The Sun. — London, England, 1841-03-24 00:00:00

MORNING EDITION SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Morning Chronicle.) Before going into Committee on the Poor-law Amendment Bill, last night, Mr. Wakley complained of the arbitrary con duct of boards of guardians, and he alluded in particular to the conduct of the guardians of the unions of Uxbridge and Not tingham. What he stated with respect to the Nottingham case was afterwards substantially confirmed by Colonel Rol leston. It seems the guardians of these unions had disallowed the orders of their medical officers, that nourishing sustenance and stimulants should be given in certain cases. In the Not tingham case, as detailed by Colonel Rolleston, the medical man, upon being asked by him whether something stronger than water gruel, warm tea, &c., was not necessary to a man named Park, answered, to his astonishment, that " assuredly he would have given the patient warm wine, or spiced wine, or something of that kind, but that he h a d th e or d er s f the Board of Guardians not to do so without applying to the Board." He (Colonel Bolles ton) replied that it was impossible the Board could have made such an order; that it was contrary to the spirit of the Act, the rules of the Commissioners, and to all feelings of hu manity. Upon being referred, however, to the Chairman of the Board, a gentleman of the highest worth and respectabi• lity, he found, to his great suprise, that though there was no written order to this effect, the medical gentleman had re ceived instructions not to apply stimulants of this sort to pa tients without an order from the Board; and the Chairman added, that he had four or five times endeavoured to have this injunction rescinded, but without effect. It is no doubt true, as was observed by Lord Howick, that these objectionable re gulations of the Boards of Guardians could not be laid to the charge of the Poor-law Commissioners; but we do not see how this justified his Lordship's assumption, for the purpose of striking a blow at Mr. Wakley, that it was quite possible the recommendations of the medical officers might be made with out any just foundation:— " It did not follow," said his Lordship, " because a man had preferred to receive a medical education, and was a Member of the College of Surgeons, or any other medical society, and was entitled to practise as a medical man—it did not folow that this man might not be a person whose object it was to create discontent among the populace—(Hear, hear) —that he might not be a man anxious to curry low arid despicable popularity, by flattering groundless prejudices, and endeavouring to create an outcry by untenable assertions—(Hear,hear)—it fled notfol low that, because a man had obtained permi'sion to practise he might not be a person capable of abusing the trust which had been reposed in him, for the purpose of mischief, and of defeating the law which it was his duty to administer —( Hear, hear)—and if it was considered possible that a Board of Guar dians might occasionally have reason to suseeet that, ender the pretence of providing due nourishment for pauper patients, their medical man was endeavouring to establish a different dietary from that which was allowed, the House might well be justified on this occasion in hesitaing to take it for granted, upon the authority of the unsupported case of the Honourable Member, that bodies of gentlemen, ac ing as Boards of Guar dians, would come to a vote to refuse to pauper patients that medical relief which was ordered by a medical man in whom j they confided." His Lordship did not perceive that, in his anxiety to overtop Lord John Russell (who- was borne out by the occasion) in an attack on the Honourable Member for Finsbury, he was passing the most severe condemnation on the boards of guardians. They are not entitled to retain media! officers in whom they do not confide, for that would be to proclaim that they were regardless of the lives of the poor under their care. 'they ere bound to dismiss a medical officer the moment they are zitisfied he either neglects or is unfit for his duty. But so long as they retain him, his prescriptions ought not to he counter manded. The guardians cannot be judges of the treatment which a patient may require ; and if by ill-judged regulations they interfere with the duty of the medical officer, and death ensues in consequence, we hold the gi ardians to be t he cau e of that death. Lord Howick wou!dseera to think that an ueiencould no more get rid of a medical officer, than the nat on of a lord ; that as far as bleeding or 'aiming goes the poor are for ever at his dis cretion ; and that alt the discretionary power of the guardians is confined to the preventing debilitated patients from receiving anything nutritious. We are astons! el that so sensible a man as Mr. Grote should vindic ite the b mad; of guardia is in the cases adduced. They were clearly in the wrong. Tne boards cf guardians meet at intervals of a greater i r lessduratioi ; S 3 ne times many days intervene between their sittings. But a pa tient may require instaney that very relief to which by their regulations their consent is necessary. " A died m-Ti is but a dead man," says a character in etc:there," but rul s are every thing." So say the Uxbridge and Nottin g ham guard axle. Whether, therefore, the guardians make a regulation that their consent shall be nece:sery for the allowance of certain prescriptions, or directly interfsre and say that certain pre scriptions sha'l not be allowed, they invade the functions of a responsible officer. Thee are the except osis to the rule. ll 'e have no doubt that boards of gua diens in general act with the liberality described by 3lr. Ward, and are not guilty of the f Ily of tampering with the trea•ment of patients, Jeremy Ben thamobseried Wit there was no satisfying the Legislature that thee did not know how to make shoes better than a shoemaker; and Mr. Grote, by way of comment, tells us that every farmer or shopkeeper of a board of guardians can tell better than the phys:cian when d..a,ties or itimulthts should be given to a patieu . The Times of this morning, reverting again to the question of the New Poor-law, remarks as follows :—" At this mo.nent it must be evi lent to every man that the Commissioners of the l'oor-lew la -e ro hoee left, except in the sufferance of Sir el ; a word from him would seat the fate of Lord J. Rus sell's Bill, an I we will vonture to my if that. word were uttered, it would be received with aceiam teon. Ihe country lenge for it I —demands ie'---expects it; the Co ns ervative Alembe re , ai a' body, desire it with restless imp itience; the humane and in: dependent section of tte Liberal pasty would echo it ha, k with joy. A great cpporturity is in air ttobert Peel's hands, ad .f he neglects to tbe it, a peat rt sp insit ility w.li lie on him.' . The Morning Post thus expresses ii self on the subjei t of Mr. Laiouchere's proposed colonial trade arrangements : " As <he circumstances of our foreign and colonial commerce are so very variable and ununirorin, any general system, whether of free trade or restriction, must be unwise. We hope Mr. Labouchere will pause and well consider the probable practical effects of his proposed colonial arrangements in respectof trade bet ire he proceeds with a system which has as yet done no good." '1 he Morning "Jerald, speaking of the Poor-law, says " Wh,thor it be that the worship of Mammon has become an inveterate epidemic among all classes of British society, or from what other or more hidden cause, we cannot telt, but the pulsations of chari•able emotion seem, from day to day',to grow feebler in British hearts in high paces, as the New Poor-law w,th all its horrors is rendered familiar to the public contem eleion. An engrossing, mere sing. impracticable selfishness, seems to accumulate, on this stagnation of holier feelings, lake an iceberg that has floated beyond the influences of those warm an I active currents which could alone prevent its expansion in bulk and depth and frozen solidity." (From the Globe.) We think it right not to leave unnoticel one or two p( i its in the discussion oflast night upon the Poor-la's Amendment Bill. To the p.i iciple if the amended Poor-la-v we have always been fsvourat.l t ; and, indeed, it would seem that no 1 antics advertere to avow themselves host in to it. We say this; because we observe that every critic of the pre sent system takea caee to dissv,tv any idea of reverting to the old one. Now the pi inei,le cf the amended la . .v is, an lac', nothing else but a Legation of the abuses that in t], red in the euamended one. Those abuses were insepa rable from the until eked machinery of relief; and in fact thet machinery was fi armed to facilitate those abuses. It was no venerable immemorial system ; it was no older than the Pitt Ministry ; and the years of high prices at the commencemest of the last war. The absolute power of relief eatrurted to a single unpaid Magistrate ; the Ale gisterial allowance system, pauperising the wholejnass of the peasantry—these were abuses, it is now sail. Yes— but abuses earriA on systcmatica!ly. Any Ma.fistrate (and there would always be one or more such characters in a dis'rict) who was ambitious of the title of the poor man's hie id, by the cheap and easy process of putting his hands in the pockets of the prositlent and industrious, to supply weekly donativ.ec, without discrimination or seroti iy, to all who applied for them—any sueh personage could buy popularity, et the cost of otl erF, wi h tut reitraint. The consequences are notorious to every one in his own ne'gh bourhood. It was a matter of indifference to many to seek, or deserve, employment. Others, fully employed, and well paid, a ere rest avers of parish allowances ; and that, in many easel round London, unknown t their emplclers. All this, be it remembered, was at the charge of the pru dent and well disposed; not only the great land-owner, but the small tradesman, and even the leuouree were taxed, and often stinted is the honest wants of thri: own families, to pay the.parish pension list of ahle-bodied idleness or inn providence. We are told, indeed; that such a cha-acter must not be ascribed to pauperism—that the condition-is involuntary ; and must not be treated as criminal. We say, that neither naustit be treated as the regular and normal condition of any largo masses of th e B r i t i s h p eo pl e . I t Most not be erected , as some poor man's friends" seem to desire, into a recognised states in in society, to be made as comfortable as pos s ibl e . reason— every comfort you afford, without labour, rthis is s temptation i a tnple to become an applicant for gratuitous maintenance. (From th e S tandard.) The division upon Mr. —ast..ope's ame n dment h T may be taken as a not ice to t he Poor_law Comm issi oners that their reign a pp roaches it stermination. h av e indeed obtain ed, ostensibl y , a respite for fi e v y e years, by a majority of 39 ,in a Hou se o f 314 Mem bers ; but they have obtained it upon venue w hi ch h leave them but tenants-at -will in feet, and then the influence of supp lications almost abject. The now law, or the Commissioners —for practically tbey are identical— have been now tried for seven years ; arri , cl the result is (to use the words of Lo rd John Russe_lls viry well guarded admission) " It canno t be denie I that a very strong feeling against the continuance of the law by the Bill before Parliament pommies the country." The feeling is strong, and it will be stronger. The divi sion of lan night proves its force al-eady, but the whole . strength of the feeling will be imperfectly appreciated from insulated division?. We must look to the period during which this feeling has been progressively advaecieg. The New Poor-law Bitl was carried in 1834 by triumph ant majorities ; the law Ina been nearly seven years in operation, and the vote for its continuance is obtained by a majority of no more than thirty-nine. We are not of the school who ascribe absolute wisdom to the decisions of any People ; but there is this distinction to be taken ; though thepeople of England may be, and often are, deceived in their, estimate of the merit of untried measures, they rarely are mistaken in the judgment they form upon measures which they have seen tried for so long a period as seven years. It cannot be disputed that the New Poor-law has been sterdily aivancing in the extont of its unpopularity. I t • le very true that from the first persons denounced the law as grily, p p e e 3 r e h n ar: many more angrily , than any one denouncesan.- but their number was far less than it _ t a h t . e number by whom the law is now cone ealre e • and 11.1 s was the natural course of an Oppressive system, Men of clear foresight and strong feelings . Fee through the character of promptly m such a system y a lmost ietueively, „ d us nozre pose i•but the many are less far sighted and *pathetical, and they wait for practical tesVaio nY If ft-at practical testimony p r ove favourable, or even if unfavourabl e testimony be absent , the result i, be to the advantage of the measure upon its trial, an d the eviler accusations re-act to its honour; but where, at the end of seven yearn,' experiment, the public feeling aga i nst the system is seen becoming progressively stronger and more diff us ed, th ere can b e no doubt that the practic a l 'ciliToony has demonstrated its oppressive character. (From the Courier.) The new Poor -l aw di scuss i on was resumed in Committee list e - e , and as the discus s i on p r oceeds so also is It i internainando succession of new Poor-law horrors con-ecu ively ands of hideousul'e'ed. Nay more, a s if the • thou not sufficient or app7l e i g i' alread y matter of h i st or y , were toove this hew, c f , n .g enough to Dien the eyes mid ' fie • I 't'bera of .the House to the exterminatory principle of the new law, and the accordant practice of the 'commission of administra tion, not one day passes over their heads in which the everlasting processes of new Poor-law murder are not repeated and gazetted, with, however, loathing re pugnance by the daily press, in all the frightful varie ties of death by new Poor-law starvation in the workhouse, suicide out of doors rather than submit to it, and infanticide by heart-stricken, desperate mothers, f-antic with the pangs of want and the refusal of even sew Poor-law relief. We hold the present occurrence rf such cases to be almost an especial interposition of Providence, by way of warning to the hard of heart, and the wilfully blind of understanding, that resistance to new Poor-law barbarism may be policy as well as mercy, for it is not in the nature of things that innocent life wantonly sported Rith surd slaughtered should long cry out for Vengeance in vain. The people may one day arise in their wrath and sweep away both the odious law, its authors and abettors. To be just betimes is to be wine to salvation. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. TlMES.—Notwithstanding the appearance that affairs with America are coming to a crisis, such is the firmness of the money market, that prices have been fully sustained through out the day, with a tendency to advance The French loan proposed by M. Humann, though a subject of conversation on the Stock Exchange, does not seem to produce any practical effect, notwithstanding the deferring of the Railroad Bill shows that there is no doubt that the French Government is really in earnest with the measure. The brokers are of opinion that the operation, when it does take place, will be spread over a considerable length of time, and also that very little of the loan will be taken by the English market. Consols for money opened 88a, touched 88k, and closed 88a to For the account they opened 88a, were afterwards marked 884, and left off Sq. New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 97 ; India Bonds, 15 dis. ; and Exchequer Bills ss. to 7s. prem. Commercial matters in Jamaica wear an unsettled appear ance, and the distress caused by the scarcity of money, and the d siuclination of the banks to discount, is said to originate in a measure with the Commissioners of Accounts. Among o'her suggestions made for the better regulation of the cur rency ii one for contracting a loan of 250,0001., but to retain this money it is said the coin must be necessarily debased, or an export duty laid on.' To the first proposal objection would be made as an encouragement to a fictitious, debased, and un lawful currency ; the latter would, it seems, be disallowed by Government. The on;y meiho I left, it is stiid, would be to reissue the island notes, melting them a legal tender. By doing this ; it is contended the Commissioners would render the community indeiendent of the banks, which are alleged in vie first instance to be the cause of all the misery that pre va led. The draught was s ill severely affecting the crops in the interior districts. Athicea received from Cuba repre selted the - small-pox as preva'ent there, and the Jamaica _papers were endeavouring to rouse the authorities so that effi cient measures might be taken to secure vessi is thence not in • troducing the epidemy. The cultivation of silk in Jamaica aipears at present to be successful. POST.—The Committee of Spanish American Bondholders met again this morning, when a communication from the Buenos Ayres Envoy, Senor Mon no, was laid before the mem- bers. The document is one that afforded great satisfaction. M. Moreno appears to have taken up the cause of the Bond holders with search , less zeal than the Committee themselves Ind done. He pledges himself to u.e every effort, and to exert hi; utmol influence in the proper quarter, in order to obtain a settlement of their claims at the earliest possible period. In proof of his good faith and sincerity, Moreno meioses for tlie perusal of the Committee the copy of a recent despatch to Buenos Ayres, in which the subject is dwelt upon with much emphasis. He declares it to be his duty, now that the difficul ties of the Republic with France have been disposed of, to place what he aptly terms " this most serious and important business" in the strongest point of view before the Minister of Finance, paying at the same time a just tribute to the forbear ance of the 13ondholclers. A hint is thrown out, to the Minister that from the snalo pus positio i of the two classes of claimants, the amount of debt, the accumulation of Couponl, anti other circumstances being esSeniary the same, the arrangement just concluded with the Chil an bondholders might, perhaps, be taken as the best guide Ix Buenos Ayres in her n:ode of dealing with htr British cretli,ors. Commitiee passed a resolution expressive of its high approbation of the conduct of Senor Moreno in connection with this matter, a compliment to which he was certainly en tieed. It was determined further to address letters on the came subject to Mr. Mandeville, the English Minister at Buenos Ayres, and the contractors of the loan, Messrs. Baring, lito thers, and Co., of this city. It was whispered in the more select commercial circles to day that the British and American. Steam Navigation Company had soh, their magnificent ships the British Queen and Presi dent trit the Belgian Government. Th e P res id ent is n'wv on h r vriyage from America and will, it is added, have to be sur veyed before the c, ntract can be considered definitively con cluded; but, if our information be correct, of which we have no doubt, the British Queen has already been " proved" and is, in fact, the property of the Belgian Government. The future destination of the two vessels ii scarcely less certain. The Belgians are anxious to push their commerce in every pos s ibl e way, and we believe it will turn out that the British Queen and President have been purchased with the view of forming _a re gular stesm communication between Antwerp and New York. COMM - CS;JONOF LUNACY. Monday a Commission of Lunacy was opened before Com missioners Winslow, Blount, and Murray, and a jury of sixteen freeholders of the county, at the Gray's Inn Coffee-house, Holborn, to inquire into the state of mind of John Turner, Esq., of No. 13, Huntley-street, Bedford-square. Air. G. A. Young attended as Counsel in support of the Commission, au(' fJr. Boteler to watch the proceedings on behalf of Alr. Turner. IMr. Commissioner WiNsi.ow ch.irged the Jury. Mr. Yours then observed that Mr. Turner's intellects hal ra7aTtated. '" ll ; : 7% ' 'Fircelrwa:t7o s ,7 4As n'es7, l l7";lVt 77; 7:::? ear s if age. and so brig ago as the year 1760 he teas a clerk in the Orditance, and the Private Sccretary of Sir Charles Frederick, who was one of the Ministers of the day. In 1786 3lr. Turner accepted an appointment iti the Sun Fire-office, where he remained up to 1825, discharging his duties with honour to him-e:f and satisfaction to his employers, as was abundantly testified by their g vino hem a retiring allow ance when he left the office. Mr. Turner, it appeared, was worth considerable property, having a balance of 22,000/. in the hantls of Messrs. Coutts, the - bankers, and also a sum of 10,090/. lying idle at Messrs. Drummond's. In addition to this he possessed large leasehold property and London Dock stock; besides having several sums of considerable amount la'd out in rations ways upon other securities. Mr. Turner had na relations that could be discovered, and it was believed that he was a natural son. A number of his old and personal friends, however, who were exceedingly anxious fir his welfare, had adopted these proceedings for the purrose of surrounding the last stage of his life with those associa- Cul; and providing him with those comforts which would tend to assuage the d , eadful affliction which Providence had visited hint with, and promote the peace of his remaining days. With this view a meeting of Mr. Turner's friends was held on the 4th of April at the office of Messrs. Delmar and Wing, and the result was, that an en inent medical gentleman was called in, an extra servant was engaged to look after the unfortunate gentleman ; and his bankers were apprised cf his situation. Mr. Turner becoming worse, on the 22d of September fol owing a second meeting of his friends took place, and Dr. Munroe was called in, and upon the decision of that gentleman this commission was applied for by Mr. Prescott, an old friend of Mr. Turner. It afterwards appeared in evidence his unsoundness of mind did not arise from any particular illness, but it came on gradually, and lat terly it had much increased; that he refused to pay any of his bills, and upon the collector demanding th e Q ueen ' s taxes h e said he would not pay them, and assigned as a reason that the house belonged to his father, and that he had not lived in it a fortnight; that he had not dressed himself during the last twelve months. To his servant, who brushed his clothes, he said, "My good friend, I have nothing worth your acceptance at present, but when I am made a King or a Prince 1 will do something good for you." Dr. Mini - roe had visited Mr. Turner four times, and was persuaded that his mind was decidedly unsound. The COMMISSIONERS then expressed a wish to see Mr. Turner, and he was led into the room. In appearance he is a remarkably fine, healthy-looking old gentleman, considering his advanced age ; and, upon being quessioned by the Learned Commissioners, he gave ready, and, in some instances, witty answers ; but it was quite evident the unfortunate gentleman's mind was worn out. The Jury stopped the examination, and, after Mr. Turner had left the room, they found that he was of unsound mind, and was incapable of managing himself or his property, and that he had been so since the Ist of July, 1840. Among his papers has been found a kind of testamentary do cument, the legality of which is doubtful; and, in the event of its being pronounced invalid, the whole of his property, amount. ing to upycards of 50,000/. will pass to the Crown. THE TRADES' UNIONIST MUR DERS AT ASHTON. The two atrocious murders which were perpetrated by members of the Sawyers' Union, at Ashton-under-Lyne, one behalfbav e (1 on the 31st of October, and the other on th e tith o f December last,led to policethemosotfdethteartmtioldshainp and dper it se j v a e n r c i h n e g st e e ff r o f r c t w s on the app re h ens i on o f t h e parties implicated, and r.o less than ten of th e part they murder, but Unionists have at different times been brought be fore the halMagistratestaken and . committed to the Assizes, for the 1 . ,1 the commission of the last-named the uc principals engaged in the fir,t murder, that one eed of i t n hem elu ,, d v i a n s g eap th u e re l d an i ds u Dofubtsnt.ice For r l of Garland, baffled the efioNvrthso'oef this week, when nam e is Thomas Holland, suc cessfullyfour months this man they repeatedly obtained informationthe concerning him, and ei .11 p , 0 0 l police to e t o Manchester h h e i s m t e , r though polico , counties r Superintendents Alcock and Green Shaw, have traversed no under the instruction s of Sir less than sixteen English part of South Wales and Ireland. n search of him, besides After a lengthened examination, the prisoner s ay anything in defence , was committed for trial d ec li n i ng to pool Assizes for the murder of Th omas Garland.l at th e Li ver- Another p isoner was then placed at the bar, h Hassal. ' 1 here wPs no evidence to show that hem a,rn a s en gage d ed Thos. in the actual m urder, but it was shown that he was one Unionists engaged in p lotting the attack, and he was c°___Loof tie ma ted to the assizes on the charge of conspiracy. Robert Holland, father of Thomas Holland, who had been apprehended on a warrant for conspiracy, was also committed. The next prisoner placed at the bar was Edward Marshall, Shaw said there w ou ld Charles a sawyer, against whom Sir be no evidence offered. His apprehension was entirely hi s own foul', and had been brought on through his attem_leet pts to defeat the ends of justice. Green had been sent to F wood-on•Wyre to see who would obtain a lett er sent there for one of the murderers, and while Green was there Marshall, who was a Unionist, went to the Post-office, and representing himself to be the pa, ty for whom the letter was address&l, ob tained po-s , s , ion of it. Green supposed that 1;e was the party, and took him into emo.ly. The Ma2,istrates told Marshall he was discharged as con nected with this offence, but it wculd be for the Po,t-office au thorities to consider whether he ought not to be prosecuted for obtaining a letter by false representa'ions. CWMBRANE.—It has been truly said that no district in the known world abDunds with such natural fa cilities for manufactures as South Wales. To furnisli the great moving pew er.; ot the world, iron and steam, Nature ha 3 done all; human industry and en t er p r i se are a l one want i ng to devel o p the riches of the district. Another product of our mines, lye find, is now added to our list of exports ; and begir..s to tvsurne the piece of an iaportant brarch in tl 0 trade of this parr. We allude to the manufnture of fire el4v. About two ears past a stratum of clay, bearing an exact resemblance to that found around the Lye, in Staf fordshire, a.nd knlwn by t! . .e name of Stourbridge Clay, IV3S found at Cw Mb-ane, on the °Pate of R. J. .13!ewitt . E,q., frl.P. THE SUN, LONDON% WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, IP4I LAW INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, MAncR 23, (Before Mr. Commissioner NicßoLts. ) The Learned Comstissionza was occupied the entire morn ing in hearing unopposed applications for discharges, none of which possessed the slightest interest save to the parties hr. mediately concerned. The applicants were very numerous, and, in most instancie, successful. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. MID LAND CIRCUIT.—DERRY, MARCH 19. Luke Clarkson, aged 19, was charged, on the Coroner's inquisition, with killing George Hadfield, a child aged nine years. The facts of this case, which were atrocious, were principally proved by the evidence of a boy named Stuart, aged thirteen. He stated that himself, deceased, and prisoner, left Tideswell, where they were living, on the 14th of October, in search of work. They all, when at home, lived with a man named Booker, as chimney-sweeps. From '1 ideswell they went to Cressbrook. On the road prisoner tnrned deceased's clothes down, whipped him with nettles, and then beat him with a brush. On coming to the river Wye, Clarkson took the poor lad by the legs and dipped his head several times in the sq. - earn. He then stripped him, and, taking the child into the middle of the stream, continued to duck him. Deceased, on coming out, could not stand. Subsequently the inhuman monster, heat the 'ad for half a mile on the road with his brush. They slept at Youlgreave in a building all night, and Clarkson flogged him there. Proceeding towards Bakewell next morning, the prisoner picked up a stick from off the road and flogged the deceased till the stick broke. Leaving Bakewell, he beat him with his brush again, as he did also on arriving at a shed on the road. He whipped him also with nettles till the blood ran down the child's back, and afterwards threw his scraper into some water, and convened the child to go in and fetch it. The prisoner perpetrated other acts of cruelty, the last of which 'was pushing' him en a heap of stones ; deceased jumped up quickly, but fell, and never walked again. It appeared that the deceased received a wound over the right eye, probably in falling on the stones. The blood-vessels on the brain were ruptured, and extravasa tion of blood connected with the right eye, sufficient to cause death. According to other portions of the evidence it would appear the little fellow was a good lad, and altogether it was one of the most cruel cases on record. The Jury found the fel'ow Guilty, and he was sentenced to Fifteen Years' transportation. LEICESTER. MARcli 20. The Judges opened the commivion for this county yester day, but the business is light. The only case of interest during the day was the folio ing : FELL r. KNIGHT. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is a young attorney, against the defendant, who is the proprietor of an inn at the village 'of Syston, in this county, for refusing to provide him (plaintiff) with accommodation as a guest at his house, in December last. It appeared that the plaintiff came to the defendant's inn on the evening in question, for the purpose of stopping (luring the night. Two beds ware successively warmed for him, but he objected to each of them, as being damp. The chamber-maid insisted that they were well aired; but a looking-glass having been procured and placed between the blankets, it appeared dim when drawn out; and this confirmed the plaintiff in his notion that the beds were damp. Some angry altercation then took place, and (according to the evidence on the part of the plaintiff) the landlord refused to allow him to stop in the house, and obliged him to set out on foot on his journey to Melton, but stopping at another inferior inn on the way, he there lost,his great coat. According to the evidence on the other side, the plaintiff had been offered the best accommodation the house afforded, but he objected to every thing. The landlord even offered to sit up by the fireside all night with him if he was afraid of the beds, but he refused the offer. It was also stated, but not proved, that the defendant's wife offered to give him up her own bed. The landlord at last toll him that as he seemed determined not to put up with the accommodation which his house afforded, he might walk out of it, which the plaintiff accordingly did, after having first inquired the expense of a chaise or fly to Melton, but declined to hire either as being " too dea-:.” Mr. HILL and Mr. ITumFREY were Counsel for the plain tiff; and Mr. VitirrExußST fur the defendant . . Mr. Justice PATTESON told the Jury, that if the innkeeper had refused to afford to the plaintiff the accommodation of his house, the plaintiff was entitled to a verdict ; • but if, on the other hand, the plaintiff himself thought fit, without reasonable ground of di•satisfaction to decline it, their ver dict should be fur the defendant. It was a question of fact to be decided by them upon the conflicting evidence laid before them. The Jury immediately found a verdict f r the defendant. SURREY SESSIONS, MARCH 22. (Before Mr. liEnc ER and a Bench of Magistrates.) Yesterday the adjourned Quarter Sessions com mence d a t the Court-house, Newington. The calendar presents the names of sixty-eight prisoners for trial for felony, besides fourteen for misdemeanors, and out of the above number twenty-eight prisoners were marked down as ii,capable of reading, and the remaining portion as being able to read im perfectly. Joseph Kemp, aged 19, and Thomas Stephens, aged 24, were indicted for breaking into the house of James Nash on the sth instant, at a place called Thurs'ey, in the lower part of the county, and stealing a variety of rroperty. The robbery was discovered the following morning. Two farmers immediately mounted their horses, and followed the tracks of two men for twelve miles, at which distance from Thorsley they came up with the prisoners near the margin of a deep and rapid river, both of them carrying large bundles. As the horsemen approached, the two prisoners in creased their speed, whet rue of them (Stephens), finding that there was a hot. pursuit, threw away his bundle, and, without further ceremony, dashed into the river with the view of escaping to the other. side. Being however an indifferent swimmer, and encumbered into the bargain with the clothes, Lo Lad a nexi-e-.+ efionr., of brine.' drowned ; but eventun'iy he contrived to gain the opp os it e Cank just as one of the horse men arrived, having galloped round over the bridge to meet him. T he other prisoner was taken previously with one of the hurdles of the prosecutor's property in his possession. The Jury found both the prisoners Guilty, and they were sentenced to be transported for seven years. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE WHITEHALL, MARCH 22, 1841. Her Majesty has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Majesty's gorces in Canada. , Commissary-General to her Randolph Isham Routh. Esq. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MARCH 22. Corps of Royal Engineers —First Lieut. W. T. Renwick to be Second Captain, vice Boteler, retired on half-pay ; Second Lieut. T. B. Collinson to be First Lieutenant, vice Renwick, March 9. Commissions by the Lord -Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yo kshire. Yorkshire Hussar Regiment• of West Riding Yeomanry Ca valry—A. Brown, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Vavasour, resigned, March 5. South West Regiment of West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry— Major the Hon. J. S. Wortley to be Lieutenant-Colon.l, vice Fullerton, resigned; Captain J. E. G. Elmsall to be Major. vice Wortley, promoted; Lieutenant C. Jackson to be Cap tain, vice Elmsall, promoted ; Cornet C. Preston to be Lieu tenant, vice Jackson, promoted, March 16. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY, THOMAS BURNARD, merchant, Bideford, Devonshire. FRANCIS HOSKINS, winr . -merchant, Birmingham. BANKRUPTS, FREDERICK SANDERS, licensed victualler ; Hoxton Old Town, Middlesex, to surrender March 30. and May 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Abbott, official assignee ; Ware, Blackman-street, Southwark. HENRY LAMB, grocer, Manchestty, April 14, and May 4 , a t two, at the Commissioners ..rooms, Manchester. Adling ton, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-row, London ; Claigh and Thompson, Manchester. JOHN BRADSHAW, draper, Oswestry, Salop, April 6 and May 4, at eleven, at the Shire-hall, Shrewsbu. Baxters, Lincoln's Inn-fields, Londiin ; Sale an d Worthing!on, Man chester; Hayward, Oswestry, EDWARD BLOODWORTH, miller, Lou2hborough, March 30 and May 4, at twelve, at the King's Head Inn, Loughborough. Emmett and Allen, Bloomsbury -Fq:are ; Hucknall, Loughborough, HENRY HUNT, victualler, Birmingham, March 31 and May 4, at two, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birm;nghatn. Chaplin, Gray's Inn-square, London ; H arr i son, Bi rmingham. WILLIAM SPENCER, tanner, Cla , ebrough, Notting hamshire, April 2, and May 4, at eleven o'clock, at the White Hart Inn, East Re'ford. Fox and Lowe, Nottingham ; Alec and Rigsby, East Retford; Campbell and Witty, Essex-street, Strand, London. JAMES HARGREAVES, worsted spinner, Farnhill-hall, Yorkshire, April 1, and May 4, at one, at the Black Horse inn, Skipton,, Yorkshire: Cragg, Harpur-street, Red Lion square, London •, Aleock, Skipton. PETER ROBINSON,. brewer, Warrington, Lancashire, April 6 and May 4, at twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liver pool. Norris, Allen, and Simpson, Bartlett's-buildings, Hol born London; Bayley, W a r r i ng t on . WILLIAM SPENCER, brush manufacturer, Leamin:Tton, April 6, at one, and May 4 at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy, Basingliall-street. Graham, official assignee, Basing hall-street ; Baylis, Devonshire-square, London. JAMES LEA, butcher, Gloucester, April 12 and May 4, at eleven, at the King's Head Hotel, Gloucester. King and Son, Sergeant's Inn, Fleet-street, London; Dowling,Gloucester. HENRY WARD, builder, Stafford, April 7, and Jay 4, at twel'.e, at the Sw an I nn , Stafford. Clowes and Wedlake, King's-bench-walk, Temple, London ; Hiern, Stafford. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Ba4nghall-s.reet. H. Channon, haberdasher, Burton-street, Berkeley-square, April 23, at twelve—G. Davies, grocer, Knightsbridge, April 13, at two—C. Hawkins, draper, Tottenham-court ro.d, April 14, at eleven—G. R. Simkin, grocer, Redeross-s!rect, April 14, at twelve—J. Griffin, wine merchant, Windscr, April 14, at one. In the Country. P. Brooke, grocer, Leeds, April 16, at. one, at the Com mis:ionr rs'-rooms, Leeds—T. Elliott, lace manufacturer, Not tingham, April 14,at one, at the Ram Hotel, Nottingham —T. R. Mose cotton spinner, Pycs Mill, Cheshire, April 23, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester—W. J. Holt, wine merchant, Grantham, Lincolnshire, April 14, at twelve, at J. (iilstrap's Hotel, Newark, Nottinghamshire—B. Thomi,son, steam packet proprietor, Great Ya/mouth, April 15, at twelve, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Great Yarmouth —W. Grobe, malleable irt,n founder, Birmingham, April 19, at twelve, at the Acorn Tavern, Birmingham—J. Gisborne, cattle sales man, Brynderry, Monmouthsh're, April 27, at eleven, at the Beaufort Arms Hotel, Monmoulh‘hire—H. Holmes, attorney at-law, Leeds, April 13, at one, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds—H. Edwards, iron founder, Menai-bridge iron fon dry, Carnarvonshire, Sept. 14, at eleven, at the Britannia T avern , Carnarvon—D. Ny man, furrier, Bath, April 17, at one, a t th e Castle and Ball H ote l , Bath H. Nicholson and T. Baylis, coal merchants, Canterbury, April :3, at one, at the Guilifiall s Canterbury—G. W. Wentworth, R. Chaloner, T. Rishworth, T. Rishw Tth, jun., and J. Hartley, bankers, York, April 17, at twelve, at the Ses , iiins-house, Wakefield—C. G. Holdforth and J. Bald, commission merchants, Liverpool, April 16. at one, at the ( larendon-rooms, Liverpool—N. Hedges, tailor, Downend, Gloucestershire, April 20, at twelve, at the Com mercial-rooms, Bristol. C m E e R m T h a I n F t I , C N A e T w e - A u p p n i G. Burnett, Tr. I y 3 n . e—S. and W. Mead, iron merchants, Liverpool—G. T. Brown, corn mer chant, Mark-lane—H. W. Hayman, merchant, Liverpool —W. Bradley, manufacturing chemist, Selly Oak, Worcestershire— J. Strickland, T. P. Shaw, arid F. Mattock, cheesemon,-ers, Newga'e-market—J. Page, engraver, Horseferry-road, West minster. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. I. Abbott and T. Dyer, woolstaplers, Piddletrenth:de, Dor- Ba , rnall, Bagnall, J. Bagna ' l, H. Ragnal, T. .lesson, and H. Smith, cal masters, Rowley Regis (so far as regards H. Smith)—W. Heap, S. Naylor, L. Goodyear, G. Sinusley, and J. Broadhead, stone delvers, Thornton, York s'uire (so far as regards G. Spen-ley and J. Broadhead)--J. Kendall and W. Laund,n, grocers, Leicester—G. Davenplyt, G. R. Walker, awl J. M. Davenport, bankers, Oxfor4 (so far as regards J. M. Davenport)—E. Milton and W. Fletcher, Ow. , ns and D. Riehardsoo, ship bread b .kerF, Liverpool—E. V. Ireland, F. Ireland, W. Ireland, and It. J. kola. d, farmers Plaistow, Essex (so far as regards F. Ire'an —J. Vigur4, 'l'. Flight, 1.. Vigil's, J. Brown, J. Batten, P. Batten, T. James, and W. Gilbertson, Cwm Avon, Gla,:or ganshire (so far as regards J. Brown and T. Fight)—E. and H. Payne, drapers, Berl, hampstcad, Hertfordshire—H. Bloxam and J. Panting, at'orneys, S.hrewsbury —J. Williams ant J. Severne, plumbers, An!ey Kings, Worcestershire—S. C. Fisher and J. Smith, corn dealers, Preston, Lancashire—J. J. Robinson and W. Brown, koldsmith3, LeadenhALstreq—W. D. and T. Ba'es, corn merchants, Whitechapel-road—M. Mil lard, C. Ching, H. Ching, and J. Millard,livery-stable keepers, Montagu"-mews, Montague-street, Russell-square —R. and J. Norris, attorneys, Liverpool—W. Good and W. Go ‘d, jun., linen drapers, L3mington, Hampshire —T. A. Phillips and J. J. Jones, Raper stainers, Penton-row, Walworth-road—T. and E Parfitr, farmers, Thornford, Dorsetshire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. A. and A. WALKER, boot makers, Cupar Fife, March 27 and April 17, at twelve, at M‘Nab's Inn, Cup3r Fife. WILLIAM LUTTED, pianoforte manufacturer, Glasgow, March 26 and April 16, at one, at the Commercial Hotel, Glasgow. ALEXANDER BRQDIE SETON and CO., merchants, Glasgow, March 26 and April 16, at two, at the Royal Ex change Sale Rooms, Glasgow. RUSSIAN TeIETALI IC CURRENCY ST. PETERSBURG, FEB. 25 ,1841.—The Senate promul. gated the following decision .in aUkase of Feb. 17, it having been sanctioned on the lOth by tic Emperor:— ' The Council of the empire, in its financial enpa-ity, and as a general assembly, having examined the propo•i tion of tl e Minister of Finance concerning the acceptaLce of gold and silver in Ligets at al! depot chest, and havMg lesen into consideration V e utility of giving a greater elrcu'a ii)n to capitil, has oe2ided as ft Hors " Th.: depot chest shall be authorised to reee've the depots of g )1d and silver ingots, cortformibly ttith the g dispositions. " Gold ingots shalt not be received under the number of 72, end silver ingots under that of 84. They shall be exchanged freely for a number of depot bills, correspone ing to the viluc of the metal which must be v!rifted by the mint, and its value must be eeriiied by the signature end seal of th it office. Bill; delivered in exchange for inots may be exchanged according to existing regulations. " As heretofore, private ind.viluals.s.hall eiijoy the rri_ vilegn of presenting gold and silver at the Mint to be changed. " Gold extracted from the Siberian and other mines as heretofore, be exclusively presented at the M nt of St. Petersburg. " The depot chest shall also receive gold ingots with alloy of silver, and silver with alloy of gold ; but, as the expenses for these metal s cannot b e regu l ate d b y any fixed rules, it shall be referred each time to the decision of the Minister of Finance . "2. In autberiaation for the acceptance of gold at the depot chest, there shall be made immediate application of the dispositions of the Imperial manifesto, dated July 1, 18.19 (art. 10), relative to Vie e'radation of gold coin. " 3. Gold cannot be received at the depot chest in a quantity less than 51., and silver less than 11. _ "4. Small sums which cannot be paid in bills of the depct chest, shall be paid in coin. is 5. Inge is received at the depot chest can only be re ceived at the Mint with the authorisation of the Minister of Finance ; and not until the value thereof shall have been replaced in the aforesaid chest by an equivalent sum either in coin, depct bills, or gold or silver ingots of an equiv lent value. "6. The ve r ifi cat i on o f th e operations of the d o p ot chest for th e rece i pt an d k eep i ng o f ingct,-, as well as o f the delivery o f d epot bill s i n et change for ingots, s h a ll take place c on f orma bl y with the disposition: of A.t. 12 of the Imperial Uk ase o f J u l y 1 , 1839." The Commercial Gazette gives notice that the term for payment of the duties on coffee imported last Lemon into the port of St. Petersburgh ii prolonged for two month.. —Feb. 2, 1841. THE WEATHER. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE. STREET. NOON, MARCH 23. Barometer 29 95 In. Thermometer Highest 56 LOWCit Wind W. b y N .— F ree zing Point 32 Deg. SALMON FISHERY-SCOTLAND, A BILL TO ALTER TICrE CLOSE Mit O 1 TIIE SALMON FISHERY IN SCOTLAND, Whereas an Act was passed in the ntnth year of the reign of his Maj, sty King George the Fourth, intituled, " An Act for the Preservation of the Salmon Fisheries in Scotland :" and whereas it is expedient that the dose time of the said fisheries should commence at an earlier period than the time fixed by the said Act : Be it therefore enacted, by the Queen's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of that from the Lords Spi r it ua l an d T empora l, an d :Commons, in this Parliament pre_ mand af assembled, this m presentbled,and ybeyarthleB47, no salmon, grilse,thority of the same, sea trout, nor other fish of the salmon kind, shall be taken in or from any river, stream, lake, water, or estuary whatsoever, or on any part of the sea coast, between the last day of August and the first day of February in any year, by any person or persons, any law, practice, or statute to the contrary notwith, standing; and the penalties imposed by the said recited Act, in reference to the fishing season therein mentioned, shall be no longer applicable to the same, but shall apply in all respects to timetime above sp ec ifi e d, i n the same manner as if th e sa i d me had been inserted in the said Act.; PRICES OF CANAL,DOCR, ASSUR ANCE COMPANY SHARES, &c. &c. &c. LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 23. Number Dividend Price of per • CANALS. per Shares. Annum. Paid. Shire 1,766 7 per cent. Ashton,Q.-. 01(1113m...Averiee37/.lw*..h. 11n j, 452 41. Ashby.cle-1.-Zouch Average 1131.1 h; 72 1, 60 Basingstoke.... 1001.5h. 5 1,065 51. Brecanock :mu Auer gavenny lovi.sh. t 3 MOO I-16th. 101. t(ii mingham,l..ltith share ....Mt. & 711. 2CO 4,000 ~ ..... ~ Ditto &Li verpool 1 unct.l.W. sh.loo , pd 25% 600 3/. Bridgewater and Taunton.loo/, sta. all rd - 400 5!. Chelmer and Blackwater lOO/. sh . 101 300 321. Coventry 1001. sh. 600 .«.... Cr0yd0n........... AVerage3ll.2s 10d. sh. - 2,060 51. Os. Dudley ... 1001. th. 96 600 131. Derby lool.sh. 120 20,000 4 per cent, Danune and Mayne 411.135. 4d.pd 32 3,5761 4' Ellesmereand Chester Average 1331.1 h . 81 - 231 621 Erewash . , ............ .......... ...... 1001 •M 750 1,297 301. Forth and .......... Average 4C401.165. in. 6'o 11,000 81. Grand junction 1001. s n 130 46491 255. Grand Union lool.Bh . 26 1,500 .. ...... Grand 5urrey........ ~, 1001.5 h. 15 1,0001 41:percent . Ditto (optional) Loan 1001. 2,996 600 131.125. 2.. Glamorganshire, Aver. cost 17i 1.138.4 d. 2: - .0 749 121. Granthrin ..... 1501.5h. E 3,238 2/. Os. Huddeialeld Average b/1. 6s. 6d. sh 27 100 ... ...... Kensingtoa ........... ...... ... 10G sh. allpd 10 /5.328 11.10 s. Kennet and Avon, Av. 39/.lBs. 10,1. sh 24% 11,6991 11. 7s. Lancaster Average 471. Cs. 8d 27% 2,897 g 301. Leeds and Liverpool lool.sh 750 545 g 111. Leicester 1401.0 14r, 1,897 51. 01. Leicester & Northampton Aver 831.10 - 73 2.400 101 Monmouthshire .......... lOOl.Bl 200 150 101. Melton Mowbray 500 251. Mersey and Irwell lOO/. ski. 550 3,000 21. 10s. Macclesfield 1001.5h. all pd 34% 247 171. Neath 1001.56. 325 '1,400 51. Peak Forest Avet.ge about Thl.sh. 75 21,418 Ss. Regent's (or London) Av. 331.165.8 d. sh. 10 5,669 61. per cent. Rochdale Average 415/.sh. f 5 500 8/. Shropshire 125/. sh. -137 SOO 10/. Os. Somerset Coal l5O/.sh. 180 3,6001. 41 per cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 121.105. sh. 11% 700 361. Stafford and Worcester 140/.sh. 650 500 151, Shrewsbury 3)0 9 3taurbridge ............... 145/.lh. 396 3,647 21. Os. Stratford-on-Avon A ter....791. 9s. ki, sh. 35 533 1211 Sw-nres 1001.5h. '265 3,762 2/. 84. Severn and Wye and Railway Av. 351. sh. 45 2,60311 h. 32i. 10s. Trent and Mersey, 1 share lOO/. sh. • 590 8,149 1.0002 h. 16 1. Warwick and I.l;rmingham lool.sh 242 1,00011114 9V 13*, Warwick and - csapc‘e' 1001. sh. 170 7,000 11 I Worcester & Birmingham Av.7B/.Bs. sh. 55 i,( , (10 328. Wilts and Berk. Average 67/. 10s Bd. sh. 27 een G.. Wyilev and Essington 1251. sh 74 .9.6 W.secacn 905 1 1* Wey and Arun. llor..n. 22% DOCKS. 1,065 at 1 3p. C. Commerc al loo l .sh, 6:q, 1 East and West India Stock 97 3,238,31011. 605. p.ct. Louder Stuck Gni Ditto Bonds 2,209 01. 65. sd. Bristol Average 11 - 1. Os. sh. 75 68,324/. W. per cant. Ditto Notes, various amounts lOB 352,752 5 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 92 500,0(40 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds 200.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years Deptford Pier .. 2Ol. sh. 20!. pd 10 BRIDGES. ,600 10s. Hanarnersmitt , 7,231 Southwark, Old ..... ...Av. 631.25. Bd. sh. 26 1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New, ofli per cent. 501. sh. 13 3,000 ......... Waterloo 1001. sh. 5% 5,000 225. Od. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/ 60/. pg 21 5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. 4O/. pd 18% 80,0001. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds 5,848 26s Vauxhall .......„Average 70/. 10s. 3d. sh 26 ASSURANCE COMPANIES, 2,000 3110 s Albion 5OOl. sh. 501. pd 72 50,000 1 13 1 n 7 i c i e , s l Allianceßritish SzForeignloo/.sh. 11/. pd 14% 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine lOO/. oh. 51. pd 5 4,000 11. per sh. Atlas 1,20015 h, 5/. Birmingham I. ire.. 'o/. sh. 55/. pd 107% 20,000 41. percent. British Fire 950/.01. 50/. pd 40 12,000 61. percent. British Commercial 504 5 14 51. pd 5% 5,000 5/. per cent. Clerical & Medi -:, 1 Life, ICOLsh. 2/10s pd 44 4,000 VOs County lOO/. sh. 401. pd If 20,(00 6s. Eagle 50/. sh. 51. pd 5% 200 j 5 per cent. j and 301 65. 1 Economic Lile 1000!. sh. 250!. pd 406 2,271 225. per cent. European Li,. 2O/. 90/. ch. all pd 22 50,000 os. Ditto, New 201. sh. 21. pd 13' 1 .000,000/. 61. per ct Globe Stock 119 20,000 5/. Guardian 31,000 s. 6?.. Hope 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 5% 2,400 51. 7s. fid. Imperial Fire 5OO/ sh. 50/. pd 13.1 7,500 Os. Imperial Lile lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 10 13,453 M. per cent. Indemnity Marine NV. sh. 9/. pd 29 2,020 3/ lOs Kent :Fire 5O/. sh. all pd 1;2 3/. Ditto Life 5O/. pd tiii 10,000 16s. Law Life lOO/. :h. 10/. pd :0% 5,000 105. London, Fins 25/, sh. 121. 10s. pd 6.4 3,900 105. London, Ship .........251. sh. 12/. 10s. pd Iv% 1,000,0001. ... ..... Minerva Life 100/. sh. 510,0001. ... ...... National Loan Fund ..... 2/. 5e pd 2 30,000 5/. per cent. Palladium 1.16: 5Ol. sh. 2/. pd Si Os 50,000 41. per cent. Protector Era 2(1/. eh. 21. pd lElsed 10,000 4 per cent. Protestant Dissenters .... ICIIi. sh. 5!. pd t 34 2.500 U. Provident Lice 210,002 7s. Rock Life 5/. pd 4 89,220/ 5/.per ceist. Royal Exchange Stock 163 6,001 • 5 per cent. University Life 100/. sh. 51. pd 5 3 4 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 199/. sh. 5/. pd 7W JOINT STOCK BANKS. 25,000 A gric. and Cum. of I rein nd 25/. eh. 101. pd 5,000 8 percent. Australasia 401. sh. 401. pd 54 10000 10 percent. Bank of Bitstingham 50/. sh. 10/. pd 124 i iO,OOO leper cent. Birmingham Bank ... 5O/, s h, IR p i ~-0 9 31,000 6 per cent. London & Westminster 1001 sh. 201 pd :12 1 4 60,000 51. London Joint Stock W. sh. 10/1 pd 1 % .1,000 4 per cent. Lancaster lOOl. 611. i O l. tqi 30 25,0110 Liverpool lOOl sp. 101. pd f.:O 50,000 74 per cent Mnach ester and Liver. / soi.th. 15 , pd 10 pool District 20,000 7 per ccY.t. 51anch ester lOO/.3h. 251. pd 41( 20,000 Provincial flank ellrelandlooi. sh. 25/. pd ;314 50,,00 5. er relit. National Bank of Ireland 5 0 /.Bh. 1 7 / 4 pd 15% 10,000 5 per cent. National Prov...clal Eng.loo/. sh. 35/. psi 13q 2 111,000 10,000 Gloucestershire 4:1. sh. 101. pd 02 6,000 10 per cent. iiarapshi re 5Ol. eh. V. pd 0 GAS LIGHT AND CONE COMPANIES. 2,500 16s Od Bath 20/. sh. 113/. pd '2 5,1X10 British 4O/. sh. 16!. pd 181,, 5,03x:1 [ 54 " c " t i D'Ato Provincial 2O/. sh. 191 pd 25 anti Bs. Cy. 928 '5l lOs Birmingham 50/. sh. 00 1,250 21 Os Bristol 2O/. sh. 36 2,250 3/ lOs Brighton 9 0/. sh. 13% 750 31 les Ditto, New , "0/. sh. 10!. p<l 9 2,471 41 percent. Brighton General 2O!. sh. all pc, 9 4,000 71. Os. Continental Consolidated ....751. 6-.2ii.pd 110 1,000 le!. City 01 London.. 1,900 61. I.Sitto, New IOW. sh. :Si. pd 1!.0 4,4.10 31.4 x. Ectlitt MAC - ' :10/. pd "20 10,1100 21 per rent. Imperial 5O/.0) 57 SOO 51. per cent. IFTe ol 'cr,atict 2,050 9!. per cent. Inderendcut V/. sh. ail [t 49 8,000 4!. per cent. Pheenix 5O/. oh. 39/. pa 34 !PO 4!. per cent. 11.1.tcliff INV. sh. f". 01. pd 03 1,000 ...... ... 81th iit, , tropolitan riq. sh. 10/. pd 17 9,000 4/.per CCM. United Genera! 50/. al). 47/. pi 30 210 N. per cent. ‘l l l•l7.'ic.li Si)!. sh. 50 400 51. per cent Wakefield . 25/. sh. 22 2,900 -3!. : Westminster Chartered 6,03X1 iris. Ditto New 5ll. rh. 10/. pd 11% 720 3 per rent. Yarmouth 2Ol. sh. 181. pd WATE It VITO 71. K S. 1,900 3's. 81111 , 1110:an °sl. sh. 95/. pd 21 031 71. East London 100!. sh. WI% 5,500 21 15s. Grand Jur.ction Average 41/. I'.'s. 4d. Th. 62 l,Oild 91. Kent 1001. sh. 46 372 101. LiTerpool Ilootle 2201. sh. 3:::6 1,500 2/IN • Nra Inver Lottdon Bridgc IVater Ann... f'o 1',486 2/ lOs 51anchester and Salford 1001. sh. 52 1,000 4 per cent. SOll di 1,011:10 -- ' 100 t. Sit. IN% .4,221 4i/. • West Ariddlett x Average 631. 12s. Pd. sh. 101 1,36 t) 11 14r York Fl , Aildlnit 1,0. Lessee Prop. 100!. sit. 35 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S.) LONDON, MARCH 23.--Wind this day at noon, W. S.W., fine -weather. _ . DIAL, MARCH 22.—Wind W. S. W.—Arrived the Janavan, from Gibraltar; Hebe, Elliot, Limerick. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 22.—Wind S.W. to MT.—Arrived the Margeretha, Johanna, from Batavia. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 22.—Wind S.—Arrived the Thomas tr,,m tiibraltar ; put back Eclipse, for London; Arg , Hambro ; Magdelena, Bremen. FALMOUTH, act! 2l.—Wind S.W., strong gales and squally.—Arrived the Firefly, Stone, from Smyi na ; Six, Lon don, Bombay; Express, Sunderland, Algiers. Sailed the Ranger packet, for Havannah; Express packet, West Indies ; Princess Josephine, Muller, Rotterdam ; Brothers, Lewis, London ; Asix, Patterson, Leith. A brig, wish bowsprit and part of foremast standing, apparently abandoned, was passed on the 19th, in tat. 47, lon. 6, by the Six, Kirkus, arrivtd here. 21.—Arrived the Perthshire, Liver - pool, from Harlingen, with loss of fcretopma t, &c.; Fecumsch; Havre, Flo. ida; Savannah, Rotterdam, with loss of bowsprit. Co w Es, MARCH 22.—Arrive d the Ferro!ina, from Cuba. PENzAmiE, MARCH 21.—The ve sel reported yesterday lost near the Lands End is supp 9 ed to be Dutch, and schooner rigged, a piece of the flag wa,hed ashore, is presumed to have been red, white, and blue, horizontally, with a coat cf arms, parts of two lions for supporters, apparently, in a white stripe, with a motto below, " Craignez florae." HARWICH, MARCH 22. —The Perseverance, from New castle to London, has been assisted in here with loss t f bow sprit and ten feet water in hold, having been in contact with the Swift, of South Shields, and subsequently on chore en the Cork Sand. PORT TALBOT, MARCH 21.—The Mary, from Plymouth, and John, from Hayle, are aground inside the Breakwater, but expected eff after discharging. Conic, DlAn clr 20. A rrived the Jarrow, from Africa. Failed, the Royal Faxon, for Port Phillip. It came on to blow a heavy gale at S. E., about nine p.m., yesterday, and con tinued all night. Several vessels stove, and drove, and wind blows very strong at S. S. W. SUNDERLAND, MA RCII 21 —Arrived the Welcome-home, Booth, from Cherbourg. Sailed the Sales, Lamb, for Malta. LYNN, Ma RCIF 21.—Arrived the Six Buzzers to the Queen, Ferriner, from Dunkirk. II t: Lt., MAR cif 22. Wind S. S. W. , fresh gales. A rrived the Fran..esta Maria, from Am , terdam ; Eugene, Hanson, Antwerp; Walkington, and Emerald lie steamer, Rotterdam. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 22.—Wi n d S.W. t o N.W . , f res h . — Arrived th e Avon, Robinson, from Laguna—sai'ed 6th ; George Robinson, Lockyer, Barhadoes—sailed 17th • Phcenix, Shaw, and G on d o l a , p enny, N ew Orleans ; Amanda, Davis, Savannah ; Jane and Barbara, Oldman, Charleston ; Ocean, Rude, Odessa; Powhattan, United States. Sailed the Martha, Martin, for Tampico. The Ann Mondel, which arrived yes terday from Savannah, sailed thence Jan. 29, an next day encountered a heavy gale, lost sails, bulwarks, &c., had the cabin half full of water, and became very leaky, and put into Grand Cayman to ret air. A large steamer, supposed the British Quren, from London to New York, was sl - o•en with on the 15th, in it. 51, long. 21, by the Amanda, arrived at Liverpool. VEssEts SroxErr WITIL_Jolin Campbell, Liverpool to Africa, Jan. 19, lat. 7, lon. 15 ; Elizabeth, of Lancaster, from Honduras, with lo.s of rudder, &c., and supplied with a com pass &c., 9th, le. 41, lon. 10, by the Add Thompson, arrived in the Clyde. Donna Pascoa, London to Bombay, Nov. 24, lat. 43, lan. 11 ; the Douro, London to Sydney, 27th, lat. 39, lon. 12 ; Blair, bound to Singapore, 16, lat. 4, lon. 22 ; Para gon, London to Calcutta, Jan. 1, lat. 30, Lon. 24, by the packet Stilling, arrived at the Cape. Mars, of London, out twelve months, uith 800 barrels; Sisters, of Sydney, New South Wales, out twenty , : ne months, 110 barrels; Elizabeth, Sydney. out ten month=, vtith 250 barre's ; Recovery, of Lon don, out bine months, off Sandlewood Is!and, 350 barrels ;. Brutus, Liverpool and West Indies, 25th, lat. 23, lon. 29; Themis and Catherina, Mes,ina to the Baltic, off Gibraltar; Louisa, of and from Glasgow, lat. 42, lon. 13, by the Otter, arrived at Liverpool. Daphne, Marseilles to Mauritius, 26th, 25 leagues east of Gibraltar; Charles Clark, Swansea to Cuba 13th, lat. 49, lan. 10, by the 'Uinta, arrived at Liverpool; Robert, bound to New York, off Cale Palos ; James Freeman, Newcastle to Barbadoes, 10th, lat. 46, lon. 10, by the Urchin, arrived in the Creek ; Tweede, Furnic, to Hull, in the Gut of Gibraltar; Charlotte, Trieste to Guernsey; harmony, Sicilania to Rotterdam, off Caps Tra falgar, by the Guardian, arrived at Rochester; Venus, from London, sth, lat.. 42, lon. 16 ; Copy, of and from London, 6th, lat. 41, lon. 16, by the Sarah, arrived in the Clyde; Rowena:, Leghorn to Liverpool, 9th, lat. 43, lon. 10 ; Ellen, of London, for Oporto, 11th instant, lat. 42, lon. 20, by the Ravenswood, arrived in the Cylde ; Brave Lanoriciere, bLund to Nantes, lat. '29, lon. 34, by the Cinq Freres, arrived at Havre. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope—The Lfaidon, Tait, Jan. 10, from Simon's Bay ; Henry. Sweeny, 12th, from Wha'ing ; Spartan, Miller, 13,11, from Mauritius ; Rifleman, Davies, 13th, from .whaling, for London, with 2,000 barrels of oil; Martha, Weldon, from whaling ; Mentor, Baker, 14th, from whaling; Mazeppa, Fidler, Lith, from Algoa Pay ; Lady Howden, APCachern, 16th, from Batavia; the Packet, Stir ling, 17th, from London and Falmoui h in 5S days; Reform, Bcauman, 19th, from Mauritius, and to sail 21st for London ; Moritetiore, Paul, 19th, from Calcutta ; Agrippina, Rodgers, from Ceylon; Reliance, Pattulo, from Bengal and Madras, and to sail 24th to London ; Celt, Doherty, from Batavia, for Bar badces. Departures from Table Bay —Trekboer, Bosworth, Jan. 9, for Algoa Bay; Conair, Fox, 10th, for Adelaide ; Comet, Roi'am, 14th, for Algoa Bay ; Erasmus, for Batavia. rivals in Simon's Bay—H.M.S. Curlew, Ross. Depar ture from Table Bay—Lord Goderich, Ray, January 19, for London. Passengers per Samarang, Robertson, from Reng..l—Mr. Reed, Mr. Till, Mr. M'Donnell, Miss Sill, Miss Guif, two Misses Reed, Master Reed, Lieut. Morris-m, Cap. Apthorp, Capt. Pott, landed at the Cape ; Lieut. Gordon, Mr. Bate man, Capt. Scott, Capt. Dunbar, two Misses Dunbar, from the Cape. IRON RAILWAYS, 5,10 - . . Birmingham and Derb; ..... lol/ pd 70 0:510 ***** ....., Birmingham and Gloucester 1(0/. pd ;fili .... 15,f 00 Bristol and Exeter lOO/. sh. 0.1 pd 36 7,500 Cheltenham &G. Western 100/.0.62,1. 27 3,000 Clarence 100/. eh 100/ pd 3) 8.000 ... ...... Dublin and Drogheda 100/. sh. 5/, pd 50,00:s Eastern Counties 251. sh. 23/. pd 8 10,010 Great North of England 1001. sh. 701. pd 06 10,910 14 per cent. Grand Junction lOOl. sh. All pd 'at 24,000 Great Western l6ll/. sh. 05/. pd 08 25,000 Ditto New 50/. sh. ;o'. I'd 01 1,000 • per cant Gosport Junction... 504 sh. 40. 7 . pc! 41% 1 ,000 5 per cent. Hartlepool 1001. th. 1001 psi 140% ,000 Hull and Selby 501. sh. 504 pd 43 1 ,100 4. per cent. Leeds and Selby 109 sh. Cf )4 5,100 11l percent. Liver7ool& Manchester 10(/.81). 100/. poi 195 7,968 in per cent. Ditto Half Shares 514 pd DO . 11,493 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares .5/. pd 45 33,000 ......... London and 8right0n......50/. sh. 501 pd 42% :4, 0 00 20,000 3 per cent. .London and Green w i c h ...20/. O. 6.0!/. pd s.sti 2509 n 8 per cent. London & Birmingham lOU/. sh. 90/ pd 151 25,001 .... 31,259 DA o New Shares 'l' ! sh. :3•11. lx! SI 110,0(11 5 per cent. London and S. Western Av. 384 17s. Od. 5 .' 33,000 Ditto New Scrip.,,, " 1!•74 13,000 AlanchestQr and Lec0.3...100/. sh. 70/.pd 7;!,¢ 0,09) .. 10,03)) Manchester and lurmingham 'WI, sh. 40 pd 1. 24% Ditto Extension ......................71 pd 2. 10,A00 Midland C0untie5........ . .00/. sh. 10 , /. pd . ".13! 13,000 ...... ... North Midland Ditto New •. ........ 404 rd 35 5,128 Northern and Ea s t ern 100/. 511. 501. pd 4 22 '44600 Preston and Wyre .......501. sh. 30/. pd 36 1:8x00 ... .., South Eastern and Dover ....... .. 33/. pd 17 1,000 10/.pe ... r cent. Stockton and Darlington .... , ....luo/. sh. 275 9 4 0th) /4000 York and North Midland 50 . sh. 50/, pd 7F% MINES. - -- • - Albion Copper 51.+ ' A/. pa 12 p it, bs, A (ten l5l. sh 121. it spd in Anglo itlexican,iss. 5/. pm. 1004 sh. ai 1 d lk Ditto Subscription 9.5/, iiii 1 2,000 1"/„ Bolanos 10,000, - li . los Brazilian Imp . iss. 51. pm 354 sh. 2 7 04 pd 4 6,002 Macaubas dr. Locaes United 251.211.2fq, pd 6 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 2Ol, sh. 14/ pd2! 4 10,000 Golivar Copper Company 204 sh. '204 pd 1 10,000 Ditto Scrip , 01. sh. 10/. pd 2 20,000 British Iron 504 sh. 551. id ,008 /Sri' is h Copper 54 Vt. 4fl. pd 1% Co: - lir . nca oil. pd 7 Candonga...." 10,000 1 1 Copiapo 8,500 ," Columbian, iss, 5, JAIL ...554 sh. 55/. pit 01, 2,850 31. English 114 Cs. pd 3 20,000 General Mini tig A sociatione/ sh.lBl, pc/ Ij 6,155 Alcica ,- . Company lOl% s!w tilt pd 6 3,000 ,.. Polbtron CansOls .. ... ..... 10/. sh. 8/. pd 4 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered l. Ditto Loan Notes 1504 pd 100 30,000 United Mexican, iss. 2 pra. 404 sh. all pd 2y4 Dam scrip as Ditto Now Scrip z/ rd 414 West Cork 5O/. s h 501. pd 38 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 1,500 London University lOOl. oh. All pd 3 700 Russell 2sgs. oh. King' Collesat 1004 Irk MISCELLANEOUS. 10,X` 0 : 15s. Australian Agricultural,loo4 sh 284 pd SO 6,300 1. per cent. British American Land Conir,..nt 3 1.. pd 10,,002 61. per cant. CanZtia Company lOO/. sh. 304 pd 313 i 210,000 Si. per cent. Upper Cana .'a Loan .......... ~.. .... 87 City Bends, 4 prr cent ..... 4 ..... ... ~ , . 1,.. mai 14 erz 6s. GeniSteam Narigatkir 154 ih. 11/. pd 28% 101. per cent. Hud s on's Bay Stock ........... ............... 254 ,000 1!. London Corn, Sale Rooms... Av. 754 sh. 19 ,000 CaoLtchoue Company. . A ... .. 111 4tiii341. pd 12 New Brunswick Laild C . 0tnp"..Ty...5.W pd 12 Int. See ...1094 sh. 1001. pd 107 9, ;54 Si. per coat. Reversienary 2,033 5/. per cent. Ditto New.... ........ 100/. Sh. lOW. pd 107 4, 0 00 0,000 6,, Van Thc-ner . 451 :ata....100/. sli. 171/. pd 6 5,000 4,000 10,000 ..... 20,000 LIST of SCOTTISH C fO MP — AMISS' PRICES 10, 1841. BANKS. 1,020,009/. 6/. p. ct. Bank of Scotland.., ...SS/. 65. Bd..h. all pd 162 2 . 000 . 00 C 1 . 6 P• ct. 1r( Yal tif SilOtl'fid ••••• ii 41 WWI, pd 1.0 500,( 1 0W. 8 p. et. mitts!. Lit c!1 al) ed 14 )2 500,0004 in 6/. n. ct. Comcr-i - • 50(ll. sh. 1 OJr. pd 6 4 500,009.. ct. tonal ••- • • • .1. C/, 101. pd 14% 500,0111/. 71. p. et. G1a , ....50* limp ••• • • 60( sp. 494 pd 1,000.0.•0/, fit, We tern oi ' ih pd 7oh iNSURA Nal COMPANIES;;! l51;.000sh. 61 p. ct. Scottish Union ... .204 sh. 1!. pd 2Cs Oct. 7,500 p. ft. Lterctilts. w • • .„.lOQt, sh. 10/. pd 13% 1er.,600 5 joi. et. CO. OiAtie;:nd .10/.lk 311 pd JO 50,000 Bp. ct. North British 2.10/.Bh. 10/. pd 18;4 1,000 Bp. ct. Caledonian Fire...... WO/. sh. 10/. pc! 20 81 5,Q00 ct. Vittbifigh IA& 100/. eh. 10/. pd 11% 0,090 P. et. 'est of Scotland ..... ............. 10/. pd MISCELLANEOUS. 4,818 Edin. and Was. Un. Canalso/. sh. all pd JO Ditto Allocatpd!... .96/. sh. all pd 47 5,40( 5 per cent. Edinb. JOint Steck ............ sh. all pd 35 2,ooUsh 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundery 50/ sh 48/. •••d 53 10,000 3 per coat. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 20/.sh. 16/. pd 8 4 .600 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas .25/. sh. all pd 50 4,450 10 per cent. Clasgow Gas 25/. sh. all pd 52 730 71 per cent. Lei th Coal Oas 11 , 1 5.1 Edinburgh and Dalkon h Railway 50/.sh 29 SALMON FISHING.—The month of March is usually the worst of the fishing season, in consequence of the snow water, which at that period is in the rivers; and the Tay, for the last fortnight, has been large and muddy, solely from the meltini , cf the snow in the Highlands, as not a drop of rain has rall(n during that time. Last week only two salmon were talun at the North Inch station, which used to be the most pro etietire of any 04 the rivor,—Perth Courier. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, MARCH 20 —Tire vacant Mathematical Sci - An larship, founded in 1831, fir the promotion of reaiherna tick,' studies, has been filled by the deed in of Mr. Edsvar , Warner, of Wadham College. These scholarships ar three in number, and held for three year , . Yererday an elec:ion of scholars on the foundation cf Un'versity College took place, when the folly:, lug ger tlctren were chosen :---Mr. E. A. Plumptre, of tlt same College, and Mr. H C. Pigou, of Oriel College, to the open scl olarships; and Mr. G. G. Bradley, of Univer sity College, to that an the Bennet foundation. The Lord Bishop of Peterborough has intftuted the Rev. G. E. Maunsell, of Christ Church, to the Rectory of Thorpe Malsor, Northamptonshire, on the presentation of T. P. Maunsell, Esq. The Rev. 0. Ormerod, of Brezonnose Cullege s has brea instituted by the Lord Bishop of Hereford to the Rectory and Vicarage of Presteign and Discoyd, Herefordshire, on the presentation of the Earl of Oxford and Mortimer. CAMBRIDGE, MARCH 19.—UNIVERSITY CRAVEN SCHO LARSHIP.—On Saturday last, A. J. Monro, of Tiinity, H. M. Birch, of King's, were elect.id scholars upon the above founea inn. Gall discovered each organ and its faculty either by mce;ing with indiviluals very retealkab!c for the later, so that he was ltd to examine their heads ; or by ncYci-g a peculiarity of formation in the head, which induced I ins to ascertain their talents and character. He did not exa mine remal kable persons aeccr ling to the a i,rws entertained of the faculties by metaphysicians ; but according t r la Tints in which the world at large pronounced them remarkable, —accordingly as they were courageous, avaricious, kind. hearted, or excelled as poets, mimics, linguists, philaso pliers. He would never have made his discoveries had he not met with persons remarkable in these respects. Some times the relation between the remarkable faculty and quality and the local development was tolerably obvious, but gene rally he had to make numerous observations tefore he found himself right. After having found two indivi itrals remark able in the same point of charac'er, and cast their herds, he Fometimes examined the casts daily for months b, foie he could discover the precise spot in which they agreed. The discovery being now made, a good orgauologist wi:l give judgments upon charaetr which must astoni h, and incontestably prove the truth of phrenology: but the diffi culty of making the discovery when all was utter dal kneEs must have been extreme. —Elliotson's Human Physiology. EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE.—Monday night, at eight o'cl ck, an inquest was held before Mr. Payne, the coroner for the city, at the Naked Boy and Woolpa.:k Fashion-street, St. Olave's, Southwark, respecting the death of :Joseph Ellis, aged 21, assistant is Mr. l'en, sur geon, of the We.atminster-road, who threw himself from Westminster-sridge on the 4th instant, in consequence of the rejection of his addresses by a young woman named Selbe. Before drowning himself he put on his oldest ap parel. Mr. I'on said he was always most regular and attentive in his business. Verdict—Temporary Insanity. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, MARCH 22.--- THE MANCIIRSTER DISTILLERY CCIIPANY.--ThiS Cane, which has so frequently been before the Court, came on to-day for the final adjourned examination of the bank rupt. Mr. Beddorre was still dissatisfied with the bank rupt'a accounts, but the Learned Commissioner (Sir C. F. Williams) su'd that, when first this came before the Court, he was strongly impressed with the beret that all was not right or straightforward; now, however, he be lieved him to have been most anxious to furnish accurate accounts to his creditors and the Court, and he was now declared to have passed his final examination. DUEL PREVENTED.—The interference of two gentlemen was the means of preventing a hostile meeting in the neighbourhood of this city, on Tuesday morning iast• The belligerent parties were a gallant officer of her Masty's navy' and an eminent disciple of Xsculapius, bothsthe e,piprevious vn p ido r u e : sh e resident eT n ft,nt iviehm at eann, Bristo l. over the esr i-table, at the What the Assembly-rooms, on Ejois understand,.ce.....Brtiwsbetroera Mercur y .pa , , k of higcharwdaord ins ethne tuttG I.—Art gellint officer 's Assembly' s djourned eeting of the CommC tbe t•i . o l took place hero on Welnetd3y. The object of report , m ; :n e t b s e, : l a , s l to afford an oppor tunity to the Sa.tilr" f ei - sonallY, and adm ' it ' 'lioije ministers to compear Ihe summ s not h a , it,he facts in the libel ; but sal as to it complied with, it v.v.s resolved t , bo s l t d and a s n , ai t i o . the ensuing iii.. - -einLly, ehpi,e%rtehmearkable for a lugu- The int e ,: h :,;' o abandoned. event of the seven jouree3 meeting at Iluntly, andoned. column.._ tu h m e Bn p o. r_ u e .- sr anothere s e n t deplorable initriste's not appearing here, s ,, t , ceedinas on Wednesday are brious s;ee.h by Mr. Dunlop, state of the Church, which is noticed in Scotsman. DUEL TO COME.—Mr , Samuel Hutchin s an d M. P., of his antagonist. The aff a i r Mr. Shea Lalor are to fight a duel next Week to hold her logne. Mr. Parsons is to be the friend of the form e Mr. H. Bridgman, originated at Cork Assizes, in the alleged ()amnion O P: barnonyereessc Majestynlleettohr o.—ctuient:nricit Chronicle Her Maj esty the Queen is expected first draaing-room this season, the third week in the ea rning month, Her Majesty holds her first levee WS sea. eon to.day. THE MA RKETs-YESTERDAY COLONIAL MARKET. Itere was little business done, but prices were firm. The public sales were of little moment. The imperts were fair from mcst parts. barge public sales hare been declared. Raw Sugar was in demand, and brought full prices. Brown, 50s. to 58s. ; Yellow, 60s to (9s. ; and fine, 70s. to 755. Ter cwt. Coffee very dull of sslc, but not cheaper. Pepper sought after. and realised better prices. Cotton rather dull of sale, but prices not lower. TEA MARKET, Thee was but a limited demand for Free Trade, but prices were fully suppor:ed. Company's Congou offered at Is 7id cash, but with few buyers. 'TALLOW MARKET. There was very little business done, but the markets were firm, and in the present bare state of the market higher prices were realised. P. Y.C. brought 46s 3d per cwt. WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET. The supply of Clover was good with a fair quantity of flay, but Straw was in poor supply. The Lest quantities fetched full prices, but in'erior kinds were a heivy trade. Clover, 4/. 15s. to 6/. ; Meadow Hay, 31. 14s. to 5/. ; Straw, 435. to 455. per load. (from the London New Price Current of March 23 ) Stramt.—For British Plantation Sugar there has been a somewhat better demand from both grocers and refiners, and prices have become more settled; still buers have operated with much caution, the purchases fur the .three market days amounting to only 240 hhds and tierces, at prices much the same as those previously quoted; good and fine brown Jamaica have been disposed of at 63s to 70s ; gcod middling yellow St. Kitt's, 76.,; good bright brown, 72s ; good brown St. Lucia, 68s ; rather better greyish, 70s ; and 68s have been re jected for strong middling grey Demerara ; the scanty business done in this market may be in some measu e ascribed to Mau ritius and Bengal seling 4s to 5s under the rates current for West India. To-day holders of British Plantation evinced firmness, and the rates previously estab:ished were fully supported, but 1. transactions were extremely limited, and the sales are not • worth enumera'ing the scanty business done may Le princi pally attributed to the trade having been eng:ged at the public sales of Mauritius and Bengal. REFI NED. —To-day there was a good demand from the home trade and pace; have improved, sales of standard lumps were made at 93s 6d to 945, Treacle is, however, dull of sale at 30s to 38s. In Pastards and Pieces the operations were oit a more extended scale, and prices are firmer. Bonded crushed sugar sells mire freely, and prices are firmer, sales of first quality made at 32s 3d to 32s Gd per wit t. U 111T1Us.—This afternoon the public sales attracted a large attendance of the trade, and they were anxious to pur chasel the total quantity offered amounted to 4,922 bags ; the principal part was disposed of with fair spirit, establishing an advance cn the rates of the last public sale of 2s to 4s, fine yellow went i.t 73s to 765, good 67s to 70s, middling and low Midd:ing 64s to 66s Gd, fine brown 59s to 60s 6d, ntifildling to good 53s to 58s per cwt. • . EA ST IN al A. his afternoon the home trade were desirous to buy Pengal; at public sale 5,376 bags were offered, besides 100 bags Khaur uncleared from a former sale, nearly the whole found buyers with fair spirit, but the advance cannot be quoted more than 2s as compared with the prices of the last auctions, lew white told at 66s 6d to 675, middling 67s 6d to 68s 6d, good 69s to 71s, fine 72s to 735, damps and washed 63s 6d to 70s ; Khaur taken in at 50s. for damps. FOEtEIGN.—This afternoon there was less business trans acted by private treaty in most descriptions, but prices were firm. At ttlietiOn 1,036 boxes Havannah were offered, an in different parcel. all the sound taken in at full prices, viz. mid dling white at 325, soft dingy 26; 6d to 295, low soft yellow 23s to 24e, brown 21s, washed 20s 6d to 21s, several lots of damaged were however disposed of at fair prices, viz. washed white at 23s to 26s 6d, low dabs 19s to 21s 6d, brown 17s 6d to les, a few lots sound low soft sold at 21s to 22s per cwt. .111oLissEs.—Pi ices have suffered no ftuther depression for West India, but the transactions have been extremely limited, 2ds to 3tiois the value of low to fine quality; several parcels have arrived: CtiFirEE,—Holders cf West India have displayed firmness, and former ratea have been sustained for all descriptions, but the demand has been limited, and nearly the whole of 200 casks 100 bairels at public suction was taken in (mGstly St. lAtcia and Berbice), ho'dets not being disposed to submit to lower rafea ; the trade on the other hand were for the most part not disposed to purchase excepting at prices rather under those of this day we ek ; the large supply or the, lower sorts of East in& Opetetes asairst the demaad for West India. This afternoon prices were supported for both East and West India; for the former ;here was a fair demand privately frotti both shippers and the home trade, but in the latter few purchases were trade; none of either kinds were offered at tittetion, Foreign is held firmly, and the demand is improving. At public sts'e 334 bags Brazil were di s posed of a t f u ll ra t es ; low good ordinary Mixt went at 40s to 41s, good ordinary 42s to 42s 6d, sea damaged 36s to 43s 6d per cwt. COCOA.—Holders of British Plantation have refused to loWet prices. Trinidad taken in at 30s to 54s for ordinary and good rah Foreign at firm prices. The rate at which the Government contract was taken has not been allowed to ranipire. 'lBA.—There has been a good demand for Free Trade Tea to supply both t :wn and country orders, nod the rates previ ously cstalahed have been fully supported for Congou and Twankay, but at the public sales prices gave way Id to 2d per lb for Imperial, Gunpowder, and Hyson, the prin cipal part offered consisting of these sorts. The total quantity submitted to l .ublic competition amount ed to 11,0=4 packages, 5,000 of which were disposed of with fair sprit at the following rates, Congous mixed black ish leaf, is 7-1, to is 74d, blackish leaf Is 8d to Is 9d, strong to Pekoe flavour is 9/ I cl to 2s 3d, Hung Muey Is bid to Is 64d, Pouchong I s Bd, fine 2s B id, Souchong mid mixt If is Bd, good mid blkish if 2 s 5 d to 2 s —.Rd, fine blkish if 3s 4d to 3s sd, Orange Pekoe good 2s 6d to 2s Bd, fine 2s 10d to 3s 34d, Twankay yellowish leaf Is lid to Is 7/4, brightish leaf Is 74c1 to is Bd, Hyson skin very low Is 2d, yellow leaf Is Sid, Hyson low ordi nary i s lid to Is 74d, coarse yellow leaf 2 s 3d to 2s 4d, middling 2s ed t o 3s, good middling brightish leaf 3 s 4 id to 3s 6d, good 3 s 9d, Young Hyson Twankay flavour , is 10 d, Impe r i a l m iddli ng coarse 2s 5d to 2s Sid, good middling bright is h l ea f 2 s lid, Gunpowder coarse 2s 10d, mid 3s 2id to 3s 7d, good 4s, scented Orange Pekoe 2s Bid to 3s Id,,Twatttsay skin Is 2dper lb. By private contract several purchases have been made, the lower sorts of Congou, however, have been most in request, com mon for cash has been selling at Is lid to Is 7icl per lb. The • MORNING EDITI OI4 ' lled deliveries of tea f o r h om e consumption have fully W I 10 average, and large "'parcels have been again exported. rro speculative market, a fair amount of business `as • asted in the early part of the week, and Comp InY produced ls 7P to Is 74d cash, but during the 155 1 ci to the market has been inacti v e, a nd prices have de cine 7id to Is 70 cash. • 'res, To-day the demand was limited for Free Trade - o rir but few purchases wore made in either black or green, r ot Lions, holders, however, were fi r m and refused to ebriolitl ing at former rates • common Congou for cash wis,C culty to be purchased under Is 7d per lb. Company you met with a slow sale, and closed at Is Wash. ft i s O A RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLAND& WeSt In dia " .° oll °. been taking very sparingly for both home consuneriosse shipping ; the total sales have amounted to only 1 5 °, b r u t be this day week, fine Jamaica from 7s to 7s 3d, ef w l "%islirte' ply is very small, have brought former rates, whi l e m . per cent at 6s is about 11d to 2d lower; proof Leetl6, ti however, not to be purchased under 2s 3d pe r g ten d East India the transactions have been on a gore per,, scale, being 240 hogsheads Calcutta at 1 ' O rol l " ld strength. Brandy has been taken sparinglb o brought former rates, but new kinds are 2d elrl; . 183~ quote Cognac, first brands of the vintage of l s;; hhds, and puns 5s 2d; do 1837, }Aids e 2d, : 5 001 1838 hhds ss, puns 4s 10d; do 1839 hhds l ' se s sd; do It4o, htds 3s 6d, puns 3s 4d. Geneva ,t steadily at former rates. British Corn Spirits hate re' a slow sale at 9s 10d to 9s I R ld cash. The stock of West India um is 2,643 puns and 5931°„ larger than at this time in 1840. for r e y a ei Srice.s.—This afternoon there was less dernsa%•,„ bfprivate contract, but holders were firm. . 16° . '„er s and 75 bags White were oticred at auction, the d i e in at .la g d for good brown Penang but dusty, be in g is iddl value, the lat.tersold at 6,1 d to lOcr for low ordirary tn, TALLOW.—Prices continued on the dee'ine all 4- ac cer On the spot for Petershurgh Yellow Candle, h o lders for. d o e' 455 . 3d to 45s 6d. which was 3d under homer t ats livery towards the end of this and for all next ito r ; ot th ,e , declined from 44s 3d to 44s Gd. For the last thrr,,Jol'gr the year at 45s 9d. South A m e r ican at 36s to 43 5 rod to good hard qually. Town Tallow and Rough I :st oa cheTop ser. v l'• C '• day there was a fair business transacted in ".og, VIC the spat at 465, bus for delivery there was little Pa' s w e - S s res lihwever were supported. 0" I g an Otss.—ln common descriptions of Fish / lassgiven way for all kinds. Pale Seal 311 lOs to 31 to ,25/ 261 to 261 ss, and common Southern ,25/ good middling and fine pale sweet quality tak e " i ; 291. For Sperm prices have further given waY; 1 1 , e sli„e r 'si, sold at 941 per tun. For Linseed Oiltries ha ce h m to proved ; sites on the spat have been made at 2 95 ,`" s forP,'; 1 :t and for delver yat3o to 30s 6d. Prices remain hig" fie s, Cocoa Nut Oil at 36s to 38f. Palm Oil is not the at previous rates. ,gb lie fhis of ei no o n 783 cas k s E. I. C oco a Nut Oil at t only a small part sold at 3.8 s to 38s 6d. i 0 RlCE.—Java Rice at easier prices for the low er ye 9 0 .0 ,{ better sorts brought former rates, low and P A u ', mixed with Paddy went at 8s to Its (id, low Inht i e cTr e ,'"V middling white Sts to lls 6d. Bengal has main rates, middling white Bcngcl i2s Gd per cwt. maintained former rates. HAMBUR ; MARKETS. 11 MN. ' h 0 1' 0 0 1 ' Barle y , Meeklenbar og g i g) t 10 -- Magdeburgho to , 0 1 --- --- 11 ni stein .....0. 0 (0 , 0 i —-- Summer ...... 0 i o I 0 0 Oats, Eider .............. • 0 .5 ti Mecklenburg •• 000 Holstein ...... -.. p , I , 01 -..-'.."'" Est f ric land, ii 6 tr , # 11Po ase, Mcckicubitrg .. ,0 I° 01 Beans ...... . ............. .., p 04 Buck Whcat .......... 00 9 9 o'o I ' iii . Itapezecd Hanover,, OO Malt ............. ....e 04 f ares . ..................... 5 10N. 14 1° 0 Niaranham ...... .. ....... A 8 3ladras ...................... A 0 Surats. ......... .. ...... ..." Oi Domingo ..... ...... ....' " - E E. 4% l°' Domingo ............... .... 0 La Guayra ..... .. ......... ~ 4 Porto 8ic0........ .......... 4% Davannah ..... .. ..... -,'" ' Ali Wheat, Mares '33 10'40 Magdeburg.... :31 to -- Auhalt, white 3 3 to --- red ... 3.13 to WI -- Brunswick :al to 300' -- Mecklenburg i9t to 3& -- Polish ll6 to ;160 -- Holstein Rye, Mecklenburg 219 to 239 - Uantzic - Elbing and Ko nigt,burg -- Upland --. Hirt C03."1 Carolina and Tennessee 7 , 4 to 9% neorgia, Ist suit 7 8 2d 75 3d and 4th 6% 7 COF Media H to 13% Batavia 5% 5 3 i Sumatra Rio 4I EiTi, 1 Bahia SUGAR.— (Witt ilavannah, White Brown 5 6% Rio, White 5% 656 Brown 4% 5% Manilla. Brow ----- Is i h Discount.) Bahia, VVll it e ............. " Pernambuco. 00 .4 4 . 11.1 " 4e 0 ; 1 n,r 5 to 634 s clt, Ce ll .4 11 r i QUEENSFERRIT.-A return has ju" ,tiv the l oce i g upon the motion of Mr. Edward Ellice , nually paid on account of the Post offic to th e res sl- 3 the Queensferiy, for the conveyance a 111°i L g o f -c ti ° '. e r i; / Frith cf Forth, with particulars of the long 13 . ,h nPoits mot's of conveyance, and a similar return v il 1.1".10 the conveyance of the mails by the F fe and i °l' rer sru t .). ferry. h It appears, from this return, that s r , b 2o ol ', l ' for i t en e o Q ti ue o e f n p l a e s r s r a y g. , e t t h w e o s m um iles a , n a n n u d allA e rs t i i ti m : a il h of i c V i crossing thirty minutes. The first mail for Pe r :o o 'lli vcyed at 6h. 261 r. A, m. in summer montbs--best is employed, but more frequently the sailing-b ° ,. ° : ; :ra °l mail for Aberdeen is conveyed at 5 r t h i n O being employed throughout the summer 001-ihs: N often as practicable during the winter sailing-boat — the mail from Perth is curve .ed at 7b , s° ‘ ' ailing-boat--the steam-boat' not 3 b et f,. e e c a and sunrise; and the fourth mail from Ab e F ife sod 'OOll veyed by sailiug-boat at 4A M To the rthe le. ,( 4 Lothian ferry the sum paid annually is 30°4 :0 of passage five miles six furlongs. and 6 ° A si r ; kl fur crossing one hour ten minute;. The )1 t lb Aberdeen.: Aberee via Dundee, is cony el at 5 11 . 4501 ;e ° steam-boat, and, when there is 3 not sufficient I to riP' o ' o ,l pi. re on chher tick the small boat is empinle"die on board cf, and land from the steam-bo at; at.. by from Aberdee n is tonveled at sb. 4:33l•F•fingrlVl, b tie Same eseeptions.—Edinburg h Her Majesty the Queen Dowager ha s g i oOn ffLi d'o l t l o l vr ic a ds the restoration of Sr. Mar's CliurcbA, t he ,v for di Earl of Talbot has subscribed 100% , 1 1 °7 130`' ; ',0 of Sutherland, Earl of Harrow!, and Ea" ;" t helkiot , have respectil sly iven a donation cf .50/. ; so" - be cl 1 er e of Li,:hfiel 1 , Earl Ferrars, Sir 0. Nloseley, a° ffh t , ol o and A. C. Talbot, are also contributel•ve o,' pairs are estimated to coa 8 f A Jes Rof sell, of Ilam Ha'l, givieg the munifi ce nt- 0 %0 r-' for the restoration of the i n t er i o r of that Ye nera and to have it re-pewed. .......,isto r -- --- / — kiS , • t d: PLATE.—A. B. SAVORY and S''' O ppa n 6i oS; facturing Silversmiths, No. 14, Cornhill, Londli - :o'o Bank of England. The best wrought SIL V. `" Th e d eig h .,l and FORKS, Fiddle Pattern, 7s. 2d. per Dun e % tlie h ' e at" - Pattern, 7s. 4d. per ounce. The followin, 'Ti er of " recommended, but the articles may be haefiS" ,i at the same price per ounce : patty ,S, 0 4 Fiddle Pattern. King' , a. ). io ot n . t i 4 . 11;0 oz. s. d. 12 Table Spoons 30 at 7 2...10 15 0 12 Table Spoon . 4- 1 ril iil 4 12 Dessert ditto 20 7 2... 7 412 Dessert ditto 2 6 i . . 0 ., I 0 1 12 Table Forks. 3J 7 2...1 50 12 TalYc Forks t ) I 4 , , 4 1 vr r 12 Dessertditto 20 7 • . 34 19 Dessertditto : 1 1 4 4 %; 1 4e 2 G ravySpoons 10 •. -... 311 8 2 Gr..tvy Si , "" j : 2 ,1i• ; %ii 1 Soup Ladle...lol"Soup 'Aw e ' ia • ii t t). i' 4 4 Sallee ditto...lo 7 8... 31 8 5 4 Sauce sitte••• i ro fig ;' :9 - 4 Salt Spoons (gilt strong) 1 0 4 4 Salt Symms ( s " '''' ir ')d 1 Fish Slice 12 Tea Spoons. 10 7 8- 2 5 18 0 8 0 12 1 ' 1 1c i l h S, s,l oo ice n s. , :, ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' 1 Pair Sugar Tongs '''''' 1 5 I I pair Sugar ..°- ne r, I. e to, - 4 , N.B. A Price Current, stamped as a Newsr aL " r elati c fi'' , by drawings, and containing every information a 0 lose purchase of silver or Sheffield plate, may be, S tage, i 0 Con, or will be sent into the country, free 0 f P a fj , to a paid letter. 1 P ( II A 0 LADY'S GOLD NECK (-I..jobt° may be selected from of several patterns, pricoc,oic'ev;igslll4B sovereigns, Five Guineas; weight of fiv e 0 06 1 : er ciff ° 0 : Guineas : weight of six sovereigns, Sev en . 1t of s°` „ ( l o t ett weight is given by comparison with the we'V n ees a .' O .OP being more easily referred to than if stated in c ' a , t hat 0 The quality of the Gold is warranted equal to anY bil into articles of this description. CO T. COX SAN:ORY, 47, „ , Goldsmith, Silversnlithr; Wezhniaker, &e" Lai o-. if k (Seven Doori - from Graeechurch-street), ,t f r ee, Drawings of the newest patterns will be se nt P° 4, plication be made post paid' si v __________ ,7 , • - ------ K 1 ; SUPERIOR LONDON TAB L E rt gnif t. e i ' t 10,: with Ivory Handles, 14s. per dozen ; De'se.„-ith w h i t' 54 . Carver?, Si. 6d. per pair ; 'fable Knives , j ' - , Ca r ',l4 handles, per pair ; Globe-shape Tea-urns, 4 quarts, 21 % 4 9- • t ii Ss. ad. per dozen , Dessert, 6s. a'• '; 01%ot s, ,o, 395. ; Papier Macke Tea-trays, this shap e ' go fo riii full sizee. Catalogues, containing the price of srel article 2s s at , d• 4l. tog ironmongery and cutlery. gratis. , RIPPON and BPRTO . N, Wells-street, °IC° .." Established 1820. i BIRTHS. „ vi o,re, ' O' ralken On the 4th inst., at Rome, the lady o f J. • ti , , ~ of flopehill, Aberdeen, of a son and hei r. On the 14th inst., in Artillery-place , Finsbur ti y.. ' 0 , wife of Mr. J. Ireland, surgeon, &c., of a datights-e;;,, JO On the 17th inst„ the wife of E. W . Cooke, P On die la ' j of I , tere, Surr, of a daughter. the 18th inst., at Hungerford-park , Per' the low v George Willis, Esq., of a sln. aire, , On the 19th inst., at Ham-court, Worcester. o ,s T r: Gi ord , of Henry Shirley, Esq., of a daughter. On the 19th inst., the lady a the Rev. J . G . pot 0 0 ,. daughter. On the 20th inst., Mrs. J. G. Lewis, 1)r-Place' ,jllO „ ti ' of a daughter. of G. -, On the 21st inst., in Prince's-street, the l a dy Esq., of a daughter. 1 10 MARRIED. W i c oo 4 On the 18th inst., at St. Matthew's Brixton, ye, A 0, Morris, of Cotta. , e, Tul- e-hill, 'to Ellen . 1 ' •,h daughter of James Blacket, Esq., of Brixton-rise- Green*TeA On the 19th inst., at St. Alphage's Church,. 1110 o f ofC e T o r rg i niait7,Hyoosupni Hospital, youngest G de r .u e g e l n ite w i r e of h C. t.e.i.dT h an , 1 ' 54 " 'M . ' I C I C. C. Colege, Cambridge. On the 20th inst., at St. Atagntous-twben-11V1arbte:;eiril:;rore*;: younger son of the late L. Mathewson, Esq. c ,' , (: Jane, second daughter of J. E. Rounders , Esq. 9 _------.-- --------- Eli , On the 18th inst., in Chhiapei!j!siltrCet, Grosvenor. sqlifet zabeth, Countess of Westmeath, aged 70. ..- 13eePg161 Gresham, 28th of Februars - at 'Southapton, 311 1 . . n sg e " On the l in : l : lt A h ' On n n 9 th .teh e 7111 inst., at Goith,burgh, G. lleoden, 7 . sl. Donn, n Doncaster,a,itnAsltil,ana,t Ajorr.qWua; Simpkins' atgheed 11;0,i $ oti j, . 1 - 4 , , ear aged •9. On th • eL a s: son of ' s r 0. Torquay', Gresham, sham, Esq., J p Souef, jull., Vice. Consul of the United States of t Po et-IPe : 11 e ~ On the 16th inst., at 13111ingham, Isle Wigh t ; ivisjest) James Worsley, Vicar of Thorley, and one of be Justices of the Peace for the county of Hants. Elias Vie: At Portsmouth, Frances, relict of the late for 00 0 , Arnaud, E sq ., a Deputy-Lieutenant and agistrate....e,Mar On the 17th inst. in Orchard-street, Portman-59754. c, youngest eaughter Of the late J. Turton, Esq , ag e 00 oil' On the 18th inst , William Blundstone, youngest S 4000 Taunton, Esq., of Hatton-garden. 'On the 19th inst., in Bedford square, Sir John fliciffiest Knight, lath one of the justices of the Court of Com m de s On the 19th inst., at Colebrook-row, Isl'" ~;,, Dillon, Esq., of Mincing-lane. k 1 1 1 tier' low On the 12th inst., at Titchfi eld-terrace , 114tger,„ Ire cent Emma Ireland, eldest daughter of the late C. ' _.„,, surgeon, of Hart-street, Bloomsbury, aged 16. , iv, 1,1 P" On the 17th inst., at Putney, Rosamond, W ife 4 :* Smart, Esq., of Trewhitt House, Northumberland. oad , J . f• On the 18th inst., at Tonbridge place, New r Smith, Esq., late of Calcutta, aged 59. of London: Printed and Published by MURDO 11C/rtrorl, NG' ig No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office No. 1 12, i e - h l. the aunty of giddleeex..eWectesis; MOM) / I / _ `%~ p i Coy] t„ 1p 1 • \ tti