The Sun. — London, England, 1841-04-03 00:00:00

.._, 141 V EN IN G EDITION Se'OR.TING INTELLIGENCE. 't:ROXTETII PARK RACES.—(CoNcLunrn.) r"e' ~ FRIDAY. 4 Arnirrs' Handicap Plate of 501., and 5 to the second. P.ift. „ • roster's oni Jame Ray. lest 910 • ..ir. Iso • M r ~`, ,T hrn'sbr g, by Ne4 . ot ator, 11st 3!b • u rtght'b br gby Hazard, I2st 2113 Air, • Several others started. Won eat', • A• Smich's Plate of 1001., added to a li.s.ndicap Sweep s,i,arket.o.f., 1,5 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only it declared. About 11 e '',° Altl.s and a quarter. '6 ''• Da'f's Taanburini 5 ers, 1 Ist 610,-4 Capt. Pettat) „, 1 fir, of li ichrnond's The Currier, 5 y..s, 11list Slb . i r r : ,(, - -)l : ,:tdston' s Th e Aj ount ,i n S dph, 4 yrs, lOst 61b ... 3 4 i t , "),,'3O ieh's Cracksm. an, 5 yrs, ).I!st 1 110 C:' Is. Kent's Mustard, 5 yrs, .aOst 710 6 1.0:•7t;,-84.1•11Yany's Matadoro., r.gcd l Ist 4h... M. Aglinton's The Pctraltr,,t e , aged I2st 71b ' .latErson's Wintrs; 5 ~r ' 10st 810 c, . , tie (;ol Cup, add,- . Won easy. kitird Chesterfield's •,' l ll 5 only if declare d to a Handicap of 20 toys. each, loft., ..0 . Nearly two miles. (14 subs.) r .4'olineux, 4 yrs, lOst 610 1 - .) • li• 4xon' s S- I idid .lost slb (Mr. White) , 1 , rd li t ' t"' ' aged , 101 b 3 lir. J A , ,,•1 a , °l. ' ' liellona, 6yis, 1 Ist A l r• Bacileir'''set''r.rs.,e?;i7nremne,lste3rTtt'6, irt'sllb°st 210 -I .5 Won by a length. fn'the Melt D r - • 1 ' lb' s race ' - ' n - .ate of 59 sors. —OnlY two horses . being were added to liret , yi,,_„'t . became void, and the 00 soNs. ... weighed r ./k,•-m12,e3: )of 10 sot's. each. —Once round. :•,). Sub ) s. ) 1 * (4l t: t l - t.:' () ? C s U ,orge, llst 310 (Mr. P. Williams) l',. -,-,glott,r .'s Berton:a. 1I st 310 . • •••• tr. dent' M u , tard, 16st 131 h.. .... •, too L"bel l'S Cracksinan, 1 Ist Ilb Lt Bath} any's Mat:adore, li t lib ILT A mf 1 ,- —Twentv-five sues. each, Lord Chesterfield's Isaac rte( Mr. Willie) beat Mr. Noel's Lady Ann. k o „ STEEPLE- CIIA ,SI. i G. %vs. :IC-' , :TII, TnunsnAr. —The first Sweepstakes of 25 Nol l i;,Y e ... 11 , and 30 added, I2st, three miles and a quarter, b,.at.., 11e. (3' • d iv ,r. Goodwin's bk g Lottery (Air. Powell), --- ‘ i .o k , tyitf'r Sths's Bleach and at:other. The second rdce was % . stvr* I . { eyuard's Tipthorp, beating; three oth , rs easily. 1, - t - HATTox, Tu I: SI) A 1:. —The Sweepstakes were won by ,r; A dis on ' A Creeping Ja.ne, beating two o thers. I) tin t l ! SK, Tattasnay.•—A Sweepstakes was won by Mr. '' 1-',. Atalanta (Sir. Daws.): - .), beating four others, - edCdr COR AN. 44'ONIAN MEETING ( cONCLU G DED), MAwcr. 25.—The ~cord Pur4e was won by 11.1 r. Wihon's Wail, beating ;\%:r,irefoot ; and the Eagl•sliam Stakes wore ) W. Ramsay , s Raleigh and Lllr. Wauehope's H UTIN G APOIN EN TS. 6 , 4 " 411 '1 - /4 1111 °' iberland N and North P Durha T m M hounds, Monday, at -; Wednesday, at Dechatn Wood ; Friday, at Chat dgajrl at Heailipoo—half-past ten. andler's hounds, Tuesday, at Radford Gate; Thurs 'et , hrawley Wood; Saturday, at Marticy—a quarter to A . lbr i ~ g hton Hunt, Tuesday, at Kington Alt G 'ues's hounds, Wednes lay, at Highnam •; Saturday, ) at 12 ' 4 - ti). arquharson's hounds, M on d a y, a t N or th P er r o t. V:ehley hounds, Mond a y, a t F ox h a ll ; Wednesday, at Bramp ; Friday, at Pipwell Wood—a quarter to eleven. HeLi er ' s hounds, Wednesday, at Cubington Gate— ,. Past te n. 'lbeti Hounds, Mo n day, a t C oom b e W oo d ; W e d nes d ay , It l ttbourne Cha se; Saturday, at Cake Wood—half-past ten. ki li e 'on arid Somerset Stag-hounds, Wednesday, at Heasley it . / s ,' s t Kent hounds Monday at Breech Downs ; Wednesday, alt harn-street ; ' Friday, at Tyler Hill—halt-past ten. t14,, , 4 ex Union hounds, Wednesday, at Runsell Green ; Satur i,.at Hadleigh Gate—half-past ten. 1 14., le dtharri honnds, Monday, at Boughton Hill; Thursday, at p. -e ' t t )- -lialf-past ten. Soi„ ss t'z and Suffolk hounds, Tuesday, at Ardleigh Crown ; tr g aY, at Tattingstono White Horse—half-past ten. Alajesty' s s t ag h oun d s , M on d ay, at B eacons fi e ld ; ed ait, at Salt Hill ; Saturday, at Brick Bridge—eleven. v. • EST BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—F RIDAY. 1) 41.." 81. X11. CUP. 10 tot agst Gallipot, 10 to 1 agst Blooms lat,Y, 11 t o 1 agst Queen Bce, 13IA to 1 agst Gibraltar, 18 t o tir„ t iletrieve r (t a k en ), 18 to 1 agst The Plover (taken), 1 8 10 0 • Agst Cruiskeen (taken), 100 to 6 agst Bedford (ta:,, e ,) , 1 00 ° 3 5 agst C a lyp so (t a k en ), 100 to 4 agst CharripP, b ru e , and !ato agst L ugwar di ne . 1,141'"V•-7 to 1 agst Van A m b urg h (taLon), 8 to 1 agst (taken), 9to 1 agst Coronation. taken), 20 to 1 agst (taken), 22 to I agst Kncnt of the Whistle, 25 to I 1 Soult, and 40 to 1 apt Wellington. T AE LORD'S DAY QUESTION. Up A CORRESPONDENT. ) •INgof ueseisy e venng, the 30th of March, a public meet da I : the friends of the better observance of the Sabbath tet t in the Church of Scotland in this town. There ea 4 , - ,.. 44 'placards out. The meeting had been called by thte - "oements from the pulpits of various chapels and Willis o n the Sunday evening. Ntr oe ' lli am Chapman, Etq., was called to the chair, and dressed - "ud Sir Andrew Agnew to the meeting, who ad. la tttt it fee a considerable time en the ptegress of the r observance of the Salabath, and on the increase of te, ti t h tioa on the subject.He pointed out the necessity of 11 101 ;g the subject on the question of the Post-office,. and alie l jd how in Lon . .ion, the largest city in Europe. the Lher ' Li g of the Post-office occasioned no inconvenience ‘ 3 4ta e ; ti lie contended that the mail might cease every t n, t ae e , 4 3' night at twelve o'clock everywhere, and corn "'a e l :tale at twelve on Sunday night. He pointed out deterioration induced in those who were wrought ; 4 ° 11 0 4 3: s, and instanced a of canal boatmen, who L i teir:"" nie ply improved by case being allowed to went until "r 1 0 , 1311 Saturday night, and r e s t on th e S a bb at h d ay , tier-)tornence at twelve on Sunday night. He called on Y one in their shere to exercise th e i r power and in itWmee, and p ut a atop to Sabb a th desecration. hen the Chairman was about to close the proceedings, 17. Robert Lowry rose, and said he was a friend to the p,tter observance of the Sabb at h, and wished to say a few IPh" h 4(l9 .—( Cries of "Go to th e pl at f orm .") Af ter h e got Vlle platform, be ( Mr. Lowry) begged them to de t f rom their minds all apprehensions that he was op. r e ed to th e nroper observance of the Sabbath. A day of Rh t ,ns, of momentous importance to the working man, to to ' e "of to his toil-w orn f rame , an d no p r i v il ege oug h t c ouh e t on r^ highly prized. He was lately in a neighbouring te tra , and he felt the absence of that quiet calm ne joy:,,'"? to the enjoymetit of rest, which could not be en tne - with pleasure when one saw his fellow beings fOtet,o4,lg around him ; but if legislation began where was i! to r tie would like to see men protected from being eed to work on the Sabbath day, but would it end li t er ? Would there not be an attempt to bind and regu kt,their minds also? No free labourer would work on a tp e 'lath day if he could avoid it. Work was not a thing 0z,i 1 ,, l oved so well that they wished ever to be at it ; it was ib,„" to tatidy their necessities that men laboured. In speak le s % this subject he had been told that among the weavers th e Pitalfield s t h e c l an k o f t h e l oom m i g h t oft Lc heard on lab beth-day. Was th ere aug h t so p l easura bl e in sitting th ip 4 c old, cheerless room, or a dirty, lonely garret weaving, fp,. Man would ether do so than be abroad enj,y ing God's it4„tt°d health-invigorating air . .? No, it was necessity that :eed him to labour, perhaps to finish the piece that had N' T lat)le him to procure his Monday's breakfast. But le: t e Were labourers who ware not free, and who needed ee 4 4 ction. Why at'ack the common hackney coach, or 13it'heYance for the poor, when the car nige of the rich 114, 1 , ) 1 3 or Peer could be used for their pleasure? Let fer 4 ;? Petition Pdrliament, that hired male and 4 erl servants, of the rich be not allowed to do any man -111,t°4 work within their gates on the Sabbath day, and ,tha„theY 'ee free to a tt en d an y pl ace o f wors hi p t h ey t oti ii - ,,'" e c °o that d a y. I t was a ll we ll thus to protect men f rom qie' a need to mirk, but he would like to see those around tat h , a Ct tonsiste n tly, an d a t tem pt to remove t h e ev il s t h at tlot - ;, Men to w or k f or f oo d on t h e S a bb at h d ay . H e d i d 10 k much of the morality or improvement those kl b iseta could give their men who would work them ~crtwelve o'clock on Saturday night, and thus take b bi e t: dals work from th em i n s i x d a y s . H e was a f ra id I,?' it tiog . for the Sabbath would end in religious tyranny. bli,j a Y had once h a d fi nes i n fli cte d f or not atten di ng the Este 80,1°d Chur c h on S un d ays , an d un d er t h at l aw many of the 4 tre: t ° of Friends h a d b een severe ly fi ne d, an d it might No, 'gain, if l eg i s l at i on once b egan. H e had heard, that It t i,"' visiting of friends and other walks called a breach Lord' s d a y. N ow , men diff ere d as to t h e i r mo d e of 1 4: 1 2 i PPing God, and h e h a d y et t o l earn that it was neces ti `° be wi t hi n f our stone wa ll s i n any church or chapel kon 4 l°. The worship off.rcd from a free heart on the in side, o r ocean s h ore , i n th e va t temple of Nature, Zte7 B holy as any offered in a church. Religion was a cif th e h ear t, not o f f orm an d ceremony an d pro ttlll. He protested against all interference with metes Rft°a,erw freed om. a-do Mr. Williams attempted to speak, but was e.„, l43 fairly t rea t e d by the chairman. Mr. Williams ; th at j" to discuss the divine origin of the Sabbath, and said ,: , gislati ng on i t oug h t to be opposed by Dissenters, The chairman abruptly closed the meeting. e ee: sol utions were p u t, b u t a vote o f th an k s t o Sir An /Vile by the chairman, also one to Mr. Lowry, by Mr. 14 ' 4 . N eastle on Tyne, April 1. ,i4ke(NMISSION OF LUNACY.—Yesterday morn- Q tf t ‘ r ltt ,..,twelre o'clock, a commission of lunacy was opened l 'be e • e v ommissioners Blount, Murray and West, and a 11 01L l ' i jury of freeholders, at the Gray's Inn Coffeehouse, tow 'ort,, to inquire into the state of mind of William d tittt,e/te Clark, Esq., the son of a clergyman recently ?- la th b' who was about 36 years of age, and was placed in „ 1 11 3 ° 1 41 Navy by his father about eighteen years since.. „A lt ii & j,T r t time he became so imbecile as to be wholly in it t leit h f . of performing the required duties, and conr ltli I. l"rnpelled to quit the service. In July, 1836, his t re eP e a ti deemed it necessary to place him under . the ''to„, a • Dr. ()e nv who kept an establishment for lunaties. 414-dethe elidn'e ' cf Dr. Oxley and his servant, who bad p" i nd s 4 on the lunatic, and from that of Drs. Munro er e e /l i ar ßin, it was evident that Mr. Clark laboured un -brr, ci ,• 41 and will drink ink, or any liquid he. en `Lie ' r ,- ':'or , he purpose, as he alleges, of expelling spint . s. „belia'%-„Illet Commissioner, at the conclusion of each wtt ,l'est.,;'4'ernent, asked the lunatic if be would ask . any ,71)4 1 , 1 1% but, though with great hesitation, he invariably 4 1 „"" 't , the negative Dr. Oxley having retired . from d i l lt t ir ° o 4 ;„' L l ' Was -- ques;ioned by the his mind ' 4 ' - Ens answers the state of mind ... quite ey - , i' l; t 4 ,i' iti Mr• Clark having left the room the Jury -i t • --. th - • 0,°4 xamtuntion, and fonn I ..l` ii rn pd, Sind had been so since the 10th June, 1836 h '%t c„i! frISTHMIUS OF DA RlEN.—Recent Intel .44;h- e frr n Panama represents that the Franco-Gre b:t Rr o „ a _ t r allany are at length on the point of break lla', t - h rl q on the work cf the canal a7cross the Isthmus, ,Pllon-"e auspices of the agent of the Company, Moos. p el att e : ° Morel, t„h ose e „ t h us i asm , e nergy and. Mlle: Pp r i t il l i t t a; d a :n t i l d ki a , series of difficulties and dangers, this will we its accomplishment. The : 41 ' , i l a ki , di ffieult g y, that ° of a union of capital, the agent 04, ',rter uf the (.1:!-, (.L Dt c,h11,, , r i 4,... i.a, been 0v . .7 tP11? t. " 114 -2:l ' t capi , al has 1;,c1! provided, rt,d . all Ic rinoy _ 64 - ile,ro.sswiltlhe 4 tiu si "I" operations, so that an entire marine comniu km. -- w — . Is thmu s P - so important to the interests . 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URI v ess , ces s O,t!VT!), a • O ir D 'ng ut or f fo l los t ts— c he c b es ot ,urpoa c b i b t oi She' d e• le ear o pt turn cli2 j , %%e ve o rt ll arriv6 ODE ON THE BURIAL OF SIR J. MOORE. (From the Edinburgh Advertistr.) The celebrated ode on the burial of Sir John Meorz,., which found so many claimants a number of years ago, and had been ascribed successively to rneui t o f our em i rtsut 'gonna its trtt anth'ar. This living poets, has at length beautiful piece , of `:,egiae conpositidn, unrivalled for pathos nod sim' e tteity by any sieuilar produeti-n in an cient or r.iodera times, a'ter enjoyiag an anonymous fame for twientp.iive years—after being appropriated to Byron t.nd Campbell—after being claimed by a best of minor rhymsters, from the Apollos of Grub, street, to the nameless verse -makers in newspaper cornerF, was at length attributed, upon what seemed good evidence, to the Reverend Mr. C. Wolf., an Irish curate, and a 111 :11l of talent far beyond his humble situation. From the time when Mr. Wolfe's memoirs were published till rdw, he has enjoyed the undisturbed honour cf having written that inimitable ode. It appears, however, thatt Mr. Wolfe's claim was not well founded, and that the writer of his memoirs had platted on the grave of his hero a lauri.l which ought in justirre to have adorned the brow of another, who still lives, and whom we are proud t call a Scotsman, For the vouchers cf this discovery, we appeal to the following documents, furnished by a corres pondent, the Rev. W. Muir, assistant-minister at Temple, of which parish the att'o'nor of the Ode on the Butial of Sir Jahn Moore, Mr. A. Mreintosh, still holds, and has held for the last twenty-two years. the obscure and ill requited office of schoolmaster. Though the time that has elapsed :ince it vv.is written 1413 necess,rly inerrocei the difficulties of tiroducing evidence of the auther,hp, yet, alter I,efusieg Mr. Macinteh's 'very modest letter, and tvei2hing the reasons t...h!;. he did not sooner a;rect his ch,ims to a production which had made its unassisted way to universal admitatitati, we think no candid mind can en tertain a (long that he wrote the ve, - ses wich now, at the end of a c.t.....rter of a ceotury, , circumstances have induced him to :Now. For tho honour of a countryman, we trust that our Contemporarie , , if they cannot make room for the whole documents, will, at ltiEt, give publicity to the inte resting fact which they disclose. (Then follows the correspondeneP. We can only make room for Mr. Macintosh's lettnr.) a.nd Dear Sir,—The eircuiostances aqending the wriAng of the hoes or, the buried of Sir John Moore, so f . ,r as I can recall them at this distance of time, are simple and easily told. I had been long familiar with the details of the disastrous rArerit t 1 Corunna, and' felt deeply inte rested in the fate of the gallant but 111-supported Sir John Moore. " In the year 1816, while a student at the College of Edinburgh, I happened to lodge with a Mrs, Honry, whose husband had heeo a seafaring person, and, if I remember well, lost his life at Corenna alti!e employed in the trans port service, at the embarkation of the British t.oops, Mrs. Henry Ind a number of letters, wh;eh she sometimes took a melancholy pleamre in hering me read to her, written by friends who had served under Sir J. Moore during the whole of the campaign, One of these, written by an eye-witness, depicter+ in t rorcihle though homely colours the hurried itatrrnent of the devoted chief. It was on perusing this last that I formed the idea of attempt ing a pneltA. description of that event. I had been ac customed from my childhood to feel singularly affected when witnessing the ceremony of a soldier's huriAl ; and I have no doubt that as occasional sight of this kind from the window of my bee-room, which looked out upon the Grey friars' churchyard, conti 4 :buted, in the present Instance, to draw my thoughts in that direction. " About this tinien young man of the name of Menzies, who bad formerly been my sehoolftllow, came to Edin burgh t..) attend the classes at the University, and, owing to our previous intimacy, was frequently in my company. Mr. M. was an enthusiast in cv2ry thing relating to the military profession, and would have esteemed it the snmmit of !lomat' ambition to be appointed to a commission in the British array, On seeing the cue in the unfinished state in which it then lay among some other fugitive piece, he profeltoed himself highly pleased with it, but at the sauce time suggested some amendments which might be made on one or two of which I subFeq.ently adopted, As lie. M. took a c.)py of it oftener than once, I have always been of the opinion that it was through his means it after wards found its way into the public prints; although it would have la: en an easy matter for any person who had access to my lodgings to transcribe it without my know- Whether this was the case or not, unfortunately I cannot positively say. I was soon afterwards separated from Mr. Menzies, who died about 1820. In the year 1817, I was a member of a small debating society, which met its Catherine street, when, on one oc casion, I read the ode along with two or three other short pieces, in place of the essay which it was customary for each f the members to read in rotation, before opening the debate; but, although I received some general praise, I do not remember that the ode drew any particular notice. " During my residence in Edinburgh, I had, in common with many other young men attending the University, ex perienced much kindness from the late Professor Christison. One evening, about this time, when going to call on him, I had put the ode in my pocke', with the intention of.sub mitting it to his remarks, but during our interview I had not the courage to present it. I have frequently regretted my diffidence on that occasion, as I have no doubt that Mr. Christison's exquisite taste would have at once appreciated those merits which the public were afterwards pleased to ascribe to it, and thus brought it into notice at a time when the author could not be disputed. "In 1818 I left Edinburgh for my present situation. It was a year or two afterwards when I first observed the ode in print. It was in one of the Edinburgh periodicals, with a commendatory note subjoined, stating that it had recently appeared in one of the newspapers. " About this time the late Captain Clipperton, the African traveller, told me that a friend of his was getting up for publication a selection from the fleeting literature of the day, in which he wished to insert ' The Burial of Sir John Moore,' and as be had been told that I was the author of that piece, wished to have my name adhibit ed to it, to which I consented. Captain C. shortly after left this place, and I never learned whether the work was published or not. " I never sew Wolfe's Remains' till you put the volume into my hands about two months ago. " It was, I think, in 1826, that I learned that the author of the memoir of the Rev. C. Wolfe bad claimed the ode for that gentleman. I felt somewhat indignant at this; and, with a view to the matter in its proper light, wrote to the father of Mr. Menzies, who lived in a distant part of the country, requesting him to search amongst his son's papers for the manuscript of the lines, but to this letter no answer was returned. " I then saw that I had allowed the proper time for as serting my claim to pass away ; and being apprehensive lest the public might be unwilling to believe that a piece which had by this time made some little noise in the world. was the production of an obscure individual like myself, I judged it more prudent to forego try claim than to expose myself to any obloquy on its account. " I am, reverend and dear Sir, yours very truly. " Tcrnple, January 1841. A. MACINTO-SH. " To the Rev. W. Muir." Mr. Macintosh is a native of Athol. After attending the schools in Perth, he comi,leted the usual course of education for the Dl4ablished Church at the U niversity of Edinburgh. In 1818 he accepted of the parish school of Temple, v‘h2.re, fur twenty-two years, like many of his laborious and ill-requited brotherhood, with attain ments .mmeasura'lly superior to their duties and emolu ments, h.?. has patiently and content2dly dischargei ti:e irksome duties of his useful office. ADELPHI THEATRE.—This popular place of amusement closed last night, when Mr. Yates delivered the customary farewell address, and announced that it would open again on Monday, the 20th of September. We regret to have to announce the death of the Dowager Duchess of Nlorlborough, which event took place at sigh' o'clock on Friday morning, at her Grace's residence in Perk-lane. BUSINESS OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE COURTS.—The folloning is a comparative return of the amount of business transacted in the metropolitan Police Courts for February, 1841 :—The number of cases heard at Bow-street were 531 ; Union-hall, 507 ; Worship_ street, 477 ; Marylebone, 345 ; Thames Police, 291 ; Greenwich and Woolwich, 283 ; Hatton-garden, 235 ; Queen-square, 183 ; Lambeth-street, 152. THE CONVICT MlSTER.—Mister has con fessed nothing ; but he has made an admission, acciden tally, which almost amounts to a confession ; for he has stated that a part of Mr. Mackreth's evidence is utterly false, leaving it to be inferred that the remainder is true • for no one could judge of the truth or falsehood but himself. This slip is of a piece with his unhappy admission at Lud low, when introduced for the first time to his victim, Mr. Mackretb, when he thoughtlessly addressed him thus— " When you found my hand on your throat "—then suddenly checking himself, he thus varied his question— " When you found a man's hand on your throat, could you tell whether he was dressed or not ?" This slip we noted down carefully at the time it was made, on the exa mination before the Magistrates in Ludlow ; but, unwilling to increase the odium attaching to the unhappy prisoner, we did not detail it in our report of that examination, till now the verdict of the Jury has rendered it unnecessary to make any concealment.—Shrewsbury Chronicle. CANADIAN COMMERCE.—The number of vessels cleared from the ports of Montreal and Quebec to Great Britain, during the year 1840, was I,o79—tonnage 399,449, giving employment to 15,227 men. The prin cipal articles of export were pot and pearl ash, 24,107 brls. ; flour, 298,761 brls. ; wheat, 141,931 minots, and lumber in great quantities. NEGLECT IN A STATION-HOUSE.—A length ened inquiry took place on Thursday evening at St. Bar tholomew's Hospital,. before Mr. Payne, concerning the death of James Inskip, aged fifty, a cab-driver, of No. 4, Baker's.court, Holborn, some particulars of which ap peared in The Sun on Wednesday. It appeared by the evidence that on Wednesday morning last, about half-past one, the deceased, whilst driving his cab from Newgate street towards the Post-office, fell from his seat into the road. He arose ni•hout assistance, but as the police con stable, William Bowyer, 291, thought him to be intoxi cated, he was taken to the station-house, where he was placed in the cell allotted to drunken persons. He was found shortly after lying on his back, retching violently, and as he had not spoken since his admission, but appeared perfectly insensible, when the inspector arrived he was taken to the above hospital. He was dead upon his arrival. Several of the policemen were examined at much length, their statement agreeing that the deceased appeared to be drunk, or he would have instantly received medical assistance. The house-stargeon said that the deceased had died from apoplexy, but whe ther it occurred immediately before or af.er the fall he could not say. He did not think that he had been in toxicates!, as he did not detect any small of liquor. The deceased's friends said that he seas of emark,bly tempe rate habit=, and was observed to be quite sober up to a late hour tin previous night. The Jury, after some delibera !itUt that the dt.t...? , 2d " Lfid an cpin caJtion had Clot in (Sits instai.e.: boob ui)4erveti. They al t 4;Lhte(li that some alteration should be made in the cells for the scoop . - gen of drunk©n characters. . C - 1 4 : ,SUN, LONDON, SATI'RDAY, APRIL 3, 180. THE WEATHER. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE STREETI NOON APRIL 3 PsAi - Zitltcr 29 72 In. Thermometer t... 33 Deg. Highest Lowest W \V. by N,--Prectin2 Point 32 Deg. 310NEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIM E S.—lt appears that what passed a, the late meet ing of Portuguese bondholders on he 28th ult., as de scribA under this head, has conveyed an erroneous impres son of extent to which the Committee of the Stock Exchange are disposed to support the views cf those who took the lead at that meeting. The Committee, in fact, have Lever expressed any opinion on the propriety orothcr wire of the conversion of the bonds, end have merely m sured the parii: , s eJncerned that they would act in this ease strictly up to the spirit of their former regulation, so often before adverted to, when the bad faith of the Spanish Govu.arneut became a matter of public question, and in which they have declared that they •` will nut sm.ction or take any cogninnce w - bmcver bang :ins that may be made in new bands or stock, or stay oiher securities, issued by any foreign Government li 4t has net duly paid the dividcnds on former loans raised la this country, unless that Government shall have made some sati:fietory acrangernm t with ti.e holders of such stock of bonds, or other ac.cuft ie3, on which the diviiends shall have bi ea Icf% in are , ar." In the face of such a communication from the Committee, it was cfrainly too much to say that their support had been secured to the re tistaute to the proposed conversion, but it may come to the same this in the end, if the " arrangement" shall not be found satnfictory to the holders of the stock generally. This law of th, Committee is a very judicious one, and has, indeed, always been mentioned with c)rnmendaii whenmr any circumstances Lave brough: it into public no fee. The &relish Steck-market was fully sustained by the iotoliigerice publi,ihed this morning of the receipt of de spatches from Mr. Fox, so Lilly confirmatory of the pacific. statements in the " Genevese Traveller's" letter. From the commenc it,ent of business speculation was for the rise, and another advance of resrly per cent, took place, so titot ihtre has been a rise (a very unusual one of late) of nearly I per cent. within the-e List two days. At the close cf the rearkot, prices were e shade lower than at their higtest quotation, but the decline was so very trivial that it could only be supposed one of those ordinary reactions which usually follow an important rise. There is no pres qure for money in the Stock Exchange, but nevertheless it fetches about 4 to 44 per cent. A correspondent writes to show the commercial con diti,n of Beyrout, where, he says, there is at present a bri-k demand for British manufactures. The cessation, of import, tion during the war caused the old stocks to go off at good prices. Lebanon is tranquil, though Napllus and the south of Syria are in rather an unsettled condi tion, and the caravan routs from Beyrout to Damascus, and from Scanderoon to Aleppo, are said to be as secure as before the war, while the inhabitants are industriously cul tivating the rich alluvial plains of the Bekaa, which is the granary of central Syria. Silk, which is the st i ._ plc article of the coast, is unfortunately unfit for the European market, owing to a defective system of winding, and this presents an obstacle in the way of its trade with Europe. Now, however, opetLtions are carried on to effect an improvement, and arc expected to prove successful, the war having been the great inter ruption to progress. On the whole, the removal of Me htnct Ali's power over Syria is regarOed as beneficial, trod as causing a more healthy actin) in the country, w hil e there seems to be none of that anarchy which some had pre di,!ted from the downfall of the Paella's rule. The gallant conduct of Captain Douglas, and his re ctivi:ig the Order of Knighthood, have brought to mild the cas f Sir Nathaniel Dance, who was similarly re warded for his action with the French squadron during the time of the war. A correspondent is in ertor, by sup posing the case of Sir N. Dai.co was overlooked, when Captain Douglas was said to be the first of ct:r of a private merchant-ship so honoured, a 3 a reference to the paragraph to which he alludes will show that a distinction is made betv.een officers in the East India Company's service and those of merely private merchantmen, and that it is only as being the first knighted officer of the latter class that Captain Douglas is specified. CHRONICLE.—The defalcation of Abbott, one of the official assignees in the Court of Bankruptcy is at tended with circumstances so important to the rights and interests of cieditora as to render a strict inquiry neces sary, not only into his affairs, but into the system under which the moneys belonging to bankrupts are managed by such officials, ar.d the extent to which they arc permitted to retain these moneys in their hands. Abbott is said t have abscorded with a very large amount of public pro perty. It is difficult in such eases to ascertain the amount. We have heard it stated in the present case at so large a sum that we decline to name it; but if aiy very considerab'e amount should turn out to have been due to Creditors of bankrupts, by the de faulter, it will be proven beyond all question, that there has been remissness in some quarter. It is ordered by the Bankrupt Act th•t the official assignee shall " give such security and be subject to such rules as the said chief and other Judges, with the consent of the Lord Chancellor, shall direct ;" and all the personal estate and effects, and the rents and profits of th , :, real estate, and the proceeds of sale of all the estate and effects, real and per sonal, of the bankrupt, shall in cv ry ea e be ponessed and received by such °Cid assignee alone, save who e it shall be otherwise directed by the said Court of Bankruptcy, or of any Judge or Commissioner thereof; and " all stock in the public funds, or of any public company, and all moneys, Exchequer Bill., India Bonds, or other public securities; and all bills, notes, and other negotiable instruments, shall be forthwith transferred, delivered, and paid by such official assignee into the Bank of Englantl, to the credit of the Ac countant- General of the High Court of Chancery." The Act provides that the official assign , c shall " forthwith" pay in the moneys, as he receives them on account of cre ditors, is the came of the Accountant- General ; thus evincing a proper care and anxiety that their rights should not be prejudiced by the failure or dishonesty of these functionaries, leaving the manner of carrying this object into effect to such rules of Court as the Judges may see fit to frame for that purpose. yihatever these rules may be, there can be no doubt that in practice a great deal too much latitude is given to the official assignees of retain ing large 'urns of moneys. At present the rule, or under standing, seems to be, that the assigns es being bound to find surety to the amount of 6,0001. each, are prohibiteJ from retaining more than 2,000/. at any one tine on their private account; but if the report; be at all correct of the amount in Abbott's hands, this rule cannot have been att.mded to. The Commi lioness must apply themselves to the subject, and take the necessasy means far compelling the official assignees to comply with the letter of the Bankrupt Act. Abbott has been dabbling for a long time past in all kinds of schemes and specula tioss ; and no small amount of creditors' moneys is said to have been sunk upon the Stock Exchange, The last project we have heard he was connected with was a Tte kish loan, to be secured upon the security of certain revenues, which were to be specially assigned by the Sublime Porte. The documents are s-id to have been all ready, and the negotiation far advanced. Abbott roust have been duped in this affair, if he advanced money on it, for every body knows that the Turkish revenues are farmed, or sold, so that their assignment, without the con sent of the contractors, would have been good fur nothing. POST.—Another meeting of the Shareholders of the British Ircn Company has been held. The threat,ened proceedings of the Directors against defaulters in the pay ment of calls, drew together a numerous assemblage. The case submitted to coucsel was read upon the occasion and the result seemed to be most satisfactory to parties so cir cumstanced; the opinion given upon the point at issue, being to the effect, that futul e calls may be resisted. Some strong resolutions were proposed an passed urani mously, but which arc not to published until they shall have been referred to the Directors. One cf them autho rises the filing of a bill of discovery in the Court of Chan cery, and for the appointment of a receiver, &c. It was observed by a Shareholder that the Directors com plained that they had no reserve of funds with which to prosecute legal proceedings, upon which some members of the Stock Exchange put down their names fur handsome sums, an example that was speedily followed by many others ; and measures will, we understand, be immediately taken in the Court named. The Directors. it should be borne in mind, fought the battles of the Sh holders moat ably and successfully up to a certain time, and, although things subsequently took an unfortunate turn, they are not less compe:ent, nor can we suppose, from the high characters of the individuals, that they are less indefatigable now than at any former period. We would, therefore, strongly recommend una nimity of action among the parties. Many of the present preprietcra are persons who have come into the concern at the eleventh hour, and are what are called " shilling Shareholders." They cannot be great losers by their in vestments, and when they joined the wreck, they were at all events well aware of the critical nature of its position. SUN. —We have had a rising market for stocks today, while the foreign exchanges have keen steady and even brio) ant. They were this afternoon quoted as fellows : Paris 25f. 671 c. to 70e. ; Harnburgh 13 94- to ; Amster dam 12 31 to 4; Antwerp 12 3to a ; Frankfort 150; and Trieste 10 2. From Hamburgh our advices of Tuesday bring us intel ligence of an advance in the rate for bills on London at three months' date to 13 4i, while the price of gold had got up also `o 4284. The value of Consols for transfer rose to-day from 898 to 89,i a, and for time from 891- to 898 90. Ex. chequer Bills were worth Bs. to 11s. premium, and East India Bonds were at 29. 'discount to 2 premium. Bank Stock for the opening on the 13th instant, advanced from 171 to 172 i, and East India Stock from 249 to 250. The New Three-snd-a- Half per Cents. were at 98e to if. All the Foreign Securities brought improved quota tions. Spanish Active Bonds realized 238 to 23i ; and the Deferred 12i to a. Portuguese New Five per Cents. rose from 331- to 34 and 348; and the Three per Cents. were at 204 to 24; Mexican Bends were worth 318 for Money ; Colombian 23 to 238, ,id and the Pe Fiveruvian I r 7 e a r Cents to 1: 4 1; Danish Bonds were marked 771 ex-dividend ; D e u n te ts h T9w7io-taondi ex-dividend. Half lv p i e e r en C d e . r,t. 51k, a In the Share Market a very considerable amount of business was entered into, taking the aggregate, and higher prices were obtained in every instance for the dif ferent Rai . way Shares. The Great Western Rail wa y Shares were at 28 to 27i; the New 13 to 13i ; the Fifths 7 to i ; the London and Birmingham 65i to 664, the Quarter 18 to 3; and the South Western 168 premium. The Brighton were 44- to 38. t 6 e Blackwell si, the South Nok II; 2titt.liot4(3 the ; Leed6 the ?,isk,.;bester 2,1.. ii.ingliam and Derby SO, alit', the C,Llkaie.4 lti discount. Commercial Bank of London shares improved to S discount. . _. . • POLITICAL SUMMARY OF THE mORNIN6 JOURNALS: - ,7 - - --- • - Lae Morning Herold of tYs day, returning to the New Poor-law question, obse . :ves:—" Of the new or amended Poor laW . A .inergialvnt Bill, the 18th clause contained some enormi ties of wlich it is not possible to speak in terms more mode re4,., and yet More expressive, than those employed by Lord Gees - Is - 11e Somerset. Of that 18th clause we will venture to say somewhat more. We will venture, without a fear of con tradition, to declare it to be unequalled, in the reckless atro city of its propositions, by any summary jurisdiction effected by modern tyranny." The Morning Ohronicle says, with reference to a late publi cation drawn up under the direction of the Canada Company: —" In America generally, and Upper Canada is a highly favoured province, every industrious labourer may soon obtain a competence. 'I he man who in this country can never hope to do snore than keep himself out of the workhouse, may, by removing to Canada, by the mere exertion of his •hews and sinews, become in a short time a substantial yeoman. The , tale which this publication tells is calculated to carry joy into the ccetages of these islands, where at present many strong armed men carry en a cheerless struegle, day af , er day, with privations amoun'ing alrno , t to famine constantly staring them in the face. Benevo'ent individuals s!Iould circulate the publi cation extensively throughout the rural districts, that well-dis posed, industrious men nay be enabled to profit by the body ; f evidence presented by the Canasta Company." The Morning Post thus refers to the proceedings in Parlia ment since its opening in January last:—" What good, we ask, has the Government done in Parliament during the last ten weeks ? What abuse has it remedied, or given hope of remedying ? None. Four nights were consumed in debating a certain ' rapid attempt ' of Government to remedy the ac knowledged abuses of the registration system in Inland, hut in human being rapid attempt ' wo u ld b e successful. I t was known from expects. c r did at any time expect, that this the first announcement of the attempt ' that its real design was, not to get rid of the abuse, but to postpone or destroy the improvement which Lord Stanley had projected. This has been the great work of the Administration during its ten weeks of Parliamentary labour." The Times observes in an article on the American question:— " If the dignity of the United States require them to make formal inquiry about the destruction of the Caroline, why did not the same dignity impel them to demand national satisfac tiers for the punishment of their patriot intruders' at. Navy Island ? The two transactions, as far as Great Britain was concerned, were precisely analogous. To call the Caroline affair invasion of American territory,' in any such sense as justly applied to the inutrsions of the Navy Island patriots, fomenting as they did a serious rebellion in our Canadian pro vinces, would be absolutely preposterous. On what principle the sovereignty of the American States was less compromis.ed in the punishment of her citizens than in the destruction of a steam-boat illegally and clandestinely ministering to their ma chinations, we ean:,ot a. all conjecture." The Morning Advertiser, in the course of a leading article suggested by the late election for St. Alban's, remarks as fol lows :—" To propose an extension of the franchise, which by increasing the number of elect as, would impede the success of bribery, is in Tory estimation a misprision of treason, and to advocate the Ballot, which must at once put an end to bribery, by making it impossible to prove the equivalent in return, is denounced as the instigation of revolution. Yet until we have Loth an Extension of the Suffrage and the Ballot, bribery will prevail, and Election Committees of the House of Commons will be -- what we dare not name." FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) The Poor-law question brings no luck to those who use it for oblique purposes; and if it helps to inflate the double sheet of the Times, it ;G:oes not help its readers through it. We are also glad to see that those who act independently are not injured with the public, nor apparently with their constituents. This is the case in the metropolitan bo roughs, where the greatest efforts have been made to agitate the popular feeling on this much-vexed subject. Mr. Hawes, the Member for Lambeth, has always ex pressed himself most decidedly, in Parliament, and at election meetings, on the side stigmatised as unpopular, without losing any support in that extensive suburban constituency. Toe same might be said of Mr. Ward, he Member for Sheffield, and many others ; and Mr. Grote stated last night to the House, that " whatever might be said of the unpopularity of the New Poor-law, be could say that in the three unions which he had the honour to represent—the three unions of the City of London--the feeling that some time since existed against the New Poor-law had almost abogeth_r sub sided." There can be no dsubt that the better-informed classes in agricultural districts regard the new law as having produced good moral as sell as material effects, so far as unteaching ti e mischievous lesson of parochial dependence to the Labourers generally. We say nothing at present on a mere disputed point, the effect of the bastardy clauses—except that we think a grievance has arisen to f undies which have been injured by seduction —a grievance for which the law of the land, if not specially the Poor-law, should affo d a remedy. Our appre hensions as to the permanence of the benefits expected from :he New Poor-law proceed from other considerations than are usually bestowed on the subject. A poor-law can work well or ill in a country only as the other laws, by which that country is governed, render it prosperous or toe reverse. The best Poor-law in a country whose prosperity is declining, cannot possibly work well, because the pressure upon its machinery wi.l be such a> no machinery of the kind can support. In such a country, the fund from which wages are paid is diminishing. Able-bodied labour throws itself 0;1 compulsory charitf. If that charity is given liberally, Vac pressure is felt mote and more upwards. The end is a real confiscation of property, and sacrifice of all classes to the lowest—and gradual decry becomes precipitate ruin. If relief is given sparingly (as it must be, in such circum stances), then the demagogue's harvest ripens. Double sheets of the Times expand. Finsbury sends forth her apostles of Liberal pine:ism. The wrongs of paupers are made to engross the attention, due tl the public interests. and prices.are firm, about 1,000 td:go lifive been' stild pri'vatefy . at 24s to, , follow ,and. This ifterno9 frlia public 7ales Consisted of 7 12 baSkets !afd and 2,911 bags iGah.f.! Ye:2gal, the fiVrrner,all sold but at rather lower rates, low dry grey went at 22s to` 21s per cwt the latter met with a better demand, and full prices were gtig rood white sold at 70s to 71s 6d, low 665, damps and washed 64s Ge to 703, superior bright _yellow 70s 6d to 71s 6d, bright brown rather heavy in Kids taken hi at 50s. Foiteidx.-1-lolders cf yellow Hatfarmah are unwilling to submit to lower rates, 24s for mid quality, for white prices are nominal Brazil has not maintained previous rates by 6d, greyish white at 25s Gd to be delive'red at Amsterdam, 24s tad for white, and '2ls Gd for brown. illoLassits.—The transactions in West India have been only to a limited extent, and prices have given way iicl to is per mt. At public sale 58 puns St. Kitts were taken in, btit since sold at 26s Gd for good fair quality. COFFEE.—Hollers of West India continue firm, and the rates previously established have been suppchted, hot the trade have purchased sparingly of all (polities, taking only Sufficient to supply their immediate wants. Tlii; 'afternoon the home consumption Coffee market pre sented a dull appearance, and prices were ineined to give way for most kinds. The transictions were confined to the public sales, which comprised 100 bags Ceylon, 150 bags Mysore, 161 casks Porto Rico from the Cape, 49 casks 79 bags Cuba, 1,500 bags Java, and 144 casks 3 bags Berhice. Owing to the unsettled state of the question with regard to the Duties, the trade evinced Tittle desire to purchase ; Ceylon and Mysore were all wi:hdrawn, Porto Rico was all taken in at 50s for fine ord, Cuba at 69s to 71s for mid, and good ord pale 49s to 50s 6d. Java was from Singapore, and was all taken for shipping, but at moderate rates, viz., at 40s to 42s for good ord unclean, the bulk at 41s; Berbice sold at reduced rates, viz., at 73s 6d to 78s for low mid and, mid unclOati, COCOA.—For B. P. prices have given way is 6d td 2s per cwt. Trinidad went at 46s 6,1 for fair grey, and 47s to 52s 6d for low to good red. Foreign has brought former rates. TEA. —For Free Trade Tea this week prices have improved id for Congou, common at Is 7id to ls 70, other kinds of tea have supported the rates previously established. Bohea Canton Fokien subject to Is 6d duty ordinary coarse flat and new at 2s 2d to 2s 21d, Congou rather strong and mixed blackish leaf is lid to is 74d, blackish leaf is 9d to Is 94d, .ditto strong Is Hid, ditto Pekoe flavour 2134 d to 2s 44d, Pouchong ls 6d to is Rid, Pouchong good middling blackish leaf 2s 4d to 2s 4id, Flowery Pekoe good to fine 3s Oid to 3s 2,-Vd, Orange Pekoe good 2s to 2s Bd, fine 2s 9d to 2s 10d, Scented Pekoe 3s lid to 3s 14d, Caper common is 54c1 to is 6d, yellowish leaf is 5.-id ais 6d, mid strong 13 94d, Hvson kind is 10d ais 100, Dyson middling 2s 4d to 2s lid, Young Hvson, Twaukav fla your, Is 83d to Is 9d, bright leaf and Flyson flavour, 2s 9d to 2s I ; Gunpowder, mid and good mid 3s 20 to 3s 61d. 878 packages washed and kiln-dried tea, ex " Westminster," uncleared from former sale, at a discount of 4d to 7d per lb ; the prices varied from Is lid to 3s Id per lb. In the specula. tive market Company's Congou has advanced to Is 74d cash. To-day the market was firm, and a fair demand existed for Free Trade Tea, fair common Congou for cash sold at Is 7id. In Company's Congou several sales were made at Is 7id to Is lid cash, and closed at the latter rate. Rinn, BRANDY, AND HOLLA Nns.—We have again to report a heavy market for West India Rum ; both shippers and the home trade have purchased with much caution, and the total sales do not exceed 140 puns this week ; prices have further given way to Id per •gallon : for proof Leewards 2s 2d to 2s 2 1 ,4 d have been accepted, and 2s 3d to 4s 3d for two to twenty-six over-proof. For Jamaica it is difficult to give accurate quotations, but a parcel 25 over has been sold at 5s 6d. East India has barely maintained the former value, and the demand has been limited, only 150 hhds &c. have been sold at Is 4d proof strength ; about 50 puns Bahia 14 per cent under proof sold a few days since at Is, have been resold at is 2d. The stock of Rum is considerably larger than last year ; our monthly statement which ap pears in page 4, inudes 700 puncheons Foreign. 800 puncheons and 1,900 hogsheads East India. In Brandy the transactions have heen on a more extended scale, and former rates have been supported ; sales of Cognac first brands of the vintage of 1836 have been made at 5s 2d to 5s 4d in hhds and puns, do 1837 5s to 5s 2d, do 1838 4s 10d to ss, do 1839 4s 5d to 4s 7d, do 1840 3s 4d to 3s 6d. Geneva firm at 2s to 2s Id, and fine fit for duty is worth 2s 7d to 2s Bd. For British Corn Spirits the demand has been good at 9s 10d to 9s Ild cash. SPICES.—For Cassia Lignea prices have advanud 2s to 3s per cwt. Good thin quill at 97s to 97s 6tl, middling 94s to 95s 6d, ordinary coarse 86s to 90s. Black Pepper at rather lower rates. l'enang fair to good clean went at 3id to Sad, for Malabar .1 to 4d is the value. White fetched 7id to 70 for low middling. Holders of Pimento still display firmness. East India Ginger, bold quality, at stiffer rates. West India is held firmly. Cloves at former rates. Nutmegs on easier terms. Cinnamon is held firmly. This afiernoon 1,095 bags Black Pepper, and 13 chests Nut megs, were put up to public sale, the former nearly all taken in at 3id for good Sumatra, the latter sold at fair rates. Rici.—Piices have been sustained for Bengal, 12s is the value of middling, and 12s 6d for good middling white. Java low to good white at 8s 6d to lls, and yellow 7s 6d to 8s 6d per cwt. Carolina on rather lower terms. This afternoon the demand was steady for Java, and 2,675 bags at public sale, all sold at full rates, middling and good white fetched lOs 6d to Ils 6d per cwt. TALLOW has imprived 6d to 9d per cwt this week, fine yel low Candle on the spot has brought l 46s to 46s 3d, and simi lar prices for delivery all the month. New Tallow for delivery in the last three months of the year 47s 6d. This afternoon 192 pipes 29 hhds 4 26 brls South American at public sale, were principally disposed of at 44s 6d to 45s 3d, for good and fine quality. On the spot there was a fair business transacted in P. Y.C., and prices were firm at 46s 3d; for delivery in the last three months several contracts were entered into at 47s 6d per cwt. Oats.—For common descriptions of Fish Oils prices have still a downward tendency ; Pale Seal at 311. to 311. 10s, yeilow and • brown 251. to 28/. Southern ord to fine 251. to 28/. ss. Cod 26/. per tun. Sperm Oil has supported the former value. Linseed Oil has further improved ;on the spot 30s to 30s 3d, and for delivery 30s 6d to 31s per cwt. Rape, Pale, 46s 6d, and brown 45s to 45s 6d por cwt. Olive Oil, common sorts at rather higher rates. Spanish at 641 10s to 651., and Gallipoli 68/. to 68/. lOs per tun. Cocoa Nut Oil at 36s to 38s. Palm Oil at former rates. This afternoon Linseed Oil was less in request, but there were no sellers on the spot under 30s. The market for Fish Oils was dull : 106 tuns Southern Whale anti 32 tuns Sperm were offered at public sale ; the former only partly found buyers at 24/. 105 to 28/. for fair to fine quality, and the latter at 891 10s to 901. for fine. Pit ui? 731 i Ea D. The hthes - ri e of I, a ea • i the 4 Loolis Is 9Md for the Ilb Loaf GJ. d Brew may be had at ”id. PRICES OF SEEDS. Per Quarter Per Cwt. 1 New Eigl sh ft,,, Clover...6as Ns St. Fein —. Old J it,. Diu() —s s —s; Rye Gass —., New Foreign Dote s 55s 10s'Pacey Grass s 01 t Di to Di to s —s —s'Linseed, for te di g ~.—s New White Clover 45s 5Cs 6!,s l Dit,o, for sowing ......—s Old Ditt , Ditto —s —s —B'Ditto, for crushi. g ....—s .__ sfis fibs 18s 306 —s MN 5h CA) Ms 4rs 48: , r , v Tre oil —s 3os 4'4:H -in s ..—s 36s siqf Oki Litto —s 20s SG; Canary .—s Pss 96: 'Pr folium a 488 70s1 Per B shel. E. glish Carraway ......—s 50s sis'White Must4rd.... is Od to lis O. Foreign :alto Coriander ... . —s 14s 16s Tares 73 6d tc I :s 0 PRICE JF OIL. Rape Oil. brown, per ton £45 10 Ditto, refined Linseed Oil Liras ed Oil Cake at to .i Mill (per 1000) lt 0 Rai e ake. per to i 7 0 PRILE OF TALLOW Town Tallow £2 11 fi Yellow Russia White ... .... t. 0 C Soap Ditto 0 0 0 PRICE OF R A W F. Price of Tallow (as stated by the 'I COAL M Ships arrived since s. d. 13e11, Robson Sc Co. Hartley 17 0 Molywol n lB 0 Smh Wylyt P . o . 1 1. 0 . ..... .. ...... 15 6 %Nr..lls End Clennell Walls End .4osfo th Walls End Heaton Wall End Hilda Walls End Kilhngworth W. E. Braddyll's Fletto.a Walls End Haswel . Walls End Hetton 16 01 ' ll -1( . '6l '' SOAP, &c. per 1121 b. Melting Stuff £1 lf4 0 Ditto Rough I 4 0 Graves Good Dregs 0 5 AT, per stone of Bibs. Callow Melters) lod [AIMEE last market day, 41. d. Walls End Lambton W. E. North Helton Lyons 19 Walls End Russell's Hetton 1 i r Walls End Stewart's Walls End Caranoc 2 3 Walls End Hartlepool 22 0 Walls End Kelloc o! COUNT .... 19 0 ... IS t , 21 6 22 0 ~... 22 0 Walls End Adel ide Walls End Evenwood l7 e. Hartley . 18 Howard's Netherton \Jain... IS 3 Walls End Devonshire lj 0 Y CORN MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Per Quatter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. s. to 6. s. 6. Abingdon ... 56 66 :13 22 28 33 42 40 44 Andover 56 6.0 59 32 f 3 £6 ttanbnry 53 61 .7 31 23 28 Basi gstoke t.O 72 28 35 21 58 40 43 40 45 Cirencester 5l 61 2, 33 25 31 31 44 3; 38 Coventry — 23 SO 40 40 Daventry Dcrby 66 70 30 34 25 59 40 51 Howden 72 24 40 42 Hungerford 50 70 32 37 23 33 40 48 39 46 Dalton Mai • enhead 52 71 32 38 25 34 40 48 42 49 Nottingham 62 "16 26 35 •..4 27 47 50 \Vantage 63 80 :14 40 26 32 36 46 Warwick Winchester 70 36 29 43 40 York 65 31 23 3b Per Bushel s.d. a. d. s.d. s. (1. s.d. s. d. sd, s. d. , s. d. s. Birmingham 70 863 9 4 9 36 4015 0 6 8 56 68 EDINBURGH CORN MARKET. V l / 4 'neat. Barley. vats. l'eaS2. Beans. First 77a. Od 376.66. : 36.4 d. 44t. Od. 446 Oo Second 630 33 01270 I 40 0 40 0 Third Average price of Wheat 31. 5: 01. PRIORS OF PROVISIONS. &C. PRICES OF PRI Beef, per ....... us. 6d. to 02.8 d. 0 6 0 8 Veal,., 0 A 1 0 0 5 0 7 Lamo, per yr. ...... 5 6 8 0 Fallow, 0 40 0 Quartern Loaf U 8} 0 9 1'0tat0e5,141b..,... 0 3 0 41 EDII4I7,URGH hl Per Sack of 2601 b. Imp. First Oatmeal Second ditto~ Barleymeat, ex. , en , .3:11 ... 1 8 0 Pot Barley from 9.1 Freshßutter, lb. le ‘.7 • to h. 3. Salt Ditto* 1 0 1 1 Ditto, per cwt... 0 0 10 0 Eggs, per 0 0 7 OittStraw(kp!.).... 6 6 8 0 Wheat Ditto... 6 0 9 0 Barley Ditto -- 6 0 7 II Hay, perst....—.. 1 0 0 0 EAL MARKET Per Stone 011-10). Imp First Oatmeal £0 2 0 Second ditto Barlepacal ....... 0 1 4 l'easemeal 0 1 11 3s. to 455. per sack CORNWALL MARKETS. (Calculated at 24 gallons to the bushel.) Wheat. I Barley. I Oat,. ------ s. d. to s. d s. d. to s. d I s. d. to •. (.. Truro 0 7 10 0 3 8 1— 0 3 0 ficlitone St. Austell — 0 7 tS 0 3 4 0 2 9 Bodonn 0 8 8— 0 4 4 0 3 “ :Askeard — 0 7 6 0 3 6 0 3 9 Launceston — n 7 e • 0 3 6 0 2 5 Camelford 7 0 7 8 3 8 4 t 2 6 3 3 Penzance. ..... “ 7 4 8 6 , 0 4 0— 0 2 6 PRICES OF CANA I .L,DOCK,ASSUR. ANCk C(fI4PANY SHARES, &c. &c. &d. LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 2. Number Dividend Price of per Shaft's; /entrusts. C ANA LS. Paid. Share 1 ,7 66 7 p«. 4ent. Ashton& Oldliam„Average97l.lBs.sh. 110 1, 482 4L Athby.de.le.Zouch ....,ATZrage 1161.5 h. 72 1, 60 0 " 5 6/. B r eck nea and Aber gas , en nyi' 1501. sh. 93 8,000 LAM. 10/, Birmingham, 1.16 th share ....811. &ILI. 200 4103 Ditto & Liverpool Slitict. MIL 01.1000 25% 609 :37. Bridgewater and Tauntorr.looz. 3h. all is 1 .- 400 N. Chelmer and Blackwater .......„10 01 • 811 . 101 300 321, Coventry... Ct0'yc10n........... Average3ll.2s. lo6 . sh. 2,060 si. Os. Dudle7„ rrflof feemmo• 1001. sh. 6 600 121. Derby ......... 96,993 4 per cent. Danube and Martie ....... 911 13 4d .pd ' - '2 3,5751 t 1 Ellesmereand Chestes" Avenge 139 i.sh. 81 ' 11l 61,'" Erawasn -.100/..h. '750 1,297 301. Perth and Clyde.... Average 4.001.165. :h. 61'0 11,000 81. Grati4 ~, unction 5001. a n 130 1,8491 255. Grand Union lool.eh „ 2,1 000 ... ..... Grand 5urrey,......„ lool.sh. 15 1,0010 54 per cent . Ditto (optional) Loan 100/. Z 196 ....,..... Grand Western 510 131.125. gl. Ohmorganshire, Aver. cost 17's/. 13s. 4d. 21'.0 749 12i. lif:+,"l,Nrn ..... ...1501. sh. 2,,4 3,238 2/. Os. FituldBtuisid Average 5 //. 6s. 6d. sh. 27 100 . Kensingtosi ......».... ......... 100 sh. all pd 10 .. 21.128 11.10 s. Kennet and Avors, Av. 39/.lBs. 10d. sh 94X 11,6991 1/. 7s. Lancaster .............. . Average 47/. 6s. . ah 8d , 75027% 2, 8 971 SW. Leeds and Liverpo ol lOO/ 5151 lit. Leicester „.1401.5h 140 1,897 51. VG Leioester & Nortk ampten Aver . 1P31,10s '73 2.400 101. Monmouthshire 100141: 2CO 150 101. Melton 51 ov fbra y lool.e h . 2eo 500 954 Mersey and Orwell lool.sh. 530 3,01 M 21. 10s. Macclesfield ...••.....•••••..•1001. sh. all pd. 34u 247 171. Neat h ... ....... . ......... „ ...... 1001.5 1 ,, 325 2,400 61, Peak Forest. ...... . . Ave' „ge about 761. al). 75 21,418 Ss. a.gent's (or London) Av. 331.168.8 d. oh. 10 6,669 61. per cent. Rochtle.W.. ............ „ ..... Average 8/".,La h. 65 500 8 1 . Shropshire . ............. . ............ ~/251. eh. 137 200 MI. Os. Somerset Coal ~..-.... 1501. ah. 180 3,6001. 41 rr tent Ditto Inck Fund 5t0e1t..„.....1 2 /. 10s. eh. 11% 700 31 1 ./. 81a/cord and Worcester...H 1401 AI. 650 f,30 151 Zhtewsbury. .. ... . 125/. eh. 280 300 9 3tdatlstklfe.....- „ . „ 1491.04 396 3,647 2/. Os. Stratford.ob.Avoli as. ver....79/. Os. tirl. sh, 35 533 1211 3,762 2/. 85. Severb and 1001 eh 263 Swansea col ... *O5 sdr••••••••.• . . ‘ils l o lord Railway Av. 35/. sh. 45 1.600101. 321.10 x. Treat and Mersey, 1 share JOU. sh. 590 8.149 1,00001.1 ~,1 Warwich sin/ 13;rminhard lOO/.sh• 242 I,ooolth. j '' ' 950 13t Warwick and tvi.Tion 100/.sh. 170 • 7,000 41' Warcesty & Birmingham Av.7B/.Bs. sh. 65 3.10 325. Wilts and Becks Averag. S 7/. 10a. 9d. sh. 27 100 6., Wyrlev and Essington „„,,,,1254 sh '74 .20 .. Wlsucacn 74,;h. 60 903 11. Wey and Arttrl• llOl. en, 2234 DOCKS. 1001.sb. 63.2 (3°B ' Sp .„ 6 „.. • . .c. Commerc al 1,06510 h.. East and West India ....Stock 97 i. 238,310//. 60s.p.ct._London Stock 673 i Ditto fiends 2;209 SI. tis. sd. Bristol * Average 1;^/.i0s. s 4. 75 58,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amount: 4 . ,...,. .0n 952,752 5 per cent. St. Katharine Stock ;f2 500,000 4g per cent. Ditto Honda 20%000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years Deptford I'ier .. "01. sh. 120/. pd 10 1311.11/C3LS. ,800 103. Hammen= iti• sol.sh. 21 1,231 Southwark, Old Av. 631. 2s. Bd. sh. 23 4 1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New. of 74 per cent., 501.5 h. 13 3,000 .... .. W a te r loo 1001. sh. 3% 5,000 225. Od . Ditto, Old Annuities of EV 60/. pd 21 5,000 199.3 d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. .... 4O/. pd 1831 10,0001 5!. per cent. Ditto Bonds 5,848 268 Vauxhall .......„Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh 26 ASSURANCE COMPAS:ES. 2,000 3110 s Albion vuon S 6 per cent.] Alli ance Briti s h 8, Forcignlool. sh. 111. pd 1434 " i and 15s. 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, 1112rine 1 00/. sh. 5/. pd 5 4,000 tl. perch. Atlas 1,20015 h. 51. Birmingham 1* ire.. nio/. sh. 55/. pd 1073 80,000 41. percent. British Fire 2501. sh. 501, pd 40 12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial .501. ob. 51. pd 5% SOM 51. per cent. Clerical & Medial Life, IGO/. sh.2llos pd 4U . , 4,4100 210 s County IOW. sh. 10/. pd It 20,000 Os. Eagle .501. sh. 51. pd 534 o,'" /„, r an p 30 der cent bs../ Economic Lite 1 00 01 . sh. 250 /. pd 406 '''i 2,271 22s.per cent. European Lice 0 01. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2r. Ditto, New 20/. sh. 2/. pd 1% .000,0001. 61. per ct Globe Stock 119 20,000 51* Guardian 30,000 s. fid. Hope 2,400 51. 7s. 60. Imperial Fire 5OOl. sh. 501. pd 133 7,500 9s. Imperial Life lOOl. sh. 10!. pd 10 13,459 51. per cent. Indemnity Marine 100!. sh. 8/. pd 25 2,020 31 104 Kent Fire 'NI. sh. all pd 92 3/. Ditto Life 5Ol. pd 6f; 10,000 16s. Law Life lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 30 54 5,000 16s. London, Fire 251. sh. 12/. 103. pd 19 1 4 3,900 10s. London, Shlp 251. oh. 12/. 10s. pd 193 ~000,000/. ... ..... Minerva Life 1001. sh. i 90,003/. •10,000 5/. per cent. Palladium Life 56/. sh. 2!. pd 21 Os 50,000 4/. per cent. Protector Fire 20/. sh. 2/. pd 18s Od 10,000 4 per cent. Protestant Dissenters ....ICOI. sh. 51. pd 51 x1 2,500 1/. Provident Lne 100!. ob. 101. pd 20 1;0,000 7s. Rock Life 49,220/ 5/. per cont. Royal Exchange Stock 189 6,009 5 per cent. University Life 100/. sh. 51. pd 5 1 4 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 1001. sh. 51. pd 7 JOINT STOCK BANKS. 25,000 Agric. and Cum. of Irelancl2s/. sh. 10/. pd 5,000 0 per cent. Australasia 40/. sh. 401. pd 54 10069 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham 501. sh. 104 pd 13% ..0,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5O!. sh. 10/. pd 20 31,000 6 percent. London & Westminster 1001 sh. 20!. pd 22% 60,000 5/. London Joint Stock 501. sh. 10/. pd 12% .1,000 4 per cent. Lancaster IOW. sh. iO/. pd 30 25,000 Liverpool lOO/ sh. 10!. pd 20 50,000 7e per cent. Manchester and Liver.] nut ,. lot — pd 103; pool District 20,000 7 per mat. Manchester I 001. ah. 25/. pd 4 , 1 N 30,000 Provincial Bank oil:els:1(1100/. sh. 25/. pd 42r q 60,, - 'OO 6, er cent National Bank of Ireland 501. sh. 17i1. pd 15 10,000 5 per cent National Prov;.iclal Eng.lool. sh. 351. pd 34 10,0(15 • Ditto New 10,. sh. 10/. pd 10 - 10,000 Gloucestershire 50/. sh. 10/. pd 32 6.000 10 per cent. Hampshire 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 0 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIEE. 2,500 16s Ud Bath 20/. sh. 161. pd 22 5,600 British 4Ol. O. 16!. pd 184 5,000 p ai r inT s. et t3 Ditto Provincial 2Ol. sh. 19/. pd 25 928 51 lOs Birmingham 50/. sh. 96 1,250 2/ Os Bristol 2Ol. sh. 36 2,250 3/ Ifis Brighton 2 O l. sh. 13% 750 3/ lOs Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. IS!. pd 9 2,471 41 per cent. Brighton General 2Ol. sh. all pd 9 1,000 71. Os. Continental ConsoliciatA ....751. 6211. pd 110 1,000 10!. City of London.. ....... ....lOW. sh. all pd 195 1,000 61. Ditto, New ' 100 h. 75/. pd 150 4,000 31.05. Equitable 'TT 501. pd ::0 10,000 21 per cent. Imperial/. sh. : - .7 900 Si. per cent. Isle nt l'hatiet 25/. sh. 201. rid 1' 1 ,4 2,350 6/. per cant. Independect... ..... - -.00/.4111:ia11p., 49 9,000 4!. per cent. Phcenix 59/. sli. 39/. pd $1 1,000 4/. per cent. Ratelifl lOO/. sh. 00!. pd C 3 1,000 S'uth I , l4tropolit'an 50/. sh. 19/. pd 17 9,000 51. per cent. United General 501. sh. 471. pd 30 210 N. per cent. Warwick 5Ol. sh. 50 400 Si. per cent Wakefield 251. sh, 22 9,000 3/. Westminster Chartered 5,000 12$. Ditto New , (l. sh. 10/. pd 11 , ti 760 3 per cent. Yarmouth 2O/. eh. 18/. pd WATER WOMKs 1,800 31s. Birmingham 25/. sh. ev. pd 01 1.,434 71. East London 1001. sh. 164% 5,500 21 15s. Grand Junction Averale 411. Ms. 4d..h. 62 2,000 2/. Kent lOW. eh. 46 372 1111. Liverpool Ilootte 2201. sh. 3176 1,500 2 /10s New River London Bridge Water Ann... 60 0,486 2/ 10s Manchester and Salford.... ....... .100/. sh. 55% 1,000 4 per cont. South London lOO4 sh. 101% 8,294 41/. West AI iddlerex Averse 611. 12s. ild. sh. 101 1.060 11 14s York Building Go. Lessee Prop. 1001. sh. 35 (From the Standard.) The President had not yet arrived when our last letters from Liverpool were written. She is sup posed to have been delayed by heavy gales in the At'antic, of which some vessels lately arrived have had experience. The President has been expected with anxiety, chiefly because it is believed that no Government despatches came by the Britannia; for, as regards other news, the Britamit, which sailed some days later than the President, has anticipsted her. The belief, however, that the Britannia brought no Govern ment despatches is erroneous, according to the state nomt of an authority entitled to respect. It is said that despatches have been received by the B,itannia, and that " these dispatches leave no doubt of an amicable and immediate settlement between the United States and Great Britain as far as regards the question of M'Leod. Mr, Fox hal received a com munication to that effect from the American Govern mete, couched in the most conca'atsry language." For ourselves, we anticipated as much from the inaugural address of General Harrison, which, whatever faults of style may seem to characterise it—and we must not condemn, even in its style, without reflsetieg that it was addressed to an American, and not an English public, breathes from first to last a spirit of manly sincerity, with a sincere respect for justice, and a love of peace. (From the Courier.) It will be seen by our Pariiimentary report that the 18th clause of the New Poor-law Continuance Bill, for enabling the guardians of one union to contract or farm out their poor with the guardians of another union, was withdrawn by Lord John Russell for the present, after Lord Granville Somerset had forcibly pointed out the cruel bearing of its provisions, according to which paupers might have been draughted from their own to any other parish, where starvation chanced to be more strin gently administered under the dispensations of the commis sioners, ar,d therefore rates economised in both the one parish and the other. According to this clause, which, it must be otneived, is intended to be re-introduced in some other shape, the unhappy teaents of workhouses, or applicants for relief, were to be let out on lease, for terms not exceed ing seven years, to such contractng parishes as should Li] for their support at the lowest money rates of pay. meat, so that side by side of the usual advertisements of " Cattle taken to grass at per head," may come to figure also " Paupers to let out on convenient terms ; tenders for the supply of food at the lowest rate per heal to be addressed, sealed, to the Poor-law Commis sioners, Somerset House," &c. This, however, was not the worst feature in the clause, for the paupers might be classified under it, and the husbands contracted for to one union, the wives to another, the sons' to a third, and the daughters to a fourth. We recollect t'at, in the first report of the Commissioners appointed ti inquire into the working of the old Poor-laws, it was made a special charge that they tended to the destruc tion of family, that is parental, conjugal, filial, and fraternal affections, which of course the intent of a new Poor-law morality was, in favourable contrast, to cherish and re-establish. It was with this laudable view, we presume, that the• new Poor-law theory for strecgthening the ties of kindred was invented, under which each of the members of the same family, consist ing of father, mother, sisters, and broth:rs, were to be separately transported for periods not exceeding seven ems each, renewable on expiration of the terms ad libitum and ad infinitum, to separate workhouse as titles, as far asunder each from the other as within the extremities of the kingdom could , be contrived, so that no out of family communion, f m am ig i l i t y t b b y ie p k o e s r s i i n b g ill ' ty g a r r o is w e i t n o g impair the family love which, at first and final parting with eeeh other to be immured in those living tombs from whose sad bourne perhaps never to emerge, was in all the full bloom and vigour of natural reeling. MARKET INTELLIGENCE (From the London New Price Current of April 2 ) SUGAR.—The trade have been less disposed to purchase West India Muscovadoes this week, holders have been more desirous to realise and the market has been in a dull state, the private purchases for the three days amounting to only 340 hhds and tierces, fine yellow and strong grey descriptions, of which the supply is scanty, have maintained the previous given way Is, and 22 hhds 3 trs 202 ; brown we n t a t 62 s t o 66 s 6 h d hds dark b rown B tr b tee wen t b ienu a r rs r ro c el l nn s (e' y S c' t a eu K st i fi t o t sr s 6a w dl e e trh p ec r r i w n st c o i r p t a s l A l p y tr i ea t e a us k e et havenn ion i a t 70s to 72s for f g aot o r o 6l d sos g w r p e ae y ruti , c b wm u t t i.d s d in li c n e g s g o r ld ey a is t h 6 ; 93 6 To-day the business transacted in both grocery and refining descriptions was extremely limited, but holders were not dis posed to submit to any further reduction, prices however rule very uneven, the total sales for the week are 500 hhds and trcs. At public sale 102 brls Berbice were offered, and taken in at 64s for low brown. REFINED.—For Refined Gods prices have improved 6d to Is per cwt. ; Standard Lumps at 94s 6d, Titlers and Ilam bro Loaves, good to tine, 97s to 107 s, common 93s 965, brown Itimps 90s to 949 per cwt. Treacle of common quality at 30s (id to 31s. Patent has fetched 355, last old make and golden syrup 37s to 40s. For Pieces prices are firmer, tine sorts at 82s to 83s, other kinds at 67s to 80s. Bastards from 55s to 665; for bonded Crashed Sugar prices have fallen to 3ls 6d a :3ls 9d for first quality. Loaves have supported prices. Treacle at 14s 3d. Bastards and Pieces at 14s to 25t. Dutch Crushed Sugar on rather lower terms. AlAuntrius.—For strong grey descriptions full prices hay been paid. The finest yellow sorts have also supported the for• mer currency, for all other kinds prices have given way 1 sto 1 s 6d per cwt. Very fine strong bright yellow at 77s to 78, good and in ni t i d d 6:3s 6d d to 675, low 61s to ° good mid 53s to 5Se. :17, 6 1 o B N s w ,to 755, mlsi t d a o nd hl g r 13 d d, t,;), , ft to tine 59s to 6:3. I,cr EAsT INDIA.-1,073 baskets found buyers, viz., low and middling strong yellow at 21s 6d to 223, and good brown 20s to VW ech Siam hap, however) been in fair request for export, Quantity of Coppe Average Produce Quanttt y of tine Copper Arnount of sale, PO 16 . is. 6d - MINING INT] T ores sold at Ite( 'ELIAGEVICE. Tons.Cwt.Or .!clruth Int week... 2,f)64 0 0 IES 5 0 —Average Standard, 121/.4s Od. COURSE OF EXCHAIs Amsterdam CF. 12 6/- Ditto, at sight Rotterdam .........2 U l2 7 Antwerp l2 6 i Hamburgh M.B. 13 12} Altona Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto, 3 months 25 80 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 85 Frankfort on !llaiue... 1501 Petersburgh, 3Us ... 37 Berlin... Vienna, efree. 11. 3 M lO 3 Trieste, ditto Madrid Cadiz Bilboa . 35 Barcelona Seville iGE—(YESTERDAY). Gibraltar 4B Leghorn Genoa JMilan Venice 47 ;Naples Palermo, per oz 119 'Lisbon Oporto 526- !Ili° Janeiro 2B (Buenos 27 IBuenos Ayres — IN ew York, 21 days' sight 4bi IPhiladelphia 46 PRICES OF BULLION, PER oz. Portugal Gold Coin .E 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, bars... 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars.. 0 4 10i Silver in Bars 0 5 0 It is a curious circumstance connected with the attempted murtV cf Mr. Mad:real l,y Minus. whose execution was fixed for this day, that the name of the in teu&ti victim was Ludlow, that of the couhel fcr the prosecution Ludlow, and the sccne of the dreadful oc currence Ludlow. IRON RAILWAYS, 6,300 - ....... lir/ pd 70 955,0 Birmingham and Gloucester 5 00/. pd 78 15,00 0 Bristol and Exeter 100/. ch. 00 pd 35 7,500 Cheltenham& G.Western !COL sh. 62x 1. 41 3,000 Clarence 100/. sh. 1001 pd 30 8,000 Dublin and Drogheda WO/. sh. 5/. pd 50.00 n ........ Eastern Counties 25/. sh. £.3/. pd 9 10,000 Great North of England 1001. sh. 70/. pd (.6 10,i0.8 14 per cent. Grand.hination . _ lOOl. sh. all p 2 £O5 24,000 Great Western 1801. sh. OM. pd 02% 25,000 Ditto New 50/. sh.: W. pd 63 5,000 per cent Gosport Junction.. 5 01. sh. 401. Kt 445, 2,000 5 per cent. Hartlepool NO/. oh. 100/. pd 145% 8,1)00 Hull and Selby 'Ol. sh. 50/. pd 43 2,100 41. per cent. Leeds and Selby MO oh. (614 5,100 !O percent. Liverpool& Manchester ICU.sh. 100/.pol 15 , 5 7,968 10 per cent. Ditto Half Shares 551. pd 90 11,495 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 951. pd 45 36,000 .... ..... Landon and Brighton 501. sh. 501 pd 46 24,000 tO,OOO 3 per cent. London and Greenwich...2ol. s. 201. pd 84, 25,000 Sper cent. London & Birmingham lON. sh. 90/. pd 155% 25,000 Ditto Quarter Shares - 5 25/. sh. Si. pd 23 31,250 Dit o New Shares .321. sh. 32!. pd 52 30,000 5 par cent. London and S. Western Av. 38/,175. lid. 511 54 33,000 ... ..... . London and Croydon} Av. 13/. Iss. Pd. I 3 N Ditto New Scrip.... 13 3 4 13,000 Manchester and Lect18...1130/. oh. 70/. pd (i 5 54 13,000 Ditto Half Shares 5O/. £5/. pd VS) 10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 70/.5h. 401. 25% Ditto Extension 7l. pd 2% 10,000 Midland Counties OM sh. 100/, pd 83 15,000 North Midland l.Ol. sh. 1001 pd 77 Ditto New 40/. yd 37 1 4 5,128 Northern and Eastern....loo/. sh NV. pd 30 1,6 W '4,000 South Eastern and Dover 1,000 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington ...... lOO/.sh. 275 9,000 6,000 York and North Midland 50 . sh. 50/. pd 79% EVENING EDITION. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, .14 ARIL 2. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the Wool sack at five o clock. Mr. BERNAL and others from the Commons brought up the St. Pancras Tithe Bill, the Rum and Rum Sh.•ub Duties B ill. The Bishop of CHICHESTER presented a petition. from Eastbourne, praying that in the Poor-law Bill the qualification of guardians might be lowered, and that the proprietors cf the property might be rated in place of tho occupier. Lord COLBORNE presented a petition from the parish of St. John's, Smithfield, praying that measures might be taken for the abolition of all toils on bridges in the metropolis. _ _ Lord SONDES presented a petition against any fu-o ther grant to the Popish College of Meynooth. The Marquis of NORMANBY presented a petition in favour of the Jews' Declaration Bill, from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Liverpool ; the Mayor, Al dermen, and Burgesses of Faversham ; the Mayor, Alder_ men, and Burgesses of Beverley; and from the J ews resi dent in Portsmouth ; also petitions in favour of the Drain age Bill from, the medical practitioners in Goswell-street and its neighbourhood ; the inhabitants of St. John's Westminster ; the parish of Bermondsey, and the town of Nottingham. The Population Amendment Bill was read a second time, as was also the Wishaw and Coltness Railway Bill. The Earl of MINTO presented petitions from Mel rose and Gallashiels against - Lay Psennage in the Church of Scotland. Lord RE DESDALE presented a petition from Maims bnry, complaining of the present mote of rating tithes. Also a petition from the union of St. Thomas, Devon, praying for certain amendments in the Poor.law Bill. Lord LYNDHURST presented a petition from cer tain notaries at Brighton, praying for an investigation into the law with respect to notaries public. Also a peti tion from medical practitioners and students praying for an inquiry into the administration cf the Anatomy Act. METROPOLITAN DRAINAGE BILL. On the motion of the Marquis of NO ILMANB Y the Metropolitan Drainage Bill, and the Metropolitan Build ings S.ezulation Bill, passed pro forma through Committee,. and the inoorts were ordered to be received on Friday, the 23d inst. The Noble Maims said he proposed to submit to the House a clause extending the regulations of the former Bill to Scotland, which he hoped to have printed and laid. before the House on Monday next. With respect to the , !atter Bill, considerable alterations had been math, regard ing re, 'la ions against fire. On the . ' lotion of the Marquis of NG.R.MANNY, the Borough Improvements Bill passed through Committee, and the report was ordered to he received on Frictuy the 23d instant. POOR-LAW (IRELAND). The Duke of WELLINGTON said that he bad,t.tioved some time ago for papers with respect to the operat.'on of the Poor-laws in Ireland, which had not yet been laiti be fore the House. He, therefore, wished to know w hen be might expect them. He was pariculat"ly anxious fa- one with respect to the Poor-lavr Guardians of Naas. It appeared that the gentleman who was returning officer of the board of guardians of that place, bad been tried and convicted of an offence.. What the offi.nce was, he (the Duke of Wel lington) would not name, as it would appear in the record of the tiial, for which he would then move. The Noble Duke thin moved for a return of the Record cf the trial of Bartholomew Casey at the Sassiots House, Green-street, Dublin, on the 7th of July, 1839, before Chief Justice Dogerty and Judge Johnson. The Marquis of NORMANBY said he had made in quiry into the circumstances of this case, and, from what he had been informed, he had reasca; to believe that there was some mistake as to the identity of the party. With regard to the other papers,they were more voluminous than perhaps the Noble Duke was aware of, but they should be delivered as soon as possible. Lord LYNDHURST inquired if there rrou.kl be any objection to the production of some papers, fur w.ich be had given notice, with respect to the removal of three French Judges in Canada. The Marquis of NORM ANB Y said there .would be .no objection to some of them ; and, with respect to the rest, be would give an answer on Monday. Lord MELBOURNE presented a petition from ban cashire agiinst any further grout to the Established Church in England and Scotland. Their Lordships then adjourned to Monday next. HOUSE OF COMMONS, APRIL 2. - - The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. Mr. DENNISTOUN presented a petition from the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company, against the Railways Regulation Bill. The %Vbitlesea Inclosure Bill, the Birmingham and Hagley Road Bill, the Dublin Wide Streets B ill, and the Bradford Water- works Bills, r, ere severally rea d a secood time. POLLOC AND GOVAN RAILWA .Y• Mr. J. JONES brought up the report on the. Pollee and Govan Railway Bill. Sir G. CLERK stated that that Railway would cross a turnpike-road leading to Glasgow and Paisley, which was a very great thoroughfare and the public woold be much inconvenienced by any injury done it. Ho I%here lore suggested the propriety of a clause w ining introduced into the Bill to prohibit the Company !rum laying their lines across the turnpike-road till they erooterli a viaduct, and thereby carried the railway over the .1,,r -seer, or until, by means of a briige, they raised the tuan- , pike-road over the railway, so as that the latter would not: interfere with the traffic upon it. The Hon. Barone:: then. moved the insertion efa clause to that effect in the Bill. Mr. LABOUCHERE said it was scarcely possible to. doubt, that if the sta•ements of the Right Hon. Banonet: were correct it would be necessary fur the House to t-ike• some measures to prevent a state cif things calculated to , produce many accidents. He thoilght under the eireum-. stances the Letter course would be to recommit the Bill. Mr. JOHN JONES supported th n clause, but wsa inaudible is the gallery. We understood the Hon. Member to spy that the Committee b.ad paid great attention to the subject, and were of ,apiniont that there would be no inconvenience from the :latice as it stood. The Company, much to their c.tedit, bad immediately acquiesced in it, and it appeareii to him that the objections that had been made to the clause in Committee were made rather for the purpose of ob structing than facilitating the BM, but the Committee were unanimously of opinion that it was fully aufficieitt to carry into effect the purpose desired. Mr. LOCKHART was opposed to the eause, of which be said the preamble was quite at variance with the enact kir, part. 'Lord C. H A.NIILTON supported the clause. Mr. BROTHERTON supported the clause. He ra ' membered that such a provision had been approved of by the Committee, which sat in 1837 ; and without it tbei railway could tut be successfully prosecutor!. Mr. L A BOUCHERE said that, cher the explanation which tile Hon. Member for Salford had given, ho should not oppose the proposition. Mr. E. TENNENT thought that the House should re member the great principle, that railways ought not to be allowed to interfere with the public safety. He would oppose the clause. Mr. ELLIOT wished to know at what rate the car riages of these railroads would he allowed to travel. Lord CLAUDE HAMILTON said—Not at a greater speed than six miles and a-half au hour over a public road. Mr. D ENNISTOUN did not think that the public were sufficiently protected by the adoption of the mode pointed out by the present Bill. He thought if ilia promoters of the Bill would adopt the suggestion of the Right. Gentle ma„ at the bead of the Board of Trade, and allow the Billi to be recommitted, he was sure that would be done which would he sati,factory to the Railway Company, and would insure the security of the public. Lord G. SOMERSET thought that a general rule ought to be laid down that the railway should be allotted to pass a public road upon a level. He thought that this Company, which came to the House fur extensive powers, ought to be compelled to adopt the regulations of the House, and strictly abide by them. Sir G. CLERK said that his only object in the state- ment he had, made was to secure the benefit of the public, and if the House thought that that would be insured by the recommittal of the Bill, he should gladly assent to it, ins . ead of calling upon the House to allow the clause he had proposed to be brought up. He would therefore withdraw the clause, and allow the Bill to be recommitted. Mr. JONES thought it would be a great hardship on the promoters of the measure to have the Bill recommitted. Strangers w ere then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appear For the recomn-ittal of the Bill afoonfrd;htehi,:,dinturgh : 30 Against it ........................ 70 Majority .................. The Bill was then ordered to be recommitted. Sir G. CLERK presented a petition from the <Aloe and Govan Raiiveay Bill may not pass into a law. trustees of a turnpike-road in Scotland, praying that the following particulars of the latest arrangement P Mr. RICHARD HODGSON moved for a return Time of the arrival of j°conveyance of the mails between London the evening mail at Lancaster; time of despatch from Lou don to Edinburgh ; time of arrival at each intermedi a te post town b et ween Lancaster and Edinburgh,Lancaster and at Edinburgh. S imilar ret urns as regards the mor ning mails from London to Edinbuigh. Time of arrival of the evening and p at Darlington ; time of dispatch from Darlington to m ail Edin burgh ; time of arrival at each int erme di ate post-town be tween Darlington and Edinburgh, and at Edinburgh. Distance by the route of the mail f rom L on d on to Lan caster, and from London to D a rl i ngton respectively. Agreed to. ST. ALBAN'S ELECTION COMMITTEE. Mr. BL ACK SI ONE rose and said that, as his mo tion was one of privilege, he ought to have precedenc e.— (Cries of " Chair, chair.") - The SPEAKER said that in the proceedings of Else tion Committees, the practice of the House bad been to take motions at five o'clock. Mr. BL ACKST ONE said they had all been extremely indebted to the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tarn.. worth, f ur the great zeal which he had shown in endeavour.. log to remedy the abuses which attended those proceed ings ; but he was bound to say that the Bill of the Right Honourable Baronet had not removed all the evil of the old systems. lie had, for this reason, been anxious that the evidence produced before the Committee on the St. Alban's election should be placed in tho hands of the Members of this House. Ile did not wish to cast a siogle reflection upon the Mentbers of that Committee; but undoubtedly it bad been asserted that the Committee had thrown obstacles in the way of obtaining evi dence of blibery and corruptio n . He was extremely anx i ou s as an individual to see the evidence laid before tl e House that the House might know upon what grounds the Committee had come to their decision. It could not be denied that bribery and corruption had ens isted in the late election in the borough of St. Alban's to MINES. ..- .... 8,000 Albion Copper -- 51.+'x. t'i/. pd 12 4,000 11. ss. A !ten l5/. sh 12!, ii ;pd 10 10,000 ........ Anglo laxican,iss. 5/. pm.lool. sh. al', d IN Ditto Subscription 251. pu lis 2,000 I/. Bolanos 10,000 1/. 10s Brazilianlrop. iss. 51. pm 35/. sh. 201. pd 7 6,000 Macaubas & Cocacs United .25/.5h.2!:/. pd 6 !Imo Ditto St. John Del Rey 2O/. sh. 14/ pd 2 k 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company 201.5 h. 201. pda 1 10,000 Ditto Scrip 20,000 British Iron lOO/. sh. 30!. pd ,1300 British Copper 5/. sh. 4i/. pd 1% Cita. Br-inca qt. pd 7 Candoiga 711. pd 5 10,000 1 1 Copiapo 2O/. sh. 13/. p 4 Pl 4 8,500 ... Columbian, iss. Si. pm. 55/. sh. 5 5 /. pd 0. 2,8.50 3/. English 20000 6 , 155 Mexican Company lOO/. Mi. Oil. pd 6 3 , 008 Polherou Consols .... ....... 10/. sh. 81. pd 4 11,500 Real dcl Monte, Unregistered l% Ditto Loan Notes 150/. pd 160 30,000 ......... United Mexican, iss. 2 pm. 401. sh. :tit pd 2 DIM, Scrip 3, a Ditto New Scrip 51 lid 4ji West Cork :XL sh 501. pd 38 LITERAIa INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket ..asgs. sh. 16 1 500 London University lOOl. O. all pd 8 , iOO King' College lOOl. 1114 ... MISCELLANEOUS. 10, )0S 155. Australian Agricultural.loo/. sh 284 pd 39 15,X,0 1. per cent. British American Land Company 3S t. pd 10,000 6'. per cent. Canada Company 1001. sh. 3211. pd 20,000 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan ' City Bonds, 4 per cent 20,000 1/. Cs. GeneralStenn Navigation 151. ,h. 14/. pd 25 1 , 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock ..... ....... ........... ,000 H. London Corn. Sale Rooms ....Av. 75/. sh l9 ,000 Caot.tchouc Company 12!/. pd 12 New Brunswick Land Cornpal.y...so/. pd 12 0,154 51. per cent. Reversionary Int. 50c...1001. sh. 100/. pd 107 2,633 51. per cent. Ditto New 2001. sh. 1001. pd 107 4,00 0 ,0,000 es. Van Diemen's Land....lool.sh. 1711. pd b LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES MARCH 31, 1841. s BANKS. ccaIan 1,000,00f1/. 61. p. ct. flank of c1...83/. 6s. bd. s h. all pd 162 ,000,0001. 6 p. ct. II c yal of Scotland 100/.Bh. all pd 151 500,0001. 8 p. ct. British Linen Company 100/.sh. all pd 22 i 500,0001. 61. o. ct. Commercial .5001. sh. 100 1 . pd 169 500,000 i. 50. ct. National IOCI.sh. 10!. pd 14N 500,0001. 71. p. ct. Glasgow Union 2501. Oh 50/. pd 8S 1,000,000/. 6p. ct. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh 401. pd 73 INSURANCE COMPANIESA 250.0005 h. 6i p. ct. Scottish Union 201. sh. IL pd 255.0 d, 7,5(10 '7 p. ct. 11ercules 100/. lO/. pd 14 10(1,000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland .101. h. sh. 10/all P d 10 50,000 Bp. ct. North British ..... .... ............. s . pd 18,i 1,000 Bp. ct. Caledonian Fire lOO/. sh. 10/. Pd 20 5,000 6p. ct. Edinburgh In te....... lOO/. sh. 10/. pet 11 3 a 100,000 31 p. ct. West of Scotland.. ...... ..... ...... 10/. pd MISCELLANEO US 4,818 ..... Edin. and Glas. Un. Canals0 1. sh. all p /.01. all p d 47 10 Ditto Allocated!. .. . . ~ ..... 96 5,40( 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock ............ sh. all pd 35 2.0005 h 15 pzr cent. Shotts Iron FOUTIACTV 50/. sh 4S/. ,d 50 ;0,000 3 per teat. I.klinhorgli & Leith 61:155 20. sh. 16/. pd 31, 4 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gag 9.5/. sli. all pd 49'' 4,450 10 per cent. Clargow Gas '251. oh. all pd 52 '7s'l 71 per cent. !..eifil Coal Gas , 0/. o h a n pd 5 1,154 ......... Edinburgli:,nd Dal . z.eith daft ay 50/. h 1 s , 29 ___.—..............., movEedxcfourEbeyu ß B l LLs.—From a ret urn recent l y Mr. Robert Gordon, M, p., one of the Secretaries of the Treasury, it appears that the amount of Exchequer-bills authorized to be raiie3, charged on the aids or supplies of 1841, is 21,751,5501., from which, if the sum of 125100/. f:r Exchequer-bills paid off in money, and provided for from surplus of %c,r,s and means, to . t h e Lnuiry. VI, Ste., be d. ducted, there will remain a sum of 21,626,3501, which constitutes the amount to be provided for is the present year. i 7 1 0 Vie mica, anded t A the mine or the a mill TY." MI A i