The Sun. — London, England, 1848-03-22 00:00:00

CONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.. T hs Cott on Market at Liverpool yesterday was heav y , the being 2,500 to 3,000 bales, and Arnerlcee Nlling at 40. to 6d. per lb.—Railway Shares were du", "d Prices w e r e still declining. )et bees pri va t e advices by the Overlan d Mail have not wilt delivered, but there is sufficient in the news- P a per summaries to prove that matters a re in a very "vourable state at Calcutta, althoug h rather better , 4 Madras and Bombay than might, perhaps, have been 7, Pseted. Money was scarce in the first-mcntioned City,,. and th e U n i o n Bank appears to be a com p lete o ffsek, th e wors t i n deed that we remember i n the annals f f b e s ,i l inking. Misappropriation of funds, a combina tion to so the prices of the shares, and a deliberate mitre t.esentation of the accounts are among the acts of the t ; directors, and it need not excite sur p rise that in i., eutta there was a g eneral feeling of in di g nation. , L u e shareholders appear to be threatened no t onl y with us less of their original capital, but likewise with tre wendous sacrifices. Some disappointment is felt at th e statements in the American papers, per Ivanhoe, relative to the uncer ntY as to peace with Mexico being concluded upon s terms of the proposed treaty, but ther e is a hope yet 'a a st an arrangement will be come to. Some of the Continental mails of this morning are still du© although the news from Belgium respecting the susp ens i on o f cash payments has just b een received. L i ?e measure is one of precaution, but may h a ve, especi • 'II if followed in other continental kingdoms, the *ff. et °f drawing specie from England, an occurrence that t woula induce an advance in the curran t rates of discount Eire. The necessity of revising taxation is now so generally telmitted in England, that the ma i n p oint is as to the st means of effecting the desirable end. To dispense With indirect taxation is not yet agreed upon as the best r i fh, but a party advocates it strongly , in a pamphlet en titled " A B u d ge t of Two Taxes only. lie states that-- t " The plan hero submitted, and which is well adapted athese retuirements, consists in the abotion f the Whol e of the taxes known as customs and e li xcise, o toge ther with the assessed taxes and all local taxation—such .. 411 Poor -rates, repair of road s, church and county rates, wuct to raise the supplies necessary for the national ?"tion of rants by the simple machinery novr applied to the col- the stamp-tax ; which, as being easy of col iectlon the least oppressive a nd le, st felt, would re main as at present, merely extending the legacy duty /45 all property, and equalizing it at 10 per cent. his alteration would equalize the amount at pre sent deducted. from one class of legatees, and extend its application to a class now most un fairly and unjustly exempted from its operation by their O WII class Legislature. The imports would double in the second year, and the rewards of labour would be Greatly increased, both in actual remuneration and in Cheaper living. This tax would produce, at the very least, 24,000,000/. per annum. The tax upon property, fixed at 10 per ,cent., and the tax upon income, at 5 per "lite upon all property and. every income, would be Most just, as all would benefit—the rich equally, though je a different manner, with the less affluent. This tax Would like Wise produce, at the least, 24,000,0001., the value of the property of the United Kingdom being esti mated at 5,000,000,00 01 . " Taking the expenditure as at present at fifty-one which by judicious reductions may be with teas, and without the slightest disturbance, or impairing the efficiency of needful services, be reduced to forty Millions; with eight millions for the support of efficient institutions for education and employment, due by the State to the people, and for the maintenance of a more Perfe c t system of roads, repairs of edifices devoted to Public instruction, and to other local expenditure, we hare a grand total of 4 e ,000,008/., leaving the public debt untouched." The English Funds have decidedly advanced, and there is a more active business doing. Consols for transfer ha,'e ranged from 814 to 814, and for time trim 814 to 82. Exchequer-bills have realised 235. to 1 73. premium, being again lower. India Stock for ac- Count is at 233. The Foreign Securities have been also better. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 12i to I, and the Three per Cents. at 22i. Portuguese Four per Cents. have b een 1 41. Brazil Stock is at 70. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 414 to 414. Railway Shares are in a few instances a shade higher, but North-Westerntand Great Western are again excep tions. Brighton are steady. CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. PRICES a per Cent. Reduced Anna.— .. 80xd 3 per Cent. Console Annuities.-- 81% N % 7.„ % 8 % 1 Row 3 1 4 per Cent. Inns. — 81%xd Long Anne. to expire J an. 1860 ..• _ Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860.... 8 9-16 6 7-16 India Bonds, 1,00 0 /. ....... .. Ditto under 1,000/... ...... .-.... 10 p le p sank Stock for Account ... ..• 191 Consols for Account ..... 813 4 2%%% 82 81 3 2 1 i India Stock for Account 233 233 Exchequer Bills. 3d. 1,0001. March ...... . • 1,100/. June 27 23 p 6001. June 23 p UNE ( PRICKS OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. — Ditto, Deferred — Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 "'Atli Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 22 Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, 4 per Cent 14% Russian Bonds ... . . .... .:. Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto. Account ...... .. 12% Ditto, Passive , . 3% Ditto; 3 per Quit ........... 22% Dividends on the above paybl e in London. Belgian 4% per Cent .••••• •• 6 61 Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild.... 41 1 ,01 1 41 Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 61% 61% PRICES OF BUS INESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. FAIR ' AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston,. and Eastern Junetion 314. % Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2% — . Belfast & County Down 11 % .. • . •• Birmingham and Ox ford Junction ....- ~. 20 Birmingham, 'Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 ..... Eirming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley ..:••• 10/. 14a... ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 7N,...••• ... . ... . Boston, Stamfd & 13irm. 5 Bristol and Exeter...,.. 85 Ditto, Thirds .... ..... 20 Buckinghamshire... 12/. 45. Caledonian ... ............ 50 ... 28 Ditto, Half Shares .. _3 3 4 — ONE O'CLOCK. 23 i) CLOSINO PRICES. .iitto, . _ Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 - Chester and Holyhead... 37 %•••••• - Ditto,. Preference...... 12 Clarence - Do. let Class, 6 per Ct. 10 - Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. IS - Do. Government LOttn, 4 per Cent. - Direct London & Ports mouth - •• •••• Doblinand Belfast June. 25 ...... - Dandalk & Enniskillen .17%.....• - East Anglia, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 ...... •-• •.• • Do., 18/., F. & H, ... 18 - D0.,.3/. 10s. ... .... . . 3% •••• - ... ........ - 'Castel-11 Counties... .:.. . 20 Ditto,Extension, s per Cent., No 1...... 6/. 13s. 4d.... par Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... Do., North. & Eastern 50 Do., Quarters ..- ..... 12% - Do., New 23 - &stern Union SO Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 % - Ditto, Thirds"... ...133. 4 d. . .... - Do. (guar. 6 per cent.) 10 - . .... .. ..... Ditto, ditto - Bast Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 3%..... 1.:!.4 East Lincolnshire ...... 10/ 2 - Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... - • ••• Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. .. - Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% - Edinburgh and Northern 25 - Ditto, New.. 3 ii - Ditto, Newport l2 - ••. Ditto, ditto, New 2 1 , 4. .... - Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2-,0 Ditto, New Glasgow D um fries, and Carlisle - ..... ...... ••• Glasgow,Eilmar , & Ayr 50 - Ditto, New ..- .... ... 46 - Do. Preference Consol. lb - • ..... •• r ••• Great Northern Do., London and York 2% - Gwent South. and West. ( Ireland) Great North of England.loo ...... -.. Ditto, New, 40/ 5 - Ditto, New, 301......... 30 Ditto, New,ls/... ...... 6 1 ,4 ... Great Western 9O ... .. SI 90 90% Ditto, % Shares 5O .......50 Ditto, 1 4 Shares ...... 17 1 i ( i .. ...15 11 4 15 18 1 ,4 15 Ditto, Fifths 2O Ditto, New 17!........ 9%... .. 7%% Huddersfield and blanch. 21 ..... • - Ditto Thirds - , , Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ......• 97 Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 .....• - Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Edm 17%....•. Do., do., and Norwich 15 - Do., do., tkterfs.Scrip (late Carab. & Ely) 24 - Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 •. ' ..... - ~... , Ditto, Thirds - Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 - Ditto, ditto - ...... ..... Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares - Do. Quarterb_b_ares„, 141 i _ - .•. ...... , Do. Fifths... 9 - 7 1 4% x.d.... Do. Sixteenths' 6 1,4 - Do. Thirds (Reg.)....10/.45...... 7 %s i i die Do. Liverp. and Bnry 38 ...... - Ditto 1 ,4 (late -Hud dersfield and Shoff.) 33 - Do.(Wakefirld,Ponte fract, and Goole) ... 50 - Do.(W.llidingUnion)4/.25...... - , , Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 - Do. % Shares ( A)... , 9 - Leeds and :Bradford Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 42%...... - Do., Half Shares 17% .. - Do., (blue) Scrip 2% - .. - Leeds and Thirsk - •••. Ditto, New - Do., Prefer., 6 per CL 3%..•-• - Liverpool, Crosby and Southport . 2 - Liverp., Manchester, and Newoutle Junction... 2%. - T E is N, DON, London &Wacky - '1..; 3'. C- 8d.... i. - ":":.-, .... . Dc. New, No. 2,. .1 _ 4 ',... ... D). Lx' as' on .. .. 1.„ — London, B •ah`.), - .1. LT i SJUth C0a5t......... 50 Do. Consol. Eighths. 40 Do. Guarant. 5 per ct.., 9 Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 .. Ditto, ditt0...... 185 2 50 ' London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d... ............,•• Ditto, Preference... 18117 s 2d... London and N. Weeterß 100 124 126 125 Do.Quartere (L. & B.) 22 ...... -- Ditto, New Ditto, Fifths ..... .. . 2 ...... 6:34 1 ,‘ 7.. 30% 18 4% Do 40/.Shares(L.M.) 20 Do. 101. (M. & B.) A. 7%...•• Bl4 Do. 101. (M. & B.) B. 71A I 9 8: 3 / 4 ... Do. 10'. (M. & B.) C. 1 ..... 3 ... ......... ... Lon i. &S. Western Do. New 50/. ... ..... 37%.. .. 1)o. New 401. . 30 Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 Ditto ditto ...... 4O Ditto, Thirds 81.68.8d.... 4 1 ,4 3 . 3 i, die.... 37 , 1 i dis. London, Salisbury, aid Yeovil ..... -.. ....... 1%•••••• --- Londenderry&Coleraine 27%...... Londonderry and Ennis k lb.!, 8 3 / 4 8 3 ,4 3 45 Lowestoft (4 par et.) 20 Date (6 per ct.) blanAesier,BuatOn,and Matlock. . . .. 3 At uachester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 714 — . Ditto, New 101. Pref... 71,4 i Ditto and Grimsby.— 25 Ditto ditto ~ ......... 7 Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield anil Lincolnshire Do., Grimsby Dock 12% — Do. Man. &Lin. Union 4/.2s — Manchest,& Southarnpt. 21 / 4 •••••• Midlan lOO ...... 9$ 99 1 A Do. Consolidated Pref.100 Do., do., iO/. Shares... 15 ... 874 9 .•• - VA ....... 9 9 li Do. Hirai., and Derbyloo D i.Czinso'. Bristol and B; .11,ng., 6 per et. ...100 116 11;0'N.!, Brist. &Glocstr. 36 r';:o, ditto ... W. 35. 6d... ••• — 11i' -11” d, Leiesst. & Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo ...... Midland Great Western Irish Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. var. N awcastieand Carlisle... 100 Do. Quarts. a 25 .... Nc•voirk et & Chestarford 18% Do. Es.•lnsion .........21. 12a.... ••••• Newpo7l, Abergavenuy, andllereford Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor ...... .. 15 Norfolk ...100 Do. New 201. .. 5 Do. Extension Do. Guaranteed 5 % pc. 5 Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Uaion 4 North British ... .... ... 25 Do. Half Shares 12%...... 31+ 1 .. 8 l A , Do. Quarters 5% 3A .. 3 . . 51 Do. Extension ......... ,8•••••• IA LA •• • • •• • • DMA - ) Tr irda ...... ~.... 2 North & Sclitb.-Western 2 ...... ........ •• —.. North Staftcirdshire lO ...... 8 % ... ..... ... North Wales . 3% • North Western 6 - ••.. IA A 134 8% Oxford, Worcester. and Wolverhampton ...... 40 ... .. 204 4xi 2O x Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston said Hitchin ... 1% Scottish Central Scottish Midland 22li — • ... Ditto, New lO ...... -- ........ ... .. Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole .. ... 5 - - Shrewsbury and Bina-. 7 ...... ... ......••••• Ditto ditto, Class B. 4 Shrewsbury & Chester (.Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 ...... .. ......... Ditto Oswestry ...... 14 Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref 6 Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 Sh ro pskire Union 40 4 — South Devon Do. Preference South Staffordshire South Eastern & Dover. 33 1 ,{ 8 ......23 4 xd 23 xd Do., No. 1 24 ...... Do., Ne. 2. Do., N 0.3 ....... ...... 20 ...,.. 9 3 4- ........ - 9% Do., No. 4 South Wales ..... 18 south Yorkshire, Don- caster, and Goole Swans. & Loughor & Ca- meron's Stn. C0a1.... 6 Taw Vale Extension ... 4 Thames Haven Dock and Railway ........... 17142 Vale of Neath ... .. Waterford and Kilkenny 131 e — .. Waterford and Limerick 40 Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wieklw, and Dublin ..... 28 p 2S p 144 87 12 1 , 12 221 At West Cornwall ............ W hitehav en & Furness 10 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 7 W' ilts, Somerset, & Wey -30 mouth York, Newcastle, and 13:rwick. Do. Original New and Berwick .. ...... Do. Extensioa No. 1. 15 Do. do. No. 2. ..... ... 10 Do. G.N E.Preference 8 York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference ...... 10 Do. East and West Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 ..... . 5 3 ,4% Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 16 Certtral of Spain ... 2 ..... Ceylon Demerara ... 7% — Dendre Valley... 4 ...... Direct Bombay and Madras U. . ... ...... ...... Dutch Rhenish ......... 7 ..... ...... •••• East Indian 1 1,4 ...... ...... .. ... Great Indian Peninsular ss. Italian and Austrian.... 4 Jamaica S. hlni•Junction 1 Louvain Ila Sambre ... 6 Luxembourg Lyons and Avigem :. Madrid ad 1 Valentia... 2 Namur and Liege l6 . .. 2 3 / 4 % Northern of France."... 10 Orleans and Bordeaux 6 ...... ••• •• Over Yssel 4/ 3s 4d ••...• ........... Paris and Lyons lO ..... 114... . Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen ... Paris and Strasbourg ... 8 and 11. - , 20 Rouen and liavre Sambre and Meuse Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Nantes 8 Tournay, Jurbiae, Lan den, and Hasselt 16 West Flanders. JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia Loudon Joint 5t0ck...... 10 Provincial of Ireland ... 25 British North American 50 London & Westminster. 20 ...... Commercial of London 20 Union of Madrid 40 National Proy. England. 35 Ditto, New ...... .. ..... 10 Colonial ' 25 Union of L0nd0n......... 10 - Union of Australia Ditt0,New.............. VA..... . ........ Ditto New........_.... 10 ...... ....•.... National of Ireland 2 2 1,4...... .... ..... 90% 60 20 7% 10 3 / 4 .. 5% dis. . 7% dial. . .... 3% dip. 1% 3 151/i 14% 29 3 A 27% lb% 7 60 11 3 ,i LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH 22.—Wind S., light airs, and fine clear weather. OFF LIVERPOOL, MARCH 21.—Ivanhoe, Pekin, Heath, Alison, and Havannah packet, CLYDE, MA.RCII 20.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Erromanga, Ramsey, New York ; Harmonic, Churchill, ditto. LIVERPOOL, Melton 20.—Arrd. Susan, Laguna Elizabeth, New Orleans ; Devon, Betts, Savannah. 21. Sophia, Honduras; Devonport, Savannah; Stephen, Munchie, St. Andrew's; Lancaster, llallen, Hamburgh Sld. 21, John Robin, Joynson, Calcutta; John Bihby, Pearson, ditto; Chrishna, Spence, Singapore ; St. Leon, Jarvis, Castina ; Nina, Alexander, Rio Grande. MUMBLES, MARCH 16.—S1d. Berenice,. Singapore. CARDIFF, MARCH 20.—Sld. Jesse ; St. Thomas; Lord Haddo, Cape of Good Hope. BRISTOL, MARCH 21.—Wind N.W.—Sld. Mary Ann Peters, Cardiff and Bermnda. PLYMOUTH, MARCTI. 2 L—Wind N.W.---Sld. West minster, Port Philip. SoUTHAMProN, MARCIE 21.—Washington ateamer, New York. OFF THE WIGHT, MARCEL 18.—Nathalie, Surinam. DEAL, MARCH 21.—Wind W. to S. W. 6, strong and squally.—Arrd. Mimona, Somdgren, Charleston, for Gothenburg. Arrd. from the River, Woodpoint, Porto Rico; Aromocto, St. John's, New Brunswick. SOUTHWOLD, MARCH 21.—The Clofried, Simms, of and from Shields to London, was stranded on Sizewell Bank this morning, and has since become a total wreck; crew saved. Miteonn, MARCH 20.—The Princess barque, and Duridonald brig, in leaving the harbour this morning, got in contact, and have put back, the former with loss of bowsprit, &c., the latter with trifling damage. YARMOUTH, MARCH 21.—The James and Mary, An dersen, of Peterhead, in leaving this place to-day, got on the North Beach, but was afterwards assisted off, and back to the harbour, apparently without damage. - - THE EUTERPHON SOCIETT.—The members of this excellent choral society have a grand concern last even ing, at the City Lecture Theatre, Wilton-street, Fins bury. The first part cow sted of selections from Han del's Oratorio, Judas Maccabeus, and the second com prised pieces from the works of eminent English authors. Miss Northam, Miss Sara Flower, Mr. Rafter, and Mr. W. F. Winn were the professionals engaged. The perfor mances of the evening afforded evident satisfaction to a , numerous and respectable audience. OVER LAND MAIL 1 N U I A. The intelligence brought by the BorAb a y ma il s o f :he 15th of February is not of {pleat importance. The mercantile affairs of Calcutta avid Bombay appear to engross much of the attention. of the newspapers. The exposures effected of t'ne proceedings of the Union Bank of Calcutta, during the last year, are absolutely appalling. T.'ne shareholders, who see ruin staring them. in the face, have made some efforts, and a contribution of 20 per cent. is to be levied on the shares. The Laudable Assurance Company is involved, from having invested their funds in the securities of that bank. The state of commerce in the east of India is affected by those important pro- ceedings. In Bombay another subject of discussion has arisen in the new Act for improving the Small Cause Court, which was proposed to the Legislative Council at Calcutta by the Chief Justice of Bombay, Sir Erskine Perry. This is looked upon by all enlightened men as a vast improvement. As it will simplify many of the suits, and enable the suitors to obtain speedy justice, a sort of hole and corner opposition has been got up against it in Bombay. Misrepresentations and abuse are abundantly scattered on the subject. Sir E. Perry, who went to Calcutta in the month of January, has explained the matter to the Legislative Council, and the Act was to have been passed in the beginning of March. The opposition which was raised against it had become divided, and there was everyprobability of this vast improvement being carried forward. The parties most opposed to it were the attorneys and lawyers, who united to perpetuate their old system of plucking the natives. The Governor of Bombay went to Sinde on the 10th of February ; he was accompanied by two secretaries, and was not expected to return from the banks of the Indus until the end of March, when the great heats are felt there. From the Punjaub there is not much news. The settlement of that country is going forward. A quan tity of treasure, amounting to 250,000/., was found buried in a house once the property of Lall Singh ; half of the money has been handed into the British Treasury in payment of the Sheik liabilities. Sinde presents nothing remarkable, except the news of an unusual fall of rain in the northern part, and the loss of another steamer, by carelessness, in the Indus, where she struck on the anchor of the Satellite, and soon filled. She had a part of the 9th Regiment of Native Infantry on board, who, with their kit, &c., and the engines of the steamer, were saved. Several courts-martial have been held in Bombay on officers and men of the Indian navy, and severe sentences have been passed. One young officer, who was publicly addressed in unbecoming and irregular language by a junior lieutenant, replied, " That he would be d—d if he should stand such ;" and asked to be reported. He then threatened to send in charges against the lieutenant, who, on overhearing the threat, got first to the captain, and lodged his complaint. The young mate was tried for insubordi nation, from his having resisted the opprobrious ex pressions, and has been dismissed the service. Other trials of as odd a nature are going forward. Her Majesty's ships Vernon and Cambrian were in Bombay harbour ; the former, requiring repairs, was about to be docked. From Madras the news is scant. The Marquis of Tweeddale was to remain there until the arrival of Sir Henry Pottinger, who was expected from the Cape about the middle of March. The old question of the discussions with the natives respecting their re ligious feelings, &c., is still alive, and likely to excite dissatisfaction unless Sir li. Pottinger finds means to pacify it. The district of Shornpore, which during the last five years was under the management of Captain Meadows Taylor, was slightly disturbed by an attempt of the Ranee, or Queen-Mother, who sought to create a rebellion amongst the peaceable inhabitants. The attempts failed; the principal leaders of the Ranee's party have been imprisoned, and she herself removed from the district. Order and quiet prevail as before, hanks to the prompt measures of Captain Meadows Taylor. The new Governor-General remained at Calcutta, where he was employed in learning all th© details. He has a wide field. His approval of the Small Cause Court Act of Sir E. Perry has raised hopes of the willingness of his Lord,hip to effect salutary reforms in India. The departure of Lord Hardinge has been the occasion of many compliments having been paid to him. India was tranquil and healthful. A slight com plaint, called the English cholera, prevailed in Poonah and its neighbourhood. The weather at Bombay in the beginning of February had been cold, but towards the middle it was pleasant. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. THE BOMBAY MARKET. (From the Bombay Bi-flionthly Times of Feb. 14.) Since the dispatch of the last mail the state of our market has remained much the same as for the fortnight before it had done. No improvement has made its ap pearance in prices, either for import or export goods, owing to the great pressure on the money market; and cash continues very scarce. Businesi, however, has been done during the fortnight to some extent, but at lower rates than during last month, for cotton goods and cotton wool; while for metals full prices have been obtained as formerly, and remain steady. Since the dispatch of last mail the prices of Oriental and Com mercial Bank shares have fallen off 8 per cent. We quote to-day the former at 3 per cent. premium, and the latter at 9 per cent.. discount. We can hardly expect a better demand for these or any other stocks in trade until the money market becomes easier. The steamer with the London mail of the 7th of January, which arrived on the evening of the 9th instant, having brought accounts of a better demand for cotton wool existing at home, has produced some effect on our market for this staple, and also on tonnage. Cotton yarn and woollens continue to be neglected and dull. Nothing has been done in them. Metals Copper There is a steady demand for sheathing, braziers, and raised bottoms, and they have advanced I rupee per cwt. The following sales have taken place during the fortnight, and the stock is nearly exhausted. The price of tiles and American remains at our former quotations : R 3. A. 500 cwt tile copper 300 ditto £OO ditto 200 ditto Bolt Copper—None in the market, and a good in. quiry after it. Swedish and English iron, nail rod (round and square), sheets, hoops, nails, steel, lead, spelter, quick silver, tin plates, red and white lead, remain much the same as at our last report. Cochineal.—We have heard of no sales to report, and the prices to-day may be q uoted at Air, per lb. Saffron—We have hoard of no sales since our last, and the price is nominally 14r. to 16r. per lb. Spirits—Holland gin is scarce in the market. The supply in the importer's hands we have heard of is very trifling, and the article will command a higher price than brandy. Marine Stores—We have heard of nothing doing under this head; the prices may be considered as quoted. Of tar, coal, and Stockholm there is none in market, and the first small parcel that comes to hand will com mand a pretty high price. Sugar—A sale of 6,000 piculs of No. 2 China sugar has taken place, at 3r. Ba. 3p. per Surat maund. EgroitTS.—Cotton Wool—Since the dispatch of last mail the prices have somewhat fallen off, and business of the fortnight was limited in amount, until the evening of the 12th. Since then they have risen 2r. per candy. We have heard of purchases of some parcels of this staple being made within these three days—of Broach and Jumbooter at from 70r. to 72r., and of Dhollera at 64r. to 74r.; and 300 candies Ooramwuttee at 70r. to 71r., by native shippers. Sheep's Wool—We have heard of no purchase to report, and the prices may be considered as quoted. Opium—A slight alteration has taken place since our last. We have heard of purchases having been made during the fortnight of upwards of 100 chests, at from 870 r. to 880 r. per chest. TONNAGE. Freight to Great Britain has advanced since our last to 41., at which rate engagements have been freely made; and to China 15r. per candy. EXCHANGES. Exchanges on England, six months' sight, la. 9,1 d. ; three months, Is. 9id. ; one month, ls. Bid., these are the Banks' rates ; and for bills secured by shipping documents we quote is. lod., at which rate aurae trans actions have been done. On China, 210 r. per 100 doll 3. The rate on Calcutta has advanced since our last for Company's draught—say eight, 4 per cent. premium : thirty days, 99ir. ; and sixty days, 98r. for private bills. THE CALCUTTA MARKET. (From the Calcutta Englishman of Feb. 7.) Our markets here, since the date of our lest report, have been in rather an unsettled state. ilistrunt and want of confidence have increased, and arc extending among the native portion of the mercantile community. We have, happily, no new casualties to report among the European houses ; but several native firms have suspended payment, and the firm referred to in our Pries Current of the 21st of January, after a short and WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1848. vein struggle to maintain its position, was compelled finally to close business. Cor expo' m^-ket has form irlctive, end pi:ccs of produce r*e generally lower. The ♦ery discoutaging advices received of the home meTlets, and the high rates of freight have induced buyers to operate sparingly and with great caution. Sugars are pressed on the market by holders, which has increased the declining tendency. There has been an animated inquiry for saltpetre, but the want of tonnage had restricted opera tions. There is nothing doing in silk, and silk piece goods still remain neglected. Rice has attracted a good deal of attention, and a fair amount of business has been done in it. _ _ _ Jn our import market a good demand has existed for cotton piece goods, which have been moving off freely, but generally at much lower rates, holders being more ready to meet the views of buyers. Mule twist has continued dull, and for the season the demand has been moderate. Metals remain without alteration. The money market has become more tight, and the wants of the mercantile community more urgent, yet the coffers of the Bank of Bengal remain full, for v% ant of approved investments. A considerable decline has taken place in Government securities. The following are our present quotations:—New Five per Cents., 1 2 to 1•E discount; Old Sicca Rupees, ditto, 5-S to 6 ditto; sicca re., 4 per cent., 19-8 ditto; Company's rs., ditto, 17.4 to 17 8 ditto; Bank of Bengal shares are 2,190 r. to 2,200 r. premium, being 350 r. to 400 r. lower than our last quotations. Exchange is still at 1-11 to 1 111 for document bills at six months' sight; Baring's credits, 1-121 to 2. At the export warehouses 420,000 r. have been advanced on goods under hypothecation at 1 101. The amount drawn by the East India Company en the Bengal Treasury by this mail is 40,5431.45. 3d. Tonnage has been scarce, and eagerly taken up as it offers. Freights have consequently advanced; our present quotations are—to London, saltpetre and sugar, 61. 10s. to 61. 155.; rice, 61. 15s. to 7/.; indigo, 81. - Indigo—The buyers of this article have since our last evinced a degree of reserve which diminished the com petition in the bidding', and caused the prices in most instances to rule 2r. Ba. to 2r. lower, thereby bringing, particularly the good and.fine qualities, and the middling lower consumers, to a par with London October sales value. The transactions since our last were confined to public sales, at which 20.171 chests were put up, but only 1,926 sold at the under-mentioned rates, the proprietors partly refusing to submit to the reduced offers. _ _ ---- Sugar—The demand has been falling off, and though the best qualities are from their scarcity firmly main tained, buyers are less eager, whilst they decline trans actions in all the lower sorts, even when offered at easier rates. Saltpetre—A fair business has been doing in this article, and no inconsiderable part of it for the British markets, at fully previous rates for the better kinds in low refractions and good colour, and a decline of 2a„. for the lower qualities. - Rice—The inquiry for this pulse remains unabated, and fully previous prices are freely paid, and with the large supply not less willingly accepted. Safflower—The growing crop is represented to be less forward than usual, but, notwithstanding, promising a fair average outturn if the weather should be favourable for another month. Raw Silk—Nothing worth notice has been done in this article. The stocks remain small, and there is no disposition on the part of buyers to operate. Cotton—Nothing has been doing here in this wool. Prices in China had fallen 4 to i mace lower, Bengal cotton being quoted at 7 taels 4 mace to 7 taels 6 mace. Exports from the Ist to the 31st of January, 1846 : Bales. To Singapore ... ~• ••• 1,627 China ... ... 580 Rum—This spirit continues neglected; shipments going forward being on account of distillers. Exports from the Ist to the 31st of January, 1848: — Gallons. To Great Britain ... • • ••• 57,309 Sidney ... ••• ••• 2,356 Exports from the let of February up to date:— To Great Britain ... ••• ••• 5,001 Opium—The third sale of the season took place on the 24th ult., and passed off languidly at reduced rates. Since the receipt of the last advices from China, where stocks are reported small, a slight ad vance has occurred, shippers feeling more confidence in the drug. AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY NIGHT. By the arrival of the New York packet ship Ivanhoe, Captain Edwards, we have papers from New York to the sth instant, four days later than was received by the Sarah Sands. The news from Mexico is unimportant. It is generally said at Washington that the treaty entered into by Mr. Trist with Mexico would not be ratified by the Congress of the United States. The steam-ship Britannia had reached Boston after an extraordinary long passage of 21 days. She en countered very heavy weather. Her advices had an immediate influence on the markets for cotton, flour, grain, Indian corn, and provisions, which'; lightly advanced, with the prospects of a further improvement. COURT CIRCULAR. The following bulletin of the Queen's health was issued ye3terday : " Buckingham Palace, March 21, 1848, 9 A.m. " The Queen has had another good night. "her Majesty and the Infant Princess continuo well. " JAMES CLARK. " CHARLES LOCOCK. " ROBERT FERGUSON." Her Royal highness the Duchess of Gloucester arrived at Buckingham Palace in the middle of the day, to learn the state of her Majesty. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen in the afternoon. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took walking and pony exercise yesterday. Prince Albert will, by the desire of her Majesty, hold a levee, at St. James's Palace, on behalf of her Majesty, this day, at two o'clock. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge called at Buckingham Palace yesterday, to inquire after the health of the Queen. Lord Camoys has succeeded the Earl of Listowel as the Lord in Waiting to the Queen ; and Lieut.- Colonel A. N. Hood has succeeded Sir Frederick Stovin as the Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. The nobility and gentry who called yesterday at the Palace, to read the bulletin of her Majesty's health, were very numerous. A deputation of the Directors of the India and Australia Steam Navigation Company, consisting of Lieutenant Waghorn, Mr. Ford, Mr. Montefiere, Mr. Robinson, Mr. Scott Russell, and Mr. Yates, had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office. The Marquis of Westminster bad an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday. Sir Hedworth William son had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet, at the Horne. office. A ,deputation from the Birmingham Canal Com pany, consisting of the Hon. Colonel Anson, M.P., Mr. Muntz, M.P., Mr. Scott, Mr. Purcy, Mr. Thomas, and Mr. Ingleby, had an interview with Viscount Morpeth yesterday, at the office of her Majesty's Com missioners of Woods and Forests, in 'Whitehall-place, on the subject of the Health of Towns Bill. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. ------- ___ _ Sir,—On Monday, the 20th, Mr. Hume proposed ;he reduction of the men to be voted for the service of the navy, from 43,000 to 36,000. On this subject I believe my reasoning to have been different from that of many about me, though conducting to the same result. I have no such abso lute confidence in the continuance of peace, as would warrant any departure from what general considera tions of policy would otherwise point to as the maximum of wisdom. The state of Europe is un settled to an extent that has not occurred within the period of what may be called a generation of man kind ; and a state of Europe that is unsettled, cannot be depended on for peace. On the side of America war is as likely, and almost as inevitable, as that one move on a chess-board shall lead to another. The slave States have been allowed without impediment to conquer Mexico, under a distinct agreement, known to everybody but thosc, who conduct our game, that the free States are to preserve the balance by enabling, in the words of the American general in Mexico, "Uncle Sam to throw his hat over Canada;" and this, unless the habits of governments are greatly changed, will not be done without a war. If war was to be hindered, it was to be done when the war was in a nutshell, and when a cruiser and an inch of State paper might have prevented the annexation of Texas. Neither is my confidence any greater in the immediate effects of Free Trade. It may act ten years hence ; but no great dependence is to be placed upon its action now. The actual course of things in Europe, it is to be feared, is net towards the influence of knowledge, but of ignorance. The counsels cf Ledru Rollin to the French electors are not particu larly likely to result in a free-trade demonstration. The probability on the contrary is, that there is no absurdity on the subject of commerce and in dustry in general, which is not destined to be worked out for the improvement of the world's experience. But, supposing all this admitted, is it a reason for voting with Mr. Hume or is it not ? In my view, it is a reason for doing it. I can imagine nothing more impolitic, under the admitted possibility of future war, than the display of a resolute determination never to let the community have a shilling in reserve. Compare the case with that of an individual, whom nothing can induce to make the smallest reservation from expending all his income. Nothing can be more certain, than that he is making the worst possible preparation for the shocks which flesh is heir to, and which are sure to occur, first or last, to say individual however fortunate. If there is danger of some great call for expenditure, have a few pounds beforehand, if you can, to meet it. Do not make what you can raise by screwing, the perpetual measure of what you shall expend. And above all things, do not point to the results of present expenditure, as a reason for continuing it. Do not, for instance, say, " you have at this moment six carriages and five-and-twenty horses, and what a pity it would be to insist on reducing such a beauti• ful establishment !" Yet this is what is done by the 111inistry, when they point to the magnificent num ber of " 460 vessel , ," as what the present scale of ex penditure has produced. I have moreover strong doubts of the policy of telling M. Arago (for whom I beg to express the highest consideration), that England does not con sider herself safe without a navy equal to any two European navies which could be brought against her. At all events, if I were M. Arago I should know how to make my market of such a declaration. These considerations, or some of them, I hope will excuse me to my constituents for being found in Mr. Hume's minority of 38 against 347. On Tuesday, after some private and routine busi ness, the House broke up at seven o'clock. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, T. PERRONET THOMPSON. Blackheath, London, 22d March, 1843. CALEDONIAN ASYLUM —A, general meeting was held yesterday, at the house of the Scottish Corporation, Crane-court, for the election of directors, and the trans action of other business. An objection was made be fore the commencement of the proceedings by Mr. Dobie, who maintained that the meeting was illegal, as only eight days' public notice had been given instead of ten, which was required by the Act. A long discussion took place upon this important question, w hi c h resulted in an agreement that the meeting should simply elect the directors, and that a special meeting should be sub sequently called to confirm that proceeding, and dis pose of the remainder of the business. The committee then proposed a list of gentlemen to fill the vacancies caused by resignation and the retirements by rotation —namely, the Mac Gregor, Messrs. J. Mackenzie, P. Robertson, E. Antrobus, J. Auldjo, W. Burn, M. Boyd, D. E. Forbes, A. Gillespie, and Dr. A. Henderson. In consequence of Mr. Gillespie declining to fill the office, the Dame of Mr. Harrison was substituted for that gentleman, and the list recommended by the direc tor adopted, after an amendment had been proposed and lost by a large majority. The proceedings then terminated. ATTEMPTED SUIC!DE BY A FEMA.Lll.—Yesterday forenoon, about half-past ten o'clock, a fine looking young woman, fashionably attired, entered a coffee-house in Judd-street,;Brunswick-square, and took a seat in a private part of the coffee-room. She requested the waiter to fetch her a cup of tea and some toast. Her conduct attracted some attention, and at length she was observed to emrty the contents of a phial into the tea, which she swallowed. Shortly afterwards she felt pain, and became insensible, when a surgeon was called, and it was found that she was labouring under symptoms of poison. The stomach-pump was used, and a quantity of laudanum was extracted. On being restored to her senses, she declined giving any account of her self, when a policeman was procured, and she was taken to the station-house, and charged with having attempted to destroy her life. On being searched a letter was found in her pocket addressed to her father, a highly respectable tradesman in Goswell-street, named Ironmans, bidding him and her friends adieu, and ex pressing her determination to destroy herself, as her life was a burden to her, and alluding to her disappoint ment in a love affair. Her friends were immediately communicated with, when it was discovered that some time ago the unfortunate creature formed an intimacy with a gentleman of property, who had seduced her under a promise of marriage, and then abandoned her, which so affected her mind, that she had since made five attempts upon her life, and was twice charged before Mr. Henry, the magistrate at Bow street Police-court. Very recently her seducer had married a lady, which added to her affliction, and there was little doubt that her intellect was deranged. She was again taken before a magistrate in a very weakly condition, when she was allowed a seat. The seducer's card was handed in, but his name and address was not made public. The prisoner looked pale and ghastly. Her relations and friends wore present, and she did not recognise any of them, and she seemed to be uncon scious of anything that was passing arou nd her, but occasionally the tears rushe d from her eyes. It being evident that she was still in a dangerous state, and unable to understand any evidence which might be given against her, she was ordered to be taken to the hosp, and that proper means should be taken to provide for her in a lunatic asylum. NEW OCEAN STEAMER_ On Monday morning, a little before nine o'clock, the steam-ship America, the first completed of the four new steam-ships for the British and Nor th American Royal Mail Steam-ship Company, arrived at this port. She had a most magni ficent appearance as she rapidly steamed up the Mersey, going at a speed, as near l y as could be j ud g ed from the Prince's Pier, of fully sixteen miles an hour. In her run from the Clyde she has proved herself to be the swiftest ocean-going steamer afloat. The dimensions of this splendid vessel are—Length of keel and fore-rake, 250 feet; breadth of beam, 38 feet; tonnage, 1,840; horse-power, 650. The total sum expended in her con struction amounts to more than 80,0001. The America is under the command of Captain Judkins, and the crew consists of about 100 individuals.—Liverpool Alai" ASSIZE INTELLIGIA'NCE. HOME CMCVIT.—Ltwec, March 21. On Monday Lord Denresti eri:ved at Lewes, to open the assizes. His Lordship was met on his arrival by the High Sheriff of the county, Sir S. B. P. Micklethwaite, Bart., and Chaplain, the Rev. J. G. Wrench, of Salehurst. After the commission had been opened at the County hall, his Lordship, accom panied by the High Sheriff, proceeded to the St. Michael's Church, where divine service was performed by the chaplain. The sermon was preached from Psalm lxxxix, 14, " Justice and mercy are the ha bitation of thy throne ; mercy and truth shall go before thy face." On the following morning at ten o'clock Lord Denman entered the Court, where the Duke of Rich mond, the Elul of Chichester, and Mr. Sergeant D'Oyley had already taken their seats on the bench. The magistrates having answered to their names, and been sworn on die jury, were invited to dine with the Judges in the evening. After the reading of the preclamation, the Lord Chief Justice delivered his charge to the Grand Jury. After a few preliminary observations, his Loan. , SHII: went on to say—Gentlemen, it has not been my habit, in :this or any other place, to dwell in the slightest degree on the political features of the times; hut there are in the present state of things some ap pearances of so very remarkable a nature, that I do not think a Judge presiding in a criminal court can be quite justified in passing them over in silence. I allude to the great probability which we see around us of riots and tumults breaking out in all parts of society in consequence, in some degree, of the con tagion from a neighbour of the most dangerous kind, and perhaps in a still further degree from an appre hension of the example which has been set and which is too likely to be followed, not so as to lead to those desperate consequences which have obtained in another country, for against that I believe the public mind of England gives a sufficient security, but so as to lead individuals to incur personal danger, and expose the lives and property of others to danger of the same kind, and destroy that security for which the law is established. It is highly important that these things should be met in the outset with a firm and determined, but calm anti composed spirit, and I am happy to say that there has been a seasonable publication of some doctrines laid down by my late lamented friend, the eminent Judge of the Common Pleas, lately deceased, I mean Sir Nicholas Tindal, pointing out the duty of all classes, in the breaking out of riots. lie lays it down clearly, as the law authorised him to do, that the duty of all men is to take part with the civil powers when the public peace is invaded—that not only are no men justified in resisting the constable, but they are not justified in withdrawing that aid which the protection of the public peace requires. And all who are present on occasions of that description neglecting to give neces sary aid, are guilty themselves of a crime, and may be indicted and punished for the neglect of so impor tant a duty which is cast on all. We may well appeal , I think, to all classes of society, even to the very low est, as to the necessity of such proceedings, and the danger of the consequences which have arisen from them in other places where persons have been told— where labourers and artisans have been told of the protections given to the rights of labour. Let them look at men of their own class invited to a foreign clime to earn a livelihood by their industry suddenly turned adrift and converted into paupers at the dic tation of a selfish mob. Let it be remembered that the first financial act of the Government which undertook to protect them was to forfeit their little savings in the banks in which they were deposited ; and let them see what expectations they can have from the effect of such conduct as has been exhibited by the overturning of all government and all law, and they will feel it is their interest, as well as their duty, to erect a bulwark which shill prevent such examples from being followed in this country. But, gentlemen, this is not merely a general observation or a political observation. It appears to me to apply directly to the state of things before us, that is, to the extent of crime, the probable increase of it, which lam afraid we witness every day—for after a recent sessions we have had still a longer calendar, and a great probability that all the dangerous ele ments of society will be called into action for the pur poses of mischief, if we do not proceed in real earnest to prevent the spread of crime. The materials of all the mischiefs which happen on such occasions are to be found in the gaols. The first act of insubordi nation is to open the doors of gaols and set the pri soners free ; and those who had been inmates of those places, so necessary for the protection of society, are surely the readiest instruments to be employed for plunder and bloodshed. It is then our duty to con sider the best means of diminishing that number, not only for the protection of the honest part of society, but to rescue those men themselves from the danger which they incurred of being swept away in their attempts at insubordination, and the misery and distress and ruin of following those (Es ' honest trades as a regular occupation of life. That is what we have most to guard against, to prevent a temptation from so operating on the mind as to con vert them from honest men into men having no other resources than the plunder of their neighbours. Gen tlemen, it is with the utmost admiration I think that we must see the efforts which are made to reclaim those who have been guilty of offences ; but, surely, the great object of all law, and of almost all institu• tions which have reference to the great masses of society, is, not to amend and reform only those who have committed crime, but to prevent the commission of the crimes themselves. Happy would it be if those who have been once in prison shall return from it, firmly resolved not to return to their evil ways. Far happier would it have been if they had never entered into those evil courses which have brought this advantage on them; and it would be much indeed to b e lamented if it were supposed that any advantage derived from an imprisonment were to become a temptation to others to commit a criminal offence for the sake of reaching in that cir cuitous way to the same advantages. Gentlemen, I have almost to beg your p ardon for making these oh serrations. It appeared to me that they are not quite out of place, and t hat these g eneral reflections, which must arise in all our minds in noticing the general state of the world, impresses on us in the most forcible manner the a bsolute necessit y of dimi nishing the extent of crime and the number of cri minals, for their own security and happiness, and our ow n security and the protection of our property and our lives. There are 70 prisoners for trial. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, March 20. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron RoLFa.) MURDER AT 1413RDS.—Michael Stokes, aged 20, a soldier in the 57th regiment, was indicted for the wilful murder of Mary Ann Garrad, at Leeds, on the 20th January last. Mr. ELLIS (Mr. Boothby with him) stated the case, and called witnesses, who proved the following facts : William Garrad, the husband of the deceased, said he was a soldier in the same regiment. They were stationed at the Leeds Barracks, and on the evening of the 20th of January, witness, his wife, the pri soner, and two other soldiers, were in the same room. The prisoner was doing something to his musket in the back part of the room, and the others were near the fire. The deceased asked witness what o'clock it was, and he took out his watch to tell her, and as he was putting it back, he heard the report of a musket, Witness turned round, and saw the musket drop from the prisoner's hand to the floor. Witness's wife, who was standing near him, staggered and fell, saying, " Lord have mercy on me—what have you done ?" Witness went up to prisoner and said " What have you done ? I will load my musket and shoot you." Prisoner replied load it. He took his wife up, laid her on the bed, examined her person, and found a wound near the navel. She died at half-past eight o'clock. It was seven when the musket was fired. Cross-examined by Mr. DEA/MET—Had known the prisoner three months and twenty days. Pri soner lived in the same room. There were nine persons in that room. Witness and his wife had been in the same room the whole evening. Neither witness nor his wife , t o his knowledge, had had any quarrel with the prisoner. lie seldom spoke to any of the soldiers. He was a nasty tempered man and disagreeable. There was a bayonet wrenched from him once. At the moment of his being taken the prisoner was in the act of taking off his jacket. Wit ness heard him once telling the other soldiers he had asked to be taken ,into the in fi rmary, and was re fused. Re-examined —The affair about tie bayonet was in October last. Av i n. Keenan, another soldier, corroborated the last witness, and added that the prisoner had been in the regiment about two years. Jeremiah Dooley belonged to the same regiment, and was in the room when the shot was fired. A little while before the prisoner had asked witness for a beeswax rug to clean his firelock with, and he saw him afterwards cleaning it, the lower end resting on the table. Witness then saw him straining at the lock, heard it click, and then raise it to his breast and fire. He had no doubt that it was intentionally done. Mustard, a sergeant of the Dragoon Guards, said he was in the guard-room when the prisoner was brought in, and a sentry was p laced over himuard .sk About eleven o'clock Jones, a sergeant of the g, as him if he wa s sorry for what he had done and he replied " No." William Mustard was then recalled—He said Jones asked the prisoner if it was his intention to shoot the woman ? He said, yes, two months ago, but he took a second thought. lie asked him if he had any quarrel with Garrad. He answered, no, he liked the man well enough, but she had said some words to him which no one should ever know but the priest. Jones asked him again when he intended shooting the woman, and ha replied, he had it in his mind MALT A. MALTA, MARCU 13.—The fleet undt r Sir W. Par ker continues on the coast of Sicily, and its return is not spoken of. Each vessel as it arrives on the station, is dispatched to join the Admiral, and from the fact of provisions being forwarded, it is sup posed that its absence will yet extend to some time. The Harlequin brig, long since ordered to South America, has not yet sailed for these seas, arid has, within a few days past, returned to Catania. The Fantoine has been despatched to Tripoli. She is ordered home. It is thought, however, that in con sequence of the events on the continent, both these vessels may be detained by the Admiral. The Archbishop Cocle, Confessor to the King of Naples, having been obliged to fly from Naples, ar rived here by a Neapolitan war steamer, the Nettuno, and has been received by the Roman Catholic eccle siastical authorities with much kindness. The steamer has returned to Naples.; There have been no further disturbances betwee❑ the military and the people. SPORT I N G INTELLIGENCE WARWICK STEEPLECHASE. YESTERDAY. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, h ft, for officers' horses;' 12st each. Three miles. (29 Subs.) Captain Dyson's Master Robin ... (Owner) 1 Captain Harvey's Mushroom ... 2 Lieutenant Hesketh's Modest Maria, Lieutenant Ark wright's The Agent, Cornet Tomlins's Cock spinner, Cornet Denistouu's Maid Marian, Captain Miles's St. George, Captain Pryce's Columbine, Lieutenant May cock's Angela, Captain Campbell's Fortunatus, and Lieutenant Alleync's The Priest, also started, but were not placed. Betting-5 to 2 agst The Priest, 3to 1 agst St. George, 5 to 1 agst Cockspinner, 5 (and after starting) 4 to 1 agst Master Robin, 8 to 1 agst Mushroom and Angela. Won cleverly. Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each, p.p ., for officers' horses; 1 Ist each; winner to be sold for 1001. Three miles. (23 Subs.) Captain Campb ell's Fortunatus, list 101 b 1 Sir E. Foore's Th e General ... 2 Captain Harvey's Lunatic 3 The following also ran:—Captain Somerset sTwilight, Cornet Denistotan's and Captain Bond's Lucretia. Betting-2 to 1 each agst Lunatic and Lucretia, and 3to i agst General. Won easily. BETTING ON THE COURSE. NORTHAMPTON STAKES. 200 to 50 apt Ballinafad. CHESTER CUP. 1,200 to 30 agst Enchanter I 3,000 to 30 gat Mont -1,000 to 1 5 ags t lonia , j pensier BETTING AT MANCHESTER,--TUESDAY. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.-5 to 1 agst Ballinafad ,t), 10 to 1 agst Thistledown (t), 12 to 1 agat The Con: vict (t), 14 to 1 agst Duplicity (t), 15 to 1 agat Walm gate-bar Without., 100 to 6 agat Louisa Newell (t), 100 to 6 agst Cosachia), 100 to 5 agst Joe Lovell (t). CHESTER CUP.-22 to 1 agat Cracow (t), 25 to 1 apt, Blaze (t), 30 to 1 agst Swallow, 30 to 1 agst Jona than Wild (t), 35 to 1 agst Lightning, 40 to 1 agst Bal linafad (taken freely), 40 to 1 agat Enchanter, 40 to 1 agst Bantam, 400 to 10 agst all the three yrs old (offers to take), 50 to 1 agst Inheritress, 50 to 1 agst Joc o'Sot. Dsltny.-9 to 1 agst Surplice, 12 to 1 agst Springy Jack (offers to take), 12 to 1 agst Glendo wer , 20 t o 1 agst Fern, 40 to 1 agat Backbiter. M ADEMOISE LLE DE DI ON TTENSIHIt AN AUTOBIO GRAPAY.--No romance of the present season will prove more eetertaining than the " Memoirs of Mademoiselle de Montpensier." There is a charm attaching to what we know to be real far surpassing that pertaining to the creations of the novelist. Mademoiselle de Montpensier was a woman of great beauty, and from her youth up wards she displayed a wild untameable spirit. It is at the period of her life when she has, as it were, almost become a woman, that she appears happiest. Delighting in amusement—dancing, theatricals, dress. Iler delight is also in the stirring drama of intrigue, the details of political manoeuvring, the concerns of a court. There will be found in these memoirs a fund of anecdote, amusing relation, intrigues, traits of manners, and re marks upon men and things which will prove a source of great entertainment. Altogether the narrative is one of extraordinary interest. —Sunday Tirees. A DUCAL Sot? KITCHEN An exampl e wor th imitating by our aristocracy has been recently set by his Grace the Dake of Argy le, who has given orders 'to shoot all the roes on his estate, in order to supply the soup iritchen at Inverary. This order was carried into effect on the 6th instant, by the gamekeapers on the estate, who shot as many as 32 roes during the week. These have been made into most delicious soup, and dis tributed:to the poor of the town. It is expected that the supply of venison will continue for a number of weeks more.—North British Mail. The Senatus Acadernicus of the University and King's College of Aberdeen, a meeting on the 11th instant, unanim , usly conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws on Alexander Reid, Esq., A.M., rector of the Circus-place school, and James Gloag, Esq., teacher of arithmetic and mathematics in the Edinburgh Academy. -0. Witty& ab3ut t.so oscic?l:, but he cy.7 l d rot get a chance at that tire,. Jones then e!kci 1. 4 n when he leaded the musket. He replied at five o'cicck, he lorded it with ball cartridge, then thrust it into the armour-rack, and did not get a chance to shoot the woman till seven o'clock, when he ran over to the armour-rack and took it out, and shot the woman. Jones asked him the secret. He answered, no one should ever know it but the pCiest Mr. DEARSLZY addressed the jury for the prisoner, submitting that he was 'afflicted with homicidal mo nomania when he did the act, for which he had no motive. He had previously attempted suicide, and could not sleep, and when he had shot the woman he did not attempt to escape, but delivered himself up, and these were symptoms of homicidal monomania, for by the sane criminal every attempt was made to conceal all traces of the crime, and he denied it to the last. Mr. Baron RoLrB having summed up, The jury, without leaving the box, and after a minute's deliberation, pronounced the verdict Guilty. His LORDSHIP put on the black cap, and, address ing the prisoner, said—You have had the benefit of a full trial, and everything that could be has been suggested in your favour by your counsel. For some wicked and diabolical motives which I cannot divine, you have deprived a fellow-creature of life. I should have trembled far the security of society if the defence set up by your counsel in your behalf had succeeded. He then sentenced the prisoner to be hanged, and afterwards buried within the precincts of the prison. The prisoner trembled a good deal at the com mencement of the trial, but afterwards became composed. He seemed when first placed in the dock to assume a wild look, and the twinkling of the eyes alluded to, but if so he could not maintain it long. He seemed disappointed with the verdict, and left the dock with reluctance, but did net change coun tenance. S. Kershaw , and A. Savage, who were convicted on Saturday of wounding W. Carter, and others, in the riot at Wakefield, were sentenced to be imprisoned . eighteen months. J. Child, J. Kay, and G. Hamden, who were ac quitted of the felony, but afterwards found guilty of the riot, were sentenced, the first to four, and the two latter to two months' imprisonment each. H. Cantrill, who was acquitted of shooting at with intent to murder the Marquis of Normanby's gamekeeper, pleaded Guilty to an indictment for night poaching. His LORDSHIP said, though they had gone out to kill pheasants with air-guns, he could not forget that they had two guns with them loaded with deadly slugs, and one man has lost his life, and another been seriously wounded, and he sentenced the prisoner to be transported for fourteen years. Jno. Lynn, aged thirty-five, bad been found guilty of a like offence on H. Willoughby's, Esq., estate at North Grimston, on the 29th of December last. In that case two shots had been fired at the gamekeeper, but they did no harm, and his Lordship sentenced him to the milder punishment of seven yaars trans portation. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—Exeter, March 20. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PLATT.) THE QUEEN V. LATIMER. At the sitting of the Court this morning Mr. Crowder and Mr. Cockburn applied to his Lordship to fix a day for the trial of this case, which, as may be recollected, is a prosecution at the suit of the Bishop of Exeter against the defendant, who is the proprietor of the Western Times, for a libel. Mr. Baron PLATT said, he really could not make any arrangement at present, for so far as he could see there was no chance of getting away from this place before Wednesday week, the business was so heavy. Mr. COCKBURN suggested that his Lordship might try the case on his return from Cornwall, or he might take the Taunton commission day, or even the day aver that. Both parties were exceedingly anxious that it should be disposed of. Mr. Baron PLATT said he would consider and see what appeared best to be done. John Wheeler was indicted for maliciously cutting William Pope, with the usual intents. The prosecutor was a marine, and was on board General Murray's boat, fastened to the shore, on the 26th of August last. The prisoner was on board another boat, coming to the shore to land. He told Pope to move his boat to let him come in. Pope told him there was plenty of room. The pri soner said if he did not get out of the way he would cut Pope's boat adrift, and he took a knife from his pocket and cut the rope and set Pope's boat adrift. Pope ran forward and laid hold of a shore boat. The prisoner then said, if he did not let the boat go he would cut his - hands off, and he made two or three feint cuts to frighten him, and then cut him down the arm, inflicting a severe wound. Pope asked him if he knew what he had done ? but he made no reply. Pope then went to the infirmary, where he remained twenty-two days before the wound healed. It appeared that there was some struggle between the parties, and that Pope pushed the prisoner back in the boat before he cut him. For the defence, it was contended that the wound was inflicted by accident, and that the prisoner had not intended to do the prosecutor any injury. 'I he jury found the prisoner guilty of a common assault. Mr. Baron PLATT said the prisoner had already been in gaol since the 26th of August ; therefore, the sentence was, that he should be further imprisoned for one week. June Jenkins was indicted for forging a marriage certificate, in order to sustain a claim for wages due to James Gardiner. Mr. Hay ward and Mr. Poulden were counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. Slade for the prisoner. It appeared that, by the regulation of the Admi ralty, a seaman, when he went abroad, had the power of directing his pay to be handed over to his wife, or some other member of his family ; but then it was necessary that the person presenting herself as the wife of the seaman should produce a certificate of marriage. The prisoner was the wife of one William Jenkins, but she had left him, and had for some time lived with James Gardiner as his wife. Gardiner went to sea, and then he prepared an order, which is termed an allotment, upon the Admiralty, directing the pay to be handed over to his wife. ihe prisoner took the allotment to the pay-office at Devonport, but it being necessary that she should produce the certifi cate or her marriage with Gardiner, she procured the certificate of her marriage with William Jenkins, and then scratched out the name of Jenkins, and in troduced that of James Gardiner. This certificate she produced at the pay•office on the 12th of August, and received 6/. for the pay due to Gardiner, who was then on board the Avenger (since lost) as stoker. In consequence of some information the prisoner was taken into custody on the same day (12th of August). She told the constable that a woman named Ilambly, who had made the alteration in the certificate, had informed against her because she would not give her 1/. She added that she should have been married to Gardiner if there had been time. The 6/. so received by the prisoner was charged by the pay officer to the account of Gardiner. Mr. SLADE having endeavoured, but without suc cess, to stop the case by taking several objections to the indictment, then addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner, urging upon them that the Admiralty might well have spared this prosecution, for Gardiner, who had, unfortunately for the prisoner, perished in the wreck of the Avenger, had treated her as his wife, and had made an allotment of his wages in her favour ; and there was no doubt, had he lived, he would have made the prisoner his wife, for there was no evidence to show that her husband was now living. It was clear there was no intention on the part of the prisoner to defraud any one, and she was ignorant that there was any wrong in what she had done, be cause she had felt that, under the allotment made for her, she was entitled to the money. Mr. Baron PLATT having summed up, The jury found the prisoner Guilty, but most strongly recommended her to mercy. Mr. SLADE then moved in arrest of judgment, on the ground that the indictment did not charge any intent to defraud any person. Mr. Baron PLATT said, he would not pass sentence to-day, but would consult his brother Wightman. Ann Brown, aged 15, was indicted for setting fire to a dwelling-house, several persons being therein. Mr. Mowbray was counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. Beard for the prisoner. It appeared that the prisoner, a poor miserable. looking little wretch, lived servant with Mr. Ham, who resided at Tipton, in the parish of Ottery St, Mary. On the evening of the 24th of December Ham was alarmed by a smell of fire, but he could not discover that there was any fire. On the following morning the prisoner called her master's attention to a place in the cellar, where she said the fire must have been the night ,before. That day being Christmas -day the prisoner was allowed to go home, and she did not return till the evening of the following day. On the morning of the 27th of December, about seven o'clock, Ham was in his shop. The pri soner went into the tehop, and got a lighted candle, and then took it and went about her work. She re turned shortly afterwards and told her master there was some smoke. 11am went out, but could not see any smoke in the direction pointed out by the pri soner, but upon going round the house saw a fire in the cellar. In consequence of something that took place the prisoner was apprehended that afternoon ; and during the time she was in custody she said that she had set the house on fire—that she had gone through the mill stream, and then rubbed a lucifer match against a stone under the thatch, and with that match she bad set the house on fire ; that she had a very good place, and had had no quarrel with her master or mistress, nor had she any spite spinet them. The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. I