The Sun. — London, England, 1848-04-29 00:00:00

DEMERARA RAILWAY. The ordinary half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday, at one o'clock, at the London Tavern; Mr. M.'Chlery in the chair. After the transaction of the routine business, the Secretary (Mr. H. Hill), read the following report:- 8 .125 L of the call had been paid in since the last meeting, and the total payments upon the first call had amounted to 18,9121. 10s., and upon the second call to 16,900/. The arrears upon both calls are now redaced to 14,287/. 10s. Further sums from these sources may also., the directors consider, be, with certainty, cal culated upon, as the amount payable by the colonial shareholders on the second call is not yet due in this country ; and the names of those still in default here have been given in to the solicitors tc the company, who are taking active proceedings, without respect of persons, fear the recovery of all arrears. In the mean time, how ever, as immediate funds were required to meet the liabilities of the company reported to the shareholders itt the last meeting, the directors had no alternative, on the Ist ultimo, but to declare a further call of 21. 10s. per :share, payable on the 25th of that month. That call, being the third, has realised to the present date 9,3871, 10s. ; but the directors attribute the smallness of such &Mount to the continued pressure of the times, and to a desire to learn the exact state of the company's affairs at the present meeting. At the same time they are bound to point out to the defaulters how seriously they sere injuring, by such tardiness, the present interests of the company, and to what sacrifice they are exposing :the capital which has been already expended upon this project, besides adding materially by every day's delay to the cost of the undertaking and to their co-partners. Already had the directors been obliged, from the want of a sufficiency of funds, to suspend, in a great measure, active operations in the colony, and that too at a time ~ w hen the prospects of the company were even more .encouraging than they have yet been. All the out-door works which had been finished have been found, after exposure to the vicissitudes of the weather, admirably solid and enduring. The experimental trips with the too:motives have shown practically the very great advantages which the estates would derive from this SD wis of transport, and the voice of the community had been universally expressed in favour of the undertaking. Moreover, when the last advises were sent front the colony, a Bill, under the-direct sanction of the Govern ment of this country, was on the point of being intro duced into the Court of Policy guaranteeing to the company a minimum dividend of 6 per cent. on the capital' expended, so soon as the works should reach to the village of Buxton, ten miles from the capital. The directors have great pleasure in inviting the attention of the shareholders to a letter on this subject from Governor Light, in which his Excellency states, in strong terms, his conviction that the under taking will prove of essential benefit to the colony, and be a lucrative investment for the shareholders, and he announces his intention to give his warm advocacy to the proposed measure of a guarantee. There seems seey s t i s il :reason whatever, therefore, to doubt that t h e Colonial th in question will speedily pass through h Legislature, and receive the sanctio n of t her Majesty. It would la:most unfortunate indeed, if this measure, so certain to give immediate value to the shares of this ' 4 Company, should be rendered inoperative by the continued supineness of the shareholders themselves in providing the necessary means to meet the existing liabilities of the company, and to continue the construction of the works to the designated point, Buxton ; and the more so, as she • traffic in the district is known to have much. ;increased since the original estimates were framed, • and the engineer continues to express a confident opinion, that so soon as the line shall be in operation to Buxton, the receipts from the traffic will largely contribute to the expenses of the further construction of the railway to its destined termination. It is esti mated that the sum now required for the construction • 'of the works to Plaisance, being the first section of the line, and five miles from George Town, will be 4,0001., and that a further sum of 10,000/. would carry them on to Buxon, five miles beyond. Here, as before men tioned, the guarantee would come into operation, and surplus profits would begin to arise. It is obvious, therefore, that those shareholders who continue in default are not only committing an act of the greatest injustice to the creditors of the company, but are most seriously damaging their own interests and those of their co-proprietors. It must at the same time be borne in mind by those parties that %here can be no doubt of their liability, to the extent of ;their shares, to contribute towards the payment of all •the debts of the company which have been contracted with a reliance upon the good faith of the whole body of the shareholders, and that it will be the especial duty of those members who may be entrusted with the direction of the affairs of the company to see that, tothe best of their power, every creditor here and in the colony is fully paid. By the half-year's statement of the receipts and expen shture of the company, it will be seen that the liabilities to the 31st ult. were 44,4281. Os. l ld. This amount has &t en reduced by subsequent payments to 40,9061. 6s. Bd., 4nd the arrears of calls to the present date amount to 29,900/. It will also be observed that there is no charge for remuneration for the directors, or the colonial committee of management during the past year, In the present state of the company's finaaces, the directors decline to take any payment on their own account: but they consider ;that early provision should be made for the payment 01 5001. for the past year's services to the committee of -management in Demerara, who have continued to per form their duties in the most zealous and effective ',manner.. It is impossible, indeed, for the directors to say too mach in praise of the cordial co-operation 'which they have at all times received from the local committee in their endeavours to advance the interests of the company. The directors consider it their duty to make the same acknowledgment as to the seal and energy of Mr. Cather wood, and of every other officer and servant connected with the establishment. Since the last ordinary meeting of the shareholders three vacancies in the direction have occurred by the resigna tion of Mr. Labalmondiere (on account of his continued absence from England), Mr. Anderson, and Mr. -Kingston. In the room of one of these gentlemen the directors, under the authority of the Act of 'corpora tion, appointed Mr. Henry Brand, who is largely interested in the company, and it is for the shareholders to-day, if they think proper, to continue dim in office, and to fill up the other two vacancies; and the directors recommend for the latter purpose Mr. Jonathan HOpkinson and Mr. Alex. Morrison. Under ithe provisions of the Act, also, three members of the managing committee here, and the like number in the -colony retire from office by rotation; and it rests with the proprietors to supply the vacancies thus occasioned, by re-election or otherwise. The retiring members in London are Sir James Carmichael, Bart., Henry David son, Esq., and Thomas Naghten, Esq ; and in Demerara, W. Brand, Esq., T. Porter, jun., Evei , and J. T. White, Esq., all of whom offer themselves for re-election. If Mr. Hopkinson should be elected a member of the 'direction in London, his place as an auditor must be supplied by some other shareholder, and Mr. To ranee is recommended for that purpose. The directors, continuing to entertain the same confident opinion which they have ever avowed as to the remu -a.erative nature of this undertaking, if duly carried out, cannot conclude their report without calling most earnestly upon th e genera l b o d y of the shareholders for a continuance 14.h 0t ° their co - operat i on and support; and aga i n warn i ng -hage.parties wh o are i n arrear o f the ser i ous and per prrepa ra bl e i n j ury which their continued default is inflicting upon their own interests, as well as upon those of their nurneroas co -proprietors who have faithfully complied with their engag ements to the company." The balance -sheet showed the total expenditure up t( the let inst. to have b een 105' 4334 1 1 1 6*. ; the receipts ) up to the same date, t o be a 4, 63,9501.; intere s t, 1,2171. 10s. 9d.; bills payable, 3e,55 bankers, 3,6001.; sundry account s , Bs u. e lls. 1 ;luau from . i. 51,2701. 9 3. 10d. ; leaving an available balance of 46 The CHAIRMAN said, in m ov i ng the ndpsd.io n of the report, that he hoped the shareholders woul d eliately pay the calls which they owed, and thusi save amc -their own interests and release thediretictresd.frlonmr the l embarrassing position in which they were to refute questions, he stated that not only h a d all the directors paid their calls, but they had borrowed money OA their own responsibility from their bankers., The solicitor (Mr. Maynard) stated that one of the "former directors had not paid all his calls, and that be was one of those whom the company were proceedin g against. This had given rise to the rumour. Mr. RIDGWAY said he knew many of the defaulters, and that the non-payment of their calls did not so much arise from, want of confidence in the undertaking as from the commercial embarrassments of the _period. • Great want of confidence w as .entertained with on account of respect to colonial investments, the rash speculation that had taken place. The time, he thought, was not far distant when t colonial matters would vastly improve. At any h ra e _those able they to should do as he had done—pay bon the doubt is calls became due. —(Hear, hear.) Ther e could, eno that the line would prove a most profitable one. Mr. EARLE said he should pay his arrears as soon as those who held a larger stake than him did so; but he had no notion of paying for the advantage of, others. It was all humbug for persons like Mr. Ridgway to talk about the property of the colony. He had unfortunately an estate in Berbice which was worked by three blacks, • wlr c' i were unable to pay their way, so bad was the state Of th inks-in the colony. s - s e p ort w as them uu adopted. ; • The retiri n • *fa, and iu. a t d: rector s. with Messrs. Anderson, Kings . atas:tanudi pass ed tor; were to e) to fill up vacan c i es , and Mr. Torance - elected, and a vote o f t h an k s was g iven chairm an an d di rectors. Th e meeting then.separated. Tia Naw Cotri.—Tlae further issue of the new five-shilling piece would appear to be suspended, if in deed not entirely abandoned. It appears that the design, *description of which has already be en published, is one w hich cannot be worked properly out, except at a very ers large .amount of additional l a b our to the ra Royal Mint. About 8 , 00 0 have been issue°dneY of the : pressions are now quickly bought up by silversmiths ei a m nd ethers, and as much as thirty shillings has been for one. The new two-shilling piece is shortly :xreicnteel to some into circulation. Sracia.—The vessel Ocean Queen, arrived in the docks from Singapore and the Cape of Good Ilope, respectively, has brought from the latter place 1 box of • • gold, consigned to an eminent firm in the metropolis ; the Sea Witch, from Fernando Po, has brought 2 casks • - and 15 cases - of copper coin, individually addressed; and :Ate Arab,'lronl cape Coast Castle, has bro ug h t 2 b oxes goldwdust, consigned to two separate houses i n t h e metropolis. • _ • TnE WIATZEIL— is The present spring one •of tee sa9tteat known for many years. Day after d a y t h e agrieulturist hopes for sunshine, but hopes in vain, and silitigriculturalt.operatlons ate mtiO retarded. The swallow and the cuckoo have both arrived, but if they have power of comparing one season with another, they must fancy themselves "out of their reckoning' in ar riving at this period. The orchard prospects are said to b• very promising.— Worcestershire Chronicle. Tll MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before the ASSISTANT-JUDGE and a full Bench of Ma gistrates.) APPEALS ♦GAINST THE REFUSAL OF THE JUSTICES BELOW TO GRANT LICENSES. The Court sat yesterday morning at the usual hour, for the purpose of hearing the appeals against the decisions of the magistrates at the Petty Sessions. The bench pre sented a very large attendance of the justices of Middle sex; in fact, much more numerous than on any previous occasion for some years back. sistcock v. THE JUSTICES OF THE HOLBORN DIVISION. This was an appeal by Mr. Thomas Simcock against the decision of the justices of the Holborn division, in petty sessions assembled, they having refused to grant a wine and spirit license for the house, 351, Strand, corner of Welling ton street. Mr Clarkson appeared for the appellant, and Mr. Bal lantine for the respondents. The premises for which the appellant sought a license is a newspaper office in the Strand. The ground on which the present application was rested was, that the London and South-Western Railway Company were about to construct an extensive terminus on the Surrey side of Waterloo•bridge, and it was urged that there would be a great increase in the demand of the public for hotel and tavern accommodation, and that being so, the appellant submitted that the situation of this house was well adapted for this purpose. The neighbourhood would also be improved under these circumstances, and consequently would require more accommodation than what it now possessed. The opposition was on the part of the Marquis of Exeter, the landlord in fee of the premises, because his Lordship had many other tenants in the neighbourhood, many of whom carry on the business of licensed victual lers; and he considered that their interests would be very much interfered with if a license were granted to the appellant's house. It was also contended that there was not the least want of any additional accommodation either at the present time, nor was there likely to be after the railway terminus was constructed. The Court divided, when there appeared for the li cense six votes, and against six. The Assistant Judge gave his casting vote in fa►our of the license, and the license was at once granted. GEORGE MASSON V. THE JUSTICES OF THE HOLBORN DIVISION . The appellant sought to obtain a license to the Fea thers, Great Wil d-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields. Mr. Ballantine appeared for the appellant, and Mr. Bodkin for the respondent. Inspector Ford, of the F division of police, was called to prove the character of the house. lie said it had a room fitted np like the pit of a theatre, where concerts took place, which were kept up till morning. Objections of a serious character were also ur ge d. Mr. BALLANTINE threw up his brief, and the Court refused the license. JURISDICTION OF MAGISTRATES. Mr. LAURIE, addressing the Court, said that Mr. Rose, one of the justices of the Holborn division, was in the habit of attending the special sessions he'd by the Marylebone justices to license public-houses in their district. He (Mr. Laurie) was a Marylebone magistrate, but be never interfered with the justices of other dis tricts, nor should he ever do so, and he trusted that Mr. nose would act otherwise. Mr. ROSE said that he resided'in the parish of Mary lebone, which had a local Act constituting it a liceniing division. It was to the Holborn division that Mary lebone had recourse for all petty sessional business, "and as he always attended the Holborn petty sessional busi ness, he conceived he had a perfect right to attend the Marylebone special sessions for licensing. The Act constituting Marylebone a division did not contain anything to preclude the m agistrates of one division acting in the other; and so long as he remained in the commission he should insist on his right to attend the Haryl..bone licensing sessions. Mr. LAURIE would maintain his opinion that a maxis. trate of one division ought not to interfere in another. Mr. ROSE expressed his determination to act as he had done. REGULATION OF THE COURT. The Learned JUDGE said that hitherto it had been the rule of this Court, when the votes were equal on an ap peal, that the case should stand adjourned for a second hearing. His attention was called to this order, and he tound that the order was bad. In future, therefore, when the votes were equal, it must be understood that the licence was refused. The B-nch at once agreed to the suggestion. JAMES IRELAND V. THE JUSTICES OF THE DIVISION OF THE PARISH OF ST. MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS. The house for which this appellant sought a wine and spirit license was 11, Northumberland-street, Strand. Mr. Ballantine supported, and Mr. Bodkin appeared for the Justices. The grounds on which - the application was rested appeared to be the want of sufficient accommodation for clerks, and others of a respectable class, of whom there were a great number in the immediate vicinity, and who could nut obtain accommodation suitable to their means in the hotels of the neighbourhood. The license was opposed, on the ground that there was no want of accommodation in that locality. The Bench divided, when there appeared for the license 15 ♦otes; against it, 13. JAMES SAUNDERS V. THE JUSTICES OF THE FINSBURY DIVISION. The appellant in this case sought to obtain a license to premises situated at the corner of Norman's-build ings and Wenlock-street, St. Luke's. It appeared that this house had been previously licensed, but through some neglect on the part of the previous proprietor the license was withdrawn. The present occupier now sought a license, and it was contended that he ought not to suffer for the neglect of others. It was opposed, on the ground that public-house ac commodation was not wanting in the neighbourhood.— License refused. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WESTMINSTER. John Vickers, a middle-aged, respectable-looking man, carrying on business as a dairyman in the Horseferry road, Westminster, was finally examined, charged with violating the person of Eleanor Lo►el, his niece, 20 years of age, who gave her evidence with apparent timidity and reluctance. Evidence having been given, Mr. Parry addressed the magistrate on behalf of the prisoner, and submitted that the case was not sufficient to send before a jury. Mr. BURRELL committed the prisoner for trial at the Central Criminal Court, and refused to take bail in con iequence of the serious nature of the charge. WORSHIP-STREET. Marialent Willoughby Osborn, a person of very supe rior address and deportment, but who was wretchedly clad, was placed at the bar before Mr. Arnold, charged with having obtained, by fraudulent representations, a gold watch and appendages, of the value of 251., from Ur. Henry Eisenberg, a jeweller in White's-row, Spi talfields, and also with stealing four duplicates, the pro perty of a person named Cheeseman, in whose house she had occupied apartments. It appeared from the statement of Mr. Heritage, who attended for the proiecution, and the evidence of ths. .complainant, that about the latter part of February the pHs, ner was introduced to Mr. Eisenberg by a Mr. Li.vett, with whom he had had some previous dealings. vho represented her us the sister of Lard Spencer and the daughter of another distinguished nobleman, and intimated, that although she was then involveci in some pecuniary embarrassment arising out of pe culiar causes, which he was not at liberty to evplain, he had ascertained from personal inquiries, and the examination of her private documents, that she avio entitled to a fortune amounting to no less than 120,000/.. ehich was to come into her possession in the course ,f a few days. The person in question then went on to explain the object of their application, which he stated to be, that as the lady was totally without jewellery. And as it was necessary for her to assume an appearance somewhat suitable to her rank and expectations. she Was anxious to be famished with a gold watch and append- - ages, and was ready to give him a note of hand for the amount, at 15 days' date, NA hich he (Levett) was also pre pared to endorse, as a further Fecurity. After some urther eonversation, in the course of which the prisoner ftully. confirmed the above statement, as to her lofty pre a: n iiw s iac i o the n hs s h , ae t n h dp e r ee pE a o i s n e prosecutor t o. the was. before-mentioned induced value, her with for stated,nattedmhrim John the bill, , m s, ad c e ro p w ay n a .o b o le ur a t t , the time Bench-walk, .T o pi n e, but upon presenting it at that place, he King' s prisoner, d ne t r h e a m t nothing whatever was known d wheret.' andaddress he f e w a s accordingly inorm e d b a y t m o n r c s e . there of the land street, Dalston ad , hastened to the had given, in Wood- Cheeseman, the landlady though she had resided ther e forhe house, that al had left in her debt, to a large amount, some months, she lodging, and that she had since made every for board and dis cover her retreat, without success, as s v h er e y a ffort to charge of robbery to prefer against her. I d herself a were thereupon given to the police for her ap prehension,asn and after considerable difficulty she waa ultimately to a miserable lodging in Chatham -gardens, traced ells, lioxton, and taken into custody. Holland, the warrant officer, stated that upon going to the house in Chatham-gardens he found the prisoner in such a deplorable state of wretchedness and destitution, that he was obliged to procure a supply of clothing from the workhouse, to enable her to appear at t hi s cou rt ; and upon searching the place h© discov ere d • 4 of persons packet of letters, bearing the signatures . large D t high respectability, all cotighed in very mysterious term of ap'arens , but clearly indicating that her cor respondents i mpressed with a full conviction had been representations. The officer pro ducedof the truth of her which had been identified as the a morning dress,a lady, who stated that the du. property of her former I nd with three others, had been plicate relating to it, toget h er to which the prisoner stolen from a box in her parlour, access while she had every opportunity of obtaining presented by her lodged in her house. and subsequently . . in serv ic e in the Mmones, where the to a young woman officer found it. The duplicate for the wa tch and append • ages, whi c h h a d b een pl e dged for 71. the day after it had . been so obt a i ne d f rom Mr. Eisenberg, was al so p roduced, it having been delivered up by another lodging-house keeper, w h o h ad received i t f rom t h e p r i s oner as security tom When a debt of 41., since the previous transactions: called upon for her defence, the prisoner de clared that the ' mined the which she had ob watcreumstances under with .re3pect :to had. been erroneously stated_ ; and that had been, given the other charge, the dress in question herompensef, by the p rosecu t r i x as. a partial therefore, fel or kindnesses t lietseli f eaes she had sh own -h e r, and she, manner she though t T, at liberty to di s p ose o f it i n an y Mrs. Ch e e seman, g roper, Isserti..n. wwever, positively contradicted this The MAGISTRATi ordered th •• '. •• - ' .' - For a week.e prisoner toleremauded LAM B ETIL John Ward, Micha e l lif uph _ and Con Mu rphy , were placed at the bar before y Mr. N o rton for finalei s SUN LONDON, tion, on a charge of having committed a murderous as sault upon the person of Benjamin Hodges and four other coal-porters. The brief facts of the case were these :—On Monday last the prisoners were in the tap-room of the Adam public-house in the Old Kent-road, and the complainants being th e re also, a quarrel ensued, and a desperate con flict - followed. The prisoners armed themselves with quart pots, and dealt out such violence to those opposed to them, that it was almost a miracle they did not kill one or the other of them. Mr. Howett, the medical gentleman who had been called in to dress the wzsinds of the injurwd men, _de scribed the injuries inflicted to be of the most extensive and dangerous de , cription. The prisoners were fully committed to take thei, trials at their ensuing sessions at the Central Urinaina! Court. Andrew Bascoville, Francis Fardell, and Thomas Bennett, were placed at the bar on the following chargk It appeared that on the preceding evening the pri soners were observed to be engaged at a blacksmith's shop, in Unioa-street, London-road, by a police , con stable, and were subsequently watched away from there. They proceeded together along the Waterloo-road, and were ultimately stopped by Romaine, Alley,,and a third constable, who had first seen them in the smith's shop. On being searched at the station-house, a new crow bar, or " jemmy," .seven skeleton keys, a wax-taper, and a box of house-breaker's Lucifers, were found in the possession of Bascoville, and the other two having been in custody before for felony, all were locked up. The prisoners were spoken to as being the compa nions of the members of the swell mob, and Romaine said that various skeleton-key robberies had been re cently committed in the district, adding, he had no doubt whatever that the prisoners intended to have committed one on that night, had they not been pre vented. Mr. Games, who defended the prisoners, in reply to Romaine's ob serva ti on , remar k e d th a t the Bank of England might have been broken into on Monday fort night. Mr. NORTON remarked, that he did not think that all. the mobs in England, could have succeded in robbing the: Bank on the day mentioned, from the preparations which had been made to defend it. He then committed the three prisoners to the House of Correction for three months, as suspected characters. •PERTH CIRCUIT COURT OF JUSTICIABY, APRIL 22. CHARGE OF . MIIRDEL—Jamey Robertson was placed' at the bar, accused of having, on the 24th December, 1847. in a house on the farm of Unthank, near Brechin , occupied by William Norrie, got possession of a f ema le illegitimate child, of which he was the father ; sod tha t, _ on the farm of Cookston, and near the public r oad lead ing to Brechin, di4 thereafter wickedly and feloniously putth h e er e clothes head and iscuhffwo suffocated d h upon er the person of the child over and in that way mur dered her. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. f Wi tness es were examined in support of the prosecution, whose evidence it appe a r ed that the prisoner, who was a farm servant, was father of several other illegitimate children. Jean Guguid, the mother of the child, deposed to having carried the infant to the prisoner, at his request, three weeks after its birth, and to having left it in his charge,'at his sister's house, who was married, on the understanding that he was to find a nurse for it: The prisbner's sister corroborated the witness's testittionyroind stated that her brother desired her to say that the' child was to be with her all night. The prisoner, however, after the mother of it left took away the child, which was wrapped up in three shawls to protect it from the cold. Before doing se, his sister requested him to leave the child with her to keep it ; but he objected, and said that his mother would hear of it. He said he was going to take it to a place about a mile and a half west frow the place he lived at, where a woman was to keep it. William Jack, an officer in the Forfarshire rural police, deponed that on the 6 th March the mother of the child and her brother came to him, and stated that the prisoner had confessed to the former that he had made away with the child on the night she gave it to him, and buried it in a field of land. In consequence of this . in formation, he apprehended the panel on the following morning. Panel confessed to having made away with the child by gathering the clothes over its head and smothering it. The prisoner's declarations were then read, which.de tailed with great minuteness a full confession'of the Whole affair. He stated that he was 25• y ears of age ; hid three other illegitimate children beside those that JeanDughid had to him ; that their maintenance pressed hard upon him ; and it was from that circumstanee that he had been induced to-do the deed. • The jury retired for about 15 minutes, and on return. ing- into court delivered a unanimous verdict of Guilty as libelled; but, from the candid way in which he hao confessed the deed, strongly recommended the prisoner to mercy. Lord AIONCREIFF then addressed the prisoner upon the awful situation in which his crime had placed him, and advised him earnestly to reflect on his condition, and turn to God in prayer and repentance that his sins might be washed out in the blood of the Redeemer. In reference to the recommendation of the jury, it would certainly be attended to in the proper quarter ; but the Court could bold out to him no strong hopes of mercy. He was then sen tenced to be executed at Forfar on the 19th of May. The prisoner heard his sentence unmoved, and ap peared throughout the whole trial to be little impressed with his situation. CHEMISTRY OF THE SEA. The following report of a lecture on the above subject, recently delivered by Dr. %Villiami, of Swansea, at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, will be read with interest : Dr. Williams commenced by demonstrating, by means of an apparatus contrived for the purpose, the effects of pressure on fishes at definite depths beneath the surface of the sea. Having shown that a gold fish when the water in which it was placed was subjected to a pressure of four atmospheres became paralysed, Dr. Williams stated the following conclusions:-Ist. That round fishes, having an air bladder; cannot, without injury, be exposed to a pressure of more than three at:nospheres. 2d. That the use of the air-bladder is not so much to regulate the specific gravity of the animals as to resist the varying force of the fluid column,• and thus to protect the via cera and abdominal blood-vessels against excess of pressure. 3d. (Though in this case the results are less striking), fiat fish exhibit a limited capa city only for sustaining pressure. " From these ob servations, Dr. Williams inferred that ,tbe condition of pressure regulated the distribution of fishes in depth. Referring to the experimental researches of Pro fessor E. Forbes, he 'expressed his conviction that pressure would be found the most . impor• tent element in the problem of submarine organic life. He observed that the lower animals evinced 11 toler ance of pressure peculiar to each species, and deter mining its zone of depth. The laws oceanic tempe rature were newt explained. It was experimentally demonstrated that the expansion of sea water is consi derably greater than that of pure water under equal in crements of heat. It was, however, established by the aerometer that density did not diminish in exact prk.por floe with the increase of volume. It was.argued that this experiment went to account for the expansion sit crystals by heat, as noticed by Mitacherlich: and that it is also proved chat in the case of two strata of water of dissitniler tempe rature over-lying each other in the ocean, the tendency to • intermixture by vertical molecular attraction was greater than would be the case if the sea consisted of distilled water. It was contended that it was .iu ace cordance with the principles developed in this experiment that the warm water occupying the greatest, depths in the sea (as discovered by Sir James Ross), rose to, the surface and escaped under the form of vapour, which, by diffusing warmth through the atmosphere, mitigated the rigour of polar cold. Referring to the stratum of water of uniform warmth observed by Sir _J., Ross, the lecturer stated that he had ascertained by experiment that water acquires a considerable increase of temperature under great pressure, and that he thought that the temperature of the deep sea could only be satisfac torily accounted for by the condensation of bulk which the air of water' underwent. The increase of temperature measured downwards from the stratum of uniform warmth to the sea bottom was noticed as proving that the latent heat of the dissolved air was ren dered sensible as the pressure, i. e., the depth, increased. Dr. Williams concluded by referring to the maximum density of water, the laws governing the solution of sir in water, and by explaining, the influence of those condi tions on the• existence and distribution of plants and animals in the sea." RETEAL MUTING YN MAIIbitIiSTER.—MAIICHEI3- TER, THURSDAY.—Last sight there was a meeting held in Carpenter's Hall in this city, called together by pla cards, which induced the people of Manchester to believe that they would have an opportunity (for the first time) of hearing " that man of the people," .John Mitchell. But it turned out that, although Mr. Mitchell had crossed the. Channel and excited some degree of curiosity in Liverpool, a messenger had on Tuesday evening arrived to inform him that he must with all speed return to Dublin, for be.was wanted in the Court of Queen's Bench on Wednesday morning, a fresh prosecution having been salginated again s t hi m . Th us were th e p eo pl e w h o a tt en d e d the meeting here last night doomed to disappOintment, Lind Mr. Doheny, "the ambassador from Ireland," 'Was the, only orator of any notoriety present. This zeritle ,,nan,who, we un d erstand, i s to favour other towns in t hi s country with' specimens of his eloquence, said that it was not his attention to violate the law here, but he should take an early opportunity of doing sd upon a fair fi eld at h ome . Th e law to which he referred less passed for Ireland, and in Ireland they were prepared to meet it. He alluded to recent articles on the question of Ireland in the Times, and attributed them to the pen of Mr. Babington Macaulay. The Government Bill, he said, would not be suffered in Ireland; they would go on preparing as before, remonstrating as before, arming as before. And he told those present, whether Englishmen or Irishmen, if they wished to have their rights observed, and to have attention paid to their prayers, that they must arm. There were about 2,000 working men, principally Irish, at the meeting, and it may be re garded, on the whole, as a complete failure. [A.Dirt.itTisiisixwr.]—Another Person Cured of Dropsy by. Hollowel l ': Pills. --- n M ea r r . B D o p s n t ax, h an d 7 be xtensive farmer besiding at t it en for a b w r s t a te , of health, the diseise'produded a -c o r . e tho of fa d t r u e lt p y l3 , -, an h de until-the in im h o l e, foreetbaiindbziyklwaet w s - h e i ff e e h e r d e ; dus oon il vi r n azen t de ha d t - s Y w el e r ll a in in g he consulted :state iss geteriatnect:to try was I b o v.) ti ni r i o n o g f u t n h d e e r m a o s c t o r eminented , used their remedies, Holloway Pills, and, to the but became worse; medicine cured him in and 'ocredibly short space o ifnrotinhi7l.lsiwchon:die-er d o e f -r a 7 ll e , d th aP is . s l u b ;e l24di r ‘ io t ; time. Sold by way's establishment, 244, Strand. London. all Druggists, at Professor Hollo- SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 29 THE EXPEDITION AGAINST SAN JUAN DE NICARAGUA. OFFICIAL DISPATCHES. (From the Gazette of last night.) Admiralty, April 28, 1848.- Dispatches, of which the following are extracts or copies, have bean received at this office :—. • (No. 45.) , - -• " Vindictive, a t J ama i ca , March 54`1848.' " Sir—With referencato my letter, No. 42, of the Ist instant; reporting the departure of her hisjesti's ships Alarm and Vixen for Blewsfields. to consult' with hd.i Majesty's Consul-General and Agent, as to the best means of obtaining redress from . the 'Nicaraguan Go vernment for the insults and outrages therein mentioned, and to obtain the release of two British subjects, carried ~it' from San. Juan by Colonel Sales, of the Nicaraguan army, I have the honour to transmit herewith, to be laid - before the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. a copy tfda a diPyaterbec' dated the 21st Febru a ry, which I have this ) received from Captain G. G. Loch, of the Al a rm, reporting that the ships arrived at Blewfields - on the sth of that month, and Mr. Walker having been em• 'barked, according to his request, they proceeded on the 7th for San Juan, where they arrived on the following day. A s the nearest,Nicaragtian settlement was at Sera journey, Captain; Locli,".aecompanieci . 13 3 c 'paqui, about thirty miles up the river, which from the strength of the current and various.rapids, is generally own boat, proceeded to that place Rugg With a force of 260 men in twelve boats„ and after a most, fatiguing pull of seventy-two hoots, anchored on the' his s- re that the melancholy death of Mr. Walker he was unfortunately drowned whilst attempt . - di av ; e the life of a friend who had accompanied him ea four Walker 4, u i in r t g w d ja o a n : s leh the ll th near the spot; io i n n cgc h u i tr ib es oat, and had fallen overboard in the night. They both lost their lives. On the morning of the 12th the expedition got under weigh, and proceeded towards the fort, where it had been ascertained that Colonel Salas was command ing ni fi eer . On nearing it, Captain Loch and Com mander Ryder pushed ahead in their . gigs, in order to state the object, of her Majesty's forces beii g in the river ; but no sooner were they seen than they were fired at, , both b y canno n and small arms. As this act effectually prevented any peaceahla arrangements, boats were at once brought up, and after an hour and a half's pull against the. rapid tide to reach thq landing place, during which the crews were exposed to a very heavy ft - I'e from t- f ahiadei of 'the .riyer,, they effected they, ohjeet;atid i i, rietitttgu rtronlis fled at . once, when Captain Loch totally destroyed,the fort, and threw all the arms into the river " The loss on our side amounted to two . killed, and one officer and 12 seamen, marines, and soldiers wounded, a list of which is inclosed. " I have to express my admiration of the great gallantry, zeal, and periaverance displayed by Captain Loch and the officers and men of both services employed under his orders on the occasion —I (Signed) oF. W. AUSTEN, Vice-Admiral. " To - the Secretary of the Admiralty." " Fort Saint Carlos, Nicaragua, Feb. 21, 1848. " Sir,—ln pursuance.of your instructions, and in ac cordance with the wishes of her Majesty's late agent and Coniul-teneral, Mr. Walker, I haie the honour to acquaint you that ' I proceeded up the 'river San' Juan de Nicaragua, in command of her Majesty'icombined forces, consisting' of 260 officers and men, contained in twelve boats of ner Majesty's ships Alartn and Vixen, and captured the post ofßerapaqiii, after a Sharp action of one hour and forty minutes:CU:ea' loss of trio killed and thirteen wounded. " The pbst is situated On a point•projecting into the river very abruptly to the height of '5O feet, is protected in the rear by a dense forest, and in front by an *betas. formed of large trees felled, with their heads and branches reaching into the river. It was only to be approached by heading a rapid current of nearly live knots an hour in order to pass the tort and toedescend t‘avards * steep and narrow landing-place above 'the stockaded, batteries. • • 04 0 n Friday, the 12th instant; Conutiander Ryder snd myself (who were in advance in our gigsy hove insight of Serapaqui, situated at the head of a' straight reach of about a mile and a half long. No sooner did my boat appear, that she was fired upon by two guns, which effectually precluded the possibility of any peaceful ar rangement. "I therefore waited to reconnoitre until the •heaiy , boats arrived, when I led them up the rieer.' A spare pinnace, .comnianded • by Lieutenant , JohnitOn, 'of. her tlajessy's Alarm, containing some of her Majesty!ii 3Sth Regiment ; 'the Ahura's` barge, commanded 'by Lieutenant Lieutenant Ridge, and First Lieutenant Boyle, of the Royal- Marines, with a part of his detachment, and the Vixen's port paddle-box boat, with the head 'qurterg of the detachment of that regiment, commanded by 'Captain Smith, owing to their fast pulling, took .the - lead 'after the gigs, and:on we went, but the current was so t;tiong that one hour .and forty minutes elapsed before we were enabled to pass the batteries sufficiently high to droo down to the landing place previously mentioned, by which time nearly all the boats were up. I . then gave the order to land, which they did with an English cheer, and inaen minutes our flag was hoisted on the fort. • " After a chase of thirty minutes into the thick woods, I ordered the recal to be sounded, destroyed the stock ades, spiked the guns, broke their trunnions and threw them into the river, together with muskets, ammunition; and, after embarking the force, set fire to the defences.- " I wac unable to ascertain accurately the loss of the • enemy, owing to 'the density of the cover into which they retreated; tstenty, — however, were 'found dead, and , I have reason' to believe that about double the: ntiniber were ; wounded. Their force consisted of about 20(1 soldiers, beeidessome boatmen, pressed by Colonel Sales into his service. Nine prisoners were captured, amongst them two wounded officers; these . I sent to ' the ship ; the re mainder I have distributed amongst the boats to act as pilots. " The defences of the post consisted of six angular stockaded entrenchinents, formed of very tough timber, eight feet high "and four feet thick, one side of each stockade looking across.the river, and the other down the eiach.. The principal stockade commanded the landing-place, in which one of the guns was mounted at the time. " It was with great satisfaction that I saw the cool and steady behaviour of the men, under the trying cir kstouasytre position, itionA,nd it cir cumstances of crowded b oats, expose d to a hot .fite, fr o m both sides of the river, fro m unseen' M a rksmen, without the possibility of effectually returning it, While in owing to the current runningalm almost a e at is astonishing to me that a greatdr lOis did not oecur,'as the boats were - riddled with shot , and nea r ly h a lr t h e oa t s 'b ro k en . " To distinguith one brave officer from another, when all did their duty, is a difficult task; but I may remark, o a m in i r that I found Captain Smith, commanding the. detach ment of her Mejeaty's 38th Regiment, by my side on landing; Commander Ryder, at the head, of his division, close by me; Lieutenants Johnston and Ridge, of the Alarm, leading their :nen in gallant style; and. First Lieutenant Boyle, Royal Marines, of the same ,ship, leading his detachment as my guard. and showing an example which his marines could not but follow. " Mr. Martin, paymaster and purser of the Alarm, accompanied use in my gig, and was of the greatest value ' and assistance. Besides these officers, I beg to recorry mend to your favourable notice Mr. Collins, paymaster and purser of her Majesty's ship Vixen, who was a volunteer in the head quarter-port paddle-box boat; ifie Honourable M. A. Nloreton, mate of the Alarm, who commanded the pinnace, and did good execution; Mr. Tyler, mate of the same ship; Mr. N. E. B. Tumour, midshipman of the Vixen, who was - badly wounded; and I beg to mention a-seaman of the Vixen, named -in the margin,* who captured the colours.—l have, &c., (Signed) "GRANITTELE G: LOCH. - It S. Alatm, -and Senior Officer; &e. " P.Sc^Comroander'A. Ryder has brought wider our notice the zeal and gallantry- 'of Mr. F. A. Dewdney, midshipman of her Majesty's ship Vixen, commanding. the S. P. B. boat. tsl beg also to mention the zeal and activity of Lieut. Scott, First of the Vixen, in forwarding the advance of the launches over the rapids, and his exertions in push ing 'on the slow boats of tke force. " Vice-Admiral Sir Francia W. Austen, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief, Sac. &c." A LIST OF BOATS AND THE NUMBER OF MEN ON THE RIVER' SAN JUAN DS NICARAGUA EXPEDITION. HER MAJESTY'S SKIP ALARM. Galley—Captain Loch; Mr. Martin, acting pavmas ter and purser; crew. 6 . —Total 8. Barge, 12-pound e r carronade—Lieutenant Ridge ; Li eutenan t Boyle, R.M.; Mr. Tyler, mate; crew, 13; marines, 10.--Total 2 6 , 3 wounded. • S pare Pinnace, 12- p ottnder •howitzer—Lieutenant wounded. Pinnace, crew' 13; soldiers, J lB o . h — n s T o o n t ; a IM3r3. ni kill , e dm, 1 swh Pinnace, 12-pounder carronade—Honourable H. Moreton, mate; Mr. fl a therly,.assistaut-surgeon; Mr. Balfour, naidshipnian; crow, 13; marines, 10. —Total 26; 1 . wounded. Ist Cutter, rocket boat—Mr. W. Rees, boatswain ; crew, 11.—Total 12. 2d Cutter—Mr. Blakeley, midahipman •; crew, 10; s•ldiers, 6.—Total 17. . Tot al 13ER YASESTY's eiTZ3I•I3LOOP VIXEN. Gig—Commander Ryder ; A crew s.—Totel 6 ; 1 wounded. Part 1 1 : B. boat, 24-pounder carronade—Mr. Collins, acting paymaster and purser (volr.); Mr. Tumour, mid shipman; Captain Smith, 36th Regiment; crew, 15; soldiers, 22.—Total, 41; I killed, 1 wounded. Starboard P. it. boat, '24;ponfider carronade—Mr. Deudtn, midshipman; Lieutenant Hugotiin, 38th Regi crew,.l3; soldiersi 23 ; Brown, engineer 0 , 431 r.) ,L.4otaf 38; 5 wounded. 12-I)puclei Carronadelif Firer, mid . - snilisani Mr. Le Blanc, assistant.' surgeon,' 38th Regi ment; crew, 13; marines, 10.---Total 25; 1 wounded. Cutter—Mr. Hughes, midshipman ; Mr. Campion, clerk (volr.); crew, 10; soldiers, 6.—Total IL Second Gig—Mr. Lambert, midshipman; crew, .5. Total 6. 2 - Dories Crews _Total 4. Total 138. Grand total engaged 260; 2 killed and 13 wounded. Her M a j es ty' s s hip caplitaeirn Majesty's KILLED. 7 C l, h .. ti , r i l : es , P s o:vell Her Majesty's stip , Alar4 3— Jam es Jo h nson , ' boat . swain's mate. Alarm- 2 .Jolin Mitchell, pox steawmo-stil9Z:.p.V.i.,t.e.,n.—. swain, slightly; W m. .SmallmapipriYaternitiriite, slightly; John P owe ll, priviteliOr slightly; ine; - John Bentley; privat e Marine. slightly;_ John Nolan, private 38th Re . ~stne4 , iliikhtlt. _ . ••• ,ifit'lWASTy's iii4044100-IMtel77-Wkl.litt4 Haycock, orii;iiit'F 38th Regiment; ievevelY; ..PhiliP. Maloney, Private 38th Regiment, severely; David Goodman, pri • Tate 38th R eg i men t ; slightly; William Cubitt, private * Dennis Berke, stoker. 38th Regiment, slightly; Patrick Nagle, A. 8., slightly; Lewis ‘Vright, marine, slightly; Mr. R. Turnour, mid• shipman, severely; Wm. Henry Coombes, paymaster and purser's steward, severely. Total-206 men; 12 boats, with two 24 Totinder car ronades, three 12-pounder carronades, ono_l2-pounder howitzer, and rocket-boat. (Signed) - G4ANVILLE. , G: LOCH. FROM THE LONDON-GAZETTE Or FRIDAY. DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 27. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give order, for appointing The Right Hon. Henry Lytton Bulwer.•her, Majesty Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Queen of Spain, • The Right Hon. Henry Ellis, some time employed on an Extraordinary and Special Mission 'to the Court ui his , Majesty the Emperor of Brazil, • The Right Hon. Richard Pakenharn, her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of America, , James Brooke,. Esq., G.overnor and Commander•in Chief in and over the island of Labaun, George Russell Clerk, Esq., Governor. of Bombay, Henry Light, Esq., Governor and Commander-in. Chief in and over the colony of British Guiana, George Grey, Esq., Governor-in-Chief of New Zealand, Charles tit - Ward Trevelyan, Esq:, Asaistad Secretary to the Board of Treasury; Sir Randolph Isham Routh,, Knight, CoMmiisary- General, employed on a particular service in Ireland, Rear. Admiral Beaufort, Hydrographer to the Ad. miralty, The Right Hon. James Stephen, one of the Under- Secretaries of State for the War and Colonial Depart. went, Ilajor•General William Morison, of the Madras Artillery, C. 8., Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Montgomery Lawrence, of the Bengal Artillery, C. 8., to be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the Second Class or Knights Commanders of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. Her Majesty has also been graciously pleased to give orders for appointing - Major-General William Francii. Patrick Napier, C. 8., to be an Ordinary Member of the Military Division tif Xlie Second Class of Knights Coin : wanders of the said MOst Honourable Order. And her Majesty has further been graciously pleased to give orders tor appointing Lord Bloomfield, her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of all the Bussias, Lord Cowley, her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary to the Confederated States of the Swiss Cantons, Lord Wiliam Hervey, Secretary to her Majesty's Em basy at Paris. - The Right Hon. the Earl of St. German's, some time Secretary of Legation at the Court of Madrid, and afterwards employed by kis late llajesty's Government on a Mission to the north of Spain. Lieutenant-Colonel Justin gheil. her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Miniater Plenipotentiary to the Shah of Periiia, _ • Sir Henry Wheatly, Bart., Receiver-General of the Duchy of Cornwall, George Edward Anson - , Esq., Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse, The Hon. Charles Augustus Murray, late Master of her Majesty's Household, tOd now her Majesty's Agent and. Consul General. ip•Egypt. George Nicholls, Esq., one of the Secretaries to the Poor Law Board. __• _ _ _ Edwin Chadwick, Esq., one 'of the Commissioners for inquiring into the sanitan condition of the Metropolis, Join George Shaw Lefevre,. Erg., Clerk Assistant of the Parliaments. _ _ Alexander Milne. Esq one of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings; Sir Henry Thomas De la Beebe, ,Kt., • Director- General of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom, Sir William Symonds, Kt., Captain of the Royal Navy, Lieutenant Colonel Joshua Jebb, R. E. Surveyor General of Prisons and Inspector General of Military Prisons, Richard Mayne, Esq., one of the Commissioners of Police of the Metropolis, , Samuel George Bonham, Eq.. Governor and cc,%rn.. mander-in-Chief in and over the Island of ,Hong Kong, Colonel Sir 'William Macbean George Colebroukc, Kt., late Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick, . Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Bolt Rube, now ad ministering tke Government of South Australia, Sir Robert Bowcher Clarke, 'Kt. 'Cnief Justice of Barbadoes, • ' Sir Joshua Rowe,.Kt. Chief.JuAice of Jamaica, 'Sir Anthony Oliphant, Kt., Chief Justice of Ceylon, George Scotland, Esq., Chief Justice of Trinidad, and -Sir Rupert Denis George, Bart.,.. late Provincial Secretary of Nova Scotia, to be ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the aforesaid Most Hon ourable order of the Bsth, PRIZE MONEY. 4.l,=Norfolk-street, Strand, April . 26. Notice is herby given to the officers and company of her Mdjesty's ship Prometheus, John Hay, Esq., porn inander, that, on the 17th day of May next, they will be paid, as above, their proportions of bounty moue) received for the under-mentioned vessels; and th, shares will be recalled every Wednesday and Thurs day, for three months to come, agreeably tnAct of Per. Lament.. Name unknown, 101 h of March, 1845. E s. d. Commander 18.12 11 First-class 6 6 8:t Second- class Third class X s. d. Fourth-class... 1 5 4 Fifth-class ... 0 12 8 Sixth-class 0 8 5 Seventh class 0 4 2 Name unknown, 2 £ s. d. Commander ll9 19 0 First class 33 16 2f Second-class 2O 5 8 Third class of October, 1845. ~£ s. d. Fourth-class... 6 15 21 Fit th•class ... 3 7 7A Sixth class .. 2 5 Ot Seventh class 1 2 6} Name unknown, 2 2 d s. d. Commander ... 97 6 2f First-class ... 32 13 11 Second-class ... 19 12 4 Third-class ... 9 16 2 Eugragla, 25th of £. 3. d. Cbrnmander ~.. 51 4 el First-class ~ .r• 17 4 0 Second-class ... 10 ` - 6 5-1 Third-class ... 5 3 2i St. Domingo; 256 n of November, 1845. Fourth-clais... 6 1.0 9i Fitth-class , 3 5 43 Sixth class.:. 2 3 7 Severtth-class . 1 1 93 December, 1845. t. s. d Fourth-class..: 3 8 9i Fifth class ... 1 14 41 Sixtb-chiss ... 1 2 11 Seventh-class . 0 11 ..53 ,f December, 1845. . •- 4. 2 . ii. ..Z. a. d I Commander ... 60 14 Gi Fourth-class.. 4 1 71 First-class ... 20 8 1 Fifth-class ... 2 0 9i I Second.class ... 12 4 10i Sixth-class ... 1 7 24 Third.class ... 6 2 5 Seventh-class . 013 7 San Lorenzo, 26th of December, 1845. .i s. d. I '£. s. d. Commander ... 1 0 6 9 04- 1 Fourth-class... 7 3 01- First-class ... 35 15 4} Fifth class ... 3 11 GI Second-class... 21 9 24 Sixth-class ... . 2 7 81 Third-class ... 10 14 71 Seventh-olass. 1 3 In IIALFORD and Co.. Agents, DOWNING STREET, APRIL 28, 1848. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Colonel Sir William MacbeanGeorgeColebrooke,Knt., to beGovernor and Coin'', inder-in-Chielin . end ever the eolOny of British G niana and its depeodenciet, 4 „ ' ''' ' '' ~ 'W A R- OF FIC E, Arlen. 28. '' 'lst - - Wgitaint of Life Gfiaids—Cornet George Henry Earl of Mount Charles, from the 2d Dragoons, to be Cornet and -Sub-Lieutenant, vice Gratrex, who ex changes, April 28. ' 2d Magoon Guards--'-Lieutenant Charles Hugh Koy, , to•-he Captain, 'by purehase, vice Ley, who retires; Lieutenant Edmund Ruck Keene, from the 15th Light •Dragoons; to be Lieutenant, vice Key, April 28. .2d Dragoons—Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant Thomas Price Grittrex; from the . Ist Regiment of Life Guards, to beCornet, vice. the . Earl of Mount Charles, who ex changes, April 28. - - 12th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Charles Sutton to be • Captain, by purchase ; vice. Maunsell, who retires ; Cornet Charles Edward Grogan to be Lieutenant, by 'purchase, vice Sutton; April'2B. 15th Light Dragoons—Cornet William Bennett to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Keene, appointed to the 2d Dragoon • Guards, April 23. • : 13th Foot—Lientenatits Granville , George Chetwynd .Stapyiton'tb be Captain, by purchase, vice Rattray, who aetites; E'nsign 'slimes .Nicol 'to , be Lieutenant, - by pur chase, vice Stapylton; William Henry Jones, Gent., to be Ensign, by purehase, vice - Nicol, April 28. 15th Foot—Ensign Henry W. Walters to be Lieute nant by purchase; vice Montgomery, who retires; Joseph Tuite, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Walters,'April 211._ William Robert Thompson-, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Elencowe, who retires, April.2.ll. • -, • . . • 43ci . FoetThe , Hon. Lewis 'Watson Miller to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Milne', rromoted, April 28. • 44th Foot—Captain William St. Leger Alcock Stawell, from half-pay Unattached, to.be Captain, vice the Hon. Su George Gerald Foley, who exchanges; Lieutenant 'Frederick , Sykes Danbeney.to be Captain, by purchase, -*ice &swell, who retires; Ensign' William Henry Mans 'field f•to 'be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Daubetie • Charles Pye Pye, Gent., to be Ensi gn , by purchase, viYce Mansfield, April 28'. . . .. . •,: „ - 46th Foot—Captain Mundy Pole, from half-pay 'Un attached, to , be Captain, vice' •:Hrevet Major- George de Rottenhurg, who •exchanges.; , Lieutenant Algernon Robert Garrett to .be Captain, by purchase, vice Pole, who retires; Ensign George Frederick Dallas to - be . Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Garrett; William Henry Bennett, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dallas, April 28. ~ . 56th Foot—Captain Arthur Mainwaring, from half pay Unattached, ,to. be Captain, vice Pennant Athelwold Iremonger ; who exchanges • Lieutenant James Stead man Hawker Furor to be oaPtain, by purchase, vice Mainwaring, who retires; Ensign Francis Henniker Sykes .to be. Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Farrar; George Ley Wolferston Dodsley Flainstead, Gent., t.= be:Ensi g n, by purchase, vice Sykes, April 2s. -,64th,F00t7-Lieutenant Thomas Stirlingto,be Captain, by ,purchttse,.vice.canavan, who retires; Ensign Robert Du . Cane to be Lieittenant, by purchase, vice Stirlibg ; :, liera tio --Olynii' Grylls, Gent., te biEns.io, by: purchase, • -.Omi Du tale, Apra 28 ; Jai•Austen Aloultrie, Gent., to, be Ensign, by pprchase, vice. Armstrong, who retires April z 9.. ' -.: .6., •' . •. • . . ' 3d West. India Regiment—Ensign Patrick James John Grant t') be Lieutenant, by purohass, -vice yoistar,Trho retires, April 28. - ' • --. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant Jeff- Ty Eagar from half-pay Royal York 'Rangers,' to be Lieutenant, vice Aches Watson, promoted; Second Lieutenant John 1848. Warden M•Farlan- to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Earar, who retires; William Baker, &int.,- to be Second' Lieutenant, by purchase, vice M Tartan, April 28. •BuEver:—Captain Mundy Pole, of the 46th Foot, •to be Major in the Army, Nev.. 9, 1846... • Commissions by the Lord. Lieutenant of Mid-Lothiap. The Right Hon. James - Andrew Earl. of Dalhousie to be ' • Depifty-Lieutenaat I the Right Honourable Sholto-John. Douglas, commonly called. Lord A.ber, deur, to be •Deputy-Lieutenant ; Sir James Walker Drummond,. ••: Bart., f to• ~be Deputy-Lieutenant; Sir Theists IDiek Lauder; Bart.,; to be Deputy-Lieuta nant ; ,, carteritt'George Scott,,Esq., to be Deputy-Lien tenant ;. . Alexander Maconochie, Esq., to be Deputy- Lieutenant; William Stewart Walker, Esq., to he Deputy-Lieutenant P • James Clerk, Esq., jun., nto be •put 4 -Lieutenant,Dec. 16, 1846 Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Ross-shire. 96th,or Ross-shire, &c., Regiment of North British Militia—John Hugh Bethune, Gent., .to be Lieutenant, vice William Mack:sin, deceased ; Charles Robertson. Gent:, to: be Ensign, vice .Ev.an B. Fowler, deceased, April :24. Commissions by t,he Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire. . Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry. Cavalrp—Cornet Richard Penruddocke .Long to be Captain, vice Walter Long. jun , deceased, April 24; Cornet Edward Dugdale Buck nall Estcourt to be Lieutenant, vice Money, resigned ; James Charles Herbert Welbore Ellis Agar, Viscount Somerton -to be Cornet, vice Estcourt, promoted,April 23; Ebeneuer Thomas. Clarkson, Gent., to be Cornet., vice Pollen, resigned, April 24. Commission,s:by . the ,Lord-Lieutenant of Nottingham . shire. William Leigh Mellish, Gent.. to . be . First Lientenant, vice Robert Caparn, resigned; Charles Thorold, Gent., to 'be Cornet, . vice . Thomas Wollaston White, trans ferred to.the 16th Queen's Lancers. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire. The;Qcteea's.Own Royal Regiment of Staffordshire Yeo .manry Cavalry-Major E. Peel to be LieuteantCplonel,viee Moncktou, det:ease); Captain the Hon.:William Begot to be,Major,,,yice Peel,, promoted ; Lieut., Lorenzo Kirk.; .patrick Hall.tobe.captain, vice l3agot, promoted ; Cor net,Hugo M.eyuell Ingram to be.logienaat, vice Hall, promoted ; Thomas Guy Giaborne, Gent., to be Lieutenant., vice Boothby, resigned; Henry Lane, Gent,, to bp,qotnet, vice Ingram, promoted, April 25. Commissions, hY . the Lord. Lieutenant of Salop. South, Sejjtpian yeomanry Cavalry—Beriah. Botfield, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice flap Earl of pow,is promoted; Wi4tajn Rkttler,ployd, Gent., to,be . Cornet,.vlee gooeld, promot,ed. • 1 4 BAbiAßuitTgls' SUPERSEDED. Wihiam ,A.tkinsol, cottOn manufacturer, Manchester. •Vrancis and. . Charles Griffith; liaendrap?rs, Soutbanip ton-row, Bloomsbury. Benjamin Barber, lace dealer, Nottingham. William Goodall and Benjamin Hopkinson Bates, clpth merchants, Skircoat, Halifax : , BANKRUPTS. . _ . Benjamin Spikins,, timber merchant, Lichfielclstreet, Westminster, to surrender, May 5,. at eleven, and June ,9, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Williams, Alfred -place, Bedford-square. • Thomas King Greenbank, tobacconist, Manchester, May 9 and June 6, at eleven, at the. Manchester District c,.mrt. Pod, - o ffi cial .assignee, Manchester; • Wathen and Phillips, Basinghall-street;. De:Lara,'Manchester. • Thomas Smith Mulvey, shiphuilderi'Chester, May .16, and. June 5. tit'eleven, at the 'Liverpool Disirict 'Court. it-organ, official assOznee, Liverpdol; cheater . 11414:1:04.i,, gttaple Inn; Tyrcr, Liverpool. George Washington Atwood, merchant.. America- . square, May 9 and TJtine 16,. at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Marten, Thomas, and Holism, Mincing-lane.. JOtan Babba Swish, innkeeper, Brentwood, Essex, May 12, at hell-past twelve, and June 10, at eleven, atilt" Court of, , Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee Sitmbrook court, Basinghall-street; Rawlings, Rumford, Essex. ,Mmes Stuart Dobson, Surgeon, Harlow, Essex, Hay ;16, at one, and June 6, at eleven, at the Court .ot Bank fuptcy. Groom,. official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lova liard-street; Parkei.and Co., Raymund-buildings, Gray's Inn. James Fostor,- fringe..manufacturer, Wilson -street, Finsbury, May .9... at two, and June 5, at twelve, at the Cotirt of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall Chambers, Basinghall-street; Reed and Co., Triday-street, Cheapside. Henry Pace, =watch manufacturer, St. John's-square, .01krkenwell, and Loughton,. Essex, May 5, 'at halt-past one, and June 9, at half-past twelve, at the Court of ,Ririikruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman -street; Badeleley;tetinm-street, Goodman's , fields. • - Thomas Pasco, upholsterer, Chichester; May 9, atone, and June 5; . at:httlf=past, eleven "at the Court of Bank itiptcy., Graham, official'. assignee,. Coleman . .. Street ; Stanniland and Long, Bouverie,street, Strand.' Francis Armson, builder, Carlton-hill, St. J(Shn's.- ' wood, Middlesex,.._Mayls, at-two, and June 5, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall Chambers!, ~Basinghall-street ; Vendercom and Co., Bush-line... • •• John. Bishop, liuen.driper, Tredegar, Monmouthshire, May 15, at half-past one, and June 12, at half-past eleven, at the Court ••of -Bankruptcy.• Turquand; 'official as • signee, G u ildh a ll Chambers, Basinghall-street ; Jones , Shoe- l ane.•• • -- • John Wesley Hooper, , atone mason, Holmes-terrace. Kentish-town, May 2, at half-past•twelve, and June 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, .official ,assignee ; English, Coleman-street, City. Fuller Coker, timber dealer, Shipharo, Norfolk, May 10, at half=past two, and June 6, at twelve, at the Court. of Bankruptcy. Groom, official: assignee, Ab cliitrch-line.;' Tiehern and White . ; -literg‘'yard,Cbitna hers, Rucklersbury ; MasseY, Watton, Norfolk. Joshua Clarke, hosier, Hinckley, Leicestershire, May 11 and June 15, at half-past • ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, offiAal assignee, Birming ham ; Jarvis, Hinckley, and Reece, Birmingham. Muses Workman, brazier, Upton-upon-Severn, Wor cestershire, May 17 and June 8, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District °num , Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Cooper, Upton-upon-Severn ; Motterarn and Co., Birmingham... . James Pugh, tailor, Monmouth, May 11, at twelve, and June, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Clarkes,. Bristol. • 'Benjamin Yeates, 'draper, Monmouth, , May- 12 and - June 15, at elevea„, at the Bristol Distriot•Court. Mil ler, official assignee, 'Bristol; Crosby, Bristol; Jay, Ser.- tealit's Inn, .Fleet-street. • . •• DIVIDENDS. . • . • • • At the Court, Bastnghall-street. W. P. Barrett, Palace-row, New-road, ironmonger, May 19, •at, one-J. Williams, Great Rusself.street, Bloomsbury,- architectural book , publisher; May 22, at twelve--:-F. Clark, George-street, Adelphi, jewel case maker, May 19. - it half-past , eleven-S. Cunningham, Minerva-street, Itickney-road, proprietor of saw wills May 19, at eleveti-T. Bewley, - Chelmsford, Esiex, iron manufacturer, May 19, at eleven-R. Goodwin, Eton, ironmonger, May 19, at one-4 Graham, Jewry-street, Aldgate, wholesale stationer, 'May 9 1, at two-J. M. Lee, . H ung erford-street, Strand, and -Cornhill, under- writer, May 12, at twelve. • • - - In the Country: . . . . J. Drew, Cheltenham, builder, May 29, at one, the CQurt,•Bristol-F.; Beestsm, Stockport, carpenter. May 25, at eleven, ' at the Court, Manchester- W. Barns, Milnrow, Lancashire, flannel manufacturer, May 26, at eleven, at the Court; 'Manchester-E. J. Scott,. sen., Kingaton-upon4-Itill, paperstamer, May 31, at half-past ten, at the T o wn-hall,;Kingston-upon-Hull-J. R. Clark, Royston, Yorkshire, g rocer, May 23, at eleven, at th e C o urt, Leeds-,4. M. Stark, Giinsborough, Lincolnshire,. iekseller, M.ay 24';' at half past ten, at the' Town- hall, Kingston-upon-Hull-R. Goulding, Gainstierough, Lin colnshire, cabinet maker, May 24, 'at half -past teti,' at the Townfhall; Kingston- upon-flull-G. Miller, Whitby, Yorkshire, innkeeper,. May 29, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds-J: Bromley,' Kingston-upon Hull, glass and china dealer, May,3l; at half-past ten, at the Town-hall, Kinge . ton-upon:Hull-S.. Rutland, Hogsthorpe, Lincoln coachmaker, May 31, at half•past ten, at the Town-hall, Kingston-upon-Hull--J. Smith,.. Warwick, 'wine-merchant, May 24, at half-past ten, at the Court, Birmingham-E. Elwell, Westbromwich, Staffordshire, iron founder,•May -23 • at eleven, at the Court, Birmiug 'ham. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. W. Chappelow,, jun. Jermyn-street, St. James's, saddler, second dividend, Is. Bd., on Tuesday, May 2, and two subsequent Mondays, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Caunan, Birchin-lane, City. 1. Fellman, Fore-street, Limehouse, brewer, 6d., on Tuesday, May 2, and two subsequent Mondays, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Canaan, Birchin lane, City. J. Clarke, Great Castle-street, Regent-street, - painter, glazier, and house decorator, Ifs. 6d., on Tuesday, May 2, and two subsequent Mondays, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Canaan, Birchin-lane, City. W. Douglas and J. M. Douglas, Liverpool, merchants, 9d., OR Thursday, April 27, or any subs, quent Thurs day, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. , W. Gregory, Liverpool, hosier and glover, 3s. 6d., on Thursday, April 27, or any subsequent Thursday, be tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. W. Edmond and T Edmond, Liverpool and Bombay, merchants, 35., on Tuesday, May 2, and every following Tuesday, between ten and one, at the office of Mr. Bob son, Manchester. T. Cartwright, _Heaton Norris, Lancashire, banker, 4fd., on Tuesday, May 2, or any subsequent Tuesday, between .eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Pott, Man chester. B. Walton, Wolverhampton, japanner, ss. 81, on Friday, May 5, or any subsequent Friday, between eleven and three, at the difice of Mr. Whitmore, Bir mingham. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. W. Hurst. Baker-street, Bagnigv,e-wells-road, licensed victualler, May 19, at half-past eleven—J. T. Jay, Acle, Norfolk. surgeon and apothecary, May 19, at half past twelve—J. Scott, Strand, chemist, May 19, at twelve— C. Farmer, Edgware-road, ironmonger, May 20, at half past twelve—R. Hicks, Lower Belgrave-street, Pimlico, apothecary. May 20, ut eleven—F. finder, Bishop's Storttord, Hertfordshire, tanner and shoe manufacturer, May 20. at twelve—W.Perstiouse, Trafalgar-road, Green wich , cattle dealer, May 22. at tw.-lve. In the Country. ?. • J. Gomersall, Cleckheaton, Yorkshire, corn Miller and , starch manufacturer; May 22, at one, at the Court, Leeds—J. Simpson, Leeds, woolstapler, .Ma'y 23, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—J, B. Chapple, Bath, vic tualler, May 22, at eleven, at - the Court, Bristol—G. J. Jones, Bristol, builder, May 26, at twelve, at the Court, Bristol—W. Lee, Honiton, Devonshire, builder, May 24, at, eleven. at th e C ourt ,'Expu4—B. LineasieWlldlxtrY; Worcestershire, carpenter, May 20, at . half past ten, at the Court, Birmingham —C. Warren, Shrewsbury and Market Drayton, Sliropiibire, - banker, May 27, at eleven, at the Court, Birmiaghem—E. rrice, Toomiwiter, Hers --------------,--......----------- fordshire, farmer, May 20, at eleven, at the COM% Bir? tningham- W. Turpin, • Methley ,- Yorkshire, bu ild er, May 29, at the Court, Leeds. „ At the Court of Review, May 19. .i .C. Dreaper, Liverpool, Lance -hire, corn merchant -W. Spink , Pursto n. Jackliti, Yorkshire, butcher -T. Matthews, Shrewsbury, millwr i g ht and provision dealer - Hill, J!Ric P §rieh, last and shoemaker -E. honiUd, Coleman-street, City, plumber-J. Bit rniide,hntond; 1" Yorkshire, timber 'and iron merchant -4. Law, .Billt°t"- head,' bookseller-.-T.` Cl a rkson, Liverpo ol , 1100 terr". F c!, B. Henderson, Liverpool, ironmonger. . • PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. ' ' T. Besant and F. Sanderson, Kennington,. licensed victuallers-T. Wilson. and C.,Bradshaiv, Leeds grooo -Pauline Welterre . and Emma Carr, SOuth 'Molton: street, Pond-street;- corset Makers-J. Sugdon and 41 , Watson, Kingston-upon-Hull, mastraakers-J. Cowper, F. Cowper, and H. Nash, St. Paul's Church) ard and Old Change; warehousemen-Sarah Elliott and Mary AI: Gould, Topsham, Devonshire, grocers --W- '4 ' °lr a, and J. S. Angell, Bishopagate-street and Leiideslis street, leather tacto.rs-E. Leighton and 11,- G i4 l Fulbeck, Lincolnshire, grocers-J. Chtl9lnan and ' .Chapman, ‘VeSt Lavington, raealinen--F. Mscgill and F. B. Ingall, Houndsditch;rectifiers-4.114151118,130, W. Etherington, Newcastle upon-Tyne, millers.-- 0, I Grant and J. Struts, Catherine -street, Straedior, paper r•roprietors-G. Paqualin and. J. B. Ft-0.1 , A j i . 'Of lane, Cit)., ship brokers-R. Day, G. Binne, e n d C Waller, St, Mary-axe City, provision merchentgraw Wilaim, C. Seaman, an d' J. A. Kemp, Milk OrC et A'''‘,7l silk Manufacturers , . C. R. Henzell . and J. B. . L' 1. ,1,„1 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, surgeons-W. Pike and -$...r5.;. ker, R....ading, tobacco manufacturers= -4.. DeLve tt-iiti an Jull. Tunbridge-wells, Kent, grocers-J. M`•" °l ' d i J. J. Fiber, Manchester, chemists -VV. Dallonr--sn,.l; Dallow, Hagley and Cradley, Worcestershire and I; J. verhampton, coopeis-J. Taylor, W. Pot ter ' an w• Taylor. Liverpool, merchants -J. Downey and j. I b ) !.. i ney, Commercial-road, Lambeth, owners, and, pile drivers-S. Scott,S. Whittaker, ona.:. Kershaw, Rochdale, 'flannel manufacturers (so far 0, i i t. gards R. Whitaker)-W: Welpdale, C. Adana, an°rej.6 lighterman, 1:1'17. Armour, Tottenham-court-road, drapersl. 00,, 11 / A te d T r; and furniture dealers-J. Miller and 11. FoYr ''.' ll- e. " , field, coach makers. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS:,, nionfaa' Richard Evans, Llangefni, Angleech "I's Curer. • • • , . M kiee' William Mapledoram, Sicirnoath, Devoushhre, , - U Henry Wills, Honiton, Devenshire,' baker. James Conrictt, noniron, Devenshire, cooPi r '' ' . William Crabtree, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, beerse....,lierr:' Thor:tide:Lloyd Jones oliu thin,. Denbighshirlt -g.,',,, e 5 0, , William I)otibleday, Viverston, Lancashire, 511 Q- . George Stokes, Yeovil; Soniersetshire, inkeefier• . Alexander Sorley, Edgehill, Lancashire. • John Attaway, Faversham. Kent, victualler. William Pomeroy, Stockland ,Devonshire. 4_4 Peter Morriss Mills, King's Lynn,. Norfolk, bregle". , John Wilson, Luddington, Lincolnshire, Piller. te r. William Stephens Holston, Cornwall, schoobnsa Anne Ellis, Llanciegla, Denbighshire. Joshua Hughes, Bristol, plasterer. William Allen, Rugby, Warwickshire, tailor. • . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION s ¢r . 4 sta T. Waddell, Glesgcm, merchant, to meet' . ti 25, at one, within the Star Hotel, Glasgow , .1 4 . i n. T. Lockett; -Glasgow, merchant , t o meet 1177 A 1 31, at , twelve , within the George Inn , Glasgew‘A:llo,94. sT. BoWstead; . Glasgow, groc er, to meet. Or - - ~'" at tkvise; within the , 4 Ib, rt. Tavern,* Glaeg ° " *. '`" ''. -PRICE ,OF, SUGAX . 1 - eoraP ut The average p ri ce of Brown or MuscovadnSugart lt . isp o from the ietiirris' made 'in 'the week • endieS ..•, ' 1848, is 21s. 3d. per cwt.. • . ~'• ' '.'" ~- st g'r S' RAILWAY SHAitE. M,Alto'— ' 4' LIVERPOOL, APRIL 28.. - L ova t°' STOCK EXCHANON.--The share market his been ....,i t ecf. day; the business done, however, has been rstber2l;3, The following are the closing .pric,es :—Grest N-or t t n e WA 18s. ,9d.,.dis.—.Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths S l i a a,reater ° ' Riding Union), . 41.38 . 9d.-dis .—ice kcion and Nor. o a f s. ? 6,4, 127 c.—Ditto, Fifths, 5% p. c.--Midland, New •a. cbestel die.—North. Staffordshire, 3% dis.—ShrewsbarY !L....501AV ate Shrewsbury, Oswestry. and Chester), 7% ttr,.l 4 Vele Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds, 33fi C. Chester), I °' . „ .. f , castle, and -Berwick (G.. N. E. Furchase), par. - .. a. Bum:Alp:8UB, Arno. 28. , Dil iiir STOCK EXCHATios.—The sales are o. _., t ieft shire, and Cheshire Junction 7 1-16 dii.—Eastern G0u",,,,,, /3%--Great . Northern, 10 dis. Union), 4 5-I u ft ; Fifths, 1% ilis.,-.-Ditto (West Riding c heater .z -London and North-Western, 128--Ditto.(brin boot, dis.—Carita s and Y,orr.'',ll.i. Birmingham), Quarters (A. and B), 1% p•—bisPc2s JO. Sheffield. and Lincolnsh ire (Grimsby), 50/. Shalr , Note % c —Ditto (She ffi eld and Lincolnshire), 8% 'c' Staffordshire, 3% —South St a ffordshire, 3 11-16 do. ~ . . BIRMINGHAM; Ainu.'2ls". Ao , yea STOCK -IEXCLIANGE.—Offers were made for 1 ,01 4t,igl Ziorth- Weste rn s at 127 ; Midland, 96%; and Bit 56.. and Oxford Junction at 21 ; but the only sale if „s - : Staffordshire, at 3% die. - - BRISTOL, Arno. 28. .../ .0 18 Srocit EXCHANGE. —There has been more busin, r ; 0 ,00 to- day, but without any improvement in prices ,: g t We il ; have been—Bristol and E.,eter New, 10 dis • -••••u iciii r) " . tern, Quarters, 21,4 dis.—Ditto, New, 1124 dis. n , d f NO l`' I. • ........14..., it StOdF, 97 ti dis. —North Staffordshire, 3%, dis.--"' ' Sew;:%•-ars. k e en SUICIDE or A LADY.—Great regret has -,-„,„ola• cited in the neighbourhood or the Minster-yard, by the diseovery of the body of Mrs. Cookson (s u c h a t able lady, widow of the, lite Dr. CookSOn) , in a ers,icit the top orate garden belonging to the hbase in c o t , she ri sided. Ihe 'unfortunate . lady retired to rest . o . e. nine o'clock on Monday, ,, being befor e her.. nous' , o ecl follOWing morning'the servant was inueh.sle` st at finding her mistress's bedroom door partly 01 1 ,1„! Du on looking into the bed perceived : she had quitteiLliir proceeding to the garden she found that,the haff;illo hinging to the well had been removed. Knoll 17,01° the deceased was subject to fits of aberration , „iron suspected . that she had destroyed hers elf. th e got tato the bueket, descended, and soon f e t t ifter; body. The coroner's inquest was held in„ t;;turnt, noon, end a verdict of '"Temporary iiasapi t re ' that From the evidence on the inquest, it aplO pinch ° , O " deceased had . complained of her heed YeeYho said,"e Monday; and wept very•bitterly. She had r re plyzg the servant; "you hate me, .Eliza..," , and on " e dec eese " that she did lot—why should she t' the rejoined, "because, all the world,does.” ' M o ra NAVAL AND MILITAIT 'BIBLE' ,„ e con it i pp lip annual general meeting.of the friends nn d . of this society, established in 1780, ``in e 0 14" v sailors and' soldiers with the Holy A be yesterday forenoon at the Hanover-square Wbuair, Marquis of Cholmondeley, pretident . , in so 4 l 3 .„ Scl bs r r report stated that the number of copies 0ir, 1 , 0 purr I issued to - men-Of, war ships. was 1,84 41 ' to bcriptures,..oo. received by soldiers was considerably abOrt tr ibun c lo 11,902 Bibles and Testaments bad been s how ts fr - bs seamen in the merchant service, and ,sevesi h nie s, ( o f among the boatmen and witermenmalln committee reported that though the,fitnas d u• • 0 , i o si had felt more or less • the depressing inu i l l e : i steci year's distreari„, still they were much better - ,7 h — , •rtic e l t o Many• of the metropolitan associatinns.. .01 for the last year were 2,511/.125. d tu`Zote fr o 2,5391. Bs. 2d. This left untouched el : no t. '123/.los. Bd. from the previous year's ed'c'hai report was adopted and ordered to be printe' - rbui f :„1 lated. His Grace. the Archbishop of Conte:aide" signified his acceptance of' the office of vice s the society. - ra d i gtri* fl RXVIEW or-viz MONEY MABEET t MONTH Ot Aritn.,l•B4B —The ftli c tiiatioes7 l oto taken plebe -- value of all 'the Clastes`'qi h oe' li t ; which are the objects of ordinary sale and Ou i r h c e pW e , been comparatively insignifiCant • during ''' - e lete'" c r month, when tornpared with :its immediate Pr r o_ ,4 ° There certainly lite' been . no dearth , of Inir: „ ' ',;(i thing more than common interest; but the" s ",h a T' parison applies nowhere with greater forte :: 6 0 0 ';'i the Stock•Bichange, and although there haie, wvAst e l budgets , of extraordinary intelligence froth oc`' f France; and thelbores '' of the 'Bahia, they ht f v" bl,t i „ f ; scarcely any notice compiredriith the events 0 ',,, -e org w o ' j and March. Consols have fluctuated within s about 3 per cent.—touching 'BO at 'their 1 0 " - itt somewhere aboUt 83 as their highest point•toe, ste: time we write they are again in ' a declining ', i iptir t ,! stand about , 82. Exchequer-bills continue t ° o 1°;; 1 They are now selling for ' 441 . premium , on.i'b epric,r, March (1848) they were worth' 13s. The the Pricer, ie these bills is one of the most evident prtiols eiremeel, mutation of capital beyond the current trade.—Bankera x Magazine. tg.r4 )° , DEATH OF GENERAL 'GOLDIE.--We !die, of'Geneirst Alexandef Jolin died at his residence at Cheltenham se(' b v' the age of 74 years. The gallant decea otli.„jor sixty years in the army, . and belonged to tb! o f goon Guards up to. his attaining the rank of C b "•tei General, in 1811 .. He served in Irelttnd dur,lae 4 14 , hellion in 1798, and in 1812 proceeded te: 0 " Pug appointment in the Peninsular army; under t° as" Wellington. General Goldie entered the snl e o .it iof' net in January, 1788, obtained the rank ni ; ();,,tl' 11th May, 1791 ; Captain, 30th April, 17 ', .10,". Ist January, 1797 ; Lieuten nt-Colonel; ' G ene ra 09 Colonel, 25th April, 1808 . 1798 ; a ; 18 31, June. 1811 ; Lieutenant-General, 19th OP • General; 211tli - June 1838. ......—.—...........---_----........ • •_,J e V' BITHS. At Stratton Rectory, th e ß wife of the Be t ' 6- . • ' l4 .1 . 7) of a son. suo O rri n elyt t ,h h jle e i2r 2 :33 2 .d d vvini i si n tli. st., at Thurlow-co.ttag e, ' r. •P` . 110 Lela , 'JJ Evans, Esq., .4.,,,s : a o m afta N D,d i e c : h uo o ; l lt s pi , toe o rr f tl a_ th d e au la gr c ;l F. ,,•: ,,e _d o e f r i . : ;1 : ire ° On the 25th inst., at Bromley, Kent, tha lci " - 0" James T. B Landon, ALA., of a son. f i l e It A On the 25th inst., at St. Leonard's -on-Sea,. • • Rev. Carles A. Oak, of a son. fli ar On the '2% h inst ,at Weitbourne-ten IP/ t.yet. gardens, the wife of Charles Lye'', Esq., of .a „, br 0 Al Abe MED. , b oo f r , .4, On the 29th inst., at Trinity Church, Ala r l e ns, 1; * e' Bishop of Lichfield, the.. Rev. , William 'kr 1 :4 Pr 0 Trinity College, Cambridge, to Sophiaol;fi Y' ungest dAugh ter of the Bishop of Lichfield. ~.ciatoro4o On the 25th inst., at St. Nicholas Church. isiel, R. Hawkins, Esq'.' of the Bombs Artillery, t ° • y Hitchings, of Guildford. A, . ) 5 7 Id DIED 'Sow ' e rle • •On the 27th of • March list , at Ashuriek, .if j j i Elizabeth ./larding, aged 7” ' 3 „. ,is . ' • JoatiP il!- ' 1 ) ... On the 22d . inst., in the , vi05e,....,, ans.nrfi ~,. the late, Alexander Powell, Esq. .;.„. ~.( 4 fisi3lP:;;'? . Oo the 25. th inst., in Susse.... F laq - e, POI — - : • , • w , Hearle, EFq.. aged 54. _, _n «,,/ 'On' the itith inst., at St. Germain-eh:LW' ~.,• 'vl - , i . t 'ol •Chevaliet GeOtge• t Th.iiy, '•. !, . lOl ;- 0 11) 1404 London: Printed and Publishea b AA: otArt , t ui , No. 112, Strand, Printer, at IA 6 g 3u11 :„ 00 r " Q Strand. in ' the Precinct of the Savoy, "" Middlesex, Saturday, April 29, 1848.