The Sun. — London, England, 1849-05-28 00:00:00

MARKET NE WS -(THIS .; CORN-EXCHANGE -111()NDAY. - -- - The arrivals of English Wheat and Malt for this market last week, coastwise, were somewhat on the in crease; but those (.1 all other articles of home produce were small. No Grain reached us from Ireland; and the receipts from Scotland were very small. The fo rei g n I mportswere tolerably extensive, viz , 13,59 z quarters of heat,13,248 quarters of Barley, 22,77 3 quarters o f ' 415 , 17,611 quarters of Beans, 439 quarters of Peas, 41 quarters of Tares, 2 : 599 quarters of Linseed, 83 quarters of Rapeseed, 1,549 quarters of Indian Corn , a nd Sundry s ee d s; 3,502 sacks and 560 barrels of Flour. The weather te-day is very damp and humid. The accounts received from nearly all parts of the United Kingdom relative to tl.e general appear ance of the growing crops are very favourable. 413 e quantity of English Wheat received fresh up to this Morning's market from Essex, Kent, Cambridgesh ire, &c.,was very small, but of full average quality. By land Carriage the receipts were confined to a few pocket sam- P l, l from Essex. The supply being exceedingly small, and the attendance of country millers on the increase, the demand for all kinds of Wheat of home produce, especially for selected parcels, was steady. at prices fully e qual to those obtained on this day se'nnight, and at which a clearance was effected at an early hour. With foreign Wheats we were again fairly supplied. There Was less inclination on the part of the dealers to operate M this article; hence sales progressed slowly. Really fi ne samples sold without difficulty at full rates of currency; but all other descriptions ?loved off slowly, at barely stationary prices. Scarcely any business was doing in floating cargoes, n ,,wing to the late large arrivals at the principal outp orts. Rather lower terms would have been accepted to effect 3 ales• No English Barley at market. The supply of foreign was somewhat large. Grinding samples were in Lir request at very full prices, but malting and dis tilling sorts were neglected, yet we cannot call them cheaper. The sale for all kinds of Malt, the supply of Which was moderate, ruled heavy, and late rates were With difficulty supported. With foreign Oats we were again largely supplied; the quantity of English, Irish, and Scotch was very small. For most kinds the demand was in a very sluggish state, at barely stationary prices. Indian Corn was firm, and floating cargoes of Galatz were take n , chiefly.for Ireland, at 3 3 s to 36 s per quarter , f re i g ht and cost. Indian Meal was quite as dear. The market Was well supplied with French Flour, which was taken to Some extent, at from 30s to 35s per sack. Other kinds of Flour moved off slowly, at late rates. Although the e unly of foreign Beans was large, English samples were ateady at full prices. Peas were in short supply and Moderate request, at late currencies. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevaller• • • • . • 595 to 6" s Red. 38s to 48s Oats—Yorkshire and Ditto,White, New 39s 525 Lincolnsh., Feed. IGs 205 Norfolk and Lin- Potato ...... 218 24s coin, Red.• •.. 383 46s Youghal and Cork, Ditto, White ••• • .. 393 489 Black. ••• • •• 14s 171 Irish, Red •• • • .... 39s 42s Cork, White .•• .. 145 20s Ditto White. ••• .. 41s 45; Scotch, Feed. .• .. 20s 23s 25s 27s Beans—Tick 25s 34s New, .. 25s 2Gs Pigeons ...... 40s 44s M arley —Grinding .•• .. 23s 253 Peas—Grey .. • • • • 305 333 Malting .•• • • 28s 30s Maple. ••••• • . • • 32s 33s Chevalier .. • • ... 31s 3is White. ••• • • .. 24s 27s m alt —Suffolk and Nor- Boilers •. • • 27s 305 f01k............ 57s 58s Flour—Town-made .•• 42s 445 Brown 48s 50s Suffolk ••• • • 34s 38s Xinzstous.nd Ware 57s 58s Stocktn & Norfolk 335 36s SEED IVIARIEET. Rapeseed and Canary are in steady request, at full Drices. Mort other kinds of seeds, as well as inferior Cakes, are lower to purchase. The stock of Clover Seed, on the sth instant, was 41 , 233 cwts. t irniMVllite, per bush. 11 s to Red and Green.. • . lls 4.lllstard, 8r0wn.... . 5s White .. ........ 5s 10: Tares, New es 7S; Carraway •• 29e 30s Coriander .... •• 16s IBs Elempseed, per quarter 32s 34s Linseed, Eng., , ,owing • • 48s 501 Cru:hing .. ••.. .. 36s 40s Baltic ••••.. • • .. 38s 44s Odessa • ..... 383 46s Linseed Cake, pr.l,ooo— .. • ... 01 Os 101 Os Old 4s Gs anary, per quarter . . 120 s 16Cs „Ye grass.. • • ... 20s 24s ‘.,lover, Red Ene, (cwt.) 303 52s NThite : 323 41s Foreign Red.. 28s 40$ White.... 303 40s Trefoil ••• • • . .... 12s lis SIViCITIVE I XELD. There has been a further slight increase in the im- Ports of foreign stock into London in the past week. The total arrival has amounted to 1,739 head, against ?),.•355 at the corresponding period in 1848 , and 2,961 ''ad imported during the same Lillie in 1847. It will be t ell that a few Oxen and Sheep have come in from . 0 1 amburgh. Foreign, per tou G/ Os 71 Os Rape Cakes, pr ton 4i 5s 41 !Os Rapeseed, per last 331 Os 351 les I3IPORTS INTO LONDON IN THE PAST WEEK. Prom Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves/. Pigs. Middleburg 19 Harlingen..... 241 .. mburgh 55 karhuus 4 A 1 [1,.. twe rp ..." "' Jlotterdam 87 15,912 439 .. 25 ... - ... - ... --"' 5 ... 37 ... - 512 ... 5 ... 255 ... 2 Total 406 ... 976 ... 10 ... 345 .. 2 C orresponding Week inlB4B 615 ... 1,389 ... 18 ... 333 ... ~Difference... 209 less. 4131ess. less. 12 more. 2 m. ucly about 130 Beasts and 300 Sheep and Calves have arrived at the northern outports from Holland. The fresh supply of stock for this market by sea f rom Ire land 1 been confined to 7 Oxen. From Bu enos ,527 tres of preserved Beef and Mutton have come to hand in good condition. Large additional sup plies are on th e i r way hither. The arrivals of Beasts f.rern our various grazing districts fresh up to this morn ing's market were moderate as to number, but of excel lent quality. Notwithstanding that the weather was un favourable for slaughtering, the Beef trade ruled toler ably steady, at prices about equal to those paid on this day se'nnight. The primest Scots sold at from 3s 6d to 33 8d per Sibs, and at which a good clearance was effected prior to the conclusion of business. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received about 1,500 Scots and shorthorns; from the western and midland counties, 700 Herefords, Devons, Runts, &c. ; from other parts of England 400 of various breeds; and, from Scotland 300 horned and polled Scots. With Sheep we were seasonably Well supplied. Prime Down qualities moved off freely at fully, but at nothing quotable beyond, last week's currencies. All other kinds were in moderate request at full prices. Lambs, the supply of which was good, moved off steady at fully previous rates. The best Down Lambs sold at 6s per 81bs. The sale for calves were heavy, at drooping currencies. The numbers were somewhat extensive. Pigs were a slow inquiry, but not cheaper. Per Sibs. to sfnk the offal. 5. d. to e. d.i Inferior Beasts 2 4 2 6 Second quality .. 2 8 210 'time large Oxen 3 0 3 4 Prime Scots .. 3 6 3 8 Large coarse Calves 3 4 3 8 prime small ditto 3lO 4 0 interior Calves lB 0 26 0 aurerior Sheep 3 4 3 6 ..... ........ s. d. to s. d. Second qual. Sheep 3 6 3 8 Coarse-weolledditto3 8 310 SouthdownWether 310 4 0 Ditteoutofthewool 0 0 0 0 Large Hogs .. • ... 3 2 3 6 Small Porkers .... 3 8 4 2 Quarter old Pigs • •16 0 21 0 Lambs •• • • •..... 410 6 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. Pigs. 3,199 1 25,360 212 23 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts. I Sheep. Calves. I rigs. 285 1,000 I 103 L NEV/GATE AND LEADENHALL. Very limited supplies of country-killed meat have been received up to these markets in the past week; and those on offer slaughtered in the metropolis, have proved very mo d erate . Still, however, the general de mand has been far from active, and ate prices, owing to the prevailing warm weather, have been with diffi culty supported. Only about 300 carcases of foreign meat, chiefly veal, have appeared on sale. At per stone by the Cares e. s. d. to 1. d. Beef s. 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior • • Middling .... 2 6 2 8 middling.. prlinelarge .. 210 3 0 ; prime •• .• prime small .. 3 0 3 2 Pork, large.. ••• • • • 3 2 4 2I - small ..... 8. d. to s. d. 30 3 2 34 3 6 3 8 3 10 32 3 6 38 4 0 Lamb. is 8(1 to 5310 d. sonouGH AND SPITALSIELD3. Very few arrivals of Potatoes have taken place for these markets, coastwise, in the past week, but from abroad, the importations have been large from the time of year—viz., 280 tons, 1,719 bags, 4,020 baskets from Rotterdam; 135 tons, 40 bags, 116 sacks, fro m A n t wer p ; 45 bags from Leer, 70 t ons from Ghent, 74 tons from Louvaine, 312 tons from Harlingen, 125 bags from Calais, 50 tons from Dunkirk, and 12 baskets from Oporto, forming a total quantity of about 1,590 tons. The best qualities are mostly held at full prices, but all other kinds are lower to purch a s ers . Th e followin are the current rates : w g Per Ton. Per Ton. York. Regents 200 s to 215 s Essex Regents —s to —s Ditto Shaws —s to s Ditto Shaws —s to Bto 0 3 s Scotch Regents 140 s to 150 s Ditto rench K w idn h e it y e s s 0 s s - Ditto Cup 5...... --s to - s } Ditto Whites... 90s to 100 s I Belgian ditto Bos to 90s Lincoln. Regents. —s to s Dutch ditto gop ncalmn.r. isoßouGu The plantation accounts teing very favourable, most of the holders have become anxious to realise. All kinds of Hops are, therefore, dull in sale, and the to 2/ 18s turn 2/ 4s in favour of the buyers. Suss ex Weald of Kent ditto, 2/10s to 31 87 kets, ; Mid and East Kent ditto, 31 5s to 61 16s per cwt. WOOL! The public sales of Colonial Wool, amounting to 25 ,000 bales, have passed off remarkably well. .Nearly the wh o l e o f t h e a b ove l a rge supply disposed of, has been of, at very f u ll p r i ces . About 3,000 bales have been h r.vate taken on French and Belgian account. The p rivate contract market is inactive, yet the quotations are fairly supported. The imports in the past week were exten "9, viz.: 50 bales from Buenos Ayres, 2,857 ditto from ifobart Town, 88 ditto from llamburgb, 2,325 ditto from Islay, 105 ditto from Port Victoria, 102 ditto from the Cape. 820 ditto from Algos, Bay, 1,106 ditto from Launceston, 2,139 ditto from Port Philip, 16 ditto from -Antwerp, 34 ditto from Alexandria, 183 ditto from Bombay, 191 ditto from Lisbon, 3,700 ditto from Sydney, and 200 bales and bags from various other quartets. TALLOW. Since Monday last our market has ruled tolerably steady, and prices have been fairly supported. To-day, P.Y.e. on the !pot, it selling at 3Ss 9d to 393; and for forward delivery, 39s 61 to 406 p,q. cwt. Town Tallow is 37s 3d to 37s 6d per cwt, net (Ash; Il,9ugh Fat, 2s Id per Sibs. Al v i ces from St Pete . rsburghstate that the demand for T a ll ow was heavy, the previous decline. 1645. 1846. 1847. 1848. 1849. atom this day ...... Price of Y. C. . t 3359'.1 _ 40s Od Delivery last week: .. 1,301 Ditto from Jun e 1.... 86,880 Arivals last Week • 0 Ditto from June 1 ... 83,781 9,253 7,961 7,717 24,760 42s Gd 493 3d 45S 6d to' 38s 9d to CsOd to 49s Gd 45s 9,1 , to39s Od 821 925 870 1,113 87,600 78,892 97,885 I 96,560 267 159 935 1,743 81,000 76,223 97,801 113,787 43s Gd 51s Od 48s Gd 398 61 Price of Town ...• .. 142 s Od CIIICKET.—ELEVEN OF KENT v. SIXTEEN or OX FORDSIIIRE.—This match was commenced on 'Thurs day, and was n)t brought to a conclusion till Friday evening. In their ze:c , nid innings the "stars" of Kent were got down for the small total of 36. In the result Rent were beaten by 10 wickets. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING-, MAY 28, 1849. 1- 1, / T . - 141 r) NT 111. TV 1 Jl. _ALA v LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, 4 A.M. The North American mail steamer America, Captain Harrison, has just arrived, wi accounts from New York to the Mb, and from Halifax to the 19ch instant. The run from Halifax to Liver pool occupied only eight and a half days. In Canada the excitement which succeeded to sign ing of the Rebellion Indemnity Bill by the Governor General of Canada, and which found vent in the de struction of the Houses of Parliament by incendi aries, as well as the burning of that official in effigy in almost every town in the two provinces, is rapidly subsiding, and solla, temperate, and calm action is taking place. The association known as the British American League is increasing rapidly in point of numbers, and branches are being formed in the upper province. Sir Allan M‘Nab has been appointed special agent to proceed immediately to England and urge the Home Government to disallow the Rebellion Bill and recal Lord Elgin, as the only method by which British dominion in Canada can be maintained. A slight enzeute took place at Montreal on the 9th inst. The military were called out and restored order. Strong detachments of troops are kept sta tioned about the present Parliament-house. Beyond this slight affair no disturbance had taken place. A serious riot had taken place in New York on the 10th, in consequence of Mr. Macready's determina tion to perform at the Astor House. Dense crowds assembled round the theatre with the express deter mination to insult Mr. Macready. Some persons were arrested for disorderly conduct, and in revenge they attempted to set fire to the theatre. The mob outside then commenced an attack on the house, the military were called out, and 20 people killed. The verdict of the jury was to the effect that circumstances justified the authorities in giving the order to fire on the mob, but that had a sufficient number of police been called, the use of fire-arms might have been avoided. The following is a sample of a number of placards extensively posted about New York : "Americans! arouse: the great crisis has come. De cide now whether English aristocrats and foreign rule shall triumph in this, America's metropolis, or whether her own sons, whose fathers once compelled the base- born miscreants to succumb, shall meanly lick the hand that strikes, and allow themselves to be deprived of the liberty of opinion so dear to every true American's heart. Americans come out and dare to own yourselves of the iron hearts of '76." The Southern mail has arrived, bringing us New Orleans papers to the Bth inst., which mention the arrival of the ship Tyrone from Vera Cruz, with accounts from San Francisco to the 7th of March. The steam-ship California was still lying entirely deserted by her crew, which accounts for her non• arrival at Panama. The crew were busily engaged in digging gold, the reports of which are fully con firmed. Lots in San Francisco were worth from 5,000 to 30,000 dollars. The gold region extends into Lower California. Late Mexican papers state that General Don P. Garcia Conole, Commissioner to run the boundary line on the part of Mexico, hal left San Francisco for the purpose of meeting a Commissioner from the United States, furnished with the rations for one year. Venezuela accounts of the 233 of April mention that President Monagas had resigned. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW Yons, MAY 16.—The money market is quite easy. There is little or no speculative demand for stock. The price of United States' Sixes maintains itself, as well by reason of their comparative scarceness in the market as by the recourse to them, as more favourable remittances to England than bills of exchange at exist ing rates. Exchange on England is rising, notwith standing the considerable sum in stock recently remitted it is now in demand at from 8 to 81, quotations which forbid any further importation. On Paris Fives, 26; to 25; on Bremen, nit to 79. Bread Stuffs, &r.—There was no change of moment in flour; the market was steady at the recent concession in prices since the steamer's news, with more doing. The sales embrace the usual variety of brands, including a considerable lot of low grades for export. There was no marked change in meal or rye flour. Sales of Gen nessee Wheat, with a small lot of Virginia, were made on terms stated below. Corn sold quite freely, but on easier terms to purchasers. There was fair business in groceries, with sales of sugar and molasses on terms stated below. Pork was less firm, and sales made on terms in favour of purchaser. Cotton—The market has continued rather quiet, the transactions being only moderate; prices, however, are steady, not having varied during that time. The receipts of cotton at all the shipping ports are 2,437,768 bales, against 1,986,282 to same date last year, an increase this season of 451,486 bales. The total foreign exports this year is 315,295 bales more than last ; say 338,357 bales increase to Great Britain, 26,959 decrease to France. 22,766 increase to the North of Europe, and 18,869 de crease to other foreign ports. The shipments from southern to northern ports are 180,747 bales more this season than last, and there is a decrease in stock of 25,216. The sales since our last are 3,300 bales, as follows: — Upland and Florida, 2,100 bales. Inferior, none. Or dinary to good ordinary, 61c. to 61c. Middling to good middling, 64c. to 71c. Middling fair to fair, iic. to 7-ac. Fully fair to good fair, Tic. to Bc. Mobile N.N. and Texas, 1,200 bales. Inferior, none. Ordinary to good ordinary, 6ic to 6c. Middling to good middling, 7c. to 74c. Middling fair to fair, 7c. to Bc. Fully fair to good fair, Sic. to 9c. Exports from the United States since September, 1848 —hales 1,634,980. Same time, 1847-1,319,685. Freights to Liverpool—Considerable engagements of heavy goods at 25e. to 275. 6d. Flour 23 . to 2 s. 3 d. Cot ton -4- doll. to 9 dolls. 32c., and corn 6id., in bulk, ,with but little offering. To London—Corn meal, 2s. 6d. To Glasgow—Oil, 325. 6d. Butter, 305., and flour, 2s. 3d. to 2s. 6d. To Belfast—Corn was taken at 83. A British vessel took a cargo for another direct port at the same rate, and a British ship for Liverpool took 5,000 barrels of turpentine, So., at 2s. 6d. To Antwerp—Oil was engaged at 31c., and 100 casks rice and 100 barrels ashes, 355. Shipping—The North American mail steamer Hi bernia, from Liverpool, arrived at Boston the 12th inst. The West India mail steamer arrived at New York, from Bermuda, on the 12th; she left, on her return, the following day. The Royal mail steamer Teviot from San Juan de Nicaragua, arrived at Chagres on the 26th ult., and sailed for Cartliagenathe 29th, with a consider able amount of specie. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) EX FAKTE.—SIMPSON V. THE TOWN-CLERK OF LITCHFIELD. Mr. W lIATELEY applied for a mandamus to be di rected to the Corporation of Litchfield, to compel them to show cause why they should not pay Mr. Simpson an annuity of 501. 183. 2d. from the time of the passing of tho Municipal Corporation Act in 1835 instead of 1844. It appeared that three of the Lords of the Treasury de cided that Mr. Simpson should receive an annuity of 501. 185.21, as compensation for having been deprived of the office of Tuw•n•Clerk, in accordance with the provi sions of the Act. The Corporation had originally awarded the applicant an annuity of 301. He appealed against the order to the Treasury, as provided by the Act, who decided that he should receive au annuity of 501. 183. 2d. from the 9th of September, 1835, which they subsequently rescinded, on a communication from the mayor, to January 9, 1814. Now it was contended that the Treasury had no right to alter their first order, fur if they had that power there was nothing to prevent them from making a third :order, and that the corpora tion must obey the first.—Rule granted. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) ;Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief Justice WILDS ; and Justices COLTMAN, MAULE, and CRESSWELL BAILEY V. WILKINS. In this case, some time ago, a rule to show cause was obtained, why a nonsuit should not be entered, or a verdict for the defendant. It was an action for money paid; the plaintiff beine , a gentleman on the Stock Ex change, an d the defendant residing at Swansea. It appeared that the defendant authorised the plaintiff to purchase for him twenty Vale of Neath Railway shares, at one and a-half discount. The plaintiff; accordingly, bought twenty of those shares, at 21. discount, which would leave 101., and he charged the defendant Is. a share fer commission and received the money amounting to 11/. It afterwards turned out that before the purchase by the plaintiff a deposit of 21. per share had become due, and the plaintiff was obliged to pay that deposit, amounting to 401. He then commenced his action to recover the 401. from the person defendant.living in T t h b e e real n q t u r) e , s w ti b o n o e h ro a n the Stock E xc h ange, and who at t deals issue w t w b a a s , broker cannot himself be cognizant of the rules of the Stock Exchange, is bound by the laws of the Stock Exchange. Mr. Sergeant BYLES now showed cause against the rule, and submitted, first, that a person who employs a broker, and authorizes him to aft baccording t ase may o the d ruls of the share imirket where li th e e re S a toC ) k tir E e xchangeratt e ho m u a gh e lh l e s bout,d by the rules,,no e co s n t d o l e y k Exchange he could not act , if the defendant nett: otherwise. the es; rules an o d f the se principal is not co, ce ding when we went to press. f d the argument was proceeding z s a c n c t o o r ding tho tsoe BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.) QUEEN V. ANSILL AND ANOTHER : , Mr. PARRY applied for a rule calling uponXr. .Bevan, the prosecutor in this ca , ..e, to show cause wh y the indict ment should not be removtd t o the Court of 9,neen's Bench. The defendant Ansill, who is the proprietor of the Satirist newspaper, with a young woman named Mills, was committed some time ago from Bow-stroet on a charge of misdemeanour for writing threatening let ters to the prosecutor, but before the indictment was preferred at the Central Criminal Court, a judge's order was obtained to remove it into this court, on condition that both Ansill and Mills put in bail for their due ap pearance in the Queen's Bench. Mills, however, did not attend at the la,t sessions to answer the charge, and upon its being stated that she had absconded to Boulogne her recognizances were . estreated. It was quite impos sible, therefore, for .Ansill to comply with the conditions o the judge's order, nor indeed could the case tie re uoved into this court by that order, as the prosecutor had preferred a charge of felony in the indictment which was never mentioned at Bow-street, and for which there was nu foundation whatever. The indictment charged the defendants with a misdemeanour and a felony under Lord Campbell's Libel Act, in conspiring together to extort money from the prosecutor, and that circumstance rendered it necessary that another writ of certiorari should be issued, which could not be done in the first instance, but only on a rule to show cause. Mr. Justice WIGUTMAN took time to consider the ap plication. MA RLBRO'-ST REET-( THIS DAY.) Patrick J,7 clan, John Leary, and William Barry, three rough-looking Irishmen, residing in Gee's-court, Oxford-street, were placed at the bar before Mr. Bing ham charged with being drunk and assaulting the police while in the execution of their duty. Bower, 1.13 D, stated that this morning, about one o'clock, he was on duty near Gee's court, Oxford street, when his attention was called to the prisoners, who were in company with about twenty others standing at the corner of the court. Jordan appeared to be disputing about a pot of beer, and the whole of them were con ducting themselves in such a manner as to cause very great annoyance to the inhabitants. Witness desired them to go away peaceably. They refused, and Jordan struck him a violent blow on the side of his face with his fist. He (Jordan) then called upon the others to come and smash the "b— -peeler." Directly he had called upon his comrades he began striking him again in the face, the prisoner Barry at the same time following up the attack in the rear. Witness was then completely surrounded by the lot, and after some difficulty he succeeded in getting out his rattle, and was on the point of springing it, when Jordan called out to his companions to take the " rattle away." The prisoner Barry then wrenched it from him, and tried to break it. Witness then rushed upon Barry and got the rattle from him. Witness was then knocked down on the flat of his back, and as he was lying in that defenceless position the prisoner Barry kicked him about the body; and a man named Dooland (not in cus • tody) struck him a tremendous blow on the head, frac turing the top part of the skull. The prisoner Leary, by way of a finisher, then came up and kicked him in the ribs with great force several times. They continued this until a gentleman came up, and took his rattle from him and sprung it. Some constables came to his assistance, and the prisoners ran away. Witness was so exhausted from the loss of blood, that he was obliged to be carried to the station. He was now returned as unfit for duty. Police-constable 16 D said in consequence of hearing a rattle sprung this morning, he ran to the corner of Gee's -court, where he saw the last witness bleeding from the head and face. The prisoners no sooner caught sight of witness, than they ran away. Witness left the complainant in the care of some other constables, and went in pursuit of the prisoners. He subsequently took Jordan and Leary into custody at a public-house in James-street. Police-sergeant, 20 D, said he went in pursuit of Barry, and caught him secreted in a door-way in Ox ford-street. Witness told him he was wanted for as saulting a brother constable. He replied, " What, me, you b—; take that," at the same time striking him several blows with his fists. Witness then took him into custody. The prisoners denied the charge, and said they were not near the place at the time the row took place. Mr. BINGHAM thought the charge against the pri soners completely proved, and committed them to the House of Correction for three months. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, MAY 26. The Queen and Prince took their usual early walk this morning, and the younger members of the Royal Family walked and rode as usual. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, tho Baroness do Speth, and Sir George Couper, took leave of her Majesty and his Royal Highness, and lel t Osborne for London about nine o'clock this morning. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party yes terday. MAY 27. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the :,Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, attended Divine service this morning in Whippingham Church. The Royal children took their usual airings to-day. Her Majesty the Q:reen Dowager and her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, attended Divine service yes terday morning in Marlborough House. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, and Sir George Couper, arrived at her residence, Clarence House, St. James's, at two o'clock on Saturday afternoon, from her Majesty's marine residence, Osborne, Isle of Wight. Her Royal Highness crossed from Osborne Pier in the Fairy royal yacht to Gosport, and travelled to town by the London and South-western Railway. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager on Saturday, at Marl borough Home. His Royal Highness Prince Henry of the Netherlands honoured the establishment of Messrs. Hunt and Ruskell with a visit on Saturday. His Royal Highness Prince Leopold, Count of Syra cuse, honoured the establishment of Mr. Hancock with a visit on Saturday. Mr. Holden, of Belfast, accompanied by Mr. Robert James Tennent, M.P., Mr. Sharmani Crawford, M.P., Mr. French, M.P., and Mr. Bryden, had an interview with Lord John Russell at his residence in Chesham place, on Saturday, on the subject e extending to the south and west of Ireland the man ufacture of sewed muslins by means of industrial school ?. Dr. Paris had an interview with Six George Grey on Saturday at the Home-office, and presented the annual report from the National Vaccine Es tablishment. The Rev. Dr. Harper and the Rev. Dr. Johnston had an interview with Lord John Russell, on Saturday. The Chancellor of the Exchequer' and Lady Mary Wood left town on Saturday, for Hi , .lll.leton Hall, Don caster. Sir Henry T. De la Beche had an interview on Satur day, with Sir George Grey. Lady John Russell had an evening party'on Friday, at her residence, in Chesham•place. Th e company included the Duke of Norfork, Lady Adelir L Fitzalan Howard, the Dowager Lady Morley, Lady Cheresa Lewis, Mr. and Lady Mary Abercromby, Mr. :.itafford, Mr. R. W. Grey, Mr. Curzon, Mr. Boileau, L ord Melgund, Lord Dufferin, Mr. and Lady Georgianu. Romilly, and the Earl of Mint°. HER MAJESTY'S T IJEATRE. The opera of Semiramide was repeated here on Saturday evening, and Mademoilselle Parodi more than confirmed the favourable imp ression which she had made on Tuesday by her magnificent im personation of the Assyrian Queen. Her per formance on Saturday was eves i superior to that on Tuesday. It had greater bree dth and colouring. On her. first appearance the sympatl 3ies of her audience were excited, and were carried t •,o a climax by the tomb scene, the scene with Assur, and the last scene with Arsace. Her rendering of the "Giorno d'orrore" in this last scene was excessively fine. It WAS diffi cult to whom to assign the pain I, to Parodi or to Alboni in this exquisite duet, whic h was re-demanded with enthusiasm. The " Bel ra. rgio," in the first act, was a perfect marvel of brilliant execution. She was frequently called before the curtain during the course of the evening, and at the conclusion of the duet was honoured with a separate call. The beauti. ful ballet of Fiorita, with its staff ;ues and fountains, concluded the evening's entertainn i ent. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHI- THEATRE. The recent campaign in the Pur ►jaub is the subject of the new grand Eastern spectacle, which Mr. Batty intends producing this evening fu r the amusement of the Whitsuntide holiday-maker. I ; it is entitled Mooltan and Goojerat, and ernh races all the prin cipal incidents of the campaign. It will be followed by the scenes in the circle, in WI tich the celebrated Marie Macarte will appear, and the favourite drama of the White Maid of California a will conclude the entertainments. LITERATURE. POEMS. By Sir F. H. Doyle. Second Edition. It is a matter of no surprise that the poems of Sir Francis Doyle should have become popular favourites, for they are fraught with a spirit and energy that render them most fascinating. One of the best of the poems in this collection, " The Old Cavalier," has been twice cited by Eliot Warburton in his recent work on the Cavaliers. It presents an affecting picture of the sufferings of the loyalists, and of the ingrati tude with which, in some instances, those sufferings were repaid, as, for example, the first verse of the Old Cavalier's lamentation : " For our martyred Charles I fawned my plate, For his son I spent my all, That a churl might dine and drink my wine, And preach in my father's hall: That father died on Margon.moor, My son en Worcester plain; But the King he turned his b ick on me When he got his own again." The concluding verses will be rightly appreciated by all who have perused the recent memoir of Prince Rupert : " On the fatal field of Naseby Where Rupert lost the day, By hanging on the flying crowd Like a lion on his prey, I stood and fought it out, until, In spite of plate and steel, The blood that left my veins that day Flowed up above my heel. " And certainly it made those quail Who never quailed before, To look upon the awful front Which Cromwell's horsemen wore. I felt that every hope was gone, When I saw their squadrons form, And gather for the final charge, Like the coming of the storm. " Oh! where was Rupert in that hour Of danger, toil, and strife: It would have been to all brave men Worth a hundred y ears o f lif e , To have seen that bl ac k an d g l oom y force, As it pour'd down i n li ne , Met midway by the Roy a l horse And Rupert of the Rhine!" " The Doncaster St. Leger," is a spirited description of a hardly contested race. The following vivid pic ture of the spectators during the anxious moment of trial will come home to all the visitors of Epsom during the past week : " Then momently, like gusts, you heard, He's sixth—he's fifth—he's fourth—he's third!' As on, like some arrowy meteor flame, The stride of the Derby winner came. And during all that anxious time (Sneer, as it suits you, at my rhyme), The earnesness became sublime; Common and trite as is the scene, At once so thrilling and so mean, To him who strives his heart to scan, And feels the brotherhood of man, That needs must be a mighty minute, When a crowd has but one soul within it." The grand trial is between the " Derby winner " and a Yorkshire mare, the favourite (of course) of the people of Doncaster. The mare has taken the lead, but after a while the " Derby winner" overtakes her : " And bead to head, and stride for stride Newmarket's hope, and Yorkshire's pride, Like horses harnessed side by side, Are struggling to the goal. Ride ! gallant son of Ebor, ride ! For the dear honour of the north, Stretch every bursting sinew forth, Put out thy inmost soul, — And with kneee, and thigh, and tightened rein, Lift in the mare by might and main; The feelings of the people reach, What lies beyond the power of speech, So that there rises up no sound From the wide human life around; One spirit flashes from each eye, One impulse lifts each heart throat-high, One short and panting silence broods, O'er the wildly-working multitudes. But hark I what a rending shout was there, He's beat I he's beat I—by heaven the mare !' Just on the post she springs away And by half a length has gained the day. Then, how to life that silence wakes, Ten thousand hats thrown up on high, Send darkness to the echoing sky, And like the crash of hill-pent lakes, Out bursting from their deepest fountains, Among the rent and reeling mountains, At once from thirty thousand throats Rushes the Yorkshire roar, And the name of their northern winner floats A league from the course, and more." This is only a sample of Sir F. Doyle's power of description ; poetry of a more thoughtful cast abounds in this volume. As he truthfully says in the" Poetas ter's Plea," addressed to Mr. Gladstone— " Still there are times, when fever and unrest Besiege the silent fortress of the breast; Unspoken heaviness and cares unshown, Which yet are bitter to endure alone; When on some sunny dream cloud shadows fall Or sorrows come to me that come to all— Days of uprooted hope—of fading flowers— Of rainbows, waning into wintry showers— When hidden languor follows secret strife, And the heart sickens at the length of life— . These are the seasons, which of right belong To thoughts, which rush and kindle into song. Milton rose up when fate grew hard to bear, From earth to Heaven, and drew empyrean air. From the salt bread he loathed, and paths of pain, Up alien stairs, when life was on the wane, The Tuscan sought his seraph love again. And Tasso kept in gloom, when hope was dead, One brightness, from the laurel on his head. Auguster grief was theirs, whose awful sound, Sca- like, is heard the listening earth around— But yet the same perennial fountains fill The ocean-deeps, and shadows of the rill. Though vast the space between us, not the less We seek a common solace in distress." The influence of such hours occasionally chas tens and subdues, in a beautiful manner, the fire and energy which forms the predominant characteris tic of the muse of Sir Francis. It is said that smiles and tears are, at their source, not far apart. Be this as it may, Sir Francis Doyle possesses the power of evoking either by his strains of melodious pathos, or his outbursts of martial energy. CHEAP EDITION OF EUGENE ARAM. A startling announcement is made by Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, in his preface to the present edition of "Eugene Aram," the last volume completed of the beautiful edition of his works now publishing by Messrs. Chapman and Hall. The announcement will henceforth confirm the fame acquired by this noble romance, and will materially tend toelevatethe already noble and lofty character of Eugene Aram. Says the author—" On going with maturer judgment over all the evidences on which Aram was condemned, I have convinced myself, that although an accomplice in the robbery of Clarke, he was free both fromthe premedi tated design and the actual deed of murder. So thorough is the conviction of Sir Edward on this point, and so fully has that conviction been corrobo rated, that he says further on—" Finding my convic tions, that in the murder itself he had no share, borne out by the opinion of many eminent lawyers, by whom I have heard the subject discussed, I have accordingly so shaped his confession to Walter." This will be grateful news to those who, like ourselves regard " Eugene Aram" as one of the best, and cer tainly as one of the most moral of his productions. It is almost unnecessary to say of the cheap re-issue of the works, four of the volumes of which have already appeared, "Rienzi," "Paul Clifford," "Pelham," and "Eugene Aram," that it is admirably calculated, by extending the reputation of a great writer, to im prove and cultivate the tastes of the multitude. THE BALL( )T. List of Membars who voted for the motion in 1848, excluded from voting in 1849, b, y absence or having paired: — Messrs. Anderson, Barnard, Bri; ;ht, Dawson, Divett, :Fagan, C. W. Grenfell, Greene, B astie, T. liobhouse, Hume, Humphery, Locke, Macgreg( )r, angles, Mowatt ; Sir 1). Norreys, O'Brien, Ogle, Lot A. Paget, Lord C. Paget, Poto, Rice, Sr J. Romilly, " Reynolds, Spearman, Tenison, Townshend, Tynte, Wa! iley, IL Willyams, Mr. Pattison, who did not vo ,te last session, was paired with Mr. William Miles, an( 1 Mr. Scrope and Mr. Grenville Berkeley, and Lord G. _Paget, were absent, with numerous others professing to be favourable to the measure. Of the Government, Sir John Romilly, who voted last session in favour of the motio‘ 3, was shut out; Cap • tain Berkeley, who did not vote last session, voted in favour this session; Admiral Dan das and Lord Marcus Hill voted both times in favour; tc 3d Mr. Tufnell, absent last session, was paired off in fa' pour of it this session. Lord Alfred Paget was paired; Lord Clarence Paget shut out. DEATH FROM A " COUP DE i SOLElL. " —Yesterday morning, about eleTen o'clock, art elderly gentleman of respectable appearance crossing 1, ho fields from Bromley to Lewisham, was observed to atagger and fall to the ground by some labourers, who it istantly hastened to his assistance. Finding him in a gat e of insensibility, they at once conveyed him into the , town of Lewisham, where, upon meeical examination, he was found to be dead, having sustained a coup u I ,e soled, or sun stroke. On the body, which is that of a, p erson about sixty, was found 12s. lid. iu money, and of her valuables. It now lies in Lewisham workhouse fo r identification, and a coroner's inquest. SELF-INCARCERATION. —The first person c onfined in the Plymouth New Prison was a woman, who went there from curiosity on Sunday I veek last; while alone, examining one of the cells, the d oor was unex pectedly closed, and, being furnished with a spring lock, she could not open it again. There w , !re no official e b fuo i u ld n i d ng t , ii n da i t t e he i r a c t e h u e ld e ve t! persons to gpartyrhpeoswieasaisianag wastl iekenight.—Pl'ym'outh Paper. in the afternoon until In ten at night.—Pl'ym'outh thus s h be confined from three &Clod BRODIE3' BANKRUPTCY.— [t is generally reported that a further dividend will shoe ctly be declared. The sum of 33,0001. is in baud.—Plants : Telegraph._ THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL. One of the latest numbers of thi s c l ever per i o di c al (171) was adorned with a Portrait an d a biographi caltothe greedy a n d ad the notice of Thomas Babington Macaulay. No tgreaterripnag curiosity s t r c o i u e i r o of f b the e rtehpperree represented populace. ge ' and few greater of The p o r tra it w ill, we are satisfied, be loo ked to with eagerness, as por traying the features of , one who is termed de servedly one of the greatest mt aof this generation. The likeness, drawn by Anelay, represents the historian as he must have appeared when much younger. ELIZA COOK'S JOURNAL. Number W. of this already favourite periodical contains, besides an amusing fable a b ou t " P u ss and Dash," addressed by the editress to the little habitants , u , humanizing chapter on "Providence and Self-Help," a ge ntle and h ment on the wisdom of t o o n gether with a very of the nursery, a sensible paper, anecdotes, culled The latter con. t t graced h ri e S b o m l t f d i u o pl d n a eat is enforced e e n c between f ‘ h ‘ o a N r r c ' e z i l l d i D n b gC y e s l p aa i l rs e l sg r u eu u s s t n r d a u t m i v . e " from the histories of Columbus, Leonidas, and Solario. Altogether the journal sustains its character. A GOOD EXAMPLE.—The Hon. Newton Fellowes has given orders to have a g reat q uantit y of his coppices and brakes, in the neighbourhood of Eggesford and Chawleigh, cleared and broken up for tillage, which is now affording a large amount of labour to the poor; immense tracts, which but a few years since were planted with furz?, for the purpose of affording shelter for the foxes, are now undergoing that change which will soon, we hope, repay the owner a better return.— Western 7 imes. COUNTY COURTS.—We understand a memorial has been addressed to the Home:office by the County Court Judges, and that a deputation of them has waited upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer, complaining of their salaries having been permanently fixed at 1,0001. a•year —a sum, they say, quite incommensurakd with the dig nity, responsibility, labour, and usefulness of the office. — Western Times. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ending May 19, 1849 :—Coaching traffic, 990/. ss. 11d.; parcels, 401. 123. 10d.; good s a n d cattle, 173/. 3s. 111; steana-boats, 1451. 7s.—Total, 1,3491.90, Sd. SOPHOCLE MILLION. OEDIPUS, KING OF THEBES. Translated front the CEdipus Tyrannus of S'ophocles. By Sir Francis Hastings Doyle. Pour summers back the reception of Antigone by an English audience in Covent-garden Theatre suf ficiently showed that the old Greek dramatists were not incapable of finding appreciation among us bar barians. 'lhe enthusiasm with which that great tragedy was welcomed by the inhabitants of London was scarcely °ming so much to the splendid histrionic abilities of Mr. Vandenhoff and his daughter, or to the noble composition of an il lustrious musician since deceased—Mendelssohn Bartholdy—as it was to the dramatic majesty of Sophocles, a majesty which was recognised even through the film of a translation. Remembering that incident, which almost constitutes of itself an epoch in the drama and in literature, it is with peculiar gratification that we observe the appearance of the present diminutive, but most estimable volume, an English version of the renowned CEiipus Tyrannus, from the pen of Sir Francis Hastings Doyle, late Fellow of All Souls' College, Oxford. From the few words prefixed to the translation it would appear that in the event of the writer meeting with anything like adequate encouragement the present will only prove the pursuivant of many similar performances. With all possible cordiality we trust to see this double intention realised—we trust to witness this success which; will evoke this scholarly enterprise. For the purpose of the trans lator is eminently deserving of encouragement— seeing that it is a solicitude to familiarise the masses of his fellow-countrymen (unacquainted as they are with the language of ancient Greece) with the famous masterpieces of antiquity. To do this effectually Sir F. Hastings Doyle has here pro duced a faithful yet elegant translation into our mother tongue of one of the chef deuvres of the im mortal Sophocles—at a very trifling expenditure for the reader, and of a most portable size for his con venience. As we have already intimated, the trans lator in his preliminary " Notice," expresses his in tention of furnishing versions successively of the six other plays. This intention, we repeat, we earnestly hope to see realised. It will do honour to Sir F. 11. Doyle, while conferring an inestimable advantage on the community. It will tend to diffuse still further the fame of Sophocles, and in so doing it will elevate the tastes and widen the intelligence of the mul titude. FINE ARTS. BUILDINGS AND MONUMENTS. Part I. By George Godwin, P.R S. A new pictorial serial, especially directed to the representation of the various achievements of the science of architecture, is here commenced. Plate one is a sketch of her Majesty's marine residence, Osborne ; two, a beautiful design of the north porch of Redcliff Church, Bristol (as it would appear restored), a spot famous as being surmounted by the muniment room in which the monk Rowley was created by a schoolboy. We should marvellously like to see that muniment room surmounted by a colossal figure of Chatterton ! Plate three gives us a view of St. Isaac's at St. Petersburgh. Plate four is the interior of the new hall at Lincoln's-inn. Plate five, the new Carlton Clubhouse; six, the Arch , bishop's throne, Canterbury Cathedal ; seven, the Kensington Union Workhouse; eight, the Liverpool Branch Bank of England. The work is edited by the editor of our able contemporary the Builder. CLERGY ORPHAN CORPORATION. A. half-yearly meeting of this excellent society was held at the Free masons' Tavern, on Saturday last, the Rev. Dr. Shep herd in the chair, in the unavoidable absence of the Bishop of London. After the minutes of the last meet ing had been read by the Rev. Mr. Glennie, the secre tary, the Reverend Chairman commented upon the great loss which the society had sustained by the death of his co-treasurer, Charles Frederick Barnewall, Esq , and the meeting then proceeded to the election of buys and girls into the schools at St. John's-wood, when, from the great number of applications, and the unfortunately few vacancies, an animated discussion arose as to the relative merits of the candidates, but eventually those who were recommended by the committee were elected. These were five boys, namely, Wm. Thomas, H. B. Marshall, Alfred Williams, John G. B. Owen, and W. De Jabet; and five girls, namely, E. F. Sisson, M. M. Durand, E. M. B. Lewis, Ellen Lee, and C. E. A. Ro gers, all orphans of clergymen of the Church of Eng land, who have been left in a destitute condition. We are sorry to be informed that the annual subscriptions to this valuable institution have of late years fallen off, but it is to hoped that if greater publicity be given to the existence and objects of the charity, this diminution will be arrested, and the accounts present a more satis factory appearance than they have done for several years past. LARGE ARRIVAL or SPECIE.--The following nu merous arrivals of specie have taken place into the metro polis in one day from the different countries and ports mentioned. The ship Alfred, arrived in the docks from Calcutta and the Cape, brought from the latter place 15 boxes of specie, consigned to nine different firms in the metropolis, and two boxes of specie consigned to order. Tho ship Agincourt, also from Calcutta and the Cape, has brought from th© latter place 12 boxes of specie, consigned to order; the vessel New Margaret, from Canton, brought 32 boxes of treasure, consigned to the Oriental Bank, and also 22 boxes of treasure, consigned to order; the vessel Cowlitz, from Port Victoria, Co lumbia River, and Honolala, respectively, brought from the former place 12 cases of specie, consigned to the Hudson's Bay Company, and from the latter, 5 cases of specie, and four cases of gold ore, consigned to the same company, aad also two packages of gold dust, consigned to a party in the metropolis ; the Owen Glendower, from Bombay, Cannanaro, and St. Helena, 16 boxes of silver, consigned to a firm of eminence in the metropolis; the Alverton, from Calcutta and the Cape of Good Hope, 3 boxes of specie, consigned to order; the Frowning Beauty, from Hudsco, ',lquique, Islay, and Callao, respectively, 3,050 bars of copper from the first place, consigned to a metropolitan house, and flora the last mentioned 22 packages of specie, consigned to order; and the Wellington, from Hobart Town, 1 case of bullion, addressed, and 1 case of specie, con signed to a firm in the metropolis. The following ar rivals of a similar nature have also just taken place:— The Winchester, from Launceston, Van Diemen's Land, has brought 1 case of bullion, addressed; the Athena, from Canton, 5 boxes of treasure, consigned to order; the Meteor, from Sierra Leone, 1 case of gold, consigned to a metropolitan firm; the 13roadaxe, from Bahia, 1 box of diamonds, addressed, and 1 package of coins, con signed to order; the Sir Robert Peel, from New York, 1 package of specie, addressed; and the vessel Bucephalus, arrived in the docks from Whampoa, has brought 50 packages of species, consigned to a banking establish ment in the metropolis. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE DERBY DAY.—On Saturday an inquest was held by Mr. Bedford, in the Westminster Hospital, on the body of Nathaniel Rice, aged 11 years, who was killed under very dreadful cir cumstances on the Derby day. It appeared by the evid ence that it has been the custom for a number of boys to assemble on the days of the Epsom races at the Millbank side of Vauxhall-bridge, and to run after the carriages returning from the Downs, for the object of obtaining money, which is too often thrown from the windows, or by the riders in cabs. On Wednesday evening, about half -past seven, Captain George Gardner, R.N., of 16, Bury-street, St. James's, and Captain Jones, a member of the Conservative Club, arrived in one of Hansom's patent cabs, driven by the °Finer, Mr. Everitt, of Royal Oak mews, Paddington, at Vaux hall-bridge, from the races, and when the ve• hide had turned towards Millbank, the deceased and many other boys ran after it, and importuned the gen tlemen inside for some halfpence, but did not succeed. The driver, in order to get away from them, pulled to the off side, and the deceased, by some means, tell over a stone, and was thrown under the near wheel, which passed over his head, and literally crushed it to pieces. He was taken to a surgeon, and afterwards to the hospital, where he died the same night from the effect of the dreadful fractures. Captain Gardner stated that the cab was not going at a rate of more than fire miles an hour, and the driver was perfectly sober. - Neither he nor Captain Jones had thrown out any money to the boys, but from one which was in front of them something had been tossed into the road, which the boys scrambled after, and then came to their cab. The Coroner, having deprecated the dangerous practice, of throwing about money on such occasions amongst crowds of boys, the jury returned a verdict of" Accidental death." THE RUNNING OF THE DERBY..—The result of this race, which excites such interest in the provinces as well as the metropolis, was telegraphed yesterday after noon with wonderful rapidity. The race, which, as will be seen, was won by " Flying Dutchman," is an nounced to be run at half-past two; immediately the result is dispatched on the wings of numerous carrier pigeons trained for the purpose (there being no tele graph between Epsom and London). For the moment a cloud of those messenger-birds is seen, and immedi ately each flies off like a shot in the direction of its home, the goal of some being across the Channel. Those destined for Loudon sped the distance generally within half an hour, and from the Electric Telegraph-office the intelligence was momentarily transmitted over the greater part of the kingdom. Tne result of the race was re ceived here exactly at half-past three. Thus, within the hour, the race was run (and it frequently does not com mence till ten minutes or a quarter of an hour after the time stated), the carrier pigeon received its message, flew with it to London, theft ysterious agency of the telegraph conveyed is here, dwe are now enabled to announce it to our readers.—Caledonzan Mercury. nted Audi- APPOINTMENTS.—Major HoeisHaoppoi Mr. James tor-General k ,at the Cape of G p oo d i3 tati pi c a ai. gardens at Duncan is to be the hea d of the o the Mauritius. MIDDLE TEMPLE, MA Y 26 --The following mem bers of this society have ho nucalled to the bar, and were all: —Henry Smith, Esq , sworn in this evening in the and Henry Scotland, Esq. Th e steam-ship Europa, Captain Lott sailed for p, Halifax an d Bo3ton on Saturday last, carr3ing out seventy passengers , and the weekly mails for Canada and the United States. THE COMMISSARIAT SERVICES.—The amount: re quired to be voted by Parliament this year for the c, m raissariat department is 531,8721. against 577,1621. for the year 1848-9. The effective services require 488,0001., and the non-effective, 43,8721. . MINING INTELLIGENCE (From the Mining Journal) Although no particular amount of business has been .ransacted in the mining share market during the week, we learn that a good proportion is likely to arise from negotiations going on. We find our reports from the mining d'stricts zentrally of an improving character, and, for leading mines, there continues a fair demand at buyers' prices. West Caradon is represented to have very considerably improved during the past few days, and buyers are found at advanced prices. Holmbush is much improved in the flap jack lode. In Kingsett and Bedford they have discovered a very productive lead lode. Buyers may be found for Trelawny, Mary Ann, Bedford United, and other improving mines. West lier's have been in request at an adv,nce. Among the Welsh mines we find Esgair Lli and Llwynmalees have been sought fur, and business may be done at higher quotations. Shares in the following mines have changed hands during the week :-East Wheal Rose, Treviskey and Barrier, South Wheal Frances, Comfort, West Tolgus, Callington, West Caradon, Wheal Trelawny, Condur row, Wheal Franco, Mary Ann, Birch Tor, Mendip Hills, Tamar Consols, Tincroft, ast and South Tamar, Bedford United, Esgair Lli, Wheal Bawden, Comborne Consols, &c. &e. At a meeting of the United Mines adventurers on Wednesday, a dividend of 101. per share was declared. At the East Wheal Crotty meeting, the accounts showed a profit ou the March an 3 April workings of 2221. ss. ld., which made a balance in hand of 2,3501. Os. 2d., from which a dividend of 4701. was paid, leaving 1,808/. 2s. The directors of the Devon Great Consols, at their weekly meeting, on Wednesday, declared a dividend of 71. 10s. per share, or 7,6801., on February and March workings-leaving an available balance of 19,6961. 12$. 10d. in cash, Exchequer-bills, and for ore sold and not yet due. The official report, we learn, advises of some improvements during the past week. At the North Roskear meeting, on the 16:h, a profit of 287/. Ss. 11d. was realised on February and March workings, which, with the balance of 1,7721. ss. 7d. in bankers' hands from end of January, amounts to 2,0591. 14s. 6d. to credit of adventurers. No dividend was de clared. At the Great Polgooth meeting for February and March accounts, a dividend of 41. 103. per share was de clared, carrying a credit of 1381. 86. Ild. to next account. The profit on the two months' working was 1,2901. Bs. Ild. from sales cf nearly 124 tons of tin, and 8 tons 17 cwts. of copper, realising, together, 5,7361. 14s. 2d. The agent's report states the mine to be in a progressively im proving position. At the Treviskey and Barrier meeting, on Monday, a dividend of 41. 10s. per share was declared in Treviskey. from a profit of 571/. 6s. 7d. in February and March, leaving a balance of 43/. Its. Bd. in purser's hands, with ore bills coming due. The returns from Barrier are small, and a debt to the purser has, consequently, been incurred. By the agent's report we find the lode in the bottom level at present unproductive. The lode in the 235 fm. level is producing 6 tons of ore per I'm., and a rise in the 248 yielding 5 tons per fm.: 330 tons were sampled last week, and 100 tons more were broken, but an accident to the whim-engine precluded its being ren dered marketable at the time. At the Kirkcudbrightshire meeting the statements of accounts presented showed a balance of 1601. 15s. Id. in favour of the company. Upwards of 156 tens of lead have been raised during the months of February, March, and April, being an increase over the preceding quarter's returns. Since the meeting we learn that a manifest improvement has taken place in the mines ; the two western levels continue to look well, and a cargo of ore has been lately shipped. At the meeting of the Mendip Hills Company, on Tuesday, the statement of accounts for five months, ending in April, were produced, showing balance of about 1,2001. in favour of adventurers, including arrears of calls amounting to 8001. The chief object of the meeting appears to have been the disposition of a large number of shares which, according to the rules and regulations of the company, were forfeited. But an ap plication having been made by a defaulting shareholder for the restoration of his proportion, on payment of the calls due, the directors deemed it advisable to consult the views of a general meeting, who unanimously re solved not to restore them, but to leave the mode of disposal to the decision of the directors ; in consequence, however, of the absence of one of the board, the decision was deferred. The report advises that arrangements were in progress for making the most satisfactory re turns from this important property. At :he meeting of Great Rough Tor Consols, on Wednesday, a call of 11. per share was deemed necessary for further prosecuting the mines. A detailed report of the present position and prospect of the mines was pre sented fram Mr. Ilitchins, of Devon Great Consols. At the Runnaford Coombe meeting, the accounts showed a balance is favour of the company of 170/. 4s. 9d., and the agent's report represented the mine to be in an improving condition. In foreign mines the transactions have been somewhat limited during the week. St. John del Reys have re ceded, Bolanos, Gaudaloanal, United Mexican, and Australians have also changed hands at lower figures. The Imperial Brazilian advices are to the 23d March, and give the gold returns from the 3d to the 22d March -Gongo Soco, 12 lbs. 7 ozs. 15 dwts.; and Banana], 11 lbs. 10 ozs. 4 dwts.=24 lbs. 5 ozs. 19 dwts. Total, from the Ist of January, from both mines, 102 lbs. 5 ex& 19 dwts. Thy' maneger, in reporting, on the 3d March, states, that the 14 fm. level, west of Walker's shaft, is going rapidly through the jacotinga formation, but had not reached the gold bearing vein; and that three boxes of favourable work had been extracted from the 14 fm. level, south of Thomas's shaft. On the 6th, he states that material improvements had taken place in the 7 fm. level, north of Walker's cross-cut, and in the 7 and 14 fm. levels, south of Thomas's shaft. The pros pects on the whole, are more encouraging than previous advices. The Allen report for the month of March estimated the total returns at 185 tons. The mining report states that at Raipas Mine, after frequent changes, they had succeeded in finding a productive lode in the back of the 20 fm. level, and also in the cross-cut going north they have a very promising lode, with every prospect of great improvement. At the Old Mine, Ryper's, Michell'a, and Carl Johan's, improvements have taken place. About 14 tons of fine copper are expected this year over the preceding. Although a falling off in the returns at Ward's Mine may produce a deficiency for April, it is not expected that any deficiency will be found in the total produce. THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette.) PItESENTATION OF WAR MEDALS.—A party of we terans entitled to this decoration, under the command o Captain Powell, the Staff-officer, were assembled in front of the 63d Regiment, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on Monday last, on the occasion of the inspection of that Corps by Major-General Thorn, C. 8 ., command in g the district, and at Captain Powell's request the Ge neral undertook the distribution of the medals. He ad dressed the parties severally as they came forward to receive them, and with much feeling briefly referred to the Clasps, each of which indicated a battle the parties had taken part in—some of the men had thirteen and several eight Clasps—and in glowing terms eulo gised the services of their respective Regiments, urged the maimed and aged warriors to value the Medals as tokens of a nation's gratitude, and to preserve these feelings of loyalty which had animated them in battle to the latest period of their lives. The old soldiers lis tened with deep attention, thanked the General for his kindness, and asked permission to give three hearty cheers for the Queen THE VISITS OF THE PUBLIC TO THE " VICTORY." —During the year, between January 1848:and January 1849, thirty-two thousand persons visited the Victory, and it should be well hnown that it is particularly re quested by the Commanding Officer that no gratuity shall be taken by any of the corporals who show persons round the ship. Any sum visitors may feel disposed to give will be put to a good purpose if placed in the small ship at the entering port, designed for subscriptions to the Dreadnought, hospital ship, and to the Seamen and Marine's Orphan Scool at Portsmouth. We feel anxious that the public should . know the pur• poses to which their contributions are intended to be applied, as the Officers cannot entirely prevent the mer cenary ships' corporals from receiv in g fees and gratui ties. The o ffi cers have now had small slips of paper printed, for distribution to visitors as they enter the ship, to prevent, if possible, the irregularities com plained of? These ship's corporals have no shame and uo conscience. The poor-box is getting less and less full each month, whilst the pockets of the corporals are overflowing. FLAG-LIEUTENANT AT CORK.—Rear Admiral Man ley Dixon has nominated Lieutenant Jeffreys (1841) now serving as First Lieutenant of the Driver, steam sloop, in the Pacific, as his Flag Lieutenant. YEOMEN OF THE GUARD. —In future no appointment to this Corps will be mada of any individual who is of lower stature than 5 feet 10 inches. SPIKE ISLAND, CoRK.—A new and enlarged Guard house is ordered to be built at this station, in conse quence of the intention of the Governme nt to augment the number of convicts to 1,400. men. STRIKING OFF THE LlST.—Lieutenant t for being struck off the Navy Ls ranean, has been i theChMaveldeisteFr-. Robinson, formerly of the Theti s, 36, in absent from his ship without leave. Be had on l y been promoted a short time previously. STEAM SLOOP " YDRA."- - We to br o m Commander Grey THE VALUABLE SLAVE RIZE ""fly MAJESTY'SlfaEnitnoed week that the Hydra, 6, stea e ui r very valuable slaver off Rio. Skipwith, bad captured mhitrite was beating instant we mentioned. that as the p It will be remembered that in our A (gazette of the sth h t a o r w bo e u d r o o n ut th b e y 2 a d s March, a beau tifulteam tug ; but out osflatvheer bwaarsofbelitntog when she saw the man-of-war, she deemed it prudent t o drop her anc hor inside. It would appear, however, that the movements of the slaver had been watched with some interest from the Hydra, and, deemin g h er caut i ous hismanner boatsmo st to follow. T suspicious, Captain heboat m c Skipwithae up with ordered one of the tow slaver o I. at the e about tug. te A n it o e ' r el r o e e ci o'clock the a esame vo n l i i g ey bt ir w orn hil t e he sti b l r l i i o n , tiLosnetvednatseleien men, including and boardin g , ca pt ure d her, b with including officer, and two of them were, of course, left i n th e b oat to h o l d on. A f ter gain ing the deck of the brig little or no resistance was offered, and she was taken f u ll p ossess i on o f. The crew, consisting of thirty-eight men, sued for mercy, were dis armed, and allowed to leave in the brig's boats. The steamer now attempted to tow the prize back to the harbour, but the prize officer (Mr. Graham, acting mate) fired into her and cut away the hawsers, when the tug steamed in without molesting him. Mr. Graham finding he required more hands, sent the boat back, and she returned on the afternoon of the 3d to the ship, and from the information she brought it was udged fit for the Hydra to go out to the prize—so steam was got up, and she went out to her. She proved to b the Uniao of Rio, a brig of 2SO tons burthen, fully equipped and armed for carrying on the slave traffic. She was sent to Demerara for condemnation, where she has since arrived. The taking of this vessel has caused a considerable sensation in the city of St. Sebastian. One man acknowledged to the losing of 5,0001. by it, and Rvcio N._ 2 A 5,0 11 00/. the to surplus 35,000 L the reports are th a t th e cargo s h e had on b oar d , an d the specie, Lair were Ep worth r from Ll arms, ac coutrements, and ammunition, are ordered to be for warded under escorts from the head quarters of Infantry Regiments and depots, to the Ordnance depots at Dub lin, Cork Harbour, Limerick, Athlone, and Charlemont Fort, consequent on the reduction of the establishment of corps. STAFF OFFICERS OF PENSIONERS.—A new district will be formed, to be called Greenwich or Deptford, to which Captain Christie, Staff Officer of Pensioners, at Edinburgh, has been appointed. The Board of Ordnance are about to rent the Castle of Carrick-on-Suir, Tipperary, belonging to the Mar quis of Ormonde, in order to afford sufficient and ample accommodation for the troops. MAJOR-GENERAL LORD 'FREDERICK PITZCLARENCE AND THE ROYAL MARINE CORPS.-At the termination of the review at Portsmouth, on Thursday last, the Major-General made a high complimentary address to the Royal Marine Corps, alluding in strong terms to their importance and conduct on all accasions, and espe cially to their correct discipline in the field on that oc• casion. THE CONVICT MrrcHEr...—TheiNeptune, convict ship, in charge of Mr. Dees, as superintendent, landed 82 of her cargo of convicts at Bermuda, and having filled up from that plane her number to 289— amo n g w hom was the political convict John Mitchel—sailed for the Cape of Good Hope from Bermuda, April 22. Instructions were given to keep Mitchel apart from the other prisoners, partly on account of the shattered state of his health— as he had suffered severely from asthma—and also for political reasons. To carry out these orders, the steward's pantry had been converted into and fitted up as a berth for the convict, and a separate entrance had been made to it, so that he was entirely cut off from contact with the other prisoners. All the convicts on board the Neptune on their passage to the Cape were "ticket-of leave men," their position in the colony depending upon their conduct on board. LAUNCH OF HER MAJESTY'S STEAM-FRIGATE SIMOOM AT GOVAN. On Thursday her Majesty's steam-frigate Simoom was launched frcm Mr. Robert Napier's building-yard at Govan, near Glasgow, in presence of a large concourse of spectators. Through the admirable arrangements not the slightest accident either occurred to the ship or the banks of the river. The principal dimensions of this fine steam-ship are as follows Ft. In. Extreme length from figure head to taffrail 270 0 Length between the perpendiculars Length of keel for tonnag e 221 41 Breadth extreme (or breath for tonnage) Depth Burden in tons (old measurement) 1,979 57-49ths tons. The Simoom is to be provided with a screw propeller of 16 feet in diameter, to be driven by two engines of 350-horse power, which will be placed several feet below the surface of the water, so as to be protected from the enemy's shot in time of action. The engines are built by Messrs. Watt and Boulton, Soho Foundry, Birmingham, and will be sent to Glasgow by railway. The manner in which the Simoom is built as to strength is somewhat extraordinary, as the following particulars will prove:—The keel and stem are of solid iron bars, 9 inches deep by 5 inches thick; the stem is in one piece, of the breadth and thickness mentioned, and upwards of 40 feet in length; the stern posts are also of iron of large dimensions. The frames are of the largest sized angle iron, and placed at short dis tances apart; the floor pieces at the bottom of the frames are two feet deep. On the top of the floors there is a large box kelson, formed of iron, extending fore and aft the ship. The outside plates (or skin of the ship) are one inch in thickness at the bottom, diminishing to three• quarters of an inch at the top of the side. She has two entire decks above the engine-room, before and abaft which there is also a lower deck. The main and spar decks are four inches thick, laid on iron beams of large dimensions, to which are connected large iron shelf pieces and stringers, with waterways, formed of timber, extending all round the decks, and connected with the sides of the ship. The deck planks are secured from the under side, which causes them to appear much more perfect on the upper side than when laid on wooden beams. The armament for the spar-deck is intended to be as follows:—Two swivel guns of 112 cwt. each, and four of 56 cwt. each, all for firing shot or shell of 8 inches dia meter; also two 32-pounders of 25 cwt. each. Tho armament for the main deck is twelve 32-pounders of 56 cwt. each. She is fitted with three of Downton's patent pumps, of which one is 12 inches in diameter, and capable of throwing from 400 to 500 gallons of water per minute. She is divided into five water-tight com partments below the main deck. The screw propeller is fitted so that it can be discon nected from the engines and raised on deck through a trunk fitted through the decks for that purpose. The upper deck of the frigate is flush. In point of tonnage this ship is the largest iron frigate ever built, and considerably exceeds the size of the Terrible, hitherto the largest, which has paddle-boxes, with en gines of 800-horse power. She is the largest iron ship ever launched, for it must be remembered that the un fortunate and magnificent Great Britain was floated, not launched, into the deep. When floating, the frigate's weight, exclusive of engines, &c., is about 1,400 tons, and when fully fitted out it is expected that she will draw about 17 feet of water. We have no means of ascertain ing the exact cost of this noble ship. RAILWAY RE T URNS RatLwAlt TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week In the previous year : Neck ending Last week. t P g NAME OF RAILWAY. May 19 20 19 20 20 13 19 Aberdeen • • •• .• •••••• • . •• •• •• ••• •• Amiens and Boulogne ......... •• • • • • Belfast and Ballymena ••• • • •••• • •• Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and W. Y. Chester and Holyhead • • .... •• •• Cockermouth and Workington.... •• • • Dublin and Drogheda• ••• •• . ........ Dublin and Kingstown • • •......... • • Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen •• •• • • •• East Anglian.... • • •• • • • • •• • • • • • • •• •• Edinburgh and Glasgow . •• • •••• • • •• Edinbnrgh and Northern • ........... Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. East Lancashire • • • . ................ Eastern Uni0n.................. Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • • • . Glasgow and Greenock.. .......... .. Great Northern and E. L........• .. Great Southern and Western •• •• •• •• Great Western,&e... ....... ........ Kendal and Windermere•• ....•• •• Lancashire and Yorkshire..• • •• • • • • • • Lancaster and Carlisle.• •• •• Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport— •• Londonderry and Enniskillen•• •...•• London and North Western, Bte. London and Blackwall— •... •• .. •••• London and Brighton. .. London and South Western . • ... • . • . Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.. • . Midland Great Western (Irish) •• Monklands ..• • • • • ...... •• .... . • .. • . Newcastle and Carlisle•..... •• •• . North British .. •• .. ..... Paris and Rouen . ...... .... Rouen and Havre .. • • • ... • • Scottish Central Shrewsbury and Chester • . • ......... South Eastern and Branches ........ South Devon • . • • • ... . • • • • • • • • ...... Taft' Vale • • •• •• •• • • Mater . • • • • • • • • 540 1,187 511 410 4,944 1,349 855 960 1,094 '634 3,938 2,251 14,051 2,929 1,240 2,549 1,037 2,389 3,676 17,892 12,365 2,108 162 39,757 1,151 416 674 3,975 776 8,448 9,661 3,648 20,814 1,127 2,844 5,197 2,497 1,238 1,367 8,062 1,01 2,028 788 320 512 3.777 1.5111 14,201 990 1,217 2,115 1,129 2,396 20,941 9,440 1,855 125 41,748 1,059 8,127 8,630 2,571 21,199 1,051 2,382 2,082 3,754 1,512 Waterford and Limerick-- • • • • • • •• Whitehaven Junction .•. • • • • • • • • •• .. York and Newcastle . •• • • •• •• ••• • •• York and North Midland •. •• 10,480 6,726 540 8,422 1,564 1,512 853 186 12,035 8.100 OPENING or THE NEW STATION, EUSTON -SQUARE. —The new station of the North-Western Railway, at Euston-square, which has been for several months in progress, was, on Saturday, opened for business. The building (externally very plain) is in the Roman style; the interior decorated with Corinthian and Doric columns. The length of its south and north fronts is 168 feet; the east and west fronts, 221 feet. In addi tion to the handsome waiting-rooms, booking and other offices, compactly arranged within the building, are two vestibules ; the outer, for general traffic, measuring 64 feet by 21, is paved with patent metallic lava, resembling tesselated pavement, an article im p ervious to damp. The inner vestibule is a magnificent apartment, 140 feet long, 60 feet wide, and 61 feet high; around it runs an elegant light iron gallery communicating with the upper offices : it will be used as a general waiting and refresh ment room. At the east end is a bold flight of steps, leading to the general meeting room, which is calculated to hold 4,000 persons. Over the entrance is a piece of sculpture in Caen stone, representing Britannia sup ported by Mercury and Science, executed by John Thomas ; and contiguous (by the same artist) are bas relief devices symbolical of London, Birmingham, Man chester, Chester, Northampton, and Carlisle. The deco rations of the principal apartments are profuse, chaste, and elegant ; the general offices are neat, convenient, and spacious: the whole in fact, as a railway station, is without equal. It has been executed by Messrs. Cubitt, from a design by P. Hardwicke, Mil, the architect, at an expense of nearly 140,0001. SERVANTS' PROVIDENT AND BENEVOLENT SO CIETY.—On Saturday a supplementary meeting to that held on the 16th inst., at the Hanover-square Rooms, and at which his Royal Highness Prince Albert presided, took piece at Rooms, King-street, St. James's. It was most numerously attended. There was' a large number of domestic servants present, and the female por tion of them, at the request of the chairman, the Bishop of Oxford, wero accommodated with chairs close under the platform, on which were the Bishop of Norwich, Mr. Gladstone, M.P., Hon. C. Pelham, Hon. Dudley Pel ham Sir C. Allis, Sir W. Stirling, the Revs. Sir H. Dukinfield, H. Mackenzie, J. [Jackson, W. Williams, Robert Wilson, G. G. Gordon, W. Rawlins, R. Alston, A. R. Pennington, H. Ellison , Black, T. Braithwaite, T. Ainger, Dr. Brewer, Captain Burrows, J. Tidd Pratt, and J. Twining, Dqs. Resolutions in accordance with the object of the society were put and carried. DEATH FROM FRIGHT.—As a young woman was passing the churchyard, Weymouth, a few days since, in the dusk of the evening, a small dog, belonging to a person residing close by, jumped through the rails sud denly as she passed. She immediately walked to her father's house, about 100 yards from the spot, and had seven fits; she expired on the day following. 10