The Sun. — London, England, 1852-04-08 00:00:00

FRANCE. The Prince de Canino i 3 still at Civita Vecchia, but is expected to return forthwith to France. Orders have, says the Public, been given to the contractors for the demolitions on the Place Car rousel to have all their materials removed and the ground levelled by the sth of May next, when the Prince-President of the Republic will hold a grand review of the National Guard and the troops of the garrison. It is calculated that when the place is com pletely cleared, the Court of the Tuileries, the Quais, and the Rue de Rivoli will be large enough for the movement of 150,000 men. It is said that it has been decided that i❑ future the Place du Car rousel shall bear the name of Place Napoleon. The Bill for regulating the new copper coinage has been published. The following are the principal enactments :—All the pieces of one and two liards, and of one and two sous are to be called in, and re placed by bronze pieces of one, two, five, and ten cen times. They will be composed of 95 parts of copper, 4of brass, and lof zinc. The new coins will bear on the face the effigy of the Prince-President of the Republic, with the motto Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, and on the back the indication of the value of the piece and the date of its coinage. The amount of the new copper coin issued will not exceed in nominal value that of the coinage called in. A. sum of 7,560,000 F. is appropriated for all the expenses of the new coinage and the paying off of the old. A special credit of one million is opened to the Minister of Finance on the estimates of 1852 in part of the above sum. A dinner has been given at the Trois Freres Pro ver.qaux by a considerable number of the principal French manufacturers who exhibited their products in London to M. Sallandrouze Lamornaix,the French Government Commissioner at the Exhibition, as a testimony of the grateful sense that they entertain of his exertions in that capacity. Amongst the persons who offered and were present at the dinner were several members of the Legislative body. The health of the President of the Republic, as l'Elu de la Nation, was proposed and received with enthusiasm. The health of M. Sallandrouze followed, and the compliment was acknowledged by him in a speech which gave general satisfaction. Before the com pany separated a subscription, which produced a con siderable sum, was made as a contribution to the charitable institutions of Paris. GERMANY. The Wurtemburg lloniteur contains the following Royal ordinance concerning the fundamental laws : " In order to avod all doubt and uncertainty which might arise from the differences of opinion relative to the validity of the fundamental laws of the German people, we ordain as follows, after having advised with our Council of State and with the approval of our faithful States:— " The fundamentA laws of the German people, which the German Diet, by a resolution of the 23d August last, declared to be non-obligatory as the law of the Empire, shall have no force in the kingdom of Wurtcmburg, • unless special laws shall be passed adopting their pro visions. Our Ministers aro charged with the cxecution of the present law. " Given at Stuttgardt the 2d of April, 1852. Signed) " WILLIAM." Two commissions have just been appointed at Hanover, one to inquire into the laws for the admi nistration of justice in their relation to the provisions of the Constitution, and to report as to any changes necessary to be effected by them ; and the ether to examine the communal and municipal ordinances. Bath these commissions have been appointed in a very arbitrary manner, and most of the memhero have no seals in the Council of State. PEALTLIOFLONPON DURING THE WEEK. .(Frpm the Registrar-General's Report.) The total number of deaths registered in the me tropolis in the week that ended last Saturday was 1,324. This number exhibits a further increase on the high rate of mortality in previous weeks, but to a considerable extent it, is augmented by cases on which inquests have been held, and which are now entered in the registers in undue proportion. The following are the weekly numbers returned since the end of February, after a deduction is made of " sudden deaths," and those caused by drowning, fractures, and other violent means, which constitute nearly the whole of the cases returned by coroners :-1,093, 1,146, 1,182, 1,146, and 1,131. Ia the ten corresponding weeks of the year 184 0 - 51 the average number of deaths was 974, which, if raised in proportion to the increase of population during that period and up to the present time, be comes 1,071. The present return, therefore, exhibits RD excess above the average of 253. Last week the deaths of 561 children under 15 years, of 471 persons of 15 years and under 60, and of 291 person 3 aged 60 years and upwards, were re gistered. Of the last-mentioned class 126 were men and 165 were women. Of the men only one was a nonagenarian, but nu fewer than 10 of the women had reached 90 years, and two of theee had nearly attained 100. The mortality produced by diseases of the respi ratory organs is still of unusual amount ; the deaths, which were in the previous week 243, having been 249 in the last, while the corrected average of cor responding weeks is only 193. In each of the last two weeks bronchitis was fatal to 128 persons, being Much in excess of the average, while pneumonia was fatal at the same times to 72 and 80, which is about the usual number. Last week phthisis (or consump tion) carried off 15 children under 15 years, 139 per sons of 15 years, and under 60, and 7 of 60 years and upwards, altogether 161 persons, whilst in corre sponding weeks of 1842-51 the lowest number was 115, and the greatest 149, and the average 129. Amongst epidemics small-pox continues to prevail as much as it has done for a long period, and scarla tina shows a diposition bo increase. Last week the former was fatal in 27 cases (in 5 of which it is stated that vaccination had been previously performed), and the . latter in 38. The following death was also registered—th e daughter of a stonemason , a g ed 2 years, on 3 0t h March, at 9, Eccleston - p lace, Bel g rave sub-dist r i ct , from "cholera (98 hours). ------ STATE OF TIIE WEATHER DURING THE PAST WEEK. SUNDAY.--rh amount of cloud was variable when the sky b ecame overcast; cumulostra t as a stratus. tIONDAY.—TiIree-foUrtluS of the sky were untilnd night,irro: covered till night, an d then it became overcast; s t ra t u s an ly d cirr his. ostra Rain f e ll during the evening, chiefly after general 9h. P.M. TUICSDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day; cirrocumulus and cirrostratus. P.ain fell durin ‘ g t h e morning. cirros tra VEDNXSDAY.--.The sky w as overcast throughout the clay; tu3. THURSDAY.—The sky was covered with cloud till near noon, and generally clear during the remainder of the day ; cirrochmulus and cirrostratus. FurDAY.—One-third part of the sky was covered till lh. P.M., and it was clear daring the remainder of the day ; cirrocumulus. SATURDAY.—The sky was one-half covered with cloud till lh. P.M., and generally clear during the remainder of the day ; cirrocumulus and stratus. ELECTRICITY.—Nothing was shown during the week. The mean reading of a thermomet er p l aced on the main mast, and read each day at 9h. A.M. was 46.5° ; and the man reading at 9h. P.M. was 42.3° ; the mean readings at e the Royal Observatory for the same times were 45-5 e and -11-4 respectively. The reading of the barometer increased from 29 . 40 in. at the beginning of the week to 29 . 53 in. by 10h. A.m. on the 28th; decreased to 2).10 in. by 9h. A.M. on the 30th; in creased to 30 . 21 in. by noon on April 3d; and de crease d to _ 30.11 in. by the end of t. , ke _e MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. I'iIITMLIER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDDIG SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1852. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat ..• ••• -- Tubercular Diseases.. ••• ••• "' "' 2A ' Diseases of the Brai n Nerves, and Senses... ... 129 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 65 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... ••• ••• ••• 249 Diseases of the St omac h, Li ve r, and other Organs of Digestion... ... 56 Diseases of the Kidneys, &e. •06 ••• 15 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &e. 11 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ••• 11 Diseases of the Skin, &c. ... 4 Malformations—. 3 Premature Birth 32 Atrophy 29 Old Age Sudden ... 42 Violence. Privation, Cold, and Int:mperance 112 Causes not specified ... 6 ... 67 DEATHS FROM ALL CAL - 3EB ... ... Population Deaths In cone- Enumerated, aponding week 1851. of 1851. Wont Districtj... 376,427 . . 131 . North Districts.. 490,396 .. 226 Ceniral District 3 393,256 ... 195 Last Districts ... 485,522 ... 214 , u°"11 Distri c ts.. 616,635 ... 273 , 1,324 Deaths in the Week. 203 281 247 268 325 Totals ..... ,3 2,236 Males Veutalso • • • ... 1,059 Males Females BII1TEEK• ~, 838 892 Total ... .1,73 0 t• bee •t• 39 *ln this number !ire includ e d 3s by , -latina, • by Typhus 8 b ever, v niurbrrt% a n d Iby Cholera. LUNACY PsocErnrric... Lyndhurst's Bill to diminish thelit-51ta BiLL.—Lord urrier commissions "de lu nat i c° eixnPeaze of proceedings printed. By it, the orders of the 11 1 , 141 ' 4 °de has been same force as those of the Lord Chancellor, will have the at the dis speeial cases. The costs of p rocee di ngs , i tor, except in eretion and paid only under an order of the L o be will be and thiblaSter, as the case may be. Th e iLellaucellor required to frame rules and orders for the forni — e i r ceedings, subject to the app roval of the Lord Chaneeilhe Pr wil,l make the' necess ary general orders;. all rules and lode however, will have to be sub mitted to Parliament. Tie , also an indemnity clause for t he Bank of En g land and other societies for all ads and thnigi done or permitted to be do ne by this Act, PRICES OF SHARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 6. 30INT-51"OCZ Dividend Amount LI Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. a Annum. Share. IN --•• ---- ---- ---- X a. d. £ s. U. b Australasia . . ...• 51. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 39T BritshNorth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - NI Colonial.. ........... 21. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 12 0 Gloucestershire •••• •• 15/per cent. - - 0 - I lonian .............. 61. pr cent. 25 0 0 25 0 - London and County • • 61. per cant. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - c Londn and Westrainstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - 41 London Joint-Stock . •. 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -- 1 Provincialof Ireland• • 181. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - ti Ditto, New.• •• • • ... 1 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - National of Ireland .. 41. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Nat. Provncial of Eng. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - C Ditto, New. •••• • • • 61. per cent. ,20 0 0 10 0 0 - a Oriental Bank Corpora. 81. p. ct. & bs. '25 0 0 25 0 0 - South Australia •• •• - 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 24 ,, ,,i, Union of Australia •• •• Cl. per cent. 15 0 0 25 0 0 - r Ditto .............. 61. per cent. - 210 0 - t Union of London... .. 71. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - , Union of Madrid ... • • - 40 0 0 40 0 0 - ' INOXTIGLANOB CIOriaPANIEII., 1 Dividend Amount 1 Name of Company. per of - Paid. Price ] Annum.l Share. ---- - £ a. d. £ s. d. Albion .. Sl. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 86 Alliance Brit. and For. 71.148.6d.b5. 100 0 0 11 0 0 22% Ditto Marine. •• •... 61, p.c.& be. 100 0 0 25 0 0 41% Atlas . .. Argun Llfo •• •• •• • •• 41. per cent. 100 8 0 16 0 0 British Commercial •• 7s. 6d. 50 0 0 5 0 0 674 Cloricl,Med.& Gen• Life spr ct.3o bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 41. 100 0 0 10 0 0 100 143. 50 0 0 5 0 0 16 1 4 Ea4,•le Eqity and Law •• 4% per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 5!,;, European Life .. •• • 10s. 20 0 0 I All paid. 12 General -.•- •••••• - 50 0 ! ~, 5% Glebe ......... -- • • 61. per cent. Stock. I ~ 137 Guardian • • .... •.• • • • 51. per cent 1100 0 0 45 0 0 56 Imperial Fire --•• •• 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 256 , Imperial Life Indemnity Marine- •• 11.5 h.& 'as. 100 0 0 2O 0 0 49 Law Fire . ...... •• •• 2s. & 2s.bs. 100 0 0 ; 210 0 3% Law Life.................- .• ........ - 100 0 0 10 0 0 46% Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 5% London Fire .• -- •• 10s. & bs. 25 0 0 1 12 10 0 - London Ship • ..., •• - 103.8; be. 25 0 oil 2 10 0 - Harinc .• -..... • ..... 15s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 15 Med. Invlid&Gen. Life 4%1. per ct. 50 00 1 20 0 2% Monarch ••• • •• ...... - 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 223.6 d National Lean Fund- 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 2 10 0 2% Palladium Life Si. per cent. 50 0 0 i 2 0 0 , 2 ';' Mena • • • 31. p.sh. & bs. - I - 161 Professional Life.. •• •• 51. per cent. 6 5 0 010 0 153.0 d Provident Life •••• •• .. 1/. ss. ik bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 30 acct. Life ...... ...... 53. 6 0 0 0 10 0 7% [loyal Exchan:e 6l. p.ct. & be. Stock. all 225% ion Fire...........- 61. 10e. - 7, 213 Dia& Lite - fl 48 United Kingdom UnivenalLife lo,t,i et. & bs. 100 0 0, 10 0 0 39% Vietoria Life - ' 4 12 6 S 113LIDGMS DiviJeng Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -.-...- -- -- --, X. s. d. X. O. d. llungerford .• • • • • .. • • - - - - Southwrk ••..•• • • .. - 100 0 0 - _ Ditto Nw 017% p.c. 70s. per cent. 50 0 0 - 16 Waterloo .. ••••• • • • • • - 100 0 0 - 3 t Ditto Old Ann. of 81. 21. Bs. Od. - 60 0 0 24N Ditto NW ditto of3l. 21. 2s. Od. - 40 0 0 22 - Vauxhall ........Ay. 21. 70 10 3 - 18 % s o , Dividend Amount demo of Company. I. per of Paid. Price. [ Y Annum' Share_ 0 __ ' , Grand Janette; :: :: :: (3 ' East London... a - 155 -- 65% Lcerif.. - '• '• '• •• •• •..• ! 41. per cut. 100 0 0 - PO Lambeth ••... . • . • • , Si. per cut. 100 0 0 - 97 New River Company.. ' 21.108. - : 48i.. per per cut. ciit . 145000 5 6 0 doo. 4 S• d. - 60 Southwark & Vauxhall 151. per cut. 100 0 0 - -- - Wat Middlesex •• •... 161.05. pr ant. - - 102% S n DOCno• a Dividend Amount h 1'' . . ,,, M3 of Company. Per of Paid. Price. I Annum. Share. ____--- -- .--• ' ---_-... X a. d. X o. d. 41. cent. Stock. i Commercial •••••• • • • • pr - 90% East and West Inds a ... 6%1. pr cent. Stock. , _ 154 sh. - - 1 East Country -•• ••• • • 20s. per nt. 100 0 0 - • London . • • • . • •• • • • • 51, pr ce Stock. 123 Ditto Bonds • • • • • • • • 41' per cent. - - 3 ........ I.', p. pr cent - - St• Katharine Per cent. Stock. 82% - ' 1 14 1. 1. er cent. .' -50 0 0 , 50 0 0 , 20 Ditto Bonds • • •• •- • • Southampton •• • • • • • • P CANALS. • 1 1, 1 r Dividend' Names of Dividend ~. e per Comp=lee. 1 4 d \ An Per "`' Names of e, Companies. .1 A nam.. Price. _ an num. a. I --.....• Ti--I—. —.___ _ ...7 .____ ....._, Ashtnt Oldh - 98171. n. ct. 140 Macclesfield. 100' 21.105. 50 Barnsley.. • • 160 \ _ Neath ••• • •• ioo 161. & GrknkAbrg 150 51. 85 Oxford.. •• • • 100 131. 135 Birmingham 40, 41. Peak Forest. 78 31. 18s. 10 Coventry..• • 100; 251. 200 Regent's ••• • 83 11. 3s. 16% Derby ••• •• 100 61. 63 Rochdale.... 85 21. 42 Ellsmre&Chs 69 2% p. Ct. ; 33% Semrset Coal 1 5 0 , Grand.Tunctn 100 3/. pr.ct. 48 Do.LkFdSt 12 sDo., 6 pr.Ct.l 10 61• pr. ct. 11% Stirrd &Wore 1 4 0 281. 405 Grand Surrey 100, 21. Os. 32% Shrewsbury.. 125 Grand Union 100 1/.los. 24 Stonrbridge.. 145 201. 290 Kennt& AIM 39 4s. Od. 5 11 , Severn and 21.05. 24 Lancaster . 100 Wye Rail. 4 26 Leeds&Linp 100 201. 455 Warwick& 1 n „ 41. 40 Leicester.... iOO l 51. 66 Birming. _4 I vv Lmcstr&Nth 83 1 41. 44% Warwick& i 100 31. 28 Loughborogh 142, 701. 510 Napton.. Monmouthsh 100' Worcstr Bc/ 78 31. 33 Mntgemrysli MI Birming. MeltnMyrbry 100 Wilts k rake. —113.6 d. 7% '?54368-I.IGIIT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend. Amount same of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - ------ --__ -,... X. 8. d. £. 5. d. British ••••••• • • • '• • • 11. 140 0 0 18 0 0 1034 Ditto rrovinclal- •• li. 81. 20 0 0 20 0 0 la ilri:hton •••••• •• • • • • 5/. 20 0 0 - 15% City of London .. •• .• 61. 100 0 0 150 -0 0 128 Continental Consolidat. 50s. 75 0 0 31 5 0 - Equitable-. ••••.. • • •• 508. 50 0 0 50 0 0 27' Great Central. Imperial -•... • . .... 3/.E. - - bonus. 50 0 0 50 0 0 66 Independent ....... • • 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 46 London• • ...... •••• • • - 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Do., Paid. Preference 61. 25 0 0 7 10 0 - i'limnix ............. 311. per eent.l 50 0 0 49 0 0 25}4 Ratcliff .. •. . .. ••• • • • 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 - Gaited General ••.• • • 11. 50 0 0 :50 0 0 1 6 3 ii Mestrainster Chartered Si. per cent, 50 0 0 - 89 51 Ditto,New .... ... 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 , 7% mirs - z . O}- SCOTTISU COSIPA.NXIIS' PICICES Dividend Amount Name of ComFany. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --.--. - - _- s. d. Z s. d-. Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 4/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 201 :;aledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank Cl. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 10% ,;lyeesdale Bank-• •• •• 6%, per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12! as Commercial Bank •• .• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 180 Eastern Bank ••-• .• • • 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 9% per cent. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 Z ...... 2.,Eiclienilb.nizgiei_l ti n s k go o w f lilatil: . . 3/. k 51.pereent. 20 0 0 210 0 2A, ^Torth of Scotland Ban , fScotland 5/.percen . t 100 0 0 ' 100 0 o 1224, P.Oyallieik 0 Hand gl.per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 85X Union Bank of Sco rational Bank 7l per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 651 4 back '• •• " • 10 0 0 10 0 0 21% 10 0 0 1 0 0 153 Od Incur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 Caledonian Fire Incll 61. per cent. 26 0 0 2 0 0 41. tis Westernll r l i i t a i n sh c e Fire Guarantee E lt d t i g n . b a u City of Glasgow' Lilo • • a nd Life 8 5 : 4 1 1: p 1; e e P r t r c e c e e e n n n t t t . ; 17 0 6 2 3 1 Z 50 0 0 1 0 0 2% Colonial Life •••• • • " rg Sc h ot r , for cent. 10 0 0 110 0 31. I , ',s Lire "". Of ' SC3tl4nd 4 61. n i e- cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 275.6 d: gationalFire and Life -• , 6 5 1 1 . pe e; c ec e i t ill . . 1° 50 3 0 0 1 1 i L fe aw Incurr,i fe. . North British Incur. •• 20 0 0 1 0 0 30e.0d 4cottish Union Insruce. 7/ ' Pr cen Al. per cent t .. 200 0 0 20 0 0 I 31 standard Life • • 51. P 0 I 0 0 203 ed cent. 10 0 trrAtB ' i D eP•Aoisra .. n . ce 51• Per Nsmu of CsinpanZ7,7ll)l3ivellidre:nt.A.dnt2l. of Paid. Price. per 1511ar 0 . -............... Annum. ----- ---- --- -...-. x. 0. d. X. s. d. Assam Tea ...... 20 0 0 9y,;, knetion mart • •• •• . }2 .- 20 0 0 26 ....... 50 0 0 - Australian Agrieulturl - 11 53. 35 0 0 16 % Australian Trust ... , , e - r - * 100 0 0 0 0 21 35 nglo-Meilcan Mint: • 6- - cent ' 0 23 Ditto, Half Shares • 11.10 a. 10 0 0 10 0 _ 210 0 - British American Land _ Canada Do. 5 per cent Bonds • Per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 "- 100 Ditto, 6pr et. Bond 6 - 3 I •Peree t - 10`A City Navigation Bonds 3iper n- - _ Gen. Revers. gc Invest. 5 p. cent. - - 33 , ; 1 cacbs 21100, n A ' Eqnitablelteversionry ISi pr. • ' " " I " ° ° 94 Ditto Slew .. -•• 1 Gen•SteamNavigation 10 - p.ct. 5° 0 0 710 0 15 Hudson's Bay ........ 0 0 14 0 0 2 4 % - A::: uol:Tn7o. 70 o 12 k. Hungerford ..... - 206 • London Institution ... - lOO 0 0 47 ) New Zealand Company - 74 15 5 25 0 o 0 i Ditto. 'New _ _,2 13 --- usedll Institution.... 0 12 10 0 _ • 1c Peciinalr&Orient.Stm. 81. p. c.& bs. 50 0 0 5 63 ii o ‘, - aeverstonsiry Int. Soc. 4141. pr cent. 100 "0 '0 'l4O 0 - .7,.8x i Royal Mall Stearn.. - 41. p. share. 100 00i 60 0 ',; II g o uth Australian ..• .• 11. per share. 25 0 0 I 25 v gti,i iti nDloman's Land.. - I CO 0I 29 0 0 0 24 Y, 1 - ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN C l RCUlT.—Liverpool, April '. ABBOTT V. MUSPEATT. This was an action brought by the plaintiff to re cover compensation in damages for an alleged injury to certain trees growing on the plaintiff's land at Newton, by reason of noxious vapour or gas pro ceeding from the defendant's chemical works. A great deal of professional and scientific evidence was given in support of the plaintiff's case, which at six o'clock last night was brought to a conclusion. At the sitting of the Court this morning the an nouncement was made that this case, as well as three other actions of a similar nature for the same injury, against the same defendants, were unexpectedly brought to a conclusion by the respective plaintiffs h av i n g agreed to accept, as damages, 5001. each, or a 2,000/., the defendants , Messrs. Muspratt, h to a t v a i l rig of bound themselves to pull down the works in question. it m ay be interesting claimed amounht state that t ed e da to no ageso less laid in the declaration and than 40,000/. ca3ste::!:f:fusiness of the assizes. this His -Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant has been graciously Pleased to convey an intimation to the secretary that ha will be happy to hecome the president And patron of the Loyal Western Yacht clgb of Jrelaud• S 15 N, CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice TALFOURD, Mr. Baron MARTIN, and Mr. Justice CROMPTON). Thomas Robert _Mellish, 46, and James Douglas, 26 (the latter pleaded guilty), were jointly indicted for forgery and uttering a receipt for the payment of U. 15s. 4d., with intent to defraud. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Ballantine were Counsel for the prosecution ; Mr. Chambers, Q.C., Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. Huddlestone defended the prisoner Mellish; Mr. Parry was also instructed to watch the case on behalf of Douglas. At the commencement of the case all the witnesses were ordered out of court, and upon Mr. CLARKSON observing that, from the nature of the proceedings, Douglas, who had pleaded guilty, might possibly be called as a witness for the defence, it would be better that he should not hear the evidence for the prosecu tion, he was removed from the bar. This trial occupied the attention of the Court for a considerable time, but from the nature of the case, and the circumstances under which the present charge was preferred, it will only be necessary to give a nar rative of the facts upon which accusation was sought to be established against the prisoner. It will be re membered that in October, 1851, both the prisoners were tried in this Court upon a charge of the same kind—namely, forging a receipt, and after a very long inquiry they were both found guilty, and Mr. Baron Parke, who tried the case, sentenced Mellish to be transported for ten year, and Douglas for seven years. In pursuance of the sentence the prisoners were removed to the Penitentiary, and it appeared that soon afterwards certain representations were made to the Secretary of State on behalf of Mellish, which induced him to communicate with the Learned Judge who tried him, and after considering the matters that were submitted to him, Mr. Baron Parke expressed an opinion that it would be more satisfactory if another case were to be tried, several distinct indictments hav ing been preferred on the former occasion against the prisoners but not proceeded with, and accordingly the prisoners were remitted to this Court under the war rant of the Secretary of State, in order that another charge might be inquired into. The evidence now adduced was precisely of the same character as that which was presented on the former occasion. It ap peared that the prosecutor of the indictment was a gentleman named Thompson, who formerly was in extensive practice as a surgeon, but who in the autumn of 1849 gave up that profession in order to carry out, in partnership with two gentlemen named Varnish and Cookley, a patent which he had pur chased for a new process of silvering glass. Pre mises were taken by the firm in Berners-street, and as the prosecutor was ignorant of the nature of the business of cutting and preparing the glass, he ob tained the services of the prisoner Mellish, who was recommended to him as a very experienced person in such matters, to superintend this branch of the business. It appeared that an agreement was entered into between him and the prosecutor, by which Mellish was allowed to have the entire management of the works, the payment of wages, the power to engage and discharge workmen, a nd, in fact, M r. Thompson would appear to have ha d very little more to do with the concern but to provide the money which was necessary to carry it on, and he was to receive a salary of six guineas per week. When the prisoner Mellish had been a short time engaged in this manner he took the other man Douglas into the establishment, and he sat in his private office with him and acted as his clerk, and it appeared that it was his duty to examine the bills of the different work men for the work they performed, and after the exa mination Mellish put his initials to them and they were then paid by the cashier. The offence imputed to the prisoners was that they had altered the amount of the bills that were sent in, and had thus defrauded the prosecutor of the difference; and on the particular instance it appeared that on the 22d January, 1851, a workman named Suttie had taken in a bill for 15s. 44. and received that amount, and it was proved that the amount had been altered afterwards to 11. 1.55. 44., and that the larger amount was paid by the cashier. In order to show that this could not have been the result of any mistake, and to prove the guilty knowledge on the part of the prisoners, evidence. was given that a great number of other bills had been treated in a similar manner. In one instance a bill for 1/. is. had been altered to 1/. 173., in another 133. 84. had been al tered to 21. 13s. 84., in two instances a bill for 1/. had been altered to 4/. 10a, a bill for 93. had been altered to 11.195., another for 1/. 25. 84. had been altered to 1/. 12s. 84., and several other similar frauds were distinctly proved to have been committed, and nearly the whole of the forged bills bore the initials of the prisoner Mellish. It was elicited on cross-examina tion that the whole of these bills went in the first instance into the hands of the prisoner Douglas, and it appeared that upon some occasions he had told the workmen that he had lost their original bill, and asked them to receipt fresh ones, which turned out to be of the larger amount, and it was explained that after Douglas came into the establishment the work men were required to bring two bills, in one of which they stated at length all the items of work which they claimed to be paid for, and in the other merely a general account for the whole, and it appeared that the latter was the instrument in which the alteration was made. It appeared to be quite clearly esta blished that a very extensive and deliberate system of fraud had been carried on against the prosecutor, and the only question in the case was whether the evi dence made out that the prisoner Mellish was a party concerned in it. Mr. CHAMBERS made a very earnest and eloquent appeal to the jury on behalf of the prispner. He said he had no hesitation in stating that he felt vary great interest in the inquiry, because he was instructed that he was appearing for an entirely innocent man, who had had the horror and misery of hearing a jury of his countrymen pronounce the fatal verdict of guilty against him, which had subjected him to a most dreadful and degrading sentence, but who he hoped, as a result of the present inquiry, would be released from that dreadful position, and would be restored to the one he formerly held, and was entitled, by his character and conduct, to hold in society. It would be useless for him to endeavour to conceal from the jury the fact that the prisoner and the man Douglas, who had pleaded guilty, were convicted at a former session, after a very long trial, of an offence of the same description as the present ; and he would also state that upon that occasion Douglas was defended, and a strenu ous attempt was made by his counsel to fix the guilt of the transaction upon Mr. Mellish. The jury, no doubt nost conscientiously, upon these facts returned a ver dict of guilty against both prisoners ; but the moment Douglas went back to his cell, he felt the injustice he had committed against his unfortunate companion, and he sent for the ordinary of the prison, and to that gentleman he distinctly admitted that he alone was the guilty party, and that Mr. Mellish was entirely innocent. The facts were made known to the higher authorities, and the result was that the present in quiry was directed to be instituted, and when the jury had heard the evidence he should lay before them, and had heard from the lips of Douglas himself, upon his oath, that he alone was guilty, it would be for them to say whether there wag any doubt of the innocence of his unfortunate client, and whether it would not be their pleasing duty to return a verdict the effect of which would be to restore him to his afilicted family. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to call the attention of the jury to the facts of the case as they appeared on behalf of the prosecution, and he urged that there was nothing whatever to show that the whole of the frauds were not committed by Douglas alone, or that the prisoner had any share in them. It was true that it had been stated that it was the duty of the prisoner to have examined the accounts to see if they were correct, but he submitted that it had not been positively shown that this was his duty, and although his initials no doubt appeared upon the greater portion of the forged documents, still there was no evidence whatever to show at what period those initials were placed there, and for all that appeared to the contrary, the initials were placed upon the bills at a time when they bore the genuine amount of the bill, and that the figures were altered afterwards by Douglas. lie then con tended that all the facts of the case showed that the prisoner had dn placed eceb ad b entire ebeen abused. t h a t this confidence was r t that un atthee position,priso n e b had lit beenhe. said placed h. ein entertainedh i his present that day would error that had been committed, and the unfortunate confidentunfo hope thauthtihheavveerttect effthecetjuorfy remedying would de liverfriends and all those who a the carryingPa course with him. of reinstating the prisoner in b dtheegvoerodhoadpinainony inter course : Mr. Edward Varnish deposed of The tb pfroililoonweirn evidence was then th a t givenhewag on formerly on the glass -silvering process. . ntity of partnership last year. The great TO rtner of Mr. Thompson and Mr. C n o e ok ie l f e t y th in e busi nesstiht r p suggestiontrsi I n prisoner e t r h ahadt he to shouldperform and Douglas was engaged for that purpose, and his bills on which the gross ha f v o e r thesom some rt.imssi assistance, t e o , the habitof retaining the course of the business hepa'scertained that the pri soner of paying the wages, afte d r thishe the Douglas vi a li g a e d s was in book. ?. a r I g n e oss amounts . sloes . Some of the other bills his possession. the firm notice ivtellish left th • were also In of his intention u to (Ju ! air service of his own accord. lle gave possess w io e n re of st t a h t o e s d e . re mained in the service. e was unable any frauds of a similar discovered after Mellish left the se t • ar kind were vi ce . James Douglas was that s quai nhteethee examined—He deposed wasw th .Mellish years d 1 fi a rt , st. ot e bp' andle becameae hawasce d acquainted with his Birmingham at the request of thewprisoner, and en tered the service of the prosecutor. Mellish hired him, and he was to receive thirty shilling t 5 a wee 4first, I.4lllll37''ela‘l:3.+l,re; came from THE LO'NDON, THURSDAY EVENING, and his salary was raised afterwards to thirty five shillings. It was his duty to keep the wages book and the cost-price book. lle had pleaded guilty to the charge of forging the receipt that had been pro duced. When it was signed by Mr. Sutter the amount was 15s. 43., and he altered it to 11. 154. 4d. The prisoner put his initials to the bill before he made the alteration, and he did not know of the alteration being made. He kept the difference himself, and entered the amount 11. 153. 44. in the wages book, so that anyone who looked iu the book would see that it tal lied with the receipt. The detailed bills were gene but, in the first pla ce , th ey were g i ve n to rally .filed, the prisoner to examine them and see if the items were correct, and it was his duty to see that the work was properly done. Both the bills tallied when he took them from the prisoner, and he altered the bill which represented the gross amount before he took it to the cashier, and received the money. The prisoner had no part of the money he got by altering this re ceipt. He believed there were some other receipts for work that had been altered in a similar manner. (The receipts that had been given in evidence were produced and shown to the witness, and he said that they were all altered by him, and Mr. Mellish knew nothing about it, and never received a farthing of the money that was obtained through them.) He believed he altered one or two receipts after the prisoner left. He was taken into custody while he was in Mr. Thompson's service. Mr. Lewis acted as his attorney upon his first examination at the police-court, but he did not appear for him after Mr. Mellish was in custody. He made a communication to Mr. Lewis upon the subject of Mr. Mellish. When he was tried in the court another attorney acted for him. After he had been tried and sentenced he sent for the ordinary of the prison and made a communi cation to him. Ho made the communication of his own free will. Cross-examined—He did not rob his employers when at Birmingham. He had the entire manage mentfurniture e s t a bli shment in that c i ty , an d h w as no one to c on t ro l him ; bat he never com tmietrte of a com mitted robbery of any kind until he came to London and was placed under Mr. Mellish. He had no knowledge whatever of the glass-cutting business or of the amount of wages that should be paid to work menin the beginning of March, 1850, and he first began to forge in June. He could not say p os itively whether in that business. H e wen t i n to the service forgery was the first crime he committed. He used to overcharge the men's wages on the establishment, as well as to alter the bills of the out-door workmen. He had a wife dependent upon him. The whole amount he robbed Mr. Thompson of was 1401. or 1501. He would not swear that the amount of the forgeries alone was not between 3001. and 4001. He could not say th a t th e total amount o f w hich the firm was robbed d ur i ng the p er i o d he was in the service was not 1,0001. H e could not swear that he was not a party to thi s pl un d er. When the prisoner sent for him he told hi m h e was entire l y un d e r his control, and Mr. Thomp son h ad noth i ng t o do with him. The prisoner had l oo k e d over the wages book with him, but had never exam i ned it. H e l oo ked over the book just before he ra i se d w i tness ' s wages. Mr. BALLANTINE How much nave you actually pocketed yourself? Witness—Abont 140/, or 1501. Cross-exami na ti on con tinued —lie thought he made an admission of his guilt at the police-court. When he was tried he instructed counsel that he was entirely under the control of the prisoner, and he did not state that he was innocent, and he heard the prisoner sentenced to be transported for ten years without maki ng any o b se rvation. He did not at the police-co urt , say t o S m ith, the officer who took him into custody ;that Mellish and Mr. Lewis were trying to put it all upon his shoulders, but Mellish knew as much as about it as he did, and was equally guilty. He never said anything to a fellow-prisoner named Davis about Mr. Mellish peeping through a hole in the office ; but he might have said that he was under Mr. Mellieh's orders, and was bound to do what he direct e d. Re-examined—Mr. Lewis stated publicly a t th e police -court that witness was ready to give evidence to prove that Mellish was entirely innocent. He bore a good character when he went into the service of the prosecutor, and the prisoner never held out any inducement to him to become dishonest. The only instance of dishonesty lie ever knew the prisoner to commit was that he made the firm a debtor to him for a larger amount than he had actually paid for a lathe that was injured in the workshop. All the money he obtained was expended in extravagant habits of his own, and Mellish had nothing to do with spending it. Mr. Lewis, of Ely-place, solicitor for the prisoner, proved that he attended at the police-court originally on behalf of both prisoners, and in consequence of something Douglas said to him at that time he made a public communication to the magistrate. The Rev. Mr. Davis, the ordinary of Newgate, de posed that, at the request of the visiting magistrates, he saw the prisoner Douglas a few days after his trial, and he then made a statement which witness took down in writing and handed to the governor of the gaol. Mr. Justice TALFOURD expressed an opinion that evidence of this character was not admissible, and if the counsel for the prosecution had objected to it he thought a ughvtertyhebd Court ought to g l htn a o l t io tc: v have the s r t e a c t e e i m v c onvicted prisoner, first to his a tt orney and then to the clergyman of the prison in w hi ch he was confined, to be used in favour of the prisoner jointly charged w ith the offence. received d n a It t. of I A great number of highly -respectable witnesses were then called to speak to the character of the prisoner. Mr. CLARKSON next proceeded to call witnesses in reply to the evidence for the prisoner. William Smith, a police•sergeant, deposed that while he and Douglas were in the clerk's office at Marlborough•street Police-court, Douglas said that Mr. Lewis was trying to put it all on h i s s h ou ld ers , but Mr. Mellish was as guilty a s h e was. By Mr. CHAMBERS—This was after Mr. Lewis bad made the public statement in the court. Witness had received Si. from the prosecutor. He gave it him at the conclusion of the last trial. The money was given to him for assisting in getting up the case and keeping the witnesses togeth er. Hayes, another police-co ns t • , proved that upon the same occasion, Douglas pointed to Mellish and said " lie thinks to put it all upon me, but it won't do—lie is as much in the mud as lam in the mire." Mr. CHAMBERS addressed the, jury upon thin fresh evidence, and commented upon the contradiction of the testimony of the two polic emen with regard to the expression alleged to have be en made use of by Dou glas, and contended that their evidence was unworthy of credit. Mr. CLARKSON then replied upon the whole case in a brief but forcible and able address. In the course of his speech he particularly called the attention of the jury to the very great danger that must inevitably result from too hastily giving effect to the testimony of a convicted felon, particularly when it appeared that up to the very moment of his conviction he had asserted his innocence of the crime, and only now ad mitted his guilt in order to screen the party who was alleged to have been his a ccomplice, evi dence enable him to es cape punishment. Mr. Justice TALFOE RD t h en summed up the who l e of the evidence, and The jury retired t o consider their verdict at a They quarter past nine o'clo c k . and by this ey returned into court at a querter to ten, and Guilty," th 3 Foreman of th e gave the prisoner the b enefit of a very great doubt. Mr. CLARKSON mad e an application to the Court in reference b to , I sia nh which r a rupt, been di rected under the recent y i\ Commissioner roydagainstfraudu lently obtained goods t h ree months before h i s bank ruptcy. Ile said th at since the Learned Cemmis eioner had dire c t e d this step to be taken similar cases had been tried i n this Court, and upon the ruling o f the Learned J u d ges who statute t g e juryvae f ao radding having verdict thatof c upon the subject, Mr. Commissioner Holroyd had re versed his former decision , and had come to the con clusion that it would l not b e advisable to proceed with the prosecution under the statute, but had dealt with the party under the The Court rants prosecute bankrupt _ tried them as to the law and under these circumsta nces he had to apply to the Court to order the recognizances of the witnesses who were bound over to the application. law in his own court, POLICE Benson, of Cheapside ON-HOUSE. Joseph "Jaynes P; —.clinans, who appeared to b® 22 or 23 years of a INTELLIGENCE. age, Was charged by Mr. William Beckford-row, mitted a robbery under the following circumstances : W. B. Harma n , the shop and valued at 145. each, but said sill:preen to Mr. Benson, said : This day, at about th e prisoner came into one o'clock, jeweller, with having com- He stated that his name was Jams' and that be was a jeweller in Raked to look at some gold signet rings. 'silt shillings change' Walworth, and that he wanted to purchas e s i x r i n gs . He selected rings, h e would take but one at that time. I distinctly saw him, in the course of the examination of the rin take one out of the tray and shut his left band upon'it. He put the ring he had purchased upon he thrust both hands into his trousers' pockets, as if to search for his pulled out his purse Purse. He then and handed over in One of his right-hand fingers, and then payment a sovereign, out of which he received and he was about to leave the shop, When 'Mr Benson, to whom I had in timated my suspicion of the honesty of the prisoner, came round and accused him of the robbery. The prisoner was much confused at the accusation, and suddenly put his hand into his left-hand pocket ; soon afterwards a ring g dropped from the bottom of the trousers of the prisoner. It was picked up. The ring he had purchased was found on his finger. The officer who took the prisoner into custody found is his pom en i ou a car d.oltse t containing cards; APRIL B, 1852. with a name and address different from those which he hari given in his convers.Ltion with Mr. Benson's Sh The prisoner declared that he never had the least intention of doing anything dishonourable, and re quested that the Lord Mayor would be good enough not to commit him to prison, as no doubt such an event would break his mamma's heart. .Tbe LORD MAYOR said that the prisoner must cer tainly appear before a jury in such a case, and that when the depositions were made out he should be committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court. On Tuesday Joseph Ady, the notorious letter writer, was discharged from the G-iltspur-street Compter, in which he had been for some months con fined for a large amount of money due to her Ma. jesty for the postage of letters directed to persons all over the country, giving information of " something to their advantage." Ady has not paid one halfpenny of the debt, as we were given to understand, but he has been in a declining state of health, and it is be lieved that the visiting magistrates of the prisons of the City represented the fact to the Post-office autho rities. On Tuesday a note, of which the following is a copy, was received at the Mansion House : " General Post Office, April 6, 1852. " Sir—The Lords of the Treasury have authorised the Postmaster-General to release Joseph Ady from prison; I am therefore commanded by his Lordship to request that he be set at liberty without delay. "I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " M. W. PEACOCK, Solicitor. " To S. R. Goodman, Esq., &c." The LORD Miktoß, on signine. the warrant for the discharge of the aged prisoner, expressed a very anxious hope that Mr. Ady would commit no further breach of promise to the Goverument by transmitting any more unpaid letters by post. GUILDHALL. Mr. Robert Kennett, of the Hoop and Grapes public-house, Westminster, also a cab proprietor, who prosecuted the two Stowells and Garnett at the Central Criminal Court on Tuesday, for conspiracy and perjury, was yesterday placed at the bar before Mr. Alderman Moon on a double charge of forgery and perjury, with intent to defraud John Stowell. Mr. Ballantine attended for the prosecution, and Mr. Parry, instructed by Mr. Preston, for the prisoner. Several witnesses were examined, and Alderman MOON said he thought there was suffi cient evidence for an adjournment, but he did not feel called on to require more than the prisoner's own recognizances in 501. to appear this day week to answer the charge. The prisoner's recognizances were then taken, and the matter was adjourned for a wePk. _ _ _ MARYLEBONE. Mary James was brought up in custody, by Ser geant Hazeltine, 22 D, and placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton, charged with having stolen a con siderable quantity of silver plat e , consisting of salt cellars, spoons, and other articles, belonging to M. Octave Delepierre, the Belgian Consul, residing at 18, Gloucester-terrace, Hyde-park. 'I he prosecutor gave evidence which went to show that the prisoner was in his service, and that she had the care of the plate. She left the house on Monday rather early, and as she did not return, the cupboard where the property alluded to was regularly kept was on the next morning broken open ; and it was then ascertained that the plate was gone. He (pro secutor) then gave information of the robbery to the police. Hazeltine (the officer) deposed that on the pre vious night he went to 24, South Wharf-road, Pad dington, where prisoner's husband lodges, and there found her (prisoner) in bed. She complained of being ill, and on witness telling her what she was charged with, she said that she know nothing about the plate, adding that the other servants were conti nually having people call upon them at their master's dwelling. She was then conveyed to the station house, where she said that she was very sorry for what she had done, and gave witness two keys, tell ing him that in a cupboard down stairs he would find a little box containing six duplicates, as also six sovereigns. He went to the consul's, and searched the cupboard named, but, not meeting with what the prisoner had mentioned, be returned to the station, when she (prisoner) said to him, " I am sorry I told you a falsehood ; but if the gentleman will forgive me, the plate shall come back to him to-morrow morning." On the way from the station-house to this court she apologised to witness for the trouble which she had given him, and admitted having thrown into the fire a number of tickets for plate which she had pledged within the last month at the shop of Mr. Smith, in the Edgeware-road. Mr. Broughton—ls Mr. Smith here ? Witness —No, your worship, I have not yet bad time to see him. The priso ner , upon b e i ng asked by the magistrate if she wished to say anything, replied, I have pawned the plate. I left the house in the morning to see if I could get the things out, but as I could not get money enough to do so I was afraid to go back again. She was remanded till Wednesday next. MURDER OF MR. BOYD, LATE OF TEE STOCK EXCHANGE. FURTHER PARTICULARS. The fate of Mr. Benjamin Boyd, late of the St oc k Exchange, which has excited so much anxiety in the City, has, we regret to say, been fully ascertained beyond a doubt. The unfortunate gentleman, it will be recollected, was on a tour in his yacht, the Wanderer, from Cali fornia to Sydney, and when among the group of Solomon Islands, in the South Pacific, was attacked by the natives, and met with a horrible death, as also a companion. An impression has been circulated to the effect, that Mr. Boyd would be found probably to have perished on board his own vessel ; the truth, however, will be best gathered from the annexed narrative, extracted from the ship's log-book, which details the whole circumstances, and is attested by the master and crew of the Wanderer. " Tuesday, Oct. 14th—This day, at three o'clock, P.m., we came to an anchor in a small bay on the south-west of the island of Guadalcanar, being in south latitude 9 40, east longitude 159 50 15. A number of canoes were alongside, but without any articles of trade, and at sundown all went ashore. The night passed in perfect quietne.s. n Wednesday, 15th—This morning at an early hour many canoes were alongside, without any trade or warlike weapons. At about half-past six Mr. good spirit s , an d ta ki ng t h e Boyd arose in usual small boat, with one native of Ocean Island, went ashore to shoot game. The boat was seen to enter a small creek, and was immediately out of sight of the ship. Mr. Boyd fired one shot soon after. Many natives were seen standing near the entrance to the creek. About seven o'clock another shot was heard, but nothing transpired to excite suspicion. During the morning 'several natives were very perse vering in their attempts to come on board, but were as frequently driven off. About half-past seven o'clock all the Europeans went in to bathe, and while in the water the natives tried hard to induce them to take the boat ashore— they offered them women and every allurement, but without success. When the crew got out of the water the natives wished them to go and shoot birds, but on the opposite side to which Mr. Boyd had gone, but no one went. linings remained thus till 9 o'clock, excepting that the number of canoes had increased. Breakfast having been ready for some time, the gong was sounded for Mr. Boyd, but no answer was returned. At this time a native stole a handkerchief, and pulling off some distance, held it up for us to go and get it. We sent Godog, a native of Byron Island, to swim for it, but as he approached the canoe pulled off; he was called back, and came on board, and sat on the rail forward, on the starboard bow. Two natives fol lowed him np and made the first attack on Tine, a native of Byron's Island, with a club, striking at his head, but he received warning from Godog, and met the blow on his arm, and knocked the wretches into the water. The alarm was now given, and we were quite unprepared for an attack. Our deck guns, contrary to our usual custom, were neither loaded nor run out ; all our small arms were below ; but in five minutes or so, we were all armed—the four white men with muskets, and the crew with boarding pikes and cutlasses. At this time upwards of 200 natives were around the ship. Three canoes came up upon our starboard quarter, from one of which the first spear was thrown, passing b e t ween three of us. A gun was fired over their heads, but this seemed only to give them confidence, for utter ing fearful yells, and blowing on war conches, they pulled up to the ship with the intention of boarding us. Spears, and other missiles flew through the rig ging, when the first shot levelled its mark, and every succeeding one told with deadly effect. The canoes board us now driven from a ft, b u t t h ey tried to us forward; so determined were they that A had climbed up on the martingale back number The pirates were coming in the face of the boarding ropes'pikes and now cutlasses when they were shot down more de now began to retreat, and one or two q ' hots cided the battle. Having time to ,we ad COM pounders and Long Tom h l oad our six of command of the whole bay, and did not cea se • village was deserted, and the n natives having until their a point within range of sh o t, alve s having to round possible. grape as long asthey were annoyed with " We now meneed th Boyd, but all the traces 3 boat and went to seek Mr. struggle and the Qs We found were the place of The small boat 1-1, in marks were he had fired two shots. left of the creel: but the creek. We searched to the to the village ; ut With no ava il. We now went here_ a number of the catives . were concealed in th e b ush, not far off by their hideous yells, but they Would not ' We searched their houses, and there found them. show.We now proceeded to break up their canoes, and in one we found a dead native, who had been killed by a grape shot through the right eye ; we left him, and going to the beach where another canoe lay, we found a belt belonging to Mr. Boyd. The day was spent in searching for the bodies, but without success. _ _ out extreme pressure froter"the people—the pressure "from without."—(flenr, and . cheers.) No; the Government would not do anything of the sort with out such pressure. For his own pert, he (Alder man Wire) despaired of anything being done if the public did not heartily take up the subject. his rea sons for saying so were these. In the first place, be thought they (the Commissioners) would not part with the large surplus in their hands for any such purpose. He did not think they would consider that they were at liberty to do so.—(Hear.) Another charter must be granted before they would think themselves to be at liberty to do so. It certainly was his opinion, and .he readily confessed it, that much time hticl been lost in moving in the matter. Had such a movement taken place immediately after the Exhibition was closed, there could be no doubt but that a larger amount of public sympathy would have been enlisted in favour of the retention of the build ing, and under such circumstances as Government might have more readily rendered the requisite as sistance.—(Hear, and No.) After all, it was neces sary that some intelligent plan respecting the uses to which the building should be applied should be pro posed, and he hoped that the meeting would deal with the matter in a practicable form, so that they might eventually secure the object they bad in view in a manner satisfactory to themselves and the public. Mr. OLIVEIRA observed that in regard to the suc cess of the Crystal Palace as a promenade or " winter garden" he contemplated no difficulty whatever. It would be a source of recreation to all parties. To the upper classes, according to a plan he had pre pared, it would be open at all timee ; and to the middle classes, the men who had a right to regard it as being a monument of their own labours—(Cheers) —lt would be open frequently at a very low figure-- (Hear)—and so on with regard to every other class of society. T o the a dj o i n i ng h ouses it wou ld con tribute no injury, for he had ascertained, from a per sonal visit to most of them, that the owners would more likely receive an increased value for their pro perty than anything like a depreciation.—(Hear.) A. contractor had sent in an estimate to keep the building in repair for twenty years at 5,000/. a year ; an,l Mr. Paxton bad stated it to be his opinion that the building will last 100 years.—(Hear.) He bad estimated that the gross revenue likely to arise from the building, upon a plan he had that day submitted, would reach 112,440/. per annum, while the public would derive recreation and instruction from the carrying out of the plan.—(Cheers.) And it was worthy of remark that the surplus fund belonged to the subscribers to the institution ; and further, there.. lere, he thought that the Royal Commissioners could not appropriate such funds so subscribed without the authority of a distinct Act of Parliament. He sup ported the motion. " From the marks ashore, and the situation of the wadding of Mr. Boyd's gun, it would seem as if he was attacked as soon as the boat got out of sight of the ship, and was killed after a struggle in the water, as was also his companion ; but what became of the bodies God only knows. That the natives should have attacked us in the face of so many large guns may seem strange to many, but, by their motions, they evidently thought that the fire was the only thing, that could hurt them ; for when a musket was levelled at one he then put up a wicker shield and came boldly forward, and in fact one canoe came up, receiving two pound charge of grape. That we should have beaten them, unprepared as we were, was more than we expected. If they had come up in a body the tale would never have been told ; for what could be expected of four men to two hundred well-armed savages. As it was it was a hard fight. " Thursday, Oct. 16—This morning we manned the boat, and went round to the first village to the S.E. of our anchorage; as we approached the shore about one hundred natives were seen upon a hill to the right of where we landed. From these we ex pected an attack ; we moved up to the village, and posting a watch on the natives searched the houses, and then set them on fire. Here we destroyed two canoes, and laid waste their plantations; two shots were fired at the natives to induce them to come down, but they made off in the opposite way. We then re turned to the ship, and having consulted together, it was unanimously considered our duty to make every risk in searching for the remains of the late Mr. Boyd, and as we had visited every place we could with the boat, we determined on the morrow to move the vessel up the coast, as far as we knew the natives had come from, and taking the villages in rotation, destroy them, landing at the same time to make every endeavour to get information of those we had lost, and if possible to capture one or two of the natives, intending to detain them until such times as they could speak (for our understanding) and give an ac count of the murder. " Friday, Oct. 17—At an early hour this morning we stood out to sea, and taking a strong breeze at ten 9.M. stood off, and at six P.M. made the land to the windward of the first village we intended to visit. We lay off Loo during the night. " Saturday Oct. 18—At t e n e. m . we h ove t o , lowered the boat, and went to the sound, but found no anchorage ; wore ship, and stood on the land, and made preparations for cannonading the village. Brought Long Tom to bear on the starboard side, two six-pounders and two pounder guns, and at a quarter past three P.m , the first shot was fired, 'led then followed seven rounds of six-pound shot. Dis tance half-a-mile. The natives run from their houses, and took shelter among the trees. Stood off again, and at four P.M., tacked ship with the intention of giving them another raking, when the wind falling, made it very dangerous to go in near enough to do execution ; we therefore stood off for the night. " Sunday, Oct. 12—During the last night the wind drew more ahead, then fell a calm ; we, there fore, did not make the land until half-past twelve, when we manned the boat. Eleven of the crew went in her. Mr. Crawford and two sick natives remained in the ship. The boat having pulled in shore as close as she could for the breakers, rounded to opposite the village, and fired two rounds of grape from a large gun, which she carried into the vilage. She then pulled down about three• quarters of a mile, and under the lee of a large rock the crew landed, and proceeded up to the settlement. The natives abandoned it the moment they caught sight of us. All the houses were searched. No traces of our friend could be found. We set on fire all the houses and their canoes. At this time the natives were seen gathering in great numbers at the hill settlement, about two miles further up the coast. At this point they were expected to make a stand, but upon the party moving at that direction they ran, making fearful yells. At three, r.as,, there being every indi cation of a storm, the party made for the ship. After this escape we considered it useless to attempt any other proceedings on the coast, where we could find no safe nanchorage, and where our company was too small to leave a sufficient number on board to work the vessel in case of difficulty, and at the same time have an effective crew on shore, we shaped our course from these wretched shores, and bore away for the coast of Holland.—(Signed, William Ottiwell, wester; Geo. C. Crawford, mate; John Webster, and G ellbank Barnes. Dated, Yacht Wanderer, Royal Yacht Squadron, Oct. 20, 1851.)" THE REMOVAL OR RETENTION OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE. Yesterday a meeting was held at the Mansion house, consisting of the members of committees and others belonging to the City and metropolitan sec tions for the promotion of the recent Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations. The main object of the meeting was the consideration of the question, " Whether it was desirable or undesirable to retain the building in Hyde-park known as the Crystal Palace." The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor entered the spa cious room at half past one o'clock, at which hour not less than upwards of 300 of the principal merchants, traders, and other gentlemen in the City and its en virons, were present. His LORDSHIP having taken the chair, said that be had most cheerfully complied with the request of the memorialists, and was most happy in saying that that or any room in the Mansion -house was at their service for the purpose of holding their meeting.— (Cheers.) He did this for the purpose of showing that whatever his individual opinion upon the subject might be, he wished all parties t o h ave the opportun i ty of openly expressing their opinions, and therefore he had, without the slightest hesitation, granted the application.—(Hear, hear.) It was under that roof the idea of the Exhibition had originated, and although he (the Lord Mayor) was not then in his present high position, the idea had been worthily supported by his predecessor, Sir J. Musgrove.— (Hear.) It was with pleasure, therefore, that he met them upon that occasion, and though he could not re main long with them, he had no doubt but that they would come to a decision upon the subject such as would be generally satisfactory.—(Cheers.) The Rev. Mr. CArreer read the minutes of a meet ing held on the 24 April, upon which occasion it was agreed to call an aggregate assembly of committee men as yesterday, for the purpose of considering whether the Exhibition building in Hyde park should be retained on its present site. At this juncture of the proceedings the Lord Mayor was compelled to vacate the chair to attend to his official duty. Upon the retirement of his Lordship an unanimous vote of thanks was given to him for his readiness in complying with the wishes of the memo rialists. Mr. BARBER said that he objected to the retention of the building in Hyde-park on the ground that it was a leviathan building, and not likely to be of any benefit to the public at large.—(" No.") He cones' dered that its retention would be injurious to the in , terests of the mercantile community, and he hoped that the French would take it as a proof of English industry and talent which they could not themselves produce.—(' Hear," and " No.") He hyped it would, not be underst oo d th at h e o bj ected to exhibitions o f this kind, but he did think that the one in Hyde•parig was of too leviathan a character to be continued.- - (" Hear," and "Oh !") He would, therefore, pro• pose, as an amendment, — "That inasmuch as no means had been suggested to raise the means for defraying the expenses for keeping the Crystal Palace in repair, &c., it was impolitic to 10" terfere with the proposition for taking it down." Mr. PHILLIPS seconded the amendment. He came there boldly end unhesitatingly to declare his opinion as to the desirability of taking down the building.— (g ear, hear.) It had answered all t he purposes for w hi c h i t had been designed, and t h er e ,hould be the end of it.—(" No.") It was the fact that medical men had declared that it would be an injury to society if parties were to go, after being exposed to the easterly wind to promenade in a building where the temperature was raised to summer heat. (Hear.) Then, as to public opinion—what had public opinion done ? Had there been any meeting of citizens ? No. There had been meetings only of the chairmen of committees. He thought that great injustice, difficulty, and uselessness would fol' low any such a proposition as the continuance of the building. He hoped' that the building would die A natural death, and that at some future period another such an Exhibition, as well supported as that bad been, would arise for the benefit an d gra tifi ca ti o n of all parties.—(Hear, and Oh.) • Dr. TRUMAN strongly supported the resolution. Mr. MOFFATT, M.P., also supported the resolutia. He urged the necessity for immediate action. ge believed that if the body of the people throughout the length and breadth of the land were polled, they would be found to be in favour of the retention. D I many respects might the building be made useful. The time was rapidly approaching when the British Museum would require enlargement, and also the National Gallery ; nor was it to be expected that the amount of money r equ i re d f or th e purc h ase , if req uired _ from the country, wou ld b e o bj ecte d t o . F o r Ow new front of Buckingham Palace 200,000/. was ref!" dily granted, and h e h a d no d ou bt if th e pr i va t e feet_ ing of her Majesty the Queen could he obtained, tha t ' her verdict would be in favour of the retention of tbe: building.—(Cheers.) H e hoped the public mina would be clearly expressed on this matter to tl 3 l House of Commons, as the question would be debate d ; in that House on the 19th of the present month ; apu` upon that decision, perhaps, the fate of the palace - ' the Crystal Palace —might, and would most possibli hang._Gear, hear, and cheers.) Several other gentlemen, including Mr. E. Smith Mr. Redpath, Mr. Locke, and others, spoke; after which th e amendment was put, and eight hands only being held up for it the motion was carried amid loud cheering. Captain WILSON moved, and Mr. TAYL OR secon ded, the propositi on , th at steps should be taken forthwith for the purpose of holding public meetings in the city of London and elsewhere. Carried unanimously. seconded by Si r C Sir C. ALLAN p ropose d a vote of thanks to the Chairman, which h av i ng b een SARTORRN, the Chairman ret urned thanks and t meeting separated.• ____________,_________. _ ___iu COUN TR Y MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 6,-The arrivals being large, and a t ; tendance small, trade opened very flatly. Wheat Al tl 4 dull of sale, and last week's prices fully supported. ll ki ° he of spring corn, with the exception of Egyptian steady; t latter 5d to Is per qr. lower. Indian corn demand better. f NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, APRIL 6.—Number o t . beasts 978. Quality good. Trade dull at reduction of 3d V e ,. stone on last week's prices, and part left unsold. Numb of sheep, 4,630. Slow sale at a reduction of is per head, a n ,,, a large number unsold. Lambs a slow sale. Beef, 3s 6d '.,- 5s 3d per stone ,__. mutton, 41d to sid per lb ; lamb, 8d to 9 "; Enixnurton MEAL MARKET, APRIL 6:—There were l'" the meal market to-day 7 sacks oatmeal each weighilig t 2801bs. imperial, whereof 6 sold thus ;. 'l at 32s 68, 3 L a 32s 08, 2at 31s Od, and 1 at 31s tid ; average price ot' ki4 whole 11 Its 9d 0-12ths, 2 sacks pot-barley, which 501 thus; --1 at 30s Otl, and 1 at 27s Od, EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, APRIL 6. Oat straw, from 8s 6d to lOs 6d per kemple of 16'stenes trout wheat ditt o , 7 s 6d to lOs Od ; barley ditto, "Is 6d to 9e 0 "' Hay, from 9d to 11d per stone. 'a DALKEITH MEAL MARKET, APRIL s.—There were ' 1 B6satahndamedrpieeelm:aomasfrket to-day 57 bags of oatmeal, 3of barlerm 1 " bag, el p aa s o i : t c puwbreaerrreelnked.tyi tp ; : sales dr per r y b . a gOatm cheaperea Oatmeal :down d o e y n m t e h a e l I I top Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second 'r 3. Thl ,I 29s 6e. imperial 30s 68 29 s 9- ' 8 •• ••• Peasemeal Flour ••• Pot barley 2:s s E - 72 38 : i l iti:] ?)):Ii: Sir M. Montefiore was then unanimously selected to preside, and the business at once proceeded. Mr. 11. MAIMSLEY moved the first resolution, vi which was to the effect that it was desirable that the Ha Crystal Palace should be preserved. He did not think i , l - , it to be at all necessary to say anything whatever in a tu n e d I L L 1-" sting Gd per b support of the motion, as that would be only time. The reasons for its retention he imagined to same as 1, be perfectly obvious, and :they were doubtless well Oatmeal, p understood by all parties present.—(Hear.) He imperial would therefore simply move the resolution. Barle l, Mr. GR ACE , in sec on di ng t h e motion, said that il -.ymeameal D the Crystal Palace was ret a i ne d t h e b oon to the ge- ••• ••• neral public w ou ld b e great and the expense compa- ••• ratively trifling.—(Hear.) He thought that it would be found exceedingly difficult to offer anything like a valid objection against its continuance, for in man ways it would prove a source of luxury, improve went, and pleasure, to the poor and the rich resident in this great metropolis.—(Hear.) It had occurred c to es h si i t s y m i i n n d civilization. that thebildAinaga hwaidntecrreaaterddean anew prove might not be prove a boon which just then, pe,rhaarps ) The expense accurately estimated,—(Hear, ne as it certainly, ' in of its maintenance would be met, his opinion, might be so regulated as to support itself; i a n n d d i , vi w d uhealt undertookehe G otNh'eertnamskent h or any enterprising that the object would bee aksil; had no doubt but be well for the meetin Alderman WIRE rem a d no wtioerneodfitffihactuniltiaegs nifie ar marked that he thought it would . culties which He felt, doubtlmessightlay in the way of the p r p e s n e i r a v e c . g to consider some of the diftia that such p3t building, the Crystta-illat there inwithth many other b 13e b r e so d n i s d not think hear, and cheers.) It were clear that the Government difficult e Iv": 3 surm u ountable.—(Hear, had determined period d t the s w building should not stand beyondbe the , theyn ihnadgivell rice to the pN contractors of p t he specified, take agreement.—(Hear, rn a it n c t l . o — w accord ance with the terms (Hear, hear.) therefore, its ste o , t s What they, as a b o dy, had to get the G overnmen t, f possible, and spare the edifice. It might take much to i n d uce i o the Government to do that, 65,0001. being required to purchase the building.—(Hear, hear.) Probably, aoA;fedGBr:9a-t Bowden, and most likely, the Government would not like to diminish the surplus; they might not willingly con tent to do so. Besides, there were private interests to consult ; and it had been the case that parties pos sessing houses round the Crystal Palace had expresled an opinion against its continaancr.—(Hear, hear.) Certainly such parties were entitled to a hearing, and DIED. Iv ( o ) , l i ieitts e th inst , at Lowndes-street, the lion. Mrs. Alfred if the meeting determine d to proceed in doing an that they could to retain the building, they must be pre. ' At New ' p'ort, Tale of Wight, on the l et alt.. Elizabeth pared to en counter all such difficulties.—(hear) ; Widow tohfethlestlaintestl.,l.l\Piorss.tlAet.buK'aibei,snElsoqr.i As to the purchase, it, might all he very well to , 'ay nes A ket Harborou ugh, Leicestershire, aged 90. thelore-street, Queen-squa e, that 15,0001. might be easily raised. It might be; r ilar Ist just, i 'at' Dev but perhaps that would be done in a moment of en lito o o t n i 14 t h h l e iry, Mrs. Charlotte Runin thusiasm. But, let the meeting remember that this relict of the late Air. kv. n um b e l ow , Of [eleham, Cambridge's% Is ............---............2Lez1izi,;z_ 15,000/. would be required to be forthcomi ng d an- London: Printed and Published by MuThw ( ----- .) i ( ---- )u - sG, of po sy er---. No. 112 : , Strand, P.rinter, at, The Sun Office, No. in, . Then, let them would the Government provide the limb ? with- Strand, in the Preettict of the Savoy, ii; tile %minty of rilidcumx, ThuraciaN APril 8 # WA COAL MARK ET.—TESTIRDAY. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the mark 6t. , l ioward's W. H. Neth. 13s 6 dlCass op ...... ...,.. lss 0" North Percy H ar tley.. 13s 6d Hartlepool .............. 163 Ott, ranfield Moor Butes... 13s Od tieugh Hall . .......... ; 14s 9 'l w:th Tees . ." West Wylam 1: 6 1 , s 0 0 (i d 1 w T h o o o r d u h l Wall's End, &c. South Kelloe l4-i 9; 14s 60 , R il it i e e rl ..... ... ...... ... 14s 0 North Hartlepool 133 0", BraddyllLambton Primrose ... 111 l: s . 33 , 66,1c1,1N:Tieeozerr o ev use Close lss 0( 1 13s 9a Haswell 21 Od en — t . l . v . aterHartley 13,s 6c l Lunbton n's Merthyr and Russell's Hetton Richmond lss 3d' Cardiff Shotton Stewart's ....... ..• 161 Od'Skiborwen Merthyr... "21sis Od 143 Od On Friday next there will not be an: THE STRAND UNION PAUPER CHILDREN A T ED" MONTON. —Yesterday the parishioners of St. Clements Danes completed the expression of their opinion upon the facts in volved in the variously stated case of the children at Edmon ton, the three days' poll having closed at five on that after noon. The resolution dee'arino• the belief of the parishioners in the report of the Messrs. eGeorge, H. Cooper, W. C u ll, and J. G. H ug h es was rejected by a majority of 317, there b___ein:g 1 , 12, and again it 459 votes. BARTH& OP A SON. C. G. Coombe, of B arns b ury- On the ( ith inst., at Springfield, Essex, the wife of the Rev. park. On the sth inst., at B lackheath -terrace, Blackheath, tha wife of Lawrence 11. Winckworth, Esq. HTEIt. On the 6 OF A DAUG th inst., the wife of Charles Mayhew, Esq., 01 Argyll-street, Sr. James's. ~ 'Whitby, E s On the h MARRIED• t inst at Walcot Church, B a th, Cb .ar l es m Norwood q only son of Li eu t enant -Colonel Whitby, of , Surrey, t o li katr i ce, youngest daughter of the late . G. Philipps, E3Ci., cf flyncy.-en, Carmarthelishire. 6 1 of sal Qu lef Su In — I Re , Cle Wit rest den VA CA vice an( not Gly Foi 3io AM eve day evit but tioi Wit Nvh. to ten eve Th far in 1 nol