The Sun. — London, England, 1852-04-20 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY S THEATRE. Madlle. JOHANNA WAGNER. It is respectfully announced that the talent of Madlle. JOHANNA WAGNER is secured exclusively to her Majesty's Theatre, by an engagement dated tbe 9th h e r last, and signed by this cele brated artiste, and also by father Mr. Albert Wagner. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. It is respectfully announced that in consequence of Signor Lablache's indispoeitien, the Opera of LA CENERENTOLA is un avoidably postponed, and TUTS EVENING, Will be presented Rossini's OperS, L'ITALIANA IN ALGIERI. Mustapha, Signor Belletti ; Taddeo, Signor Ferranti ; Holy, Sig. Mercuriall ; Lindoro. Sig - nor Calzolari ; Elvira, Madlla. Feller ; and Mme'd'Angrl- be Between the acts presented the revived favourite Diver tissement, L'AITRORE. To cow-hide with a new Spanish Ballet Divertissement, entitled UN BAIZE DE CANDI', In which Mdlle. Guy Stephan, Mdlles. Rosa, Espy,La paourenx,M. Di Mattia, and M. Mathieu will appear. .& new Grand Opera, by Meyerbeer, is in preparation. A new Ballet is in preparation for the rentree of Madlle. Carolina Iteaati. . Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Opera Zoo-office, Colonnade, Haymarket. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA 'NIGHT. On THURSDAY next, April 22, Will be presented Rossini's Opera, IL RARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rosina, Madlle Sofie Cruvelll ; 11 Conte d'Almaviva, Signor Cal. mind ; Figaro, Signor Belletti ; Basilic), Signor Ferlotti ; Don Bar tel°, Signor Lablache. With various Entertainments In the Ballet Department by Madlle. Guy Stephan, Madlies. Rosa, Esper, Lamoureux, Allegrini, rs.scales. .fM. Di Mettia and Mathieu. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office, Opera Colonnade, Haymarket. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. Production of I MARTYRI. The Directors have the honour to announce that THIS EVENDiG, Will be produced, for the first time in this country, Donizetti's Opera, entitled I MARTYRI, As performed at the Academie Royal, Paris. With new Scenery, Costumes, and Appointments. Padilla, Madame Jullienne (of the Academie Royale, Paris (her rst appearance in England) ; Severus, Signor Ronconi ; Felix, Signor Marini ; Nearcus, Signor Stigelli ; a Christian, Signor Soldi ; Calisthenes, Signor Polollilli ; Polyutus, Signor Tamberlik. The incidental Divertissement in the second act of the Opera will be sustained by Madlles. H. Bellotti, L. Bellotti, Leblond, Kolem berg, and Robert. The Scenery by Messrs. Grieve and Telbin ; the Costumes by Mrs. E. Bailey and ia.dame Marzio ; the Appointments by Mr. Prescott ; the Machinery by Mr. Allen ; the Dances by liens. Alexandre; the Spectacle arranged by M. Laurent. Commence at Eight o'clock. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit may be had (for the Night or Season), at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open from Eleven till Five o'clock ; and of the principal librarians and m usics oilers . Mailla, JOHANNA W A GNI:R. The Directors have the honour to announce that, In order to ren ole still more complete their already unprecedented assemblage of artistes, they have entered into an engagement with Madlle. Johanna W a gner (Prima Donna of the Theatre Royal at Berlin), and that the services of that eminent artiste are secured exclusively to the Royal Italian Opera. ROYAL 'MA it lONE TTE THEATRE, ADELAIDE-STREET, WEST STRAND. Attractive Novelties for the Easter Holidays. THIS EVENING, and every evening during the week, A new Characteristic Address, by the Manager. After which the SWISS COTTAGE. To be followed by a grand Ethiopian Musical Entertainment by an extraordinary Troupe of Ebony Marionettes. To conclude with an entirely new version of the Grand Eastern Spectacle of ALADDIN ; or, The Wonderful Lamp, produced with all the vast resources of this small establishment. Doors open at Half-past Seven, and eommenco at Eight o'clock. A Morning Performance To-MorTow and Saturday next. Doors Open at Halt-past Two, and commence at Three o'clock. There will shortly be produced several New Pieces, which are now in active rehearsal. Private Boxes and Stalls to be had at the Boa-office of the Theatre, and of all the principal Librarians. TREATIIE ROYAL, HAYMARIMT. Mr. B Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. rui3 :YE:' Lti G, Will be performed the new Comedy, entitled THE MAN OF LAW. Marquis de la Seigliere, Mr. Lambert ; Raoul, Mr. L. Murray ; M. Destonrnelles, Mr. B. Webster ' • Bernard, Mr. Howe ; Baroness de Vaubert, Sirs. Stirling Helene de 1a Seigliere, Miss A. Vining. After which a new Burlesque on a frightfully popular subject, to be called 0, GEMINI ; or, th. 3 Brothers of Co(u)rse. Characters by Messrs. Buckstone, Bland, Woolger ; Mesdames Buckingham, Col- Caulfield, Honey, &c. With the new Farce of YOUR LIFE'S IN DANGER, in which Mr. Keeley will appear. With A KISS IN THE DARK. THEATR.U. ROYAL, ADELPLII. Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Drama of powerful interest, called THE QUEEN OF THE MARKET. Characters by Messrs. Hughes, 0. Smith, Paul Bedford, Emery, Honey, Worrell ; Mesdames Chaplin, Harding, and Keeley. After which, a devilish new Extravaganza, called MEPHISTO PHELES. Characters by Mr. Honey, Miss Fitzwilliam, and Miss Woolgar. With WHO STOLE THE, POCKET-BOOK ? or, a Dinner for Six, aOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. 7ndar the Management of Mr. C. Keata. THIS EVENIIN'CI, rrin be performed the CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, A. Wigan, Ryder, Meadows, J. Vining, J. Chester, F. Cooke, Everett, and Wheatleigh ; Misses Phillips, Murray, Robertson, Vivash, Daly, and C. Leclercq. After which a Fairy Tale, in Two Acts, entitled WITTIKIND AND HIS BROTHERS; or, The Seven Swan Princes and the Fair Melusine. Characters by Messrs. Harley, Meadows, F. Cooke, Fiexmore ; Mrs. Winstanley, Misses Marshall, Robertson, Murray, Leclercq, Daly, Vivash, Newcombe, K. ferry, and Madlle. Auriol. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of 11.Adarie VeStril. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. Tats EVENING, Will be produced a dramatic story, in eight acts, entitled A CHAIN OF EVENTS. Characters by Messrs. Charles Mathews, Frank Matthews, Robert Rosby, Belton, Baker, Suter, Horncastle, Rosiare, Butler, and Itonner ; Madame Vestris, Miss Laura Keene, Mrs. F. Matthews, and Miss Julia St. George, Miss Wright, Miss Oliver, Mrs. Horn, Mrs. Macuamara, ..Liss Martindale, Miss Ellis, Miss Grove, and Miss Foote. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Mariam. Mr. W. larren- THIS EITKN LV ( Will be performed HONESTY THE BEST POLICY. To conclude with TIE CAMBERWELL BROTHERS ; or, The Mystic Milkman. To conclude with THE HOLE IN THE WALL. PLAYllotirtiE AND 3TRA2ID THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. W. P.. COPELA.ND, Liverpool. TR`D. RIVEN' sra Will be presented A VILLAGE TALE. Characters by Messrs. E. Rogers, Attwood. Moreland ; Mesdames Copeland, Selby, and Mas kell. To be followed by MATRIMONIAL PROSPECTUSES. ;Messrs. Walter Lacy, Attwood; Mrs. Selby, Miss and Maskell. After Which ANTHONY AND CLE )PATRA, by Mr. Walter Lacy and Miss L. Howard. To be followed by the ,and Ballet of VIVANDIERE, by M. Milano, Madlle. Therese, and a full Corps de Ballet. Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, Is. Private Boxes 0712 Guinea and a flail each. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. ASTLEY'S ROYAL Alf , PIIITHE'ATRE. Under the fat' , Eage of be: Majesty and his Royal Ilighnell rill:4 Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. - W. Batty. The most successful and popular Theatre in London. THIS EVE G, Will be presented a new grand Military Spectacle, which is now exciting all Paris, entitled BONII'ARTE IN EGYPT ; or, the Battle of Aboukir. To be followed by Batty's Inimitable Scenes of the Arena. To conclude with a Laughable f arce. Tickets to be had at the Box-office from Eleven till Four daily. Stage Ma.nazer. Mr. Leclercq. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. wr ittl Dvf —morning 36 min. after 2 I Evening 50 min after 2 To-Xeasow--morr i mg 5 min. after 3 I Evening 21 rain after 3 THE WEATHER—Suze Orricr., APRIL 20. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. " — highest since noon yesterday. 28 . —lowest thi s morn i ng an d d ur ing the night. 00—this day, at noon. BAEOMZTZE, 35.16. Wean W.—light breeze and fine sunshiny weather. DAILY WEATH ER TABLE. 1 State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following terd places at Nine o'clock yee ar e arranged in order of latitude" morning, —The station breeze—partially . puyoum_wind E., strong b breeze—.p ar cloudy. PooLn—Wind E., gentle breeze —partially eeze—partially cloud PORTSMOCrm—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Y. cloudy. Balcarros—Wind N.E., gentle HABT‘Ga--Wind N., fresh breeze— partially Son THAXPTON— Wind N.E., strong ee 701.nneTons--Virind N.. gentle breeze —overcast. cloudy. TrimuDGri--Wind N.E.. strong ll breez clondless. cloudy GREENWICWind N.E., gentle breezePartlailY . grzooD—.Wind YE., strong breeze—cloudless. tanggrE —liVind N.E., strong breeze—OVei co 3 , CaS t. CL N., strong breeze — cloudless Tkastouvi—Wind N.E., hard win d— overcast . The returns from the followin g places indicat e the state of the wind and wea ther on Saturday morning at nine o'clock : Lorkßicx—Wind S calm—cioudless. CARLOW—Wind S.W., gentle b r eeze—cloudlcloudy. Mow:Noes,- Wind N.E., calm—partially - 4‘i __- 4-4 ...T.- ' - -s. I tzp .4. •, . 1. , 1 • zio-4 • -v.> oratr. LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1852. Parliament may now be considered to have seriously entered upon the consideration of the propriety of re newing the Act of 1833, in reference to the conduct of our Indian Government. After the discussion which recently took place in the House of Lords on the motion of the Pa:ME MINISTER, we commented at some length upon a subject which all parties alike are waited in regarding as one of the very utmost im- PortaUee, as one affecting the stability, not merely of Our oriental dominion, but of the whole imperial sway o{ England, iaoplaiit n g t lirld ! _ u as one involving not only the interests of about of Hindo.st an , numbering somewhere of Queen Q 41,000 but of the entire subjects altogether. l i cr ° lll . A, numbering 'Aar& 200, 000 , 000 towards the % ,,Z tn il Y , the movesaer.t thus commenced first place, ci f c ,, r ; e llt "f‘ a question which, in the of our colonial p ro , v ' et nl it ° :t icfluence the continuance in addition to this, m at :A /3 1 11 i t which must ultimately, sign or advancement, of , iv a i ii L l t : end to the retrogres mitted to paese even upon the has not been per cour y whit ° 4 ll Pursued by the political e mbarrassment. The of the nation's First Lord of the Thum matter upon the notice of the 1,1 01 ,, e Pressing the been speedily followed up by the ~,,L ° rds, has -moti on Bub . , . r ,~•p stt3,l mitted by the President of the Board of Control to the attention of the House of Commons, as may be at once perceived by reference to the very interest in g debate of yesterday. The business of the session could not have been more admirably resumed after the close of the Easter recess than by the speech in which Mr. HERRIES last evening called for the ap pointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the operation of the Act 3d and 4th William IV., c. 85, with a view to suggest some better system for the _ administration of the affairs of Hindostan. As the Right Hon. Gentleman very judiciously observed—after the well remembered manner of the late Sir ROBERT PREL—the Legis lature had, in regard to this subject, three courses open to its acceptance—to allow the Act to expire, to renew it as it was without further inquiry, or to propose an investigation by means of a Select Com mittee of both Houses as a preparatory step to legis lation. Whatever might be ultimately the decision arrived at by the Imperial Parliament in reference to the renewal of the Act, which must in the ordi nary lapse of time expire in 18.54, the last mentioned suggestion was obviously from the outset the most rational under all circumstances, the least calculated to lead to a precipitate settlement of the matter, and most certain to conduce to a sound and dispassionate revisal of the Indian Government. The motion was consequently agreed to without a division, and the country may therefore anticipate with confidence a result satisfactory in the end, not simply to the interest of India, but one beneficial likewise, and, in a peculiar degree, to the power of the whole empire, and to the welfare of its entire population. From the preliminary glance taken by the Presi• dent of the Board of Control at the effects already produced by the operation of the Act passed in 1833, it must be sufficiently apparent that with all its un questionable blemishes that Act has hitherto proved in no way disastrous. During the last twenty years it mu, - .3t be acknowledged, for example, that the revenues derived from our oriental pos sessions have very considerably increased, that our territories there have been enormously extended, that our wars have conducted us only through a series of victories, sanguinary it is true at times, but invariably overwhelming, and that beyond all this, the people of Hindostan have so far benefited that they have been saved from the tyranny of petty local despots, their laws being administered with something more than Asiatic justice, and their children being afforded to a considerable extent the inestimable advantages of education. Since 1834, for instance, the revenues of India have been augmented by about 6,000,000/. sterling, increasing gradually, that is to say from 18,407,000/. to 24,379,0001. During the same period the imports are found to have been actually doubled, increasing from 6,154,000 to 12,544,000, while the exports have considerably more than doubled, having advanced from 8,000,000 to 18,000,000—the inward tonnage being augmented from 108,873 to 252,153, and the outward tonnage from 83,776 to 180,800! Mean while the territories have been extended by no less than 165,000 square miles, increasing by 9,000,000 the sum total of the population. Notwithstanding these successes, however, it is not less obvious to the more observant student of Indian history, that in the approaching expiration of the existing powers the Legislature of England possesses sn opportunity of inestimable importance, and the neglect of which might be productive of incalculable mischief. It is from our conviction in this particular that we look forward with eager curiosity to the result of the inquiry about to be ad ventured upon by the Select Committee of both Houses—believing that from that inquiry enormous advantages may result in the well-deliberated re organization of the whole system of our Indian Government. The Court o f Exchequer has at length pr onounce d judgment in the important case of MILLER V. Ser.o- MONS. We regret to find that the decision is not such as we had anticipated, and which would have obviated the necessity for any legislation on the sub ject. It is not, however, final and conclusi ve . The defendant is still entitled to appeal to the Exche quer Chamber, and should the judgment there be unfavourable, to the House of Lords, and we know little of Alderman SALOMONS if he is the man to permit any expense, annoyance, or inconvenience, to deter him from contesting a l'outrance the cause in which he has so boldly stepped forward es the vigorous and unflinching champion. He has unques tionably sustained a temporary defeat, but it will only elicit more energetic effirts on his part on be half of his co-religionists. We do not suppose that he will interpose any technical difficulties in the way of an early settlement of the question. He might retard and procrastinate the proceedings, but such is not his object; and the question may be argued before the Exchequer Chamber even during the ensuing, or, at farthest, Michaelmas Term, and it could then be disposed of in the House of Lords early in 1853, so that no delay should occur, if legislation be really required. It is with the greatest diffidence that we ever ven ture to differ from any one of our learned judges— from men of profound learning, vast experience, and great acuteness. However strong might be our own impressions and feelings, we should distrust them if in opposition to the views of any one of those who have sustained the character of the judicial bench at as high an elevation as it ever previously attained, even in other times, when " there were giants in the land." But, fortunately for the cause for which we have felt intense anxiety, there was not perfect unanimity in the Court of Ex chequer. The Junior Baron (MAnere) in the elabo rate and able judgment which he pronouced, adduced reasons which certainly appeared conclusive, and which not even the arguments of his distinguished brethren could in any degree shake or overturn. It will long remain a monument of legal acumen nen titling the Learned Judge to a high andprominent position among the most eminent jurists of any age. There it, therefore, high authority to sustain and console the defendant under the adverse decision, and to induce him to proceed to the utmost in order to obtain the judgment of the ultimate tribunal. Four points had been raised in the course of the argument, but three of them were of comparatively trivial importance. The broad substantial question was, whether the words " on the true faith of a Chris tian," were intended to create a " religious test" to exclude persons not members of any Christian sect, or for the purpose of giving additional solemnity to the obligation, of creating the greatest sanction to the oath. If the latter, it would of course fall within the rule laid down in " OMICHUND v. BARRZE," and thedefendant, having sworn to the whole of the sub stantial part of the asseveration in the form most binding on hie conscience, should of course be deemed to have complied with the requirements of the still existing penal code. Now, from the clear and lucid historical account ex,it a p l p e e gi a s rs iati in v an e l A fe c st ts thdaettatibleed Jewsby Bcoaruolnd of the vari ous • n l o lA t ßT have been within the province of any of the statutes, but that, on the contrary, they were against what were minds of those e laen . termed 0 1 . P- directed solely (as shown by Baron agai nu lt ant: L z D aanh E r id : t amstohbriei ityy) Pa pist recusants," a n d for the purpose of preventing any equivocation re servation in the was framed, which it was supposed they might otherwise have prac tised. It was immediately after the Gunpowder Plot that the words were first introduced were probably introduced in consequence of the dis covery of a book denominated " A. Treatise on Equivocation," discovered in the possession of FRA.NCIi TRESIIAM, one of the conspirators. The Jews were never thought of, and as Baron MARTIN shrewdly remarked, "the Legislature, in all probability, never contemplated that there were any subjects i n the kingdom who were not Christians." This did not then apply to Members of Parliament, hut it was shortly afterwards extended, the object and meaning being the same. The same might be observed of every subsequent statute. The words were inserted, partly in consequence of the absurd calumnies that prevailed against cur Roman Catholic brethren, and partly because they were already in the oa th. There was nothing whatsoever relating to the Jews, and it was the letter and not the spirit o 4 the law that imposed the disability, perhaps the lit existing one of a penal character that rtinains a blot on the national atatute-book. The determination of Alderman SALOMONS will now render legislation necessary. Whatever may be the opinion respecting the admissibility of Jews to Parliament, there is no nobleman or gentleman who could desire to impose such fearful penalties on the chivalrous defender of his rights, who merely raised an important legal question. The topic is not one merely relating to the Jews, but one in which every friend of civil and religious liberty is interested, and to the expenses of which all should contribute. SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO MRS. COLONEL WYLDE.— The lady of Lieutenant-Colonel Wylde, R.H.A.; one of the Grooms of the Bedchamber to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, is at present confined to her room from the effects of a severe accident she suffered whilst out walking one day in the latter part of the week. From what can be ascertained it appears that she was leaving the shop of a tradesman at the west end of the town, and when just on the door-step turned suddenly round to recognise an acquaintance, who was passing down the street at the time, when something twisted in the leg, which rendering her incapable of walk ing, she was obliged to be brought home to her residence, in Eaton-place South, in a conveyance, and on medical attendance arriving it was found that several of the larger tendons were violently strained, which will oblige her to re main at home for a short time, but she is progressing fa vourably under the circumstances. THE TEMPLE, APRIL 17.—The aftermentioned members of the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple were called to the degree of Barristers• at-Law this evening : Edmund Burke Wood, Esq., Richard Denny Urling, Esq., and Arthur Thomas Godfrey, Esq. FATAL OMNI - BITS ACClDENT.—Yesterday after noon, Mrs. Mary Prior, widow. aged 72 years, who resided at No. 19, Greville-street, Hatton-garden, expired in the accident ward of King's College Hospital, from injuries re ceived under the following circumstances :—lt appears the deceased was crossing the road opposite Gray's Inn-lane, when the driver of an omnibus called out to her, but as she continued her course, it is supposed that the deceased did not hear him, the consequence being, that before he had time to pull up, the horses knocked her down, and the wheels of the omnibus passed over her. She was instantly picked up, and conveyed to the above hospital, where Mr. E. Law son, the house-surgeon, was promptly in attendance, and rendered every assistance till death terminated her sufferings. SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT FENNING'S WHARF. — Last evening, shortly before seven o'clock, an accident attended with serious consequences happened to a man named William Murphy, aged 32 years, while at work at Fenning's-wharf, Tooley-street, Southwark. It appears that the unfortunate man was walking across one of the upper floors of the warehon , e, when he by some means fell down an opening on to the stone pavement below, by which means he sustained very extensive injury to the head, of such a fearful character that no hopes are given of his re covery. He was taken to St. Thomas's Hospital, where Mr. F. W. Tabois, the principal dresser, rendered every assistance, but last night, at nine o'clock, the poor man was totally insensible, and sinking fast from effusion of blood to the head, and concussion of the brain. Mr. Tabois was in constant attendance upon the injured man, who has also been seen by Mr. M`Murdo, one of the senior officers of the insti tution. ATTEMPTED MCRDER.—BIRMINGHAM, MONDAY.-- Last evening, about six o'clock, a man named John Mitchell, a joiner, living at Winson-green, near the new gaol in this borough, shot his wife. He had been drinking in an adjoin ing public-house, and left to go home. Mitchell bad not been away many minutes when the report of a gun was heard, and he presently returned to the public-house, saying " I have done it." On inquiry it was ascertained that some dispute arose between himself and his wife, whereupon he took up a loaded gun and shot her on one side of the head and face. Surgical assistance was speedily obtained, and the husband, who gave himself up to the police, was conveyed to the Sandpit station. The woman, who is said to have been of intemperate habits, is dreadfully injured, and little hope is entertained of her recovery. Her depositions were taken before a magistrate this morning, and Mitchell was remanded to await the fate of his wife. THE LIGHTSHIP AT SANDY BOOK, NEAR New Yo&K.—The keeper of the floating light off Sandy Hook makes the following report of vessels for the first three months of 1852 :—"Passed in—steamships, 113 ; ships, 319; barques, 496 ; brigs, 329 ; schooners, 956. Passed out — steam-ships, 154; ships, 311 ; barques, 363; brigs, 432; schooners, 1,131." He says the severity of the weather has exceeded anything he has experienced for many years. " During the coldest of the weather there were periods when scarcely any portion of the exterior of the ship could be dis cerned, she being completely covered with ice from her mast head to the water's edge; and at one time, although six miles at sea, we were so completely surrounded and hemmed in, that the crew were enabled to walk for half a mile around the ship on the ice—a circumstance, I believe, unprecedented at this station. Some of the gales during the winter have, indeed, been terrific." The accounts of the country trade during the past week show general steadiness, with a tendency in most cases to improvement. At Manchester there has been a satisfactory business, the market having benefited by the last advices from India and China. At Birmingham, not withstanding the interruption caused by the Easter holidays, there has been continued activity in most branches of ma nufacture, and it is remarked that the beneficial effects of the Great Exhibition are still unequivocally manifested in the orders received. In the iron markets prices are well main tained and holders exhibit firmness. From Nottingham the report states an increase in the home demand and a good supply of foreign orders. Some recent fires in the United States have destroyed considerable stocks of hosiery and lace, which will have to be replaced. In the woollen districts the reviving :tendency of the last few weeks has been un checked. The Irish linen trade is without alteration. IMPORTATION OF WHEAT, &C. —A return, ob tained by Lord Naas, was yesterday printed, showing, for the third and fourth quarters of the year 1851, the importa tion of wheat, barley, and oats. It appears that in the third quarter of last year, of wheat there were 1,174,457 quarters imported, and in the last quarter of the year 434,300 quarters. Of wheat flour (actual weight) there were 1,747,499 quarters in the third quarter, and 868,647 quarters in the fourth. Of wheat flaur (reduced to its equivalent in quarters of wheat) the importations in the third quarter were 499,235 quarters, and is the fourth quarter 248,185. The aggregate of wheat and wheat flour in the third quarter was 1,f,73,473 quarters, and in the fourth quarter of the year 682,985 quarters. The barley imported in the third quarter numbered 250,095 quarters, and in the fourth 78,923 ; whilst of oats there were 581,466 quarters imported in the third quarter, and 126,818 in the fourth quarter of the year. SUPPOSED SUNlDE.—Yesterday the dead body of a man was found in the Thames off East Greenwich. He was apparently between 50 and 60 years of age, stout build, and had grey hair. On him were found a black stuff bag, a tape measure, a pair of steel spectacles, &c. He was dressed in a blue frock coat, green plaid waistcoat, mixed Tweed trousers, black hat, and Wellington boots. The body was removed to the dead-house of Greenwich old church, to await an inquest, and for identification. SUDDEN DEATll.—Yesterday afternoon, between five and six o'clock, a woman named Mary Ann Beale, aged 40, who resided with her husband at No. 33, Charles-street, Drury-lane, while taking tea, was seized with a fit of in voluntary laughter, and immediately expired. She was ap parently in robust health for some time previously, but Mr. W. Bennett, surgeon, expresses an opinion that death must have been occasioned by disease of the heart. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AT MILLOM.—An inquest was held at Kirksanton, on Monday last, before Mr. J. P. Myers, deputy coroner, on the body of John Steel, of that place, labourer. From the evidence produced before the jury it appeared that deceased and a fellow servant in the employ of Mr. Berm, of Hestham, were, about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, harrowing together in a field each with a pair of horses, when one of the men of a sudden heard a great noise among the chains of hi.s fellow labourer's horses, and on looking round saw them just breaking away from the harrow, with deceased between them, and going at a furious rate. The deceased had not run with them more than 100 yards when he was thrown down and dragged by •ae of the tracing chains a considerable distance. On seeing the situation in which deceased was placed his companion stopped the horses as soon as he possibly could, when he found deceasedhad been dragged by the thigh with the tracing chain, which had apparently been suddenly twisted round it and had penetrated to the bone and made an awful incision. Deceased, sensible at the time, drew the hook out of his thigh himself. The wound bled very copiously. Deceased was immediately removed home, and a surgeon sent for, but life departed just as the surgeon arrived, the man having survived the accident only three hours. He was a sober, in dustrious man, and has left a widow (who has been nearly in sensible ever since), with five children, quite destitute.-- Whitehaven Herald. AYLESBURY Aram 20.—The Conservative meet ing which was held at the George Hotel on Friday last, for the purpose of moving a vote of confidence in her Majesty's Ministers, was a complete failure. It was very thinly at tended, and none of the leading gentlemen of the county were present. Mr. Bethel!, it is understood, will not offer himself again for the borough of Aylesbury. There are at present two candidates in the field—Dr. Layard, who offers himself on Liberal principles, and Captain Temple West, a Protectionist. Colonel Harmer is also spoken of. Although Dr. Leet has issued an address, offering to come forward for the county whenever a dissolution takes place, it is doubtful whether the learned civilian Will go to the poll. CONVERSION AND RECANTATION OF A ROMAN CA THOLIC ParesT.—An interesting ceremony was witnessed on the morning of Easter Sunday, in, the French Protestant Church of London, situat e i n St. Martin's-le-Grand. This was the public recantation of a French Roman Catholic priest (the name of the party being, for obvious reasons, sup pressed), who, having formally renounced the errors, here sies, corruptions, and superstitions of the Church of Rome, and embraced the pure faith of the Gospel of Christ, was ad mitted a member of the French Protestant Church, and af terwards partook of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper to gether with the rest of the congregation. The ceremony of admission took place at the close of the morning service, the Rev. G. G. Dengue officiating on the occasion.. A WONDERFUL MAN. — Richard Arkwright, it would seem, was not a beautiful man—no romance hero plain, almost gross, b ag - c h ee k e d , pot- b e lli e d L ancas hi re man, with an air of painf u l re fl ec ti on , ye t also of copwMiet Mercury u haughty ; ious free digestion ; a man stationed by the community to shave certain dusty beards, by forethought, oversight, acc id ent, an d ar ils the northern parts of England , at a halfpenny each. To such end, we say, rangement, had Richard Arkwright been, by the commu nityless looking, which, of England and his own consent, set apart. Neverthe less, in strapping razors, in lathering of dusty beards, and the where. contradictions and confusions attendant thereon, the man had ideally within the:mine; rather hope less in that rough head of his; spindles, shuttles, wheels, and contrivances plying however, he did at last bring to bear. of without difficulty. His townsfolk rose in mob round him, for threatening to shorten wages, so that he Lad to fly, with broken wash-pots, scattered household, and seek refuge else where, Nay, his wife, too, as I learn, rebelled ; burned his imperial a wooden„,, model of his spinning-wheel, resolute that he should revolution; "'el( to his razors rather—for w hide, however, he decisively, as then Wilt rejoice to understand, packed her out of doors. 0 reader! a historical phenomenon is that bag-cheeked, pot -enduring, much-inventing barber! French brewing; to resist the same in any mea sure, cloth of England; and were impotent without the cotton and the power , and it was this man that had to give Eng landof cotton.—Thomas Carlyle. The new of the .African Co Cout : monthly steamers for Madeira and Ist of September. r Aannounced to commence running the and the ships port of departure will be Plymouth, Forerunner, Faith, i e mployes will be four in number, named of 400 tons burden, th :1 t , . ,,, e, and C'uarity. The first will be 1,00. They are constru e u ti li l ext of VOO, and the last of Birkenhead, with engines b y d by Mr. John Laird, of Fawcett, Preston, and Co., _eorge Forreeter . and Co., and v t Liverpool, THE SUN, LONDON,' TUESDAY EVENING, THE S .RKETS BRITISH RAILWAYS. Eailways. Aberdeen ... , . all paid Amb., Not., Bog &E. June. . ........ pd Bir. Welv., and Stour v a 'fl o r all pd. Birk., Lan., & Ch. Jct., late 33/. 6s. Bd., 26/. pd. Ditto, Chest. & Birk., 501. & 251. Cens., all pd. BDC Chest. Ditto, Caledonian E t n t x o oe y . t 1 .500, 7 0 : 11: p ppp d ddd Dub. & Belf. Jct. 451 pd. Dundlk & Ennis., all pd. D un dee, Perth, & Aber deen June. all pd. Ditto, New ... all pd. E as t Anglian (25/.L. & E. and L. & D.) all pd. Do (18/. E. & IL) all pd. East. Counties... 201. pd. Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. stirs., all pd. Do. do. do. 6/. pd. Do., do., B. & C., all pd. East Lancashire, all pd Do. N e w Quar., all pd E. & W. India Docks and Bir. June., all pd E. & W. Yk. Joe., all Edinb. & 50/. pd Edin.,Per.& Dtm.2s/. p Glas. & S.-West., 100/.p Great Northern, all pd Do. Hales. A def., all p Do. do. B, 6 pr. c. all p Gt. S. & W. Ireld., all p Great Westn., 100/. pd Lane. & all pd Do.T h h N i 4 r e d Nwr s, e s2 l toe l rn. l 51 1 .10. 3 90a . 1 4 / 11.5..1.1 p .ppp_ d pdadd Lane. & York., 100/. pd Do., Quarters ...all pd Do., Fifths 14/. pd Do ~W. Un. 11%p Leeds Northern, all pd Liv.Crsby & Sthpt.l7ip Lond. & Blackw., all pd Lon.,Brig.& S. Ct.loo p Lon. & N.West., 100/. p Do. Quarters 221. pd Do. Fifths l2/. pd Do. 10/.,M &B (e) lip Lon. & S.-West 100/. p Do. New 50/., 42% pd Do. New 40/._ 34/. pd Man. Bux. & Mat. all p an. o. M3l3.Di Midl ando t il 2 i . naa r e i t I, Bc .e r b : ( LS ; r ' r illlnL e b o l . y ) l2:l 4 l ;e: 0: °1 )1 0 1 11 : dP / d . 1 B d. l 1 pd N N.NN:DaD, .leeeoon%wo:o:rvd, Wolverhampton s erDßus et „rawr & rhereEi vtatf ioo C mnsri trnh a dpsi s r . h. Abergaven.,.k. . n.12.1 a a170i 1 l 17 o. p p d Newmarket a ll pd p h p I B V i o r. rc A es t a e l r l , p & cil NNN S NCNorfolklD h l.oo r rorr&f e tott. Scottish . s Stafford.ol Cn . j t U r u a nn l .c1.71 1: 6 5 :; ; PP PP:IP Scottish Midld , 9 5/ 'p p Do. B Shrew. & Her. Old 71. p Shrewsbu. and Chester (Nor. W. MM.) all pd Do. Halves all poll Do. Oswestry ali pd Shrop. Union pd Do. A, B, C, & D fully pd. up at per cent. . . South Devon all pd South-Eastern 301. pd South Wales all pd S , uth Yorkshire and River Dun 15/. pd Do. Do. Si. pd Stirl. & Dunferm all p Stock. & Har. 16/ 2s. 3d. Taff Vale 126/. pd Thames Haven Dock and Railway ...181. pd Vale of Neath...l7/. pd Waterfd. & Kilk. all pd Waterfd. & Lim. all pd Waterford, ",Vex. Wick. and Dublin 31. pd West Cornwall 13/. pd West London pd Yk., New. & Bar. 25/. p Do. & New. Ex. 20/. p Do. G.N.E. pure. 9/. p. York & N. Mid. 50/. pd ZZIIMAZA. Nominal Prices. 14X to 14K 6 3 ,4 - 7 10 -10 12% —ll% d. 16;4,-17% 94 —96 20% 20% 21% 22 14 —l2 d. 6 - 7 4% 314 9,4 61.1- 7% 5 - 6 il , 17 % - 17 3,4, 51 -53 32 --3 5% -6% 2014-20'/ 65,i - 1434 -15 39 1 h -40 92 1 / 4 92% 77 -80 8 - 9 1 / 2 74% - 74% 6 % 5 % dis. 4 1 /, 4 die. 18 1 4 18% 8% - y g 1.05 -106 1 124% - 125 5 % - P 4 - 4 1 4, 2 -2 p 91y, 4 dis. 4 3 dis. 2% 2 1 ,4 35 351,4, 3y, -23 A dis. 68 68,A, ... 9 -9% 4 3 % 434 dis- 35 — 3, 10 dis. 31A 3 dis 7% 7 . 14 7%, -7% dis. - I p. 191% -- 19% 1734 -- 18% 11 -12 ..%14 5 -5 % . 4 3 dis. 14 -16 7 - 8 10% - 11% 16 - i . ' ; 22% - 22 % 35 -35% 3,‘ dis. I's'6 lit 2% 3 4 3 di& 5 -5% 20 —22 .•• •• . 4% 4 di 18M, 191 i _ 6 die. 2 ' 4 dui * 25% 25% PRZFEZENCE SEA Aberdeen......... all pdi Do. No. 2, 7 per ct. 33A Caledonian, 101. all pd Ches. & Holyhd. all pd Dundee, Per., & Aberd.l Junction all pd E. Ang.(3l 10s)0 p c. all Do. (51.) 7 per ct. all p Do. (71175) 7 p. c. 2 p Eastern Counties Ex., sp. c., No. 1 all pd Do. No. 2 all pd Do. New p. c. Stk. 10 Eastern Union Scrip, Guar. 6 per ct....a1l p Do. 101. Deb. Sh. all p East Lancashire, 6 per ct. Quar. Shy. all pd East & West Yorkshire Junction, sths all pd Edin., Per. & Dun. 5% per cent all pd Glas. & S.W. Con. 1001. Gt. North. 5 p. c. all pd Do. 5 p ca red. sc. 9 1 p Great South. & West. (Ireland) Bths all pd Gt. West. (Berke & H. Ex. T 5 per cent.) all pd Gt.W. fixed 4% 100/. p Do. Do. —B.P Lancashire and York. shire, Do. 6 p. c. Stk. 1001. p Leeds Northern, 6 per cent. No. 1 l3/. pd Do. Do. No. 2 17/. pd Do. Do. No. 3 5/. pd Do. Qrs., 1848 ...9/. pd London & Brig. guar. 5 per cent. ...lOU/. pd Do.'Pr. 5 p c. Stk. 100/. Do. Con. 5 p c, 1852 all Do. N.Gr. p c 1001. p Lon. Sc N.-W. (Coy. & Nunet.) 5 p. c. 13% pd Lon. & S.W. New 51. p Lon. & En. % Sh. all p Man., Sheff., & Linen. Qr. Sh., No. 1...a1l pd Do. New, 10/....a1l pd Do. 6/. 3l. pd Mid. Con. 6 p c St 100/. Do. Con. Bris. & Bir., 6 per cent.... 1001. pd Do. Erewash Val. 1001 Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per c. Guar. 100/. p Do. Preference ...5/. p Norfolk Exten... all pd Do. Gr. 5% p ct. all p Do. Wavny. Val. 21. p North British 5l. pd North Stafford all pd Oxf. Wor. & Wol., 151. 6 per cent 10/. pd Shrews. & Bir. N.G. all Shrews. & Ches. (N.W. Min.) 8 per c....a1l pd South Devon all pd St.. Est. 4% p c, 101. pd Sth. York. 4 p c gd. 20/. Stock. & Hart. gd. 5 p c until July 1,1856, all p Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. 3/. pd York, Newc. &Per. Gt. N. of E. Par. : all pd Do. Do Si. pd York & N. Midland H. and S. Pura]. 101. pd 8 5 / 8 - 8%8 17 , h - 18 5 -5% 3%- 3y3 1 —1% p 5 4 7 AI p x.d 13 13% 13% - 14% ..."'' • •• 3% -3% 14% 15 I"s 134 p i”i -8% ..-. ... 1 % 1 S die. • •• .-- ... ... - ... ••• ... ••• ...... • •• p 11% "•-• 1 2 10% -111 A ,13 13 1 ,i s ifs 7 4 p 139 - 141 4,0% ••• 1 / 4 dut, Dar 19 —26 1 —1% 5 —5% % dis % p 10 —lO VA 15% - 16% 13% - 14% ... ...' ... ••• ••• 16% - 1 6 - !.4 dig. -3i P CO AT rizsD LINZS LZA.S: Pm pm x.d 14 % % 104% 34 105 15% 13% 16% Business Railways. Leasing -c om i n g Prices. t ...d a y. Companies Bdf. & Bitch., all p Lon.& NAV' •• ; Bir.& Oxf.,gus. all Gt. Wow. -- . 29 1 / 4 29 30 1 / 4 Do. without, all p' Do. Bir.Woiv. & Dud.,! guar all pd Do. - 301 / 4 Do. without, all p Do. .. ... Buckinghash. all p Lon. &NM 17% 173 Clydsdale Jc., all p,Caledonian 45 --- 41 E. Lin., gua: 6 pert cent. & all pdOt•Northn. 343 --351/4 Glouces. Dean Forest. t .. 22 , h pd ' Gr. Westrn. -- 41 / 4 P Hartlepl. Dk. & Yk.!New.l. ••• pd 1 &Berw. J Hull & Selby, all p Yk. &N.M. 108 —ll O 110 Do. Halves.,all p Do. . .... 54 7 5 Do. Quarts., all p Do. . Leeds & Brdt., all r Midland.. 102 103 102 , / 6 12 Lon. & Grenw., all S. Eastern l2 y, 26 % Do. Pref....all pd Do. Lowestoft., gua. 4 per cent...all pd Norfolk Do. 6 p. ct., all p Do. )liiddlesbr'& Red car, 6p. c., all p Stktn &Dar ••• ••• N. & E., sp. c., all E. Counties 60 —62 Do. 6 p. ct., all p Do. Do. New,..all pd Do. Prestn. & Wyre, L.& N.W ..• ••• f all paid & La. &Y Do.lilveq, A, all p Do. Read., Guildf., and 22% 23 pdiS.E N as o t r e t ro hr; . Roy. & Hit., p Gt. . 22 8 t , Do. Shep. Ex., all Do. 7 4 Slaf. Rth. & Goole,. 5 p. c., 18.11.6 p Lan. & can I dm ..• "• S. Staffdsh., 9 ;f a pNr3l•Clean 114 W e arV4l. 6 pt'. al. 'Scat& Dar ••• 'X Do. a a lip nd d Do. 2 . 9 . 1 4 29hs 03( sort., all ?CA. Weitru. **IR Business done to-day. 14 1 A N 3 6% % 95 204 % 'A % 21% 9'A li 17)i 32 1 A; X 32 5%a 3i 20% :X; IA 14% 39% 92N3 3 , 1 02 18% % 1051 A IA 104 125 124% 124: 92 4 91% 92 35% 1/2341/47414 68 5 ,i % 7 7 As 36 Railways. Cent. France (0.V.) all Charl. & Erquel all pd Demerara all pd Dutch Rhenish...B/. pd East Indian 181. Fd Do. Do 20/. pd Gt. Indian Penin. all p Do. pd Louv. a la Sambre 7% Luxembourg l3/. pd Do. (Railway) 101. pd Do. l/. pd Do. (Canal) 2/. pd Maria Antonia 27i pd Do. New 8% pd Namur & Liege all pd North. of France,l6l.pd Do. 201.3 p. c. Bds, all p Orleans & Bor 111. pd Paris & Lyons _6/. pd Paris & Orleans all pd Paris & Rouen ...all pd Paris & Stras. ...all pd Rouen & llavre...all pd Sambre &Meuse all pd St. Andrew's & Quebec (A) 4l. pd Tours & Nantes 171. pd West Flanders...B 3 4 pd West. of France 6/. pd ;Nominal Prices. 23y, 24% x.d 13 13'31 .• 3 ~4 dis. 3 5 g 7 /s P - ii P 4% -4% 3N B - 3 % % 7/8 • t 65A 3 — 6 1 A 24 —25 13 1 A 13 3 4 — 4 7 A —5% P 47 —49 x.d 31 31% 23% 24 12% 12%51.d 43 /% 6 —5% die. 3 IINES. Agua Fria all pd Auglo-Calitornian, all p Asturian 151. p Australasian 2l. pd Australian 51. pd Austr. Freehold all pd Ave Maria all pd Blaenarvon I. & C. all p Brit. Austr. Gold all pd British Iron 131. 15s. p Braz. Im. (is. 5 p) 24 1 ,i Do. Coca. & Cui. all p Do. St. Job. del P. 151. Carson's Creek all pd Cobre Copper ...401. pd Copiapo . 14/ pd Eng. & Aust. Cop. all p General all pd Gold Mountain all poi Great Polgooth all pd Mexi. & S. Amer. 9/. p Nouveau Monde all pd Port Philip ... pd Santiago de Cuba 10 3 / 4 Tin Croft 7l. pd United Mexican all pd West Mariposa all pd 1 - P - % p ITh. I Ys 1 y 4 dia par 3 / 4 dis. ..• -- ... 1 4 die par 1 l/2 = ••• ..• - ... ... 1 / 4 dis par %dia. % p 1 1 1 % p - % P - P 9 3 % - 10 1 / 4 , 2 1 A • • 2 % - mial Gold, 1% •STO CS BAN, 39 40% x.d 49% 50 11% 12% 24 25% JOINT. Australasia all pd Brit. Nth. Amer. all pd Colonial 251. pd Corn. of London 201. pd Lon. & County 201. pd London Jt. Stk. 10/. pd Lon. & Westm. 20/. pd Nat. Pruv. Eng. 35/. pd Do. New lO/. pd Nat. of Ireland 22 1 /, p, Orient. 13k. Corp. all lA' Pruv. of Ireland 251 pd. Do. New all pd Union of Austral all pd Do. New Union of London 101. p Union of Madrid all pd 18 - 18% 28 3 / 4 - 29 MIS Canada 3214 pd Eastern Steam...2s. pd Gen. Stm. Nay. 141. pd Penin. & Or. St. all pd Do. Do. ...151. pdl Ruyal Mail Stm. 601. pd Universal Emigration and Colonization, 21. p 17% - 17 34 -35 43 1 / 2 -44 15 7 4 3 - 16% 37 -38 3 31 /z 143 - 151/z ;CELLANEOU 1 48 -491/2 28 1 , -28 7 / 8 78 - 79 Business done to-day. 21 1 4 23 '4, 6 7 / 6 3/ , , 13% 3 / 8 3-1 15% 11 % x.d 31 Y i 23'41 4% 11 5 i 2 1 N Its 3 3i 14 %a I ... ••• 78 —79 x.d 1% 1 IA 6 % Wi 7XS. Is 41% 42 41 x..d 51% 23% 44 29 80 79 3 ,1 80 3234 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 10,000 bales, including 3,000 American taken for export and on speculation. The market closed with an upward tendency. The sales comprised 8,000 Ame rican, 550 Pernam and Maranham at sd. to 7d., 600 Egyptian at sid. to 7/-1, 600 Surat at 3id. to 4id., and 100 Sea Island at ls. lid. to Is. sd. per lb.—ln Railway Shares a good business was done. The number of gallons of proof spirits distilled in the United Kingdom was last year 24,543,657, ac cording to a Parliamentary return out this morning, and of this 5,868,041 gallons were produced from malt only, 18,272.773 gallons from malt and other grain mixed, and 402,843 from sugar or molasses with nn malted grain. Accounts from Havanna', dated the end of last month, refer thus unfavourably to the prospects of the crops:— " The western end of the island has been visited with continued and heavy rains during the past fortnight, which have put a stop to sugar grinding, and will conti nue to interrupt it for some days to come. This cause may shorten the crop ten or fifteen per cent. from what it would hare been under more favourable circumstances. There is considerable talk now that the yield will fall 300,000 boxes short of last year; but I am inclined to think that the estimate is too high, and that sugars can be purchased a month benco lower than now. Owing, however, to the bad accounts from the country, prices have been firm and well sustained during the last fort night, without advancing; the sales have been limited, and consequently freights are not readily obtained, and rates have declined. Exchanges have stiffened some what. The market for American produce is without animation, and no change can be noted in the quotations of a fortnight since. " The exportation or, country produce from this port to date are as follows:—Of the exports this month, there went to the United States 24,451 boxes sugar, 23,730 arrobas coffe, 5,982 M. segars, 49,920 lbs. tobacco, and 3,433 hhds. molasses. The exports of sugar and mo lasses from Matanzas from the Ist to the 27th instant, and previously this year, were, to the United States, 29,541 boxes sugar, and 25,300 hhds. molasses. " Freights—Great Britain, 2/, to 21. 10s. ; Mediterra nean, 1/. 10.. to 2/. 153. ; France, 80f. to 30f. ; U n it e d States, per box sugar, 1 doll. 25e.; ditto, hhd. mo lasses, 2 dolls. 50c. ; ditto, ditto, sugar, 5 dolls. to 6 dolls. " Exchanizes—On London, 60 days' sight 10f to 11 premium ; New York, ditto , 2 / to 2 i discount ; Boston, ditto, 2i ditto." last Friday brings the quo- The Ltamburgh mail o f tation for bills on London, Ito lower, viz., 13 54. Discounts were materially higher, and money was in much request. The Stock Market is flat, and there is still a supply of Consols by the public, who may perhaps doubt what what is to be the result of the Budget and the elections, and therefore realise upon the late advance. Ulti mately, however, if money continues abundant, the Funds may go higher than before. Consols have been eei for Transfer and 99} for Account. Exchequer bills have been at 71s. premium for those dated March. East India Bonds are 83s. to 86s. premium. The New Three-and -a. Quarter per Cents. have been 1601 to 1. Consols are 99i I for Money and 99i t for Account. Foreign Stocks have been rather feeble. Mexican Bonds realize 35 to i for those not yet converted, and 284 to 29 for the Three per Cents. ex dividend. Gre nada Deferred is at 104, and Buenos Ayres at 77/ to 78 , Equador are 44, and Venezuela 48 to 4t4. Sar dinian Stock has been quoted 96f to 97. Spanish Three per Cent. Deferred Stock is quoted 21i f. French Four-and -a-Half per Cents. are 100 37k, with the ex change at 23 45. Dutch Two•and-a-Half per Cents. bring 614. Railway Shares are rather flatter, and with less doing; but Midland, Brighton, South-Western, Caledonian, and North. Western, are firm. French Shares are exceedingly quiet. The Shares of the Anglo-Californian Gold Mine are up considerably. English and Australian Copper Smelting are better also. The Lewis Hill Range, and the Royal Australian Gold Mining and Refining Com pany are called a premium. QUARTER TO THREE. 991 i ONE CLOSING PENNS OF BRITIff FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES Bank Stock 3 ner Cent. Reduced Anna. 8 per Cent. Consols Annuities- BOVAYs 99% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anu5.....,. New 5 per Cent. Annuities Long Anna. to expire Jan. 1860 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5,1860. 7 1-16 7 1-16 India Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto under ...... 84 83 86 p Consols for Account ..... 9P/s% Exchequer Bills. 13 d. March. 1.0001. 71 p Small, Consols ... .. Ditto Account. May 11 .. 86 p 99% June: 65 68 p ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Rrazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. — Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. 7B 7711 Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent .... — Danish 80nd5,1825, 3 per Cent Ditto, 5 per cont. ...... 104% Equador Bonds 4:3,1 Grenada Bonds, 154 per Cent — • Do. Ex Dec., 1849 Coupons Coupons Ditto, Deferred l O3 Mexican, 5 per lent , 1816 — Ditto. Account Ditto, 3 per Cent....... Peruvian Bonds, 5 per Cent........, Portuguese 5 per Cent.% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Ditto, Account _ Russian Bonds Ditto, 44 per Cent Ditto, Small Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 ... ''' Ditto, Passive Ditto, 3 per Cent .. 5 " 5N., Ditto. New Deferred ......... 4B Spanish Coro. Cert. Coup. not fu " n • cl . e . 21% • d • 2 2 1 3 1% 48i% Venezuela Bonds, 3 1 4 per Cent.... 48% 48 2% per cent. Ditto Deferred lB% 18 M. Dividends on the above payable in London. French 4% per Cent. .. . ioof 37%c loOf 37%c Exchange ". ........ 25f 45e 25f 45c French Rentes, 3 per C e nt 7lf 25 c 71f 25e Excheugs 54 Belgian, 2% per Cent. — , 62 Dutch 2 % per Cent. 12 Guild 6 14 ' - ' ~,, ~. net w v /5 Di* 4 Per OWL Q41'06;4 4 0 •.• ,'. , _ . i ,il:„tirierz LA.;....1 .•..-, - - CLOSING PRICEF. Q 9% I A, 78 102% 104% 4% 10 ys 35 28 , 1 c, 105 38% 38;i 104 06% LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) I LONDON. APRIL 20.—Wind at noon S. to S.W.; light bre. za, and fine clear weather. FALMOUTH, APRIL 19.—Wind E., s!rong.—Sld. Jane, Loudon, Quebec; liredalus. ditto. Off p ,rt, Maria Aaujeg:n de Esstaby.ullboasr,tiod. from ß j Havre.i e c n o n , y from Bremen; St. Joseph, St. J Lind, Monte Video. CARDIFF, APRIL 19 —Wind S S.E.—Sid. Favorite, Havannah ;Jos. Cunard, Quebee;;Marquis of Bute, ditto; Sylph, Btu nos Ayres; Caatello, Newport. WATERFORD, APRIL 18.—Wild E. by S. to S. and N. by E —Sid. Trieste, Quebec. CASTLETOWN.—SId. Garland, St. John's, New Bruns wick. OFF QUEENSTOWN, APRIL 18.—Wind N. to &E.— Arrd. Gateshead Park, Mauritius. GRIMSBY, APRIL 19.—Wiud N. to S.S.E.—SId. Frank lin, Rio Janeiro. DROGHEDA, APRIL 18.—The Druid, from Liverpool, has b-en got cff shore, will discharge and be surveyed. DEAL, APRIL 19.—Wind N.E., strong, with snow squalls; r.m. E , fine.—Arrd. William Shand, Batavia for Amsterdam. Arrd. from the River and sailed Meridian, Moreton Bay; Arnwell, Algoa Bay; Brothers, San Francisco; London, New York. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 19.—Wind variable and light.— Arrd. Eutben, Valparaiso; E.meralda, New Orleans; Chieftain, ditto; Stirlingshire, Mobile; David Cannon, ditto; Jane E. Walsh, ditto; Charlotte Harrison, Charleston. Sld. John Scott, Barbadoes; Switzerland, Charleston; Arabella Tarbet, Newfoundland; Fenhouse, ditto; ,Thomas. ditto. Off port, Juliana, Guy Mannering, Clymene, and Nith. HARWICH, APRIL 19.—The Endeavour, of and for Maldon, from Sunderland, struck on the Shipwash Sands this morning, and was a total wreck; crew saved. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 19.—Arrd Washington steamer, New York, and sailed for Bremen. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 19.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Theckla Schmidt, Maracaibo, from liamburgh; Elizabeth and Surat), Cardiff, for Loudon, with damage from contact with the Undaunted, off the Lizard. PILL, APRIL 19.—Wind S.E.—Sid. Queen of the Ow au, New York; Geo. Reynolds, Barbadoes; Mary Ann, New York. NEWPORT.—SId. Marquis of Bute, Quebec. BIDEFORD, APRIL 19.—Wind S.E.—Sld. Worthy, Quebec. THURSO, APRIL 19.—The Eduard, of Liverpool, to Danzic, which was stranded on the Sands at Duennt, 9th inst., has been got off; cargo not much damaged. QUEENSTOWN, APRIL 18.—The Advocate, from Moul mein, which went on shore at Robert's Head, sank in deep water yesterday; nearly the whole of her cargo has come on shore. MARKET .NE %VS.-1 THIS DAY.) NAY DIATLICETS. SMITHFIELD.— Meudow Hay, 2/ 15s to 3/ 18s Od; Clover ditto, 31 5s to 4145; and Straw, I/ 2s to I/ 9s per load. A moderato supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND —Meadow Hay, 21 16s Od to 41 Os Od; Clover ditto, 31 5a to 4145; and Straw, 11 3s to 1/ 105 per load. Supply good, and trade dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 12s to 31 18s IA Clover ditto, 31 5s to 4/ 4s; and Straw, 112 s to 118 s per load. Trade dull, at late rates. COLONIA2.. SUGAR.—The sales are hrge, and are going off steadily. The better descriptions of Mauritius realis? stiff prices. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 388 hhds 3 tierces 380 barrels. There were taken for home consumption 1,014 hhds 58 tierces 405 barrels. The stock in the same places is 6,975 hhds 661 tierces `2,149 barrels. COFFEE.—The market ie flat, and the samples cffered publicly are mostly taken in at about previous rates. RUM—Thin quantity landed last week at the East and West India D, , eles was 273 puns 58 hhds; there were taken ter home consumption 266 puns 6 hhds, and e-x ported 126 puns 204 hhcb. The s,uck in the same places is 1.174 puns 926 hhds. TALLOW.—Y.Y.C. is 35a 9d per cwt, on the spot and Town 38s. TEA.—The market is dull. The deliveries last week increased. HOUSE OF LOIWS.-(THIS DAY.) Their Lordships sat this morning to hear appeals. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Col borne, and Lord Howe. The arguments in the part-heard case of Inglis v. the Great Northern Railway were continued. The case came before their Lordships on a bill of exceptions, but it contains no point of public interest. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the LORDS JUSTICES LORD JAMES STUART V. LONDON ♦ND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. This part-heard appeal was resumed to-day. No buiiness of importance was transacted in the other equity courts. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, Mr, Justice WIGHTDIAN, Mr. Justice ERLE, and Mr. JUS- tice CROMPTON.) The Right lion. Mr. Christopher, M.P., a t th e s itti ng of the Court this morning, Was sworn in as one of her Majesty's Privy Councillors. WALKER V. TEE GUARANTEE SOCIETY. This was an action on the case brought by the plain tiff as a member of a building association, to recover 1701., which it was alleged the Guarantee Society bad become liable to pay under the following somewhat sin gular circumstances:—lt appeared that a person named Jones had peen the treasurer of the building associa tion, and the Guarantee Society had become his sureties. Some time ago, subscriptions to the amount of 1701. were paid into his hands, and it would have been his duty to pay the money into the bank the next day. On his way home, however, he was garrotted and robbed of every far thing of the money; and as he was not in a condition to make good the loss the Guarantee Com pany were called upon to do it for him, but they refused to do anything of the sort, and the present action wet, the result of the refusal. At tha trial a verdict was found for the defendants, and Mr. Knowles, Q. C , hav ing subsequently moved for a rule to enter up judgment for the plaintiff non obstante veredicte, the Court now gave judgment refusing the rule, being of opinion that under the circumstances of the case the treasurer was not liable at common law to make good the loss, and therefore ho could have been at no default for which hie securities could be held responsible. Rule refused accordingly. EXCHEQutit.-(THIS DAY.) EX PARTE IN THE MATTER 07 E JENNINGS, ATTORNEY. Mr E JAMES said he was instructed by Mr. WIB. Seymour Blackstone, M.P. tor Walingford, to move for a rale calling upon Mr. Edward Jennings, an attorney, to show cause why he should not give at, account of the several slims of 2,0001., 200/, and 501., which ho had received on account of Mr. Blackstone. The Learned Counsel moved on the affidavit of Mr. Blackstone, who stated that he employed Mr. Jennings, in 1845, to raise some money for him, and gave him a bill of sale of his furniture and property in Albemarle-street, and at his seat in Oxfordshire. Subs( quently the above sums were advanced by a Mr. Dutton, who paid them over to Mr. Jennings on account of Mr. Blackstone, and they were to be applied for the purpose of recovering back certain bills which had b een f rau d u l ent l y o b ta i ne d from 111 r. Blackstone. The' bill of costs of Mr. Jennings was t taxed by an ord er o f M r . B aron Pl a tt, but in it no credit was given for the mone y, an d hi s client was anxious to know how it had been disposed of.—Rule granted. INS. MIDDLbSEX SJSSIO (THIS DAY.) David Cooper, 20, Henry Hurst, 25, George Strange, 22, and Thomas Massey, 25, brickmakers, were indicted with murderously assaulting Edward Spinks and Wil liam Brown, police-constables, while in the execution of their duty. Mr. Bodkin prosecuted, on behalf of the Commis sioners of Police ; Mr. Horry defended. From the statement of the Learned Counsel (the prisoners having withdrawn their plea of not guilty, and pleaded guilty), it appeared that the prisoners were brickmakers, and that about half-past nine in the even ing in question a large concourse of people had as sembled in a field at Herton, near Uxbridge, to witness a fight that was taking place between Cooper and Hurst. The two complainants coming up and witnessing the fray, went in the midst of the mob and ordered the parties to leave off fighting. This they refused to do, and Cooper called out to the snob to " seize the b----y police, and drop into them." Upon taking hold of b s u t t range . Cooper he hit one of the policemen in a most savage manner, and the mob closing round the police, to w - k away their staffs, and illused them in a - - ptrhiseonneerxstalilamya.decthooepirerescaanpde, most brutal were ap. p w r a e y h . e n The ded had been before convicted for a similar offence. Mr. lIORRY addressed the Court for the ' said that the prisoners, for brickmakers,prisoners, and respectable. were very The ASSISTANT-JUDGE said he protect the police in the execution of was determined to put a atop to those disg raceful their duty, and to scenes which are con stantly taking place betwe en men of th e i r c l ass . Had the occurrence taken pl ace neigh bourhood, and no hot blood in a more crowded between them, the sentence would have bees more severe. The s entence of the Coo Court, therefor e , was t h at • -per be imprisoned for four months, Strange two months, an d Hunt and Mass e y one month, wi t h h ar d labour. Gross tra S fa ijT li -EASTEI2N RAILWAY. receipts for passenger s and good s,lB3 week ending April 17, ... £14.223 8 4 Ditto, April 1 . 6, 1831 i 2,777 13 London I ---- Increase rn in 1852 ... ... £1,415 14 11 MYSTERIOUS CIUCUMSTANCE.—The head of a woman, supposed to be from forty ant to 's -fifty years the river well, Cornbrook. Manchester, under circumstances which lead to a suspicion of murder. The head had been severed from the trunk by means of some sharp instrument, nearly the whole of the hair removed, and then thrust into a reticule basket, and covered over with a piece of cotton print. There is a deep inc ision over one eye, but no fractures or bruises about the skull. It was discovered by three working men, who took it to the police. The river bte be en dragged un d er direction of the p olice force, to tee i f any other por- tion of the body could be found, but they had met with no thing up to Monday. un ny last 3 000 IRELAND IN AMERICA.—thi emigrants arrived at this port. On Monday !rived; on d We(ines,! time l'ilu u s pon American shores. Every 2009; on Tuesday over 5,000 4 • there were over , in lour days .1.i,060 tw ,.,,,,, 3 werenumb: a r n landed for u.. etrh2e,l:jfior°s t av th e year brings to; our shores, from foreign lands, more 300,000 souls. thanlllloile4felg pi. A i these emigrants come bitter fr ~. . II" 9111 ANTIQUITIES AT ROME. A later from Rowe, of the eeth It., states that the excavations on the Via Appia, though carried on with fewer hands than foruierly. have nevertheless been ex tend.ed far into th e Campagna. The excavators have wonted their way past the station of Torre di Men% Via, and there is reason to believe that within the course of next year they teid reach tare ruins of Bovillre, where the ancient road joins the modern highway. The AP . piee, road, from Rome to Albano, is on either side flanked by tombs. All the monuments, votive tablets, Sc,c., which the excavators dug up, have again been erected on the spot where they were found, and of the eculp-tures only the most valuable have been removed to the museum at Rome. Hence the road, in spite of the dilapidated condition of some of the monuments, pre' tents a most intereAing spectacle to the a ntiquary. the artist, end even to the tourist. The excavation s ;_ are esp- cially important with regard to the archi tecture of antique tombs, specimens of which are found in alt styles and of all periods. Some of them are simply sarcophagi in vaults, others are curiously arched or built in the shape of chapels, the lower story of which was constructed for the reception of the dead. In some instances the tombs are solid towers, in the style of the monument of Cecilia Media, or round low ma sonry, on which it is evident that mounds of earth were placed. Canini, the Roman architect and direc tor of the works on the Appian road, has had then! covered with mould and planted with trees an shrubs. Hence these will be perfect " restoration s * But the grandest of the monuments which have hithert o _ been discovered is a tomb called the " Casal Ito" tondo." Up to the present time it had the appear' ante of a hill with a house standing on the top , surd rounded by olive trees. The excavations have re moved the bill, and displayed a monument in the manner of Cecilia Metella's tower. It must have been still more large and splendid. This is shown by the large numb e r of marble blocks which have been foutih• Instead of th e b u ll s ' h ea d s which procured for the Metella tower the name of ? the " Capo di Bove," th e " Casal Rotondo" tower must have been surrounded 131, gigantic masks, many o f w hi c h have been found. among them candelabra and other ornamental furniture. The materials found will enable Signor Canini to re store at least part of the monument which belonged to the, noble family of the Aurelii, as is shown by the name e Cot ta" among . the fragments of an inscription.—Lit erarg Gazette. *--,) . 'birbi Mtettion. YORK SPRING MEETING• (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) The Craven Stakes. 8 1 /i 3i 9 3 / 4 1 % % % 19% 183i173 18%18 11% 22% % 35 % 5% It 18% 6% 25 % Ya %. 3i, APRIL 2O, 1852. Radulphus Lady Agnes ... Iris ••• ••• ••I The Zetland Stakes. •• • ••• The Queen ... ... ••• .•• ••• ••• 2 Grapt-phot ... ... ••• ... 3 Lacnb,on ... ... 1). • ... ••• it Strait-Jacket .. .•• ... ... ... ... The Flying Dutchman Handicap. I Voltigenr ... ... ... ... ... 2 Hericot ... ... ... ... ... ••. 3 Lucio ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Eleven ran. Won by a head. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. AMBItRGATE RAILWAY.—We learn from one of the. directors of the Great Northern Railway that that cern' , pany will not, after all, become the poss essors of the.,: Ambergate line, a rival leviath an com p an y having o' t2rmined on offering the shareholders an uncondi' tional guarant ,, e, in perpetuity, so liberal as that thei cannot refuse to accept it, and which, when knower must . , it is said, send the Ambergate shares up above par,. I NCREASE or RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The increall of traffic since the Ist of January, over ae" aboveear,bas been o the i receipts for upon rdethebcorresp someonding f p o eri o o u d r o i f ia l as year, e: On the following lines it has been— Great Northern ~ E 3 .0 83 Smoaaus Manchester, ce h rh . s C a t e s o t ru e , r n „ 4 1 7,96 • ••• „, Great Western *** *** ." )5,095 ir M o i r d k l la S t h ie e s ffi - eld andLinco - ln . 11942 : :471776 u N d ew .. c . astle, and Berwick *** 8 100 South-Western ... 7, 34 ! York and North Midland ** 7, 27 " ". 4,5 46 London and North-Western 49 4 t Caledonian .•• ••• •.• „, ..• The gross increase upon our railways since the' 19' of January has been nearly 280,000/. The increase has been about 21. 103 per mile per week. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN AND "'l ll. ' i s NORTHERN V. THE AMBERGATE Sa t said that about 48 hours previously to the urr. l 0 Northern entering into the arrang ement m entione d ours of the 33, with the Ambergate Rail wa y' tb f e o l t and the London and North-Western had ag reed . „ , neither of them to treat with the Ambergate• merely mention the circumstance as stated to its. to shareholder has written to us to ail whether the 16 . t committee of shareholders took any part of the 6ire. rangement with the Great Northern ? We 1 1391 3 7 ply that neither of them was consulted on the tere 3 ol nor has assented to them. Our own opinion let f, l T s t what we can gather from large shareholders, w, they will accept of nothing which will not bring 41 ' shares up to par.—Herapath's Journal. Cu EASTERN COUNTIES AND NEWMARKET AND TERFcan.—The Committee on this Bill for confirtni an agreement for working a portion of the und ertak e ing of the Newmarket Railway Company by I 'l,, Eastern Counties, with the option o f purchase, repo,' the preamble proved. • 0 6 NEwmARKET.—The Committee, in re p ortin g preamble of this com p a ny's t Bill for am amount endment capitol 50 1 ', consolidation of Acts, state hat tbe of the company have at present power to raise unie . a t he r e e i a r dy existingraised isA Acts', i o n oo a t d , d a i t n i d on t b t a o t t w ba ha s a t m h e a is bees p o amount sed by otfheloßanilly,thoichhe reduced r e to e in 3 3 1) 0 7 , w o e o r o e d d . ; t a o n d r a tg by the Bill is 112,0001., when the whole of their re n ' duced capital is su bscribed for, and one-half entai l. paid up. The works to be constructed under t author ity of the Bill will not necessitate furthe r out ' ' lay of capita l be y ond what the com p an y are auth° rised to raise , but will, on the contr ary , enableine theat to reduce their capital. The proposed new f o urteen miles, with on e tunnel, through s trata of 1,070 yards. The cost of the works wil l 121,500/., and the cost of those required to beabap cloned would have been 274,700/. favouraL" Was for° SHOCKING CASE.—Yesterday information via lder l i warded to Mr. Baker, touching the death of an s eside 4 widow, a weaveress, named Elizabeth Payne, who 1 ,. It. in Lawnsdowne-place, Durham -street, Bethnal - m gl e e ur Os f' appears that a daughter, who went home at a late ~e bo ig Saturday night, found the deceased lying dead in 11 1 0 1 1c11. kitchen, with her head in a broken handbasin, into deeP, she had fallen, and the edge of which had mul e , - c os(' wound in her forehead. From appearances, it was coal° , i .ga that upon entering the kitchen she had tumbled overinceisg stool, and then falli ng f orward into the basin, anabougli unable to recover h erse lf , h ad died either i n a fir, orLninioll the shock to her sy s t em. A medical gent l ema n was of : , I' that she had been d ea d several hours w h e n discoversa . -. 0 .. 1 , UO WORCESTER ELECTION.—Mr. Rufforcl, tie accepted ale servative Member for the City of Worcester, has lO Chiltern Hundreds, and it is expected a e field for to. moved for to-night. Two condidates are in solicitor, and a i s seat, namely, Mr. Laslett, a local E e i Lib r eral side, and!, landed proprietor, who " puts up" Lo n d on who is brough t Mr. M`G-alier, a gentleman from ppears are in forward by the Conservative interest. that the London or favour of the Liberal, notwithstanding n ew writ o r , 8 dem= declares himself to be oPP ° O7 - - t . reform. favour of a moderate Parliainentuar, 19.—The market 11 . 9 4 THE TEA TRADE, Ar essing for sale. The delife r ,„ l been dull, and there i s more P e dto a bread-tax, and 11 1 $ amounted to 674,1921 b. in London last week , A dog having fallen down >f CANINE SAGACIT means were tried to get it og v arious increased nearly 200,0001b5., havwP• deep well at Brentwood,wit h a hook was lowered, which the_feir alive ; at last?. rope and holding on, it was drawn 133 . 1 to the toz.______---- ----- ----. grasped with its mouth' BIRTH& OF A SON. • 10 1 O n the 1 6 th inst., at Eaton-place West, Lady EilZi , Russell. bit* O n the 1 5 th inst., at Shustoke Vicarage , Warwicka the wife of the 11ev. R. K. Haslehurst. ark,On the 16 t h inst., at .Nottinghara-place, Regentl a P Mrs. liewitt Davis. OF A DAIIGII' _ , JurITER. O n the 9th inst. , at Warn Charlei \Vickhlfll, M.A. ford, Hants, the wife of the I;6C* Charles Wickh am, M.A. O n the 15th inst., at York-t errace , Regent's-P- rlc wife o f Spencer N. Dickson, Esq. MARRIED. Nr wtorl On the 10th inst., at Chi sw i c k Ch urc h , A ug usto -03 late E , g., of ;Oakley-villa, Oakley-square, third sou of 0 N 6 -.0e Thomas Newton, E,q., of Clapham-common, Surrey,t o:um_4.: Mary, second and youngest daughter of John Farm er house, Esq., of the Mall, Chi wick, A flogs"' On the 11th inst., at Kimtneride, Charles Richard ---nig', Eq., to Emma G eorg i na, only daughter of Colon el 31°— C 8., of Smedmore, Oorset. On the 15th inst., at the parish church , gr. John Bryant, of Hawkhurst, Kent, to Lydia Jane, clang" of Mr. W. Nash, o f B a l ham-bill, Surrey. Streatham, ~er - -- , 0 4 : the 27th tilt ,at Que p en i ' E s- D rea . d, St. John's-wood' l ‘ lifij ou nna Strripso n , aged 9 ( l' , F. Ro On SI . i tri g l'e e E l i . i 6 '. t ) h '(-11 in i a t i l s , t-"e a t atC. la Thames pha m Di t t l o s n a rice Abbott, aged 59. . 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