e, y I N a t 37 B° ' , h t Ith t ut' petitioners are ready to verify the above allege mh en h r at , and as your IlonourAle House shall permit. kks s, our petitioners humbly represent to your Honourable lON t i ltat 'their proposed 'railway, called the Sheffield, t1f, 4 1 ‘01,1,' and West Midland (so deposited in the Private tit 7!, e l l of your Honourable House, as aforesaid), is a is a aw a , e aPer, and more compreheneive line, or scheme 4eNe , -- " communication, than the proposed Manchester, k 4,14) 4 a nd Midland Junction line; affords accommoda iriketti greater extent of country, provides a more direct 'Se, ° ation between the larger towns and the important I h tt et Of th e district, and would be executed at infinitely k e lt th 1(414411.e line proposed for the Manchester, Sheffield, and VII ibsunction Railway, is not, moreover, the best line 4 '414 t eountry admits of; that it cannot be executed for 11 f4at • k k cat s Which it is estimated; and that there is not a ' 'n e ,' L qaate to meet so great an expenditure as the mak te'kt t i t ' a line would involve. tli ee r e following are some of the proposed works on the M l leie`, a ,' appears by the section thereof), although the l'iOte. l thereof is but 23i miles : t ell lti stß ° g , .....nearly 6 miles. RSV -•••-.. ..2 miles. e'nents, ...3 of 30 feet or more, maximum height. ~ 5 of 60 feet " 44 ( " 2 of 60 feet " ut tip gs l of 70 feet " 4; t,' ......C .. . of 30 feet or more, maximum depth. 5 of 50 feet " 46 5 of 60 feet " it 1g 3 of 70 feet " 64 t 1 of 80 feet " " IS c lai t 2 of 110 feet " v h 01.11 2,g thirty streets or public carriage roads, in the town a; sti r ' 4l alone. ti‘ i 46 Petitioners, therefore, humbly pray your Honour tetle, l es t e, that the said Bill for making tile said proposed qes . ' s !regbeffisld, and Midland Junction Railway, may ht, ifiVultted to proceed any further. 4‘ l tin ',should please your Honourable House to refer the )fi t t D e : 4) . a Committee of your Honourable House, that l i . l etise s i t doners, by themselves, their counsel, agents, and t.,; s eei ; ,tray be at liberty to verify this their petition . be ,llPrt 4 ; - 'ommittee, and that such Committee be directed 4 s t l tl tite,,i ‘ uereon to your Honourable House, before proceed kitt e % a i7 ll Sill. And if such Bill should be proceeded with I le t etls t , e -o Mmittee, then,that your petitioners may be per . - 01 , 00 heard before such Comm i ttee, by themselves, t heir tql et a g e nts, and witnesses, against the preamble and provi kieetee Loch Bill. And that such Committee may be in -4' tYe°,,etetertain the said proposed Sheffield, Bakewell, tr ill 4 ls,,?lge t r l iand Railway, and the plan and section there %%me It, the Private Bill-office of your Honourable is tli S i et 4 Project before this present Parliament, and as tie , el le to g line with the said proposed Manchester, Shef tOrs ' Midland Junction Railway, and to hear yourpeti- N . 'old th e i r counse l , agen t s , an d witnesses, in support l q' t hat of i tti th er Your Honourable House would be pleased to make keep [ el therde.r, and to afford your petitioners such other oddee," Premises, as to your Honourable House sha ll ... /our Petitioners will ever pray, &c. JOHN CARR, Chairman. Wv.blL,,,lslAlst JACKSON, T. B. TURTON, W ir ",lN . UNWIN, BENJ. VICKERS, """lAM WRIGHT, TIIO3IAS WILEY. lt '4 )24 1 :11, F o oLLE GE , LONDON.—Tho Rev. Alexander tj a , e ,prebendary of St. Paul's, and rector of Stfee ~ih ... t ! s-place ; the Rev. R. Chenevi French, MA.,, E t eitaPhoi • to the Lord Bishop of Oxford ; and the tl re' i tY j a au "kce, ALA., have been appointed Professors of h .LI II B College, under the new statute. The : ° Logy will commence on Tuesday, April 21, on NraVataissoclates of King's College, London, as well as tl'llttit(l at of Oxford, Cambridge, or Durham, will be ( 1 1 1, Producing testimoniils for their respective 0: 1 4ti on : other persons will have to pass a previous Zr lkk l ii rli: e mi ß e rt t o annriunce the demise of Duly E li za b et h th l i r Oter, w i des t daughterof the late and sister of the present Earl vti4ili,kess..) expired at an early hour yesterday morning, after 1 14 1, 14Lbori; at her late residence in Sackville-street. Her Lady "Av,.a •';' 4 overriber, 1773, and married first in April, 1795, • Nqqi il4 , lgo o ;11Zoir.t Talbot, Lacock Abbey, Wilts, who died k q s aie i . secondly in April, 1804, Rear-Admiral Charles 1tt%4,411as ti t i l_%ptember, 1837. By her CountessLadysldp's floTstmmouairl-t Zit 4:4 F ot e l i e li tu g r s t o h n e , the u eof t e second mar 41:ba.nalyardilitalpiiie•was the eldest sister of the Marehiones3 of h it t ole rid Y related to several other noble families. The c.isposalon of the deceased lady have long 114 41 , Nts ' al L and her loss will be severely felt among those by lb known. THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' mu- TuAr. AND BENEFIT ASSOCIATION AND BENEVOLENT FUND. A g eneral meeting (consequent on a requisition, signed by the most respecteble members of the Associa tion) s; as held yesterday evenings at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, at EiX o'clock, George Thomas. Esq., in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said the time had arrived when an opportunity would be given to every meinl:er to express his opinion on the matters which would be brought before them. The meeting would be put at once in pos session of the question before them it the requisition were read. (The Chairman then read the requisition.) The Chairman added, that he should be happy to hear any otserva ions made by any gentleman present, re selling to himself the power of making what comment he pleased afterwards. Mr. WELCH rose simply to propose a resolution, raising the maximum policies (at the option of the holders) from 500/. to 1,0001. The directors had anxiously taken the matter into consideration, and they were of opinion that the alteration would be a desirable one. He therefore p - oaosed that the twenty-third rule should be altered accordingly. It might be perhaps as well for him to state that this resolution had been sub mitted to the direction, and they, with one exception, had agreed to it. Mr. BOURNE asked whether the resolution referred to other than life policies? Mr. LLOYD—No; certainly not. Mr. BATTRAY said that it was a matter of necessity that the clause should be altered in H.), because they could not take any part of it specifically. Mr. GOSWELL, having signed the resolution, felt it necessary, as a man, to state the reason which had in fluenced him in that decision. He had known many in dividuals who wished to join their institution, but be cause they could not grant a policy for a larger sum than 500/, then they would not be members of the a socia tion. He did not see that they should not derive an equal benefit with the larger associations. If they ex tended their premiums, they would reap extended ad vantages. Some desultory conversation followed, in which it was stated that at least half-a-dozen applications had been made to the full amount of the 500/. within the last fort night ; and he (Mr. Mullender) might state that the eminent banker, John Abel Smith, had introduced many clerks who wished themselves insured for 1,0001. each, but who, in consequence of the limitation of 5001, were obliged to go elsewhere. Mr. ITAWRES said that as the original Piles of the as sociation limited the insurances to 500/., he did not see that they were justified in raising them to 1,0001. It might be a different thing with rich companies, but they ought to remember that theirs was but a young concern, and therefore they ought to be cauti sus in their pro ceedings. Mr. WOODWARD said that was a mere matter of cal culation after all, and although it might not have been advisable at first to raise their policies to 1,000/., yet now that they were an established company, with a guaranted capital, he did not see why they should not do so. Mr. MAITLAND had to make one observation. He would beg leave to point out that one-third of the pro fits would after all go to the benevolent fund. Mr. RATTRAY said that a vast number of persons were lost to the society in consequence of the rule which limited them to 500/. insurances. If they amended the clause it would serve at once to add to the utility of the association and the benefit of those interested in it. Mr. Toon said that he thought the proposition a very good one, and he was of opinion that the principle should be promulgated as much as possible. He thought that it would be for the benefit of the associa tion that it should be advertised in the public papers. The Chairman said that if that proposition were in the form of a resolution it could be put after the first reso lution was carried. The CHAIRMAN said that he was very sorry that on this occasion his opinion did not coincide with those of the rest of his colleagues. It had not been his intention to destroy the unanimity of the meeting by stating his opinions before them, but, as it was the wish of the board that he should occupy the chair that evening, he felt bound to state that he did not by any means ap prove of the proposition before them. He had certainly given his friends due notice, and had sent them a state ment of his reasons for dissenting from their opinions. • Mr. PRICE said that some years ago, when the society was formed, the sum of 500/. was named as the extent of insurance, but it was understood that at a future period the sum might be increased. The chairman of the present meeting was at that time favourable to the proposition, and was well aware that the feeling of the association was to increase the amount of their in surance according to their ability. Mr. John Abel Smith, when he thought the association sufficiently sound, had been to ensure the lives of his clerks for sums as high as 1,000/. He was not able to extend the amountof his insurance so far as that sum, and therefore he was compelled to have recourse to another °Tee to insure a part of the same. It was obvious that this association was increasing rapidly in the insurance de partment, as in the year 1844, the benefit arising from that department was 143/. 115. 10d., in 1845 it was 159/. Gs. Bd., and in the present year it was 225/., giving an increase of nearly 100 per cent. on the first amount on the policies. Mr. BonitNE said that anything that had passed at the board of directors should have been kept a secret. If the association intended to carry out this increase, he thought that it was necessary that a certain number of policies should be received beforehand, so as to render the large policies in proportion to the small ones. All insurance offices depended on an average, and if any thing interfered with that average they were not safe. It was useless to adopt the present proposition unless they had a guarantee for such a number of policies as would keep up the average in their case. The Alliance Insurance Office had given 200/. to this association, under the impression that it would not interfere with their business. It could not be disputed that if they had thought that it would become a general office, and per haps in time interfere with their business, they would not have done so.— (Hear, hear.) Ile had perhaps said enough to convince the meeting that it would be neces sary to give it their strenuous opposition, and he would conclude by moving that the resolution be read that day six months. Mr. HOWDEN seconded the amendment, because he considered if they increased the amount to a 1,000/. that few Would avail themselves of it. Few even now availed themselves of the opportunity afforded to them of ex tending their policies to 500/.• indeed, the average was under 220/., and, besides, he did not believe a sufficient number would avail themselves of the rule to make its adoption worth their while. Mr. LLOYD said he was the principal means of ob taining 200/. for the institution from the Alliance In surance Company, but lie positively declared that that Company, in making the gift, required no pledge, or, in fact, was it either implied or thought of, that that so ciety should not do what business they pleased as an assurance company.—(Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN said it was his conviction that the society was not limited at its establishment, to confine its policies of insurance within 500/. A GENTLEMAN considered that if the Alliance Insu rance Company thought, when they gave this institu tion 2001, that they ultimately intended to establish an insurance-office on their own account, they would not have given it. Besides, he considered they were not in a position to take so hazardous a step at the present moment, and that they should wait a few years until their prospects increased, instead of competing with large establishments, possessed of great capital and in fluence. Then they might cripple the utility of the society by losing several thousands in the course of a. year, as they had only 5,000/. to fall back upon. He was insured for 500/., but very few of the members were insured to that amount, which, in itself, showed that the increased rate was not required. Mr. RATTRAP said, in the event of their finding the proposed maximum too great a responsibility, they might go to any assurance office in London, and desire them to take 500/. off, which he was satisfied would be acceded to, thus relieving them of the additional risk. After a short discussion, the original motion and the amendment were submitted to the meeting, when 28 voted for the former, and 28 for the latter. Mr. Bitowern then demanded a poll, on the ground that the Act of Parliament specified that three-fourths of the members present should be in favour of the adop tion of such a proposition. The demand was acceded to, and those in favour of the original motion took one side of the room, and those in favour of the amendment the other. The result showed that 32 voted for the ori ginal motion, and 15 for the amendment. The original motion, therefore, was lost. A vote of thanks having been given to the Chairman, and suitably acknowledged, the meeting separated. STAFFORD ELECTION. CASE OF CRIM. CON. NOUFO LK ClRCUlT.—Bedford, March 11. NISI PRIUS CUORT.— ( Before Mr. Baron PArtxt;; and a Special Jury.) • JOHN COULTAS V. TIMOTHY FISH FORD ROWER, CLERK. The trial of this cause was proceeded with at nine o'closk this morning, and the following witnestes examined for the plaintiff . Tnornes Hughes, examincl by Mr. O'MALLEY—I am a groom to the defendant, and have been for six years. 1 know the study. I have seen something in that study. It was in October last. It was through tha window ; in the evening, between eight and nine o'clock. Mrs. Barnes and Dr. Bowes were there. He had hold of her hand. She was sitting on the left hand of the fire, and he was standing at it. I heard him say, " Ile more uncomfortable you make Coultas the better. Try all you can to make his life miserable, and then perhaps lie will go and leave you, and then I shall have you to myself." I saw them again in November. He gave her wine in the room, and put his arm round her, and kissed her. He said, " I love you better than any one else in the world, and would make you a lady if Coultas would go clean ot, and leave you." (FROM OUR ONVN CORRESPONDENT.) STAFFORDi THURSDAY, 6 P sr.—The nomination for a Member of Parliament to supply the vacancy occasioned by the appointment of the Hon. Captain Carnegie took plat..* this day. At the last hour t co candidates ap peared to oppose the lion. Captain, namely, W. Sleigh, E-1., of Stamford-house, Chiswick, Middlesex, on the Protectionist interest, and Mr. Watkii,s as a member of the Anti-Corn law League, on the free-trade interest. In the course of the morn ing Mr. Neal., a barrister on the Oxford Circuit, offered to stand the contest, on condition that the whole of his expenses were paid ; but that offer was not ac cepted. The various candidates having been proposed and seconded, addressed the electors at great length,Cap ttin Carnegie dec!aring his attachment to the Ministerial measure, though ho declared his deiire to see a total and immediate repeal carried. Ire denied that he sup ported the present alteration in the corn duties, because it emanated from Sir Robert Peel, as he would as soon have supported them had they been brought in by Lord J. Russell, and if Sir Robert Peel could not carry this scheme, and Lord John could do so, he (Captain Car negie) would support Lord John, and endeavour to get it passed into a law. Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Watkins addressed the meeting. A show of hands was taken, and the choice fell upon Mr. Watkins, but that gentleman having declined the contest, and a poll being demanded for the other two candidates, it was determined by the Mayor to take the poll to-morrow (Friday). There is little doubt but Captain Carnegie will be returned by a large majority. Cross-examined by the ATTORNEY-GZNERAL—I swear that lam in the service of Dr. Bowes. I said I never saw Dr. Bowes have connexi:m with Barnes. It was a quiet night, I believe, in October. I put my face close to the window and heard perfectly what passed. These was a strong light, so that I could see well. Sarah Church—l live at Barton, and was at home on the Ist of December last. I saw the plaintiff and defendant in the road, and hea'•d Coultas say "That's a lie, Sir," to Dr. Bowes. Dr. Bowes slid, "I don't kni,w, Coultas, where she is gone, and I ult. on God to witness." That was between four and five o'clock. Coultas said, " That's a lie, Sir, you do know where she is gone." _ Sarah Anne Hill—l am the daughter of a stationer at :on. Dr. Bowes deals and writesletters there sometimes. the 4th or sth of December he was there in the afternoon. He bought a quire of note paper, and asked to write a letter on it. I saw hire take a sheet of paper and write on it, but I could not say whether it was in the form of a letter. He bought a Pictorial Times and Punch. The letter was then admitted to be the defendant's hand writing, as also the address of the Pictorial Times and Punch. The address was, "Mrs. Barnes, Mr. Jackson's, Stafford Arms, Wakefield." The letters given yesterday were then put in and read by the officer of the Court. This being the close of the plaintiff's case, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL addressed the jury for the de fendant in the following terms :—Everyone present must have observed how frightfully exposed all are to accusations which may ruin us, and how dependent we are on the fears of the depraved for escape from accusation. Advanced age, cha racter, benevolence, charity, and mildness have all been com bined in the person of the defendant, and yet he has not escaped the attacks of the plaintiff. How should we meet such a charge against ourselves ? Only by examining the cha racters of those who make it. The defendant has come into Court utterly ignorant of the circumstances on which this charge was to be founded—the times and dates by which false hood may be detected and exposel. We have been obliged to deal with the witnesses as they came before us, and thee to expose to you openly and candidly the whole household of D:. Bowes, calling before you all who could know .anything of his mode of life. On the part of the plaintiff it has been been represented that he had no proof of guilt until the 30th of November; and, from the shape of the case, it will be necessary to introduce to the jury facts and circumstances which have hitherto been concealed from view. In the first place, it is to be observed, that the age of the supposed para mour is such as to make this case one of the most novel cha racter, while that of the womanis no less remarkable, Mrs. Barnes being now no less than 54. Losses bowed the spirits and health of the defendant to the ground. By the advice of his medical man, Dr. Wilson, he was advised, to have some one who could be constantly at hand at all hours of the day and night. It has been suggested that it would have been far better that a male servant should have been selected; but do the jury agree in that view? If so, then the whole course of treatment at our hos pitals ought to be abandoned as a compl e te mistake. The cheice, however, having so naturally, and, as he insisted, properly fallen on Barnes, it was notorious throughout the whole house that she was in close attendance on her master, taking tea to him in the morning and gruel at night, and lacing a stocking which he was advised to wear . This was known full well to the plaintiff, who had seen it hundreds of times, and yet poison was to be extracted from these harmless ingredients. Besides this, the defendant, who was wifeless and childless, was anxious that the dull and heavy hours of night should be assisted by the presence of his old and va lued servant, who had shared his earlier griefs, and might best of all his household be summoned to his aid, for the purpose of whiling away the hours of a long evening. It has been said that this guilt has beenin course of operation for some time, but that it did not come upon the plaintiff with fall force till November 29, 1815. Now, t o un d ers t an d this case, it will be necessary to inquire into th e p ersona l his tory of the plaintiff, and it will be seen that h e h a d f or th e last six years become addicted to drink, and that in his fits of drunkenness he had behaved with brutal violence to all around him, and especially his wife. In 1843 he was bound over by Dr. Bland to keep the peace on a charge • by his wife. Oa tha t occasion Mary Hollett accused hint of an act of gross indecency ; and the plaintiff then, in the most foul terms,. accused his wife of infidelity with his master, and it is to be regretted that Dr. Bowes did not at once discharge him. It is, however, not to be wondered at that he could not bear to take steps which would deprive him of the . attendance and p resence o f one who was necessary to his comfort. H e did no t, there fore, discharge the plaintiff, and he passed over the matt er quietly, and so matters we nt on till January, 1844, when, on the occasion of an epide m y prevailing at Barton, she was re moved, under medical advice, to London, for change of air. Dr. Wilson has been challenged, and he will be produced to prove that all that Dr. Bowes wrote to the plaintiff was quite true. That letter was quite natural and correct, and it will be shOwn that Coultas was in town and slept in the room, though in a separate bed, with his wife. Oa the oc casion of that visit to town Coultas himself wrote several letters to the defendant, which fully showed that no iin proper connexion existed between the plaintiff's wife and the defendant, which were penned before that written by the defendant to him. The Learned Gentleman then read two letters, showing that no suspicion remained on his mind at that time, which was six months after the charge made by him when drunk in 1643, and proceeded to contend that no foundation existed for the suspicion of the plaintiff, for he would call the maid of the hotel in London and Dr. Wilson, who woull prove the circumstances under which the parties came to town. At one time he threatened to shoot her, and resorted to his gun, when, in August, 1845, she was about to go to see her mother at Wakefield. The case now ap proaches the critical period of November, 1E45 and the defendant will be able to show what took place on the 30th of that month. On that day, at 9 at night, Coultas came home quite mad with drink, and so conducted himself that his wife required Catherine Jewitt to sleep with her for her protection, and it will be shown that at night he insisted on being allowed to sleep with her. His conduct was so violent that the two women slept in their clothes, it being three o'clock in the morning before they crept to bed, and he was in some sort pacified. The following day she of her own ac cord went away from Burton, in the absence of Dr. Bowes, whom she and the gardener met on their way. Dr. Bowes sent his man after her to warn her of her husband's violent threats. These circumstances fully develop the innocence of the defendant and Mrs. Barnes. Now, it conld not have escaped observation, that no one pretends to say that the study door was ever locked. If, then, the defendant was in the habit of carrying on any improper intimacy with Barnes he might at any moment have been discovered and exposed in the very act, and the clearest possible proof adduced of their guilt. Then, again, it had been said by the witnesses Furness and Hinds that Mrs Coultas was in the habit of being drunk, and to the knowledge of Dr. Bowes; but though true that about two years since she had certainly been observed by the servants at times to be the worse for liquor, yet it does not appear that the defendant was aware of i:, and even if he were he might well be inclined to pass it over in remembrance of her former services. We now come to the direct evidence of this case, and the first remark which it calls forth is, that it is impos sible to meet it by contradictory evidence. It is a sort of case to which all men are exposed. The first person examined on this part of the case was Catherine Furness, who spoke to seeing her master and Mrs. Barnes come out of the bed room, after which she went in and observed that the bed bore two impressions. Now, if the parties had been guilty, there would have only been one impression ; but the next answer to -her evidence is the fact that the bed the doctor slept on was a mattress, and not a feather bed, so that there could not have been the impressions on it which she spoke of. Then comes Henry Smith, whose testimony must have prepared the jury for the observations and evidence which would be presented to them in answer and explanation to it. That man indeed says that he believes in a Supreme Being, I but what Being ? sit a Supreme Being who is the God of truth and punisher of falsehood ? Why, the devils believe and tremble, and so may he. This worthless man has the audacity to say that the defendant and Barnes, when in a room three or four feet from the kitchen-doer, talked so loudly as that he could distinctly hear them through the closed window. Is it credible ? Is It possible that it was truth ? He says that he looked through the blind. Now, since yesterday the window has been measured. The glass is 2 feet 11i inches wide, while the blind is actually 3 feet 1 inch wide ; so that it is quite impossible for any one to see through the window. Henry Smith must have therefore come at a critical moment, quite unprecedented in its op portunities for such watching. If true, intercourse took place in the study, though it would not appear to have been con templated by the Learned Counsel, who did not treat the conduct in the study as anything more than the preparation of an old man for the gratification of his lust at night. But the fact was accomplished in the study in the evening. Was not that enough for the plaintiff ? Yet he makes an appointment with the other brother, who is made to look through the defendant's bed-room win dow, and again to see the parties under circumstances which, if true, would admit of no doubt of guilt. As regards that piece of evidence, an experiment has been made since yes terday, and with the blind is the same s it ua ti on as it was on the night in question ; it has been discovered that it was absolutely impossible for any one to see what was going on in the room. One only other witness remains to be com mented on, the groom Hughes, a man, who was reluctantly compelled to admit that he had decamped from his master's service on Saturday, with his livery, in which he now ap peared, and yet he swore at first that h e was st ill i n the defendant's service. He speaks, however, to conversations which are from the very words put into th e mout h of the defendant, palpable inventions. In answer to this case the defendant will show the whole history of the plaintiff's con duct, and adduce every member of his household to prove for his acquittal.the utter falsebood of t he char g e br ought by him against his master; and when he shall have do ne so , t h e d efendant will imputed so beloved sink impugned his cha fNreaaecrvtleeerrs s; before ly an r d el h y ho o a sw n ct t ho h ue e l bajudgmentraeantihnofs so situated istp t u h i aceti suspicion and r so low as to practise the vice to him ? The duty i n t r usted to him had now been discharged, an d un d er cir cumstances as difficult as were ever experienced by any ad vocate. He trusted th at the jury would, ere l ong, see t h e i r way to a verdict in favour of his client, an d res t ore hi m to that peace of mind which was so essential to the happiness of age. His all was at stake on this is sue , an d h e f ear l ess ly relied on a triumphant acquittal at th e h an d s o f a j u ry so competent as that which was now empanelled between him and the plaintiff: Dr. Wilson, e xamined by Mr. Ser geant B YLES —I am a doctor of medicine, residing at 28, Dover -street, Piccadilly. I have known the defendant for many years, and the late Mrs. Bowes very well. On the 29th of April, 1839, I stayed Mrs. Bowes died on the then at Barton. After her ' health was moat distressing ned 28th of triln m a he r. consulted me, and required one2das death, night i at. J e uly, statenlfdoB r39oa part o sf r : tßieras next.e , livingday.slie constant attendance, and I recommended that some one should be constantly with him to amuse and watch him, and remove his fears as to the suspicions which he entertained as to his own symptoms. I frequently referred to Mrs. Barnes as the fittest person to be about him. She is about 55 or 54, and defendant's age is 69, 1 believe. I h a d o pp or t un ities of seeing their conduct while the defendant was in town. It was always proper and decorous. She was decent in her attire and manner, and consistent with her situation. Dr. Bowes used to wear an elastic stocking. He was suffering gl 'which was much swollen, from varicose veins in one le ,o him. icul ars. CAPABILITIES OF THE OREGON.—Referring to my journal for particular descriptions and for sectional boundaries between good and bad districts, I can only say, in general and comparative terms, that, in that branch of agriculture which implies the cultivation of grain and staple crops, it would be inferior to the Atlantic States, though many parts are superior for wheat; while in the rearing of flocks and herds it would claim a high place. Its grazing capabilities are great; and even in the indigenous grass now there, an element of individual and national wealth may be found. In fact, the valuable grasses begin within one hundred and fifty miles of the Missouri frontier, and extend to the Pacific Ocean. East the Rocky Mountains it is the short curly grass, on which the buffalo delights to feed (whence the name of buffalo), and which is still good even when dry and to all appearance dead. West of these mountains the grass is of a larger growth, in clusters, and hence the name of bunch grass, which has a second or fail growth. Plains and mountains both exhibit them; and I have seen a good pas turage at an elevation of 10,000 feet. In this spontaneous product the trading or travelling caravans can find subsit ence for their animals; and in military operations any num ber of cavalry may be moved and any number of cattle may be driven ; and thus men and horses be supported on long expeditions, and even in winter in the sheltered situations. Commercially, the value of the Oregon country must be great, washed as it is by the North Pacific Ocean, fronting Asia, p ro ducing many of the elements of commerce , mild and healthy in its climate, and becoming, as it naturally will, a thoroughfare for the East India and China trade.— Fremont's Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains. The Directors of the Orleans and Bordeaux Railroad Company are making every preparation for its being opened on the 23d inst. as far as Tours. The Princes have been in vited by the municipality of Tours, and many other per sonages by the Company. There will be a grand dinner in the Town-hall. Yesterday the carriage inteneed for the King and 'Royal family was taken to the Orleans station in Paris. It is painted deep blue, and has all the decorations of the Royal equipages with the crown on the top. The directors of the Messageries Royales have entered into a con tract with the Company for the conveyance of their dili gences to Tours, insuring it an annual receipt of not less than 800,000 f. as a minimum.— Gaiignani of Tuesday. A CANDIDATE FOR THE WEST RIDING.—We have heard some conversation in this neighbourhood as to the man to be proposed at the next general election as the col league of Lord Morpeth, and Mr. Cobden's name has been mentioned. We trust that this suggestion will find univer sal acceptance.— SheFeld Independent. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 13, 1846. and he was recommended to wear it fur some years past. In my opinion there was nothing improper in Mrs. Barnes lacing it. When she left I gave her directions to rest her feet as much .as possible, and remain in a recumbmt position. Matthew Benson, examine I by Mr. PRENDERGAST—Since June, 1841, 1 have attended the defendant's household. I have seen him and Barnes. I consider she conducted herself with the strictest propriety in the relation in which she stood to him. She gave him every attendance consistent with her situation, and in a modest and proper manner. In conse quence of the return of her fever, 1 told her I thought Dr. Bowes would have no objection to her going into the study and resting on the sofa, when opportunity would permit. She after that used to go there. I observed her manner towards Dr. Bowes then. It was becoming her situation. Cross-examined—l have seen her as cook, and I have at tended her in the defendant's bedroom. She cooked with entire propriety and decorum. When I advised her to re cline on the sofa, I did not tell her to do so in his presence. I never thought of whether he was absent or present. I have seen her on the sofa when I went to see her. It was generally early in the afternoon, and I frequently found her master out then. I advised her to go to the study as a warmer piece than the kitchen, and not exposed to draughts. I might have said that he was a very troublesome man to attend on by his servants, for he gave a great deal of trouble. A subsequent knowledge of his character has con vinced me that it all arose from the kindness of his heart and disposition. Anne Thomas, examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL—In 1843 I was chambermaid at the St. James's Hotel. Mrs. Barnes came there on the 28th of Decein'.ier. Dr. Bowes was stayine , there then. When she came she had a room on the seconSfloor. Dr. Bowes's room was on the first. When her husband came we put up a second bed in her room. He came on the sth of January and left on the 7:h, and again on the 9th, and left on the 23d. Dr. Bowes came on the 28th of December and left on the 30th. He came again on the Bth of January, and went on the 12th. Mrs. Worsup—! am sister of Dr. Bowes, and have visited him since 1812, when Barnes first lived with him. lie then required constant. attention by night and by day, and was not fit to be left alone. Barnes generally waited on him. tier attentions to him were satisfactory to me as a member of v the family. I looked up ut her as a superior person, and always shook bands with her when I went and left. I might do so to other servants, but not with the same cordiality. My husband and all the members of the family treated her aline. My brother had tea and gruel taken to film early and late, both at home and in my house, when my own maid took it By the JUDGE-My brother will be 69 next May. John Worsup—l married the sister of Dr. Bowes. This witness corroborated the last witness in all the essential par- Mr. Hill Wulli3, who married a sister of Mrs. Bowes, de- posed to the like effect. Miss Ottley—l am the sister of Sir R. Ottley, the late Chief Justice of Ceylon. I became acquainted with the de fendant's family more than twenty years ago. Barnes was always with them. The Rev. Dr. Bland—l am a magistrate of this county, and reside near Barton. I never saw anything of undue famili arity on either side. I know the two Smiths. I have had one of them before me several times on game cases. From what they said on those occasions I should say that they are very ready to swear, but I can't say that I would not believe them on their oaths. I have only seen Henry Smith, and I should have the same feeling with respect to him. Cross-examined—l never treated their oaths as a nullity, but issued summonses. Dr. Bowes was in the room when Coultas spoke of his being "over kind" to his wife. I very likely might have remonstrated with Dr. Bowes. Mary Hollett—l went to Dr. Bowes in June, 1842, for fourteen months. Barnes was there. Mrs. Barnes and I both made all the beds, ificluding the doctor's bed. The blinds in Dr. Bowes's bed-room were always down at night. I used to let them down. The curtains were always drawn round the bed in winter. I have been to the room when Barnes was there, and the study too. I knocked, but never knew the doors to be locked. Her conduct was always very respectful to him. He slept on a wool mattress. I never ascertained whether it would retain an impression if a person were to lie down. Mr. Barnes never to my knowledge stayed longer up stairs than was necessary for the Doctor to drink the tea. All the servants knew that they would very soon be wanted for prayers when Barnes went in to lace the Doctor's boots. _ _ Cross. examimd—l have taken tea up when Barnes was away. Coultas came into my bedroom, and wanted to get into bed with me. I screamed out, and Coultas went away. John Flo At—l am butler to Dr. Bowes, and have been in his service as footman and butler for 22 years. Barnes has been there all that time, and was very kind and attentive t) Mrs. Bowes. After her death I heard that she had left Barnes 3001. On the 29th of November Coultas went to bed at his usual time, between 9 and 10 o'clock. Barnes went to bed within an hour. I don't know that Coultas got up again. I slept nearly orer her bed - room. Whateve r was done in her room could be heard by the persons in his. On Sunday I heard a disturbance shortly after I got into my room. did not come down as I did not hear any violence. I heard high language for a time, but I did not get up. When the blind is drawn down in the regular way it is impossible for any one to ses into the room. There are two birdcages which always stand on the window-till, and help to prevent any one looking in. The blind is wide enough to cover the whole glass. When the blinds up stairs are down and turned in the usual way it. is not possible to see into the room. A ladder placed on the flag-stones would enable you to reach the window. I never knew of the study-door being locked or bolted. She never assumed that familiarity which ser vants might assume who had been improperly connected with their masters. Cross-examined—Since Barnes has left I tried the study blinds and bed-room blind. No one told me; but I heard it said it had been seen through. I told Mr. Turner. I put my eye close to the glass and could not see distinctly. I tried the bed-room at a different time. 1 tried the bed-room in the daytime and the study in the nighttime. I have taken up my master's tea to him since Barnes went away, and his gruel too. Caroline Jewett—l have lived for a twelvemonth past with D. Bores. Coultas used to get drunk frequently, and used low, disgusting language, when drunk. I never knew them sleep together. When he was drunk and abusive she has asked me to sleep with her. I remember her leaving on the Ist of November, and the night of the Saturday before. Barnes was making some cloaks for the Sunday-school chil dren when he came home, between nine and ten o'clock. He took his candle and went to bed. 1 saw him on the next night at a quarter-past nine. He attended prayers, and went out for two minutes. He sat down with his ac count book. Barnes asked me to sleep with her that night. When I was partly undressed Coultas knocked at the door. I asked what he wanted. lie said he wanted to come in, and I opened the door. He said he had come to sleep with his wife, and ordered me to walk out of the room. I told him I would not go. Mrs. Coultas had wished me to sleep with her, and I would. He attempted to turn me out, and I resisted. He began to undress, and said wherever she slept, she was his wife, and he would sleep with her in what ever room of the house it was. Mrs. Coultas got with her back against the door, and I pulled his collar. I then pulled the bell for my fellow-servants, and Mr. Coultas got out. I took some of the clothes to her which she had taken off. Coultas followed me down to the kitchen and swore at his wife, who was there, and called her a w—. I said if she was what he called her he was no man to sleep with her. He said, " What would my father think if another men went to sleep with my mother?" I said, "If my mother was what he represented his wife to be, my father would not wish to sleep with her, and that a man of his years, who had been to church twice, ought to set us a better example. He said he would take her away, and make her work for her bread like any one else, and then he went up to her room, after which he went to his own. Martha Pcirce—l was housemaid in November last, at Barton, and made the beds with Barnes. Master sleeps on a plaid mattress. It is not easily impressed, but it is hollow in the middle. An impression could not easily be made on the sides. On the Sunday I heard a noise at night, and heard the bell go. (This witness then spoke to the same facts which had been proved by the last one.) The bed-room was put into the usual condition, the blind down as usual, and the Led in the same place. I got into the bed, and was outside too. The light was the same as usual, which is rush light. Besides that there was a candle on the table, and we moved it about in the room. There was a ladder outside. I looked through too. When I was outside, I could not see any thing in the room through the blind. I let it down en the 29th of November. It was my business. I stationed my. self in the room, and placed the blind as it usually was. Cross-examined--I put the bed-room blind down every day. I can't say when I was first asked about the blinds. It might be a week ago ; and I remembered the 29th, because that was the day before Mrs. Barnes went away. Mr. Foxon—l ant deacon of the Baptist Chapel at Barton, and deputy-overseer of the poor. I used to go to the Doctor's. Never had any difficulty in getting into the study but once. I went over last night and measured the blind of the bed room window. We made experiments. Mr. Godfrey told the girl Peirce to place the blinds as they generally were when the Doctor was at home. I went up the ladder, and looked through. By putting your head down you could just see the top of the bedstead. I tried every lath to the top of the ladder, and could only see the top of the bedstead. We began at the bottom of the blind. I went to the study also, and observed that the blind covered the window completely. I put my face to the window, and could not see beyond the glimmer of the lights. When the blind was down it covered the whole of the glass and the window-sill. Mr. Godfrey, the clerk to the defendant's attorney, stated to the same effect the result of the trials made last night at the defendant's house. Mr. Ganson, an attorney at Wakefield, proved that he Was consulted by Mr. Coultas in August and December last. William Blott, George Warren, and others were called to prove that they knew the Smiths, and would not believe them on their oaths ; but on cross-examination their testi mony fell short of any satisfactory reason for their opinions on the subject, and indeed many of these parties had given the Smiths certitlcates and testimonials of character. Mr. Turner, one of the defendant's attorneys, was next examined, and stated that he had seen William Smith and Hughes at various tim:s, in order that he might ascertain what they knew of the matter. William Smith said that he knew nothing wrong between the Doctor and Barnes; that he knew nothing about it. Hughes said, " I know nothing about it ; lam glad of it." He denied that he was a witness for the plaintiff, or that he had been subpoenaed by him. I did not hear him say that he would not say anything unless he was compelled or forced to do so. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then put in the letters of Coultas, which he had read in his speech, and thus closed his caso. Mr. O'MALLEY then replied at great length on the whole case, and Mr. Baron PARSE having summed up the evidence on both sides to the jury, they ultimately found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 2504 at the hour of three o'clock in the morning. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN CIRCUIT. —Salisbury, March 11. CROWN COURT.—( Before Mr. Baron Rou's.) SHOOTING A GAMESIEEPEIL—Richard Coy, John Cox, Henry Cox, William Crook, and William Frawkins, were in dicted for shooting at Joshua Bell with a gun loaded with gunpowder and leaden shot, with intent to kill and murder him. 11Ir. Slade and Mr. Hodges conducted the prosecution. Mr. Stoue defended Crook and Hawkins. The other pri soners were undefended. Mr. SLADE having stated the case to the jury, called Joshua Bell—l am ga►nekeeper to Mr. Bruges. His name is William Heald Ludlow Bruges. I have been keeper to him sixteen years. In November la3t I had an assistant named Pouting. On the 17th I went out with him to watch at half-past eleven. 1 had a stick with me to protect myself. I never carried fire-arms at night. We came to a cover called the Morass cover, where pheasants were. This was between twelve and one. I heard a gun fired, and walked towards the cover. Before I got there I heard a second gun. That was in the cover. I saw the man who fired the shot by the flash of the gun. I heard a bird fall. Pouting and I went along the side of the cover, and went in. I then heard a third gun. We went towards the spot where the sound came from. I saw a man in about eminute. His back was towards me. He was walking and looking up. I walked towards him as fast as I could. He jumped round, and up with a gun and shot at me. My hand then touched the muzzle of the gun. The charge blew the cuff of my COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert took an airing in an open carriage, towards King's Keys, on Wednesday afternoon. The Royal Family were taken airings in the plar.- tations of Osborne House. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party at Osborne House. Yesterday morning her Majesty and her Royal Con sort took their accustomed early walk. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice were taken their accustomed walks and rides on the beach yesterday forenoon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, and Sir George Couper, Bar:., left Witley Court, Worcestershire, the residence of her Majesty the green Dowager, at a quarter before nine o'clock yesterday morning for the Droitwich Station, and travelled to town vie/ Birmingham and Gloucester, and London and Birmingham Railways. Her Royal Highness proceeded from the Euston-square terminus to her residence, Clarence House, St. James's, at halt past four o'clock. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took an airing in a carriage on Wednesday, in the vicinity of Witley Court. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House. Colonel Nicholl, R. E., had an interview with Mr. Secretary Gladstone yesterday, at the Colonial.otfice. Lady Elizabeth Fielding expired yesterday morning, at her residence in Sackville-street. _ _ _ - The Marquis and Marchioness of Queehsberry left Farrance's hotel yesterday, for their seat, Kinmount, Dunzt SPORTING IWTELLIGENCE. TAT FERSALLS—YEsTF,Rnay. The change in the Chester Cup quotations are few in num ber, affecting only Clumsy, Hope, and the Magnet, and that in a alight degree Clumsy fluctuated between 22 and 25 to 1, cloding at the solider odds, and the Magnet from 50 to 1 to 40 to 1, leaving off' in request with two or three parties. The other horses mentioned were backed at the previous quotations, and only to moderate amounts. A few blows werit struck on the Derby, but to no other effect than to give Brocardo a lift of a couple of points Closing prices:— CHESTER CUP. 8 to 1 agst Wadlow's lot 16 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Sweetmeat —taken 22 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentiuck's Clumsy 25 to 1 agst Mr. E. R. Clarke's The Baron—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Wotfenthn's Miss Burns—taken 25 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Best Bower—taken 27 to 1 agst Mr. Thompsou's Hope—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Hesseltine's Fitz Allen 40 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Arthur—taken 40 to 1 agst Capt, Peyton's the Magnet-50,t0 1 taken 50 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Discord—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. 11. Stebbing's Billy Pubis—taken 50 to I agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Intrepid 1,000 to 15 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Rose of Cashmere—t 1,000 to 15 agst Lord Miltown's Duc-an-Durras 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's The Libel DERBY. 9 to 2 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting—taken 15 to 1 agst General Shubrick's Brocardo—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Tibthorpe—taken 2,000 to 60 agst Mr. Ramsey's Malcolm—taken I,OJO to 15 agst Mr. R. J. Mostyn's The Premier—taken 1,000 to 20 agst Mr. Weatheral's Poynton—taken 2,000 to 40 agst Mr. Worthington's gliarston—taken 900 to 100 agst lago and Brocardo—taken OAKS. 18 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Queen Anue—taken 18 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentincles Princess Alice—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Latiy Cecilia—taken 20 to 1 agst Duka of Richmond's Cuckoo—taken 9 to 1 agst Lady Cecilia and Princess Alice— taken SOUTHAMPTON MARCH 11.—CHARGH OF FORGERY.-- .A case of forgery has, during the past week, occupied the attention of our borough justices, and excited a large amount of interest in the town. The fasts of the case are simply these :—Oa Friday week last, a lad presented a cheque for 381. 18a. at the bank of Messrs. Atherly and Fall, purporting to be drawn by Mr. Cooper (a brewer of the town) on Mr. J. Roe (a builder). The cashier paid the boy in 51. notes, sovereigns, and silver, and the cheque vas shortly afterwards discovered to be forged. On DifoA-. &lay morning one of the 51. notes was paid into the bank 'with other moneys by the toll-collector of the pier, and inquiries being made, the note was traced back to the possession of a man named Robert Hazleden, who changed it on Saturday morning at the Pier Hotel. In answer to inquiries, Hazleden said that on 'Friday afternoon a man accosted him in the street, asking :hbn to give him change for two notes, which he did; that he subsequently changed one of the notes at the Pier Hotel , and the other at the Union Hotel. The clerk of the bank accompanied Hazleden to the latter hotel, and the :note was discovered to be another of those obtained on the :forged cheque. Subsequently, the other five notes were found by some boys in a ditch, which ditch the prisoner and bank clerk passed in going to the latter hotel. Hazleden was consequently gicen into custody, and underwent two (examinations before the magistrate. In the mean time the boy who carried the cheque to the bank came forward, and being taken to the gaol where the prisoner was confined, immediately selected him as the man who gave him the .cheque. He said that the prisoner met him in the street, and offered him a shilling if he would take the cheque to get it cashed ; that lie obtained the cash, and gave it to the prisoner. A former employer of the prisoner proved the great similarity between his writing and that on the cheque. The prisoner was committed to take his trial at the next Summer Assizes. On the evening of Monday last, a fire broke out in Lochend House, the seat of Sir George Warrender, Bart. It at one time bore a most alarming aspect; but, happily, by the prompt measures use., it was speedily got under, and finally extinguished. The house was full of company at the time. The fire seems to have been occasioned by overheating the flues in the scullery room, and thereby igniting the sur• rounding lath and other combustible materials.—Edinbuigh Advertiser. • FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE MILLWALL CHEMICAL Worms.—Yesterday evening, Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Blue Lion, Montague-street, Spitalfields, on the body of James Barclay, aged sixty years. Deceased was a labourer at Messrs. Pontifcx's chemical works, at Millwah, Poplar. On Tuesday fortnight he was, as usual, attending some portion of the machinery driven by steam, having to stand on a plank elevated a few feet from the ground, when he turned giddy, and, in endeavouring to preserve his balance, his hand caught in the cogs of one of the wheels, by which he was much lacerated. He was taken to the Dreadnought hospital-ship, where the wound was dressed, and he was subsequently attended at home by a medical gentleman, but erysipelas supervened, and he died OR Sunday last. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental Death." - - FUNERAL OP THE MURDERED POLICE-CONSTABLE. The funeral of police-constable J. nestle, of the R division, who died on Saturday last, in Guy's Hospital, from injuries he received, took place yesterday, in the burial-ground of St. Paul's Church. A vast concourse of persons had assembled, the streets through which the mournful procession passed being lined on each side ; and it was only by great exertion that admission could ho obtained to the church, which, on the 'opening of the gates, was thronged in every part. Two brothers a the deceased, abd. nearly one hundred policemen of the R division, followed the coffin, the rear of the procession being brought up by Inspector Douglas, and Mr. Burton, the usher of the Police-court. The pall was borne by six sergeants, carrying white wands; and a private of the force carried the hat and staff of the murdered man. The arrangements were under the superintendence of M r. Vallileau, the superintendent of the division, who also accompa nied Ilastie's remains to the grave, when the funeral service wa read by the Rev. B. S. Fflnch, rector of the parish, in a most lin s pressive manner. STRANGE SCARCITY OF RATS. —During the last few days lane full-grown rats have been fetching the extraordinary high price of ninepence each, in consequence of the scarcity and consider able difficulty in procuring a sufficient quantity for the various rat matches which take place every week. It is a singular fact that rats are now much dearer than rabbits, and in one instance last week, where 200 rats were killed, the principal portion averaged tenpence each. They are chiefly caught at the horse slaughter houses in St. George's-fields, Southwark. The expected rupture with America does not prevent the flow of enilgration to the United States. The American liners during the last month carried out upwards of 400 emigrants from London to New York. On Thursday afternoon, at high water, the New York packet-ship Gladiator, of 700 tons burthen, was hauled out of the St. Katharine's Dock, with 140 paisengers on board, con sisting chiefly of agriculturists from Suffolk and Norfolk, who intend to settle in the far west. The Gladiator has also taken out a very fair cargo of British manufactured goods. THERE is GREAT VIIITUE IN AN "IF."--The Liver pool Courant informs its readers that the Duke of Portland has offered to head a subscription list with 25,0001. " IF an effective plan can be devised to thwart the unconstitutional proceedings of the League," In other words, his Grace has wagered 25,0001. to nothing that the League is irresistible. MAIL CART ACClDENT.—Yesterday afternoon, be tween live and six o'clock, the mall cart driver, accompanied by the guard, was proceeding to the General Post-office, driving the mail cart, which was heavily laden. On arriving opposite St. Giles's church, and passing over the wooden pavement, the horse fell, and the driver and guard were thrown out, and the letter-bags were strewn over the street. Assistance was immediately rendered, and the guard and driver were conveyed to Mr. Fitzpatrick, a surgeon, in High-street. The guard was severely injured. The mail bags were forwarded in cabs to Vac Post-office. The horse, on bang got up, suddenly dashed on to the foot pavement, through the crowd, knock ing nine or ten persons down, several of whom were injured. DEATH OF TWO NURSES IN WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL. —On Thursday one of the nurses of the hospital of Westminster, in York-street, expired in the new institution at the Broad Sanctuary, from fever caught while in attendance on another nurse, who is also deceased. It appears that during last week, the latter, who had been attending to a patient attacked with fever of a typhus character, was herself taken suddenly ill, apparently suffering from the same malady. Everything was done for her by the medical officers and the other nurse, but she ultimately expired. Her attendant was in the same way attacked, and, as abeve stated, yesterday expired from the same cause. A SLIGHT MISTAKE.--The police of the Holy See of Rome have lately seized, as dangerous to the State, all the copies of two works on Galvanism, under the idea that they related to Calvanism. TERRIBLE.—It is said that a man in New Orleans was so cross-eyed that in trying to get to _sleep he wrung his neck off.—ilmerican paper, coat to pieces, and went into my coat and through it. The powder went into my hand, and also set fire to my shirt. [The clothes were here produced.] I looked round and saw another man, and he fired. I dropped as the gun went off. I couldjust see the gun up in the direction towards me. I heard it. go off. I attended a few days after—more than a week after—and pointed out the spot to Hill. After the second shot was fired I went to the man who first shot and took him by the collar. He hollowed in a shrill voice like a boy—" Look out, the are here." I called out for Pouting, who came up. Punting struck the man that at first tired upon the side of the head with a short swingel. He had a " Jim Crow" hat. Then I struck him with this stick on the head, and the "Jim Crow" hat fell off: I did not hear him say any thing. It was the same man who shot the second gun. He came and struck me with the butt-end of the gun on the arm twice. I was holding the man. I know that Harry Cox was also one of them. Four of them came back, and three of them asked if I knew them. I said, " No." I could not see ; the blood was running into my eyes and my mouth, and I wiped it away. One of them said, " Kill him." Then I received a blow on the back part of my head, which knocked me down and made me insensible. When I came to myself I heard Ponting speaking. I crawled on to some sticks, and laid hold of them and raised myself up. Guns were fired after and during the affray, close round us. I then blew my whistle-pipe. Then I heard the wood crack as if they were getting out; and voices crying out, " Come on," and the like of that. • I and Ponting, went to Fanner Webb's house. He washed the blood off me, and one of his men helped me home. I could not walk home by myself. When I got home the surgeon attended me, Mr. Plimmer. Was confined to my bed a fortnight. Henry am the son of Joshua Bell. On the morn ing of the 18th I went to the " Morass" cover. My father directed me where to go. I found a swingel and a gun• bar rel close to An oak-tree, a rammed, also a black "Jim Crow," hat and a brown cap, a piece of lead attached to a piece of leather, and a powder horn. The policeman Hill was with me. The piece of lead with the leather fits to the handle now shown me. George Hill, the policeman, corroborated the last witness as to the finding the articles, and then stated that he found marks of shots on an oak-tree and on another tree. He took shots out of the trees. The marks appeared to be recent. In one tree the marks were two feet nine inches high from the ground, and in the other one foot. He also heard reports of guns on the night • in question in the direction of the " Morass" cover. James Wright—l am a superintendent of police. I went to Stephen Cox's house on the 19th of November. Harry Cox was in. He was sitting by the fire bathing his eye. It was cut and much swollen. It was the left eye. Jolta Cox then came in, and afterwards Richard. I took them into custody. The hands and faces of them were much scratched. I searched the house and found the stock of a gun brass mounted, also two jackets bloody, one very wet, a good many pheasants' feathers in the pockets; also a smock frock with spots of blood on it. This was also wet, but not so wet as thjacket. When I took the gun stock- John Cox said, "What are you going to do with that? It is mine, I bought it and paid for it." W. King—l am a policeman stationed at Steeple Ashton. I went with the other officers to take the Coxes. I saw spots of blood on the breast of John Cox. I searched Harry Cox. I found on him a handkerchief stained with blood, and some percussion caps. Before this I had seen Richard Cox wear ing a sealskin cap and a smock frock It is similar to this (pointing to one shown him). This was on the 19th. I also saw Harry Cox wearing a round hat like this. On the 20th I searched at Maddox's shop, and found a gun barrel and a stock of a gun. They did not match. It was lying under the window. The next day I found a gun barrel in Maddox's workshop. Alfred King was recalled, and identified the caps found in the cover as having been worn by Harry and Richard Cox. Barnett also spoke to the same fact, and also to one of the guns being Harry Cox's. Mr. Phelps .was then called—lie stated he was agent to Mr. Bruges, and proved his occupation of the cover in question. This concluded the case for the prosecution. Mr. STONE addressed the jury for the prisoners Crook and Hawkins, and contended, first, that there was no evidence that the guns were fixed off intentionally, and even if they were, there was no evidence to show that the prisoners whom he defended had any common intention with the persons firing off the guns to injure the gamekeeper. Mr. Baron ROLFE then summed' up the case to the jury. The jury, after taking some time to deliberate, returned a verdict of Guilty against John Cox, Harry Cox, and Richard Cox ; but Acquitted Hawkins and Crook. - . .:The Learned JUDGE then sentenced them to be transported be3'ond the seas for the term of twenty years. Hawkins and Crook were then indicted for night poach ing, to which charge (under the advice of their counsel, Mr. Stone) they pleaded Guilty. ; 4 - Hawkins was recommended to mercy on the part of the prosecution. •The Learned JUDGE then sentenced Crook to be impri soned for eighteen calendar months, with hard labour, and Hawkins to twelve months. (Before Mr. Justice ELME presiding in the Nisi Prins COurt.) John Sharp was indicted for having feloniously incited one William Sturgis, to steal two Bank of England notes, a promissory not for 50'., a quantity of sovereigns and half sovereigns, and a watch, the property of one Elizabeth Sturgis, from her dwelling-house, in the parish of Codford St. Peter's, in this county, The prisoner pleaded Not Guilty. The jury, after a few minutes' deliberation, returned a ver dict of—Not Guilty. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, March 11. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) Joseph Hodkin, aged 18, and Joshua Eastwood, of the same age, were indicted jointly, the former for having, on the 27th of February last, at Ecclesfield, in the West Riding, feloni ously shot at, with intent to murder, one Thomas (heaves, and the latter for being feloniously present, aiding, abetting, and assisting Hodkin in the commission of the said felony. The offence was variously stated in the indictment, the several intents, to murder, to maim, to do some grievous bodily harm, &c., bring laid in several counts. Mr. Overend (with whom was Mr. Smith) appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Bliss defended the prisoners. The prosecutor himself; in consequence of the injuries he has sustained, was too unwell to be a witness; but from the evidence of Mary Ann Walker, 011ershaw, and Jiro. Booker, the servants, it appeared that on the 26th February the two prisoners came to the prosecutor's house, where they sat down for some time and had some beer, and behaved them selves quite quietly. On the next day, the 27th, they came again, and were in the house in the same room with the family, during the time when the latter were at their dinner. They were not intoxicated ; they had two pints of beer between them, and some bread and cheese. The prosecutor and his wife, together with the two men-servants, sat at one table, the maid-servant and the two children at a separate table, and the prisoners were together at a third. The pri soners carried sticks with them, but of no extraordinary size or shape. They were rough sticks; the larger apparently on oaken hedge stake, about an inch and a halt' in diameter. Before the family had finished their dinner one of the pri sonerswasheard to say, "Let's sup up and go." Upon that they both arose, and at that moment Booker, who sat with his back to the prisoner's table, received a blow as with a stick, by which he was knocked clown. This witness heard no shooting, being, as he said, "maddled"—stupified, or made dizzy by the blow. He got up quickly, but was alarmed from the attack made upon him, and inmediately ran out of the house and into a plantation. The female servant, whose position was such as to enable her to observe more, stated that she saw the prisoners as they got up. She saw Bodkin pull a pistol out of his pocket, hold it towards the prose cutor's left cheek, as if to take aim at him, and fire it, when the prosecutor became wounded in that cheek. Having done so, Bodkin made his escape, and he was not captured till some time afterwards. The prisoner Eastwood did not get away. He was instantly seized by the other man servant, who, being much stronger than - the prisoner, brought him down upon the floor, and there " jowled" him a good deal, after which he was pinioned and kept in custody. East wood, while in the hands of 011ershaw and on the floor, called out, saying, " Let me alone, master, I'll tell you the truth • we meant killing you, and robbing the house." A pistol loaded with powder and ball, was found in this pri soner's pocket. llodkin carried off with him the one which he had fired, and the latter pistol resembled the one found upon Eastwood in point of size. Mr. Jonathan Barber, assistant to Mr. Overend, surgeon, of Sheffield, stated that he had attended the prosecutor upon the occasion of the wound he had received. It was a pene trating wound, about the middle of the left cheek. It per forated through the cheek, and there was a wound in the pallet. One tooth had been knocked out, the second tooth from the back on the upper jaw. There were remains of gun powder upon the face which had penetrated the skin. The wound was such as would be caused by a bullet. Witness discovered no ball, however. It was a matter of knowledge that bullets may get behind muscle and remain undisco vered. The prosecutor was doing well, and in all probability he mig'at recover. His LORDSHIP, in summing up, observed to the jury, that they would first have to determine whether the prisoners had committed the acts alleged, and next, whether with any of the intents specified. His Lordship then went through the whole of the evidence, suggesting to the jury that they would have to decide whether the act of shooting were done with intent to murder, or with some other of the intents laid in the indictment. The jury deliberated for a minute or two, and found both the prisoners guilty of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm. The Learned JUDGE, in passing sentence, told the prisoners that one of the charges upon which 4hey itad been tried was a charge which, if it had been established against them, would have caused them to be capitally convicted, and to lose their lives. It was not easy to arrive at any other conclusion than than that they were guilty on the capital che e r whole, however, his Lordship thought thatrst,hr by the jury was the right one. The p s r e is v o e ir e was, punishment for oinvZiwnottalkoesen that they be their lives, but they wouldpisuuliffstrm,eaaernst. their offence ; and that severally transported for fourteen ) POLICMEA RY IN L T EBONE. ELLIGEN CE. COMMITTAL OF Di FO!I BIGAMY.—On Thurs day Dr. De Pratt, residing in Mortimer-street, Cavendish square, was placed at the bar for examination, before the sitting magistrate, Mr. Long, on a charg e of bigamy. Mr. Humphrey's clerk Intimated to the magistrate that the parties were now desirous of withd raw i ng the charge. Mr. LON G , 11l reply, observed that if the witnesses on the former occasion, of the 12th ult., h a d spoken the trut h, an d of which he could see no reason to deubt, he felt that it would be his duty to send the matter before a jury. The depositions taken on th e 1 3t h o f F e b ru ary were or dered to be read over by the chief clerk, Mr. Fell. This was done, and it appeared that on the 234 of April, 1841, the prisoner was married at St. James's, Clerkenwell, to Mary Anne Caroline Pocock, and that on the 3d of Ja nuary last lie was married at All Sotils' Church, Marylebone, to a female named Mary Anne Melville. The required proof as to both marriages ‘ was given, but the second wife was not in Court. Ihe charge was originally preferred by Charlotte Pocock, a sister of the first wife, who it was proved was living at the period of the last marriage. The prisoner was committed for trial, and the magistrate refused to accede to the application of Mr. Clarkson that he (prisoner) might be allowed to give bail for his appearance at the Central Criminal Court. WESTMINSTER. INIIUMAN CONDUCT OF A MOTHElL—Rosetta Thomas, a dissipated, wretched-looking creature, who has been in cus tody upwards of ten days, charged with horrible cruelty to her infant, was brought tqi before the magistrate. It may be necessary to state, that the child having died since the prisoner's apprehension, the coroner has held an inquest upan the body, and that a verdict of " Died from natural causes," has been returned. The facts of the case are briefly these :—The prisoner was at Watson's, the Angel, in Great Chapel•street, Westmin ster, on Monday evening week, in a state of intoxication, and going to fight with another woman, threw her child down, with violence, upon the floor. On its beieg picked up by another female, the inhuman mother seized it from her arms, and lifting it to her mouth, bit it in the kg; the wound bled very much, and prisoner's mouth and her shawl were covered with the poor infant's blood. The child was taken to the workhouse, where, although every care and attention was paid to it, it expired on Saturday morning. The Magistrate dealt. with the wretched woman for an assault, and inflicted the highest penalty he was allowed to impose —a tine of N., and, in default, ;he world be com mitted for two months to hard labour. She was sent to prison-. _ GREEN WICH. Louisa Miler, a ;ou ' ngTV;;111a11 - s OT •ery genteel appear ance, was brought before Mr. Jeremy, charged with break in; open a caeh box, and stealing therefrom a ten-porn d Bank of England note, and about four pounds in silver, at: property of John Baker, the landlord of the Castle Inn, Brockley, Lewisham. Mr. Baker deposed that the prisoner had been stopping at his house until a suitable situation could be procured for her. This he had permitted, at the particular request of the pri soner's father, whom he had known for many years. Wit ness missed the contents of the ca s h-b ox on the 25th of February. Had seen it safe the preceding day in his bed chamber. It was fastened with a padlock. The prisoner left the house suddenly on the day the property was missing, 'withkut notice, or expressing the least intention of so doing. Ups the evidence adduced the prisoner was then fully committed for trial. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Mexen 12. STOCK EXCHANGE -The sales are-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 3 p.-Clitheroe Junction, 1 dis.-Derby and Crewe, 2% p.-Grand Junction, 212!; x d and n. -Grand Union, 3-4 dis.-Great Grimsby and Sheffie:d Extensioe, par-Goole and Don. caster, % p.-Iluddersfield and Manchester, V. Its. Gd. p.-Hudders field and Sheffield, 6% F. Liverpool and Bury, 124 p.-Ditto, New Shares, 1N p.-Leeds and Liverpool Direct, !4 dis.-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 21i p.- London and Birmingham, Quarters, 24 p.-London and York, •%. p.-Manchester and Birmingham, Quar ters (It), 7!I p.-Ditto (C), ' Gig p.-Manchester and Leeds Exten sion, p.-Manchester and Southampton, ni p.-Midland Stock, 144% -Mold Junction, 1% dis.-Northumberland and Lancaster, 114 dis.-North Staffordshire, p.- Oxford and Birmingham, 1‘ p.- Oxford, Southampton, and Gosport, 19s. Gd. dis.- Sheffield anti Man chester, 120-Ditto, Quarter Shares, s!c s p.-Ditto, No. 3, 2!,', Seuth-Eastern, New Half Stares, !,; p.-West Riding Union, 2/. Gs. 3d. p.-Newry and Warren Point, 11,4 IL-Dutch Rhenish, - 1 Paris and Lyons, Con., 4 1 ,4 p. MANCHESTER, MARCH 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sates are -Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 214 p.-Blackburn, Clitheroe, and North Wales, 114 dis.- Blackburn, Damen, and Bolton, New, 1-15 dis.-Clitheroe Junction, dis.-Derby and Crewe, p. -East Lancashire, No. 1,3 N p.- East LincolnsWe, 3.; p.--Great Grins-by and Sheffield, Extension, t dis.-Lancaster and North York-hire, dis.-Liverpool, Orms kirk, and Preston, 1;;, p.-London and Manchester (Rem.), 345. die. - London and Windsor, % dis.-Maiichester, Buxton, and Matlock, 1/,/i p.- Manchester and Sinithampton, !;, p.-North Eastern, 11. i dis.-North Western, % p.-Preston and Wyre, Halves (B), 1 p.- Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, I t p.-Sheffield and M anekes ter, Quarters (N - 0.3), 21i P.-South Midland, 1- p.-South Eastern anti Dover, Halves (No. 4), p.-West Riding Union, 2% p. MARCII 12. STOCK EXCHANOE.-The sales are-Manchester and Leeds, Fifth Shams, 191. I9s. p. c.-Ditto, Extensions, 34i p.-East Lancashire. No. 2 (late Accrington), 2% p.-Great Grimsby and Sheffield Extensinns, 4s. Gd. dis.-liuddersfield and Sheffield, 7 p.-Leeds and Thirst:, 10s. dis.-Newcastle and Berwick, 19'.;-London and York, 3/. 35.-Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 255. dis.-Direct Northern, 11. His. 6d.-West Riding Union, 4/. 1 Is.-Birkenhead, Chester, and Mold, ±7s. 6d. dis.-Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland, 10s. die.- East Lincolnshire, 1 1 A -Grand Union, 10s. dis.-Leeds and Liver pool Direct, 3s. dis.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, I Is. dis.-North Western, 15s. p.-South Midlands, 21s. Gd. p.-Welsh Midlands, 1 IA . HULL, MARCH 12. STOCK EXCHANOE.-The sales are-Hull and Selby, Half Shares, 26-North British, Half Shares, 21.35. 6d.-Derby and Gninsborough, 12s. 6,1.-111111 and Barnsley Junction, 265. 3d.-Liverpool and Leeds, 2.4 -North Staffordshire, 51.95. 6d. SHEFFIELD, MARCH 12. STOCK Exensxne.-The sales are-Leeds. Wakefield, and Mid land, 1/ 9s. 6d.- Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 2; 2 - Manchester and Lincoln Union and Canal, 1/. 175.-North Western, IL 125.-Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 425. HUDDERSFIELD, MAECH 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Manchester and Birmingham, New Quarters, 9 1 4-North British, New, 81 -Huddersfield, litalfax, and nradford Union, 4/. 6s. 6d.-Leeds and Liverpool Direct, 2/. 12s. Gd.-NorthnWestern, 12s. fxl. p.-London- and York, 31. 25.- West Riding Union, 4% -Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Proton, 4. YORK, M ARCH 12. STOCK EXCHINGE.-The sales are-London and York, Si-Man chaster, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 3/. 145.-Newcastle and Berwick, 191;-Neweastie and Darling - tan Extensions, 9!-North British, Carlisle Extell3loll, 21i-Welsh Midland, 11. 3s. 6d. EDINBURGH, MARCH hi. SToea ExctiaxnE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 81.-Aberdeen. Banff, and Elgin, it. 145.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 21. -Arin - oath and Forfar, 281. 10s.-Ditto, Halt' Shares, Wt.-Armagh and Portrttsh, 11.-Ayr and Dunifries, 2/. Gs.-Ayr and Galloway, 1/. 10s.-Ayr shire tun' Bridge of Weir, V.-Banffshire, 11.-Belfast and County Down, 2'.-British and Irish Union, 21. 7s. 6d.-Caledonian, ex new, 101. 155.-Ditto, New, 2/. 15s.- Caledonian Extension, 11. lie. -Caledonian and Dumbarton, 21. 45.-Caledonian and Northern Direct, 11. 19a. 6d.-Carnwatli and West Linton, 11. Is. W.-Chelms ford and Bury, 11.-Clydesdale Junction, W.-Cornwall and Devon Central, IL 12a. 6d.-Deeside Railway, 41. 10s.-Direct Northern, 2/. Os. 6d.-Dublin and Enniskillen, 4/. 7s. 6d.-Dundee and Ar broath, 391. N.-Ditto, New, 221.-Dundee and Forfar Junction, 165.-Dundee and Perth, 13/. 10s.-Ditto, Kinross Extension, 21. 7s. 6d.-Eastern Counties Extension, 11. 18s.-East Indian Rail way 12s. 6d.-East of Fife, 1/. 155.-East Lothian Central and Tyne Valley Junction, 1/. lls.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 11. 55.-Edin burgh and Glasgow, 741.-Ditto, Half Shares, W.-Ditto, Quarters. 17/. 15s.- Ditto, ditto, New, 16/. 55.-Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 16s. Gd. -Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric, V.- Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 181.-Ditto, Preference, 20/. 10s. -Edinburgh and Northern, 4/. 55.-Ditte, Newport, 13s. W.- Ditto, Lochgelly, 11. Os. Ga.-Edinburgh and Peebles, 11. Ss. Gd.- Edinburgh and Perth, 2/. 8s -Edinburgh, Portobello, and Mussel burgh, 1/. 135.-Forth and Clyde Junction, I/. 17s. Gd.- Glasgow and Ayrshire, 701.-Ditto, New Stock, 241.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 181. 55.-Glasgow Belfast Union, IL IN.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car lisle, V.-Glasgow and Dundee Junction, IL 10s.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 421.-Glasgow and Greenock, 191.-Ditto, New Stock, 101. -Ditto, Preference, 1/. 155.-Glasgow Harbour Grand Junction, 11. 10s.-Glasgow Harbour Mineral, 1/. 18s. 6d.-Glasgow,Kilmarnoek, and Ardrossan, 2/. Bs.-Glasgow, Strathaven, and LesmahagOw. 21. 65.-Great County Down, U. 15s.- Great North of Scotland, 2/.- Great North and South Wales, 7s. 9d.-Inverness and Elgin, 11. Is. -Lanark and Lothians, 2/. 2s. 6d.- Larne, Belfast, and Ballymena, hi. Sc. -London and Hounslow, 11.- London and Manchester (Ras trick), 3/. 10s.-London and Manche; ter (Rem.), 11. 2s. 6d.-Lon. don and York, 3/. 15s.- Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, 35.-Midland and Eastern Counties, IL. Ss.-Morayshire, 21.-Newcastle and Berwick, `M.-Newry and Londonderry, 1/. 175.-North British, 25/. 10s.- Ditto, Halves, 8/. 10s.-Ditto, Extension to Carlisle, 1/. 195.-Ditto, Extension to Dalkeith, 51. 17s. W.-North Wales Mineral, New, 3/. 101.=-Perth and Criefr Direct, H. 10s. -Perth and Inverness, I/. 1 1 s.-Seoltish Central. 14/. 10s.-Ditto, New, 8/. 10s.-Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction, 11. lOs -Scottish Grand Junction, 11. IN.-Scottish Midland, W.-Scottish Southern, I!. Hs.-Shrews bury and Hereford, has.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 41.- South Midland, 31. IN -Stirling and Dunfermline, IL 145.-Stirling and Mallatitl, 21. 4s.- Strathern Junction, 2!. 10s.-Surrey Grand Junction, 9s. 6d.-Teen and Dove Tally, 18s.-Wishaw and Colt , nets, 50'. 10s. GLASGOW, Millen 11. STOCK EXCHANGX. —lite sales arc Airdrie and Itatligate, 38s. — Bridge of Weir, 325. —British and Irish Union, 42s.—Caletiontan, —Caledonian Extension, 32s.—Caledonian and Ayrshire Junction, 33a. Gd.--Catledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction, 395. —Direct Northern, 40s.—East Indian Railway, 9s. 6-I—Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 17s. 6:l.—Glasgow General Terminus, Si. Glasgow and Ilel'ast 1.71111,011, 29A. Glimow,•Kilinarnock, and Ayr, 70/. Glas gow, Dunitrles, and Carli,le, 37s.—G1algow, Kilmarnock, and Ar• drossan, 40$.—Glasgow Harbour Grand Junction, 30+.--Great Indian Peninsular, 7s.—lnverness and Elgin, 205.-I.,mahagow, Perth and Invern:ss, 2Se. (id.—Scotti,li Central, 13 , , , —Scottish Cen tral and Caledonian Junction, 30a.—South Al'diattd, 62s.—Wishaw and Coltness, 49f, PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings qf the House of Commong.) NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. ThuMIMI, MARCH 12. RAILWAYS The Committee of Selection have nominated the following Select Committees en Railway Groups : A Committee consisting of—Sir John llobliouse (Chairman), Mr. Dickinson, Mr. Mundy, Major Macnamara, and Alderman Hum phery, to whom they have referred the Bias comprised ha Group No. 6 of Railway Bills (vitte Classification Reports). The Select Committee to meet on Monday, March 23, at twelve. A Committee consisting of—Mr. llayter (Chairman), Mr. Langston, Mr. D'Eyncourt, Lord Northland, and Mr. Ilildyard, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in No. 12 of Railway Bills (vide Classification Reports). The Select Committee to meet on Monday, March 23, at twelve. A Committee consisting of—Sir Charles Douglas (Chairman), Mr. Lockhart, Viscount Poilington, Colonel Conolly, and Mr. Blewitt, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised In (troop No. 16 of Railway Bills (vide Classification Reports). The Select Committee to meet on Monday, March 23, at twelve. A Committee consisting of—Lord Harry Vane (Chairman), Hon. Francis Scott, Ear: of March, Mr. David Morris, and Mr. Philip Bennet, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised In Group No. 19 of Railway Bills (vide Classification Reports). The Select Committee to meet on Tuesday, Marcia 24, at twelve. SECOND READINGS OF RAILWAY BILLS. MONDAY, MARCH 16. Glasgow and Belfast Union. Glasgow Harbour Grand Junction Terminus. TUESDAY, MARCH 17. Bomersetshire Midland. NEW ZEALAND. The West of England Conservative of Wednesday contains the following extract of a letter from her Majesty's ship North Star, 26, Captain Sir J. E. Home, Bart., dated from the river " Kni Kni, Bay of Islands, New Zealand, Oct. 6, 1845 : "We have not lifted our anchor for ten weeks. Thank goodness we are still as happy and comfortable as a ship can possibly be made, and likely to remain so. We are on the eve of a bad peace; the Governor is negotiating with the disaffected just at a moment that strong reinforcements have arrived, and now that w e are in a position to give thembehind ot don't know a sound drubbing our bands are tied et _ backs. It g ive tire a ie s w rn is ts e , bl i tt do h puzzles me how they will convince people_ of England , privately; they are not yet promulgated. " CoNDrrtoNs WhiCtl THE that such tk es at the humiliating aplltaenrnneuti GOVERNOR WILL. CONSENT TO A GENERAL PEACE. I. The treaty of Waitangi to be binding. 2. The British colours to be sacred. are. I have them All plunder now in possession of natives to be forth with restored. 4. The following places to be given up to the Queen, and to remain unoccupied by any one until the decision of her Majesty be signified :—Ports of Mave, Ohaiwar, Taiaonia, Wangai, Kofow, Kaipatitu, and 'Walken. " 5. Hostilities to cease entirely between all chief s and tribes now in arms with or against the Government. (Signed) "R. FITZROY, Governor.'" PUGILISM IN THE NORTIL—FATAL FIGHT.—NEW. CASTLE-ON-TYKE, linen 11.—A fight took place yesterday, at Blvt a neighbouring place, between two men, named Reilly and Clegli . oru which terminated in the death of the former. The prize was 101: aside, and the occurrence being rare in this locality, attracted a large crowd of spectators, including the Newcastle " Fancy," and many who occupy higher position; in society. Reilly was a young man of 6 ft., and weighing about list. ; Cleghorn, 5 ft. $ in., and 10 st. During the early rounds Cleghorn hail the advantage, but Reilly af terwards turned the tables upon his antagonist, and punished hint severely. However, in the 491 k round, after fighting for not less than two hours and a Cleghorn planted a crushing blow on Reilly's lower jaw and neck, which brought him to the ground as if killed. lle never rose again. Ills 'friends carried him to the Ridley Arms, where, after lingering in great agony until this morning, he died. A coroner's jury wits summoned this afternoon. but the in quest stands over. What makes the matter worse, as against Cleg horn Is, that an ill-feeling has long subsisted between him and the unfortunate deceased. PUGILISM—BROOM AND TEMRY.—This procrastinated business was last night, at a very full meeting at Bunt's, put in fair traits for adjustment. The stakeholder has decided on transferriug to the editors of two papers, present at the battle, the power of nominating three or live impartial gentlemen (also present at the ring side) as arbitrators ilk Hie merits of the case; their decision wit/ govern Isis disposal of the battle-money, with which all undrawn bets must go. YEDESTMANISM.—T. Maxfield .(the North Star) anti Davies ran their match for 1 00 1, at Cardiff , according to announce. meta. Maxfield, witare informed by letter, was tripped or fell, when looking very like a winner ; a horse, which was following the men, struck hint and injured hint seriously. Davies being first at. the winning place, the referee has given it in his favour, but a pro test is made, and it is probable the men will rust again. lquEos ExrnEss.—Yesterday, a pigeon tossed at Southampton, arrived at its domicile In London, in . one hour and twenty-six minutes, coven' a I- upwards of seventy miles of ground within that Hine. EFFECTS OF TICE TARIFF.—The monthly cattle market at Oxford, on Wednesday, was well attended by buyers ; and, although cattle aud sheep of every description were very much ei penned was i r ss s c , o t c., were in reat de mandlarge, in couse quence of the abundan ce ? 1 f ood ; the demand WAS much gr e a t er dearer than at the last market, nearly everything chan g ed hands. L g The supply of horned c attle was unusually lar g e. Good beef realised full6d . . per ri e lb q . ,, t a t a i r t i ; n o f c slTe ‘ e ' p , lcs , k than the supply. Mutton, in wool, realised from ss. 4d. to 65.; out of wool, from 4s. bd. to ss. per stone; store sheep fetched enormously high prices, in sonic cases nearly after the rate of Is. per lb. The pig-market was alarge one, but in consequence of such high prices being asked for stores, very little business was done. English fat hogs fetched from 9s. to 9s. 6d. per score ; porkers, from 9s. 9d. to 10s. Cel. These prices are a sufficient answer to those who voe) 4 that the farmer is rained by the importation of foreign cattt