The Sun. — London, England, 1855-04-05 00:00:00

rHE SAILING OF THE BALTIC FLEET. potersmouTs, Wednesday. The disappointment c aused by the non - sailing of the fleet on Tuesday, as ap pointed, was amply compensated for to-day in the eyes of the few whd remained at Portsmouth to see what an other day would bring forth. As early as six o'clock in the morning the Port-Admiral, Sir Thomas Cochrane, and the Board of Admiralty went to Spithead in the Vi vid steam yacht, and gave the last orders to th e fl ee t, after which the Vivid carried them to Sconce Point, to inspect the new works of defence at that part of the Needles Channel. A dense fog shut out the fleet en tirely from the shore, and it was not until noon that even the spectre-like hulls became visible to the anxiouse eyes gazing seawards. It appe are d un certain in the early part of the day whether th e fl ee t would mo ve, but at 9 a.m. the flag-ship, the Duke o f Wellin gton, nailed to the Geyser and D r i ver t o get up seara and sig made - prepare to weigh ; at 10 s i gna l was to the fleet to weigh the small bowe r anc h or and raise screw propel lers ; the wind being fair it was then known to be the Admiral's intentio n th a t the shi p s should put to sea ed to the paddle-yes under sail, and a t 11.30 he signalled while at the same time sels to get up st eam at elo • the dinner p ennan t was Zi s st p : en d. At ten minutes after 1 signal was made " Prepare to weigh ;" the fleet immedi ately hove short, and at half-past 1 signal was made Weigh and form ord er of sailing as most convenient, with Magicienne and Basilisk in front to look out ahead and the Bulldog and Dragon to take their of the theAdmirai, Admiral's wake. At 2 general signal places in cle to " Rendezvous in the Downs in cas e o f was ; comP any." The ships got under P way as mos t m ( signal), and when standing ou t t o . ~,ivenien.per Wards-- the Nab, appeared from that spot in the follow. i n g order : PORT DIVISION. STARBORD DIVISION. Guns Commanders Guns Commanders. Magicienne... 16 Fisher Basilisk Blenheim 60 Hall James Watt 91 Elliot Colossus Duke of Wel- Edinburgh 5B Hewlett lington l3l (Flag) Caesar ...... 91 Robb Gorgon 6 Crawford Ajax Cressy ..... 81 Warren Nile 9l Mundy Bulldog ..... 6 Gordon Exmouth 9l (Flag) Majestic The first off was the Blenheim under courses, topsails, and topgallantsails, the James Watt following closely in her wake under topsails and topgaliantsails, and evi dently having the heels of her ; at a wide interval came the Colossus and Hogue, the latter carrying fore and maintopmast and topgallant studding sails, which ex ample was followed by the other 60-gun blockships. Generally, the ships carried royals, which the Blenheim was first to hoist, and this she did when abreast of the Pylades. The Duke of Wellington, besides the flag of the Commander-in-Chief (at the mizen), carried the broad pendant (blue) of the Captain of the Fleet at her main, although there were eight senior:captains in sight. This, we believe, was a novelty, but perhaps a good one in some respects, as showing an utter disregard of precedent and "routine" in the " regulations" relating to such mat ters. The Port Admiral, Sir Thomas Cochrane, went out of harbour in the - Vivid while the fleet was under way, and remained close to the Duke of Wellington for some time, eventually proceeding some way out with the ships. Had not the weather been so hazy, the picture from the shore would have been magnificent ; but the first of the fleet was out of eight before any movement was known ashore. About half-past 3, however, the mist suddenly lifted, and a glimpse was then obtained of the fleet in full sail about six miles from port, between the Warner and the Nab. The last signal seen was now made out, flying from the masthead of the Duke, and was evidently in consequence of the wind falling light ; it was for the line-of-battle ships to "Get up steam at slow speed." During the time these manceuvres were being performed by the fleet the splendid new two decker Orion, 91, under full steam, was cruising about the roadstead, and trying her speed by the measured mile ; she is a magnificent ship, and apparently of great power. The Bellerophon, 78, sailing ship, afforded a sad contrast to the outgoing fleet as she was towed into harbour with sick and wounded invalids from the Crimea. There were but few vessels of any kind moving about the fleet, owing to the general impression that - it would not leave before Thursday. Among those out we noticed the Vivid, the Pigmy, the Bee, the Ar gus, and the trim little Dutch war steamer Mercur, which got under way and stood out abreast of the Com mander-in-Chief's ship. The only casualty was with a schooner yacht, the property of Mr. H. D. P. Cunning ham, R.N., the inventor and patentee of the plan for reefing topsails from the deck, who got under way with the fleet to exhibit the utility of that important applica tion. The yacht got under the bows of the two-decker Majestic, carried away both her topmasts, and obliged the line-of-battle-ship to drop anchor. There were 13 sail of the line and five paddle steamers gone to-day. The latter are the Magicienne, Vulture, Dragon, Bull dog, and Gorgon. There are remaining at Spithead the Neptune, 120 ; St. George, 120 ; Orion (screw), 91 ; Powerful, 84 ; Calcutta, 84 ; Pylades (screw), 21 ; Cruiser (screw), 14 ; Ariel (screw), 9 ; Centaur, 6 (paddle) ; Geyser, 6 (paddle) • and Driver, 6 (paddle). It is reported that the sailing line-of-battle-ships go shortly to the Downs, to salute the Emperor and Em press of the French, on their forthcoming visit to Eng land. At five o'clock the van of the Baltic feet wa3 hull down from the extreme end of the land on the Ports mouth shore. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Mails for her Majesty's troops in the Crimea, Greece, Turkey, and Smyrna, and the nav a l f orces an d transpoit service in the Black Sea, will be made up tc-morrow evening and despatched, via Marseilles, whence they will be forwarded by French packet to their destination. Letters for persons attached to the medical staff, or in the military hospitals at Smyrna or Scutari, should be specially addressed, "Hospital, Scutari," or "Hospital, Smyrna," as the case may be. Letters must be pre paid. - The Lords of the Admiralty have decided that the entry of foreign seamen for a continuous service of ten years shall for the future be discontinued ; they will, however, ba permitted to volunteer for short periods of 6 and 12 months, to serve in the gun and mortar vessels and floating batteries attached to the Baltic and White Sea fleets. The Orion, 91, Capt. Erskine tried the measured mile at Stoke's Bay yesterday; wind light and water smooth; draught 27 feet ; speed per hour, average, 11 2 nautical miles, equal to 12 9 statute miles per hour; revolutions ef engines 60 per minute. This performance is consid ered to be not inferior to that of any line-of-battle ship yet tried at Stoke's Bay. She made 11 4 knots by log before taking up her station in the fleet on Tuesday, on her way from Sheerness, at 62 revolutions of her engines. The Powerful, 84, Captain Massie, is to retain her crew intact; they will be turned over eventually in a body—officers and men —to a screw line-of-battle ship. The repairs of the machinery of the screw-transport Victory are progressing in Plymouth Sound. One of the engines broke down shortly after leaving Portsmouth, and she came on with the aid of a single engine. The air bucket of the foremost engine is out of order, and the slides require to be adjusted. The Government hired transport, Mary Ann, Captain Fielding, No. 46, with stores from the Black Sea, last from Gibraltar, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Wed nesday morning. She belongs to the estate of Messrs. Oliver and Co., of Liverpool. MILITA.RY. Orders have been forwarded to the depots of the Bth Regiment of Foot, serving in Bombay ; 24th ditto, Ben gal ; 25th King's Own Borderers ditto, Madras ; 27th Enniskillen's, ditt o , B engal ; 43$1 , 111onmouthshire Light infantry, ditto, Madras ; 52d Light Infantry, ditto, Bengal ; 60th Royal Rifle Regiment, let battalion, ditto, Bengal ; 86th Royal County Down, ditto, and 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers (Faugh-a-ballaghs), ditto, under orders for marching, not to tell off any draughts for the service companies for the present; the draught for the 12th Lancers from Maidstone will not proceed to India, the service of the regiment being required in the Crimea. The detachment of the 10th Hussars, numbering 200 sabres ' will proceed from the cavalry dep o t b arracks at Maidstone to Southampton, at which pert they will em bark for the Crimea. • Yesterday morning, at a quarter past ten o'clock, 400 of the Grenadier Guards, 300 of the Coldstreams, and 300 of the Scots Fusiliers, marched into the parade in front of the Wellington Barracks, in order to be in *Pected 'oy his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c., rrms to departing to the seat of war in the East. t ` 4 ° Albert and the Duke of Cambridge arrived shortly "' et t qftteolock Prince Albert wearing the tunic or new Thereess at the y regiment of which he is the colonel. van a ble the Parade-ground Colonel Wood, the second i on Payne, .coaltatmand of the regiment, Quartermaster adjuta n t, J, lbt 7 Thornton, Captain Hutton, brigade Grenadi er F- C et , adjutant of the first battalion of talion of Gr .-4 0tain Keppel, of the second bat- Grenadier Guardstre% I tenant H. Parnell, of the Colonel Lewis, dok n ir ß n Quin 2, Lieutenant Mallett, Lieutenant-Colonel Bruce — Y Ine Hon. G. Cadogan, A. F. Egerton, Li elitenan ' - a j l)tain Thesiger, the Hon. 3ilari of Carrick, Lieutenant the many other distinguished ofao Viscount Stormont, and ni gbYD Lieutenant the received by the troops with efrtBiii prince Albert was playing " God Save the Queen." i.9niTg: h onours thet r h a e n k b s a a n u d d il accompanied by his suite, walked th roe Highness, minutely inspected the_ men, and bation of their apparent efficien c y. e lP p res : e(l o. Plis appro. Highness's inspection he suddenly perceinin• his Royal valided soldiers, and, having inquired who ve t d h 'lave rat in was informed that they had met with their t he wer d e : h ; e the East. His Royal Highness then condoled oun h — th al poor fellows and expressed his gratitude at the mseeiwngit--e back again. By desire of the Prince the troops we re at the close of the inspection ordered to march to Buckinet bam Palace, in order to be reviewed by the Queen, having passed under the front archwa y of the Palac e they marched round the bands stationed in the centre of the court-yard in front of a window occupied by her tjesty. Ten officers and 473 men of the 96th Regiment arrived in Dublin on Tuesday from England, is route for Tern. plemore. They are quartered during their stay in Dub lin in the Richmond and Isiand-bridge barracks. Yesterday great activity prevailed in the Tower in shipping saddlery, sabres, lances, pistols, accoutre ments, picket -posts, halters, and nosebags, to the seat of war ; large quantities of the above-mentioned stores were also- sent to Plymouth and Southampton, at which ports they will be taken charge of by the cavalry detachments about to proceed to the Crimea. THE MILITIA. The Royal North Gloucester Militia, under the com mand of Colonel Singscote, has been stationed at Ciren cester for three months since its embodiment. It has sent to the regulars upwards of 170 men since the 20th , 4 1.. , - THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 5. mind, although it must not be supposed that a cabman could escape punishment by demanding more than his legal fare with a civil tongue. It was really a pity that the drivers should persevere so obstinately in their dis like to short sixpenny fares, for otherwise they might have double their present amount of business. People who wanted to go short distances would be constantly using their cabs, if they were not aware of the fact that a cabman would rather waste a whole day, idling upon his box, than accept a sixpenny fare. But for this cir cumstance, the result of an ignorant prejudice, their horses might be constantly and profitably employed, in stead of being kept perishing for hours together upon the crowded stands of the metropolis. Under all the circum stances, the defendant must pay a fine of 10s. and the costs, 2s. 6d. Both amounts were paid. _ Another cabman, named Birmingham, was charged by Inspector Walsh with obtaining a licence at Scotland yard under false pretences—having subscribed to the usual allegation that he had never been convicted of crime, or had a license granted to him before. A number of detective officers attended to prove the falsity of both these declarations, but Mr. Lewis, the defendant's solicitor, succeeded in upsetting the case on technical grounds ; and having secured the safe dis charge of his client, considerately suggested to the Scot land-yard officials a more efficient mode of substantiating such charges in future. Mr. Henry remarked that they ought to feel indebted to Mr. Lewis for his skilful and disinterested suggestion. MA RLBO RO UG H-STREET.—EuphresyneOroissey, otherwise Madame la Comiesse de Oroissey, was brought before Mr. Bingham on a warrant charged with having unlawfully assaulted Madeleine Amuret. The charge arose out of a statement made the previous day by the complainant, to the effect that she had been inveigled to England by Mddame le Comtesse, taken to a notorious foreign house in Newman-street, and disposed of to the keeper thereof for 500 francs ; that she had immediately afterwards contrived to get away from the house in question, and had made such representations to some friends of the treatment she had been subjected to as to induce them to advise au application to a magistrate, which advice having been taken, Mr. Bingham granted a warrant, which was executed by Powell, one of the officers of tho court. Mr. Herring was for the complainant, and Mr. Wont ner for the defendant. Mr. Bingham, after very fully investigating the case, said :—There are a great many circumstances in this case as disclosed in the evidence which make me doubt whether I ought to give entire credit to the statement of the complainant. With this view, and taking into consideration the discrepancies between the evidence of the complainant and the other witness for the prosecu tion, I am of opinion that no jury would convict on such evidence, and I as bound, therefore, to dismiss the information. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LINCOLN SPRING MEETING.—TuEsDAy. The Consolation Scramble of 3 sovs eacb, with 30 added About half a mile. 9 subs. Mr. Cook's Lady of the Lodge, by lago, 3 yrs, 5t 91b (Ducker) 1 Mr. Wood's Kennyside Hero, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Kendall) 2 Mr. Hill's Dan Cupid, 4 yrs, 6st 81b (Fordham) 3 The following also ran :—Heltnet, Haxby, and Twi light. _ Betting-5 to 4 on Kennyside Hero, 3 to 1 agst Haxby, 4to 1 agst Helmet. Won by a short neck ; a head between the second and third. Haxby a good fourth. The Grand Steeplechase (Handicap) of 10 sous each, 5 ft if declared, &c. ; the second to_save his stake ; winners extra. About four miles. 12 subs. Mr. Waller's Belshazzar, aged, gst 71b ...(W White) 1 Mr. Coates's Massa Mungo, aged, Bst 121 b (T. Hall) 2 Mr. Elmore's Janus, aged, lOst (Green) Mr. Shelley's Star of England, aged, 9st 71b (includ ing 71b extra) (G. Stevens) 4 Betting-6 to 4on Janus, 2to 1 agst Star of England. Won in a canter. Janus, who fell during the race, walked in third, and Star of England, who refused seve ral times, came in last. The Selling Stakes of 25 sous each, with 25 added, for three-yr-olds and upwards ; optional selling weight, &c. One mile. Five subs. Mr. Stevenson's Goose, by Van Tromp, 3 yrs, ist 111 b (301.) (Ducker) 1 Mr. J. Dawson's Jack Leeming, aged, Bst 91b (301.) (J. Prince) 2 Mr. Hill's Dan Cupid, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b (301.) Kendall) 3 Mr. B. Land's Bordeaux, aged, Bst 91b (301.) (Land, jun.) 4 Mr. M`Lean's W. (late Richard Primmer, 5 yrs, Bst 31b (401.) (M`Lean) 5 Betting-3 to lon Jack Leeming, 4to 1 each agst Bordeaux and Goose. Won by two lengths; a length between second and third. The winner was sold for 65 guineas. The Two-Year-Old Selling Stakes were won by Mr. Innian's Napoleon 111., 7st 101 b (401.) (Midgley), beat ing Mr. Byrn's Gipsy Girl, 7st 61b (401.) (Barker). Only those two ran. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ADMIRALTY COURT, APRIL 4. THE SILENCE.-COLLISION. The brig Blakistone, of the burden of 204 tons, coal laden, proceeding from Seaham to London, and the schooner silence, of the bu r de n o f 104 t ons , ound from Bangor to London, with slates, came into collision with each other at 5 p.m. on the 8d of July last, a little below North Point, off Woolwich. The wind, it was admitted, was W.S.W. The brig, according to her plea, was standing towards the north shore, close hauled on the port tack ; that when near the shore she observed the schooner under her starboard quarter, going in the same direction, and signalled her to go about under the brig's stern, which she accordingly did, and then reached off on the starboard tack ; that the brig, on reaching the north shore, also went about, and while the foreyard was lying aback the schooner, which had gone about nearly in midchannel to avoid a vessel which was being towed up across her bows, stood towards her on the port tack, apparently intending to cross the brig's hawse ; that, perceiving the schooner persevering in her attempt, and that a collision thereby became imminent, the brig's yards were instantly thrown aback and other measures adopted ; that the schooner was hailed to back her foreyard and let go her bead sheets, neither of which she did, but, in attempting to cross the brig's hawse, fell with her starboard quarter on the brig's starboard bow, driving one fluke of the brig's an chor, which was hanging ready to let go, with the stock awash in the water, through her own side, and the other into the brig's bow between four and five feet be low the water's edge. She attributed the accident to the schooner carrying such a press of canvass on a squally day in a crowded navigation, and, more especially, at tempting to cross the hawse of the brig instead of going to leeward of her, or checking her way, as she had been hailed to do. On the part of the schooner, it was alleged that the brig was seen a little a h ea d an d to leeward of the schooner ; that when the schooner had approached so near to the north shore that it was necessary to go on the starboard tack, sloe hailed the brig, which was also going about on the starboard tack, to keep her yards aback ; that the schooner being obliged to turn again to avoid a collision with a steam tug and bark, put her helm down, but, observing that the b r i g , w hi c h was now some distance astern and to leeward, had filled her yards, and was rapidly approaching th e schooner, hailed her to back her sails and t o l ower her anchor, the stock of which was two feet above the water ; that the sails of the brig were not hove aback until too late to avoid the collision, and while the schooner was in stays sho ran stem on into her starboard side. Cress actions were entered by the respective par ties. The Admiralty Advocate and Dr. Spinks were beard for the brig ; Dr. Haggard and Dr. Deane for the schooner. The learned Judge, having conferred with the Elder Brethren by whom he was assisted, said they were of opinion that both vessels were to blame—the brig for not keeping her headyards aback, and for carrying her anchor in an improper manner. Decree accordingly. THE MARGARET AND MARIA.-SALVAGE. This was a suit brought by a boat and a yawl, the Bee and the Chance, to obtain compensation for salvage ser vices rendered to the schooner Margaret and Maria, in the Yarmouth Roads, on the Bth of November last. The schooner, bound from London for Goole, with wheat, had come to anchor in consequence of an adverse wind. While lying in that position the fishing smack Badger drove across the schooner and became entangled with her. Twelve of the salvors put off in the yawl, and on reaching the vessels found the boat with two other men. They tendered their services to assist in extricating the vessels, and, as they alleged, they were accepted. On the part of the owners it was denied that the men were employed, and the case was characterised as one of gross extortion. Dr. Jenner was heard for the salvors ; Dr. Addams for the owners. The Court reserved its judgraeut. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. IN RE C. W. CURRIE. The bankrupt was a merchant in Moorgate-street, trading under the firm of Currie, Dale, and Co. This was the last examination meeting. Mr. Rees appeared for the assignees ; Mr. Chidley for other creditors. Mr. Rees applied for an adjournment, in order that the :►ssignees might examine the accounts, which were very voluminous, and had only been recently filed. An adjournmentfor three weeks was taken. The debts and liabilities are said to be upwards of 50,0001., assets uncertain, but they are estimated at be tween 30,0001. and 40,0001., and consist principally of India produce. IN RE RIDDELL AND RAYMOND. The bankrupts were merchants and commission agents, of Sherborne-lane. They had also engaged in the sale of patent medicines, and had occupied a stall in the. Crystal Palace for the sale of perfumery. The balance sheet contains the following items, extending from May, 1851, to February last; unsecured creditors, 3,5281. The assets are returned at 5761. in good debts, 601. in property, and 6281. in consignments. The profits had been 2,0961., losses 954/t, trade expenses 8301., including 1021. for rent of space and wages at the Crystal Palace. 'Hr. Nicholson, the official assignee, reported that at the time the accounts commenced Riddell appeared to have bad a capital of 1911., while Raymond was insolvent to the extent of 2491. The business carried on by the bankrupts consisted principally of advertising on com mission, and of purchasing pages in various publica tious for advertisements and subleting them at a profit. The losses were returned at 9541., which included a sum of 7491., the excess of outlay beyond the receipts, upon a magazine published loy the bankrupts called the Epitonti6t. Mr. Lawrance for the bankrupts, said he understood there was no objection to the bankrupts' passing. Mr. Nisbet, for the assignees, consented to the bank rupts' passing on a settlement made by Mr. Raymond on his marriage being produced. The bankrupts passed. IN BE WYATT AND CO. The bankrupts, H. Wyatt, gentleman, T. Dickens, engineer, and D. E. Austin, solicitor, of Copthall court, carried on businesi as engineers at Kennington. Tiii4 was an examination meeting. Mr. Chidley, for the assignees, asked for an adjourn ment, Dickens's separate balance•sheet not having been filed. The Court ordered an adjournment for six weeks. IN RE W. P. HAMMOND. There was a meeting for the choice of assignees and the proof of debts in the case of this bankrupt, a ship owner and East India agent, of Scott's-yard, Bush lane. The debts and liabilities are at present esti mated to exceed 100,0001., but the amount of dividend will depend greatly upon the realisation of encumbered assets. Messrs. Linklater are the solicitors to the estate. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—Edward Smith, a respectably dressed man, about 40 years of age, formerly a touter at the late Mock Auction Mart, in the Poultry, was placed at the bar before Sir R. W. Carden, charged with stealing cigars under the following circumstances : Mr. G. Reeve, proprietor of the City Arms Tavern, Pope's Head-alley, said—About three o'clock yesterday afternoon my waiter told me that the prisoner had been seen by a customer to take some cigars from a box that was standing on the co'snter exposed for sale, three or four different times, and hand them to persons in com pany with him. I immediately sent for a policeman, when I tapped the prisoner on the shoulder and said to him, "I think you have something about you that you have not come honestly by —cigars, I believe." He re plied that he had three or four in his pocket. I then asked him to have the kindness to let me see them, upon which he put his hand in his pocket and pulled out four loose. I then said to him, " I think you have more." He said he had not.• However, he placed his hand in his pocket and pulled out two more. I felt his coat pocket from which he took these, and said, "I fancy you have some more." He said, "You may search me if you please." I told him that with his consent I would do so. He placed his hand in his pocket again, and gave me to understand he had no more. I said I was satis fied he had, as I could hear them rustling in his pocket. He eventually pulled out three more. I told him that he ought to be ashamed of himself to come into a man's house and rob him of articles exposed for sale on the counter, upon which he observed that it was his inten tion to have paid for them previous to leaving the house, and that he had frequently done so before. On being taken to the station-house he was searched, when three or four more cigars were found in his hat. Mr. Carden—Have you any recollection of the pri soner being in your house before this occasion ? Mr. Reeve—Yes, I have seen hint there before. Prisoner--I never should have left without paying for the cigars, that was my intention. Mr. R. Henigan, a plasterer, said—l was in the pro secutor's house yesterday afternoon, when I noticed the prisoner put his band into the cigar box, which was standing on the counter. There were three other "gen tlemen" with him. He took cigars from the box several times, and put them in his pocket, after carefully look ing to ascertain that the attention of the two barmaids was directed to other parts of the bar. George Webb, constable, Ne. 438, fully corroborates the evidence of the prosecutor. The prisoner was committed for trial. . The price of wheat in 1854 was 3/. 12s. sd. per qr., against 2/. 13s. 3d, in 1853, and 2/. Os. 9d. only in 1852. Between 1840 and 1854 the average price had never ex ceeded 3/. 9s. 9d. (in 1847), and generally ranged much lower ; in 1851 the average price was only 11. 18s. 6d., the lowest throughout the period. In January, 1854, the average price was 4/. Os. id. ; in September it fell to 2/. 16s. 7d., and in November it rose to 3/. lls. 3d. The quantities of grain sold in the principal market towns of England and Wales in 1854 were as follows, viz. :-wheat, 3,913,257 qrs.; barley, 2,267,997 qrs. ; and oats, 765,438 qrs. 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The cabman, without being uncivil, demanded ls., -aux. stu art Mr. W d him one, and received back which oo gave 4 90 8 „ v ~ Archdeacon of Ross, Skibereen." Cure No. I . '` .--- gat years' nervousness, debility, 1 uPoll w with cra mp. ~,..T h,d yspepsia, tually removed la --'1 and nausea, have been 1 eilec- t ine (-• , short; time.-R ev , Y , T I-) b il arry's delicious Food in a very summon him. I 6 1 tellin g him at the same time that he should Norfolk." Cure No, 51 ' Flavell, Millington Rector but he was not aware of the fact agony from dyspepi a er l . 6 - - --" Fifty years' indescri ba bte yards under the mile, . gentleman hardly gave him time pation, flatulency, spkvnsvo.uaneas, asthma, cough, consti y, The cabman admitted that the distance was about 50 at the moment, and the mitings, have been remov:dsbkn_esa at the stomach and vo. to ascertain the -Maria Jolly, Wortham, Li n y g " n u Barry's excellent Food. i r 1. No. 3,906.-Thirteen years' ' ear Disc, Norfolk." Cure Palace Y' it his duty to take up ec a u gn, null • Mr Wood stated that he felt ran debility have been removed by D geation, and gene- • . fact. He knew it was over the mile to Food.-James Potter, Athol-street, complaint of the men tors, suitably packed for all climates, and -In cards. venience to himself, because the . was nega. tions-llb., 2s. 9d.; 21b., 4s. 6d.; 51b. 13.4 ;,.. i llarry 's excellent this and similar cases, although at considerable incon -11. full instruc- that sixpenny fares were not remunerative super-refined; llb., 65. ; 2 1b., • 11.5. ; 511;., 22 • 8: 121b,,, 22- . The 101 b. and 121 b., carriage free, on recelpt - OT 31. "' books that a greater number of cab licences had been 0 ,, . ; tived by the fact which he had learned from his own office order. Barry du Barry and C0.,77, It e „"... n c tt granted since the operation of act than at any former street, London Fortnum, Mason and o. purvey;ii; period. Besides this, he could prove that the cabownell her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly; aao at 68, ' Cornhill T 6) , I were now demanding 17s. per day from their men in- Gracechurch-street ; 330 and 451, Strand; 63 and 15601 stead of 14s. as formerly. Oxford-street ; 55, Charing-erosa ; 4, Cheapside ; .25 and ' M r . H enry, upon the defendant urging that he was 54, Upperßakevetreet. not abusive, remarked that he should bear this fact in WEDNESDAY. The Scurry Handicap of 3 sous each, with 25 added. Three-quarters of a mile. Nine subs. Mr. J. Bancroft'; Helmet, by Cowl, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b (Carroll) 1 Mr. Wood's Kennyside Hero, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (Kendall) 2 Mr. Hunter's Miss Briggs, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b (Charlton) 3 The fvllowing also ra n :—Hamby, Bordeaux, Pyrois, Dan Cupid, Goose, and Fair Fanny. Betting.-5 to 2 agst Dan Cupid, 4to 1 agst Goose, st) 1 each agst Hamby and Helmet. Won by a neck ; a head each between second, third, and fourth ; Dan Cupid was fifth. the Selling Steeplechase (Erandicap) of 5 soya each, with 30 aided. The winner to be sold for 100 sous. About three miles. Eight subs. Mr. Fuller's Belshazzar, a - rjeJ, lOst 71b ...(W. White) 1 Mr. Whitehead's The Squire, lOst (Nightingall) 2 Mr. Worth's Lucy Neal; aged, 9st 12Th (Dixon) 3 The following also ran :—Springy Jack, W, Theodine, awl Honeycomb. Betting.-3 to 1 agst Belshazzar, sto 1 each agst Theodine and W, 6 to 1 agst Lucy Neale. Won in a canter by six lengths. W fell after passing the last hurdle and dislocated his fetlock. The winner was bought in for 105 guineas. The Lincoln Spring Handicap Stakes of 5 sous each, with 50 added, for three-yr-olds and upwards ; certain winners extra. Eleven subs. One mile. Mr. T. Parr's Saucebox, by St. Lawrence, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (Fordham) 1 Mr. Ewbank's Nell Gwynue, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Ducker) 2 Mr. Rincroft's Helmet, 4 yrs, Bst llb (in. 51b. extra) (Charlton) 3 Mr. Humphries's Pyrois, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b ...(Kendall) 4 Betting.—Even on Saucebox, 5 to 2 agst Pyrois. 3 to 1 agst Nell Gwynne. Won by half a length ; good third. The Handicap Hurdle Race, of 5 sovs each, with 30 added, was won by Mr. Daley's Black Swan, 5 yrs, 9st 121 b (W. White), beating Mr. Shirley's Novelist, aged, 9st (Nightingall), second, and five others, BAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. WIMBLEDON AND CROYDON. A. special meeting of this company was held yesterday at Fendall's Hotel, Palace-yard, to consider the propriety of confirming the forfeiture of certain shares, Mr. W. _Reed in the chair. The CHAIRMAN explained the object of the meeting. Certain persons had taken more shares than they could pay the calls on, and consequently they remain in arrear. The' shares had been forfeited by the dii ectors on the 13th of February, and it remained for the meeting to confirm that forfeiture. Persons connected with the Stock Ex change bad expressed their surprise that so cheap and useful a railway as this would be should ternain at its present position in the market. The line would be opened on the 2d of July next, and would cost about B,GOO/. a mire. He concluded by moving formal reso lutions declaring the forfeiture of 880 shares, upon which the first, second, and third calla remained unpaid, and authori sing the directors to sell or otherwise dispose of the same in such way as they might deem expedient. The resolutions were passed unanimously, and the procee, rings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chair man. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLN- SHIRE. The adjourned half-yearly meeting of this com pany took place yesterday, at the Palatine Hotel, Manchester ; Mr. T. R. Barker, of Sheffield, one of the directs rs, presiding. The chairman said he believed the progref is of the company's bills to be perfectly satisfac tory, ',Jut the position of the Parliamentary business did not r et enable the directors to make a definite report to the st iareholders upon them, for which purpose the last metiti ng had been adjourned. Mr. Williarnsathought it was '✓ery hard upon the old proprietors that they should safe] • whilst preference shareholders were quarrelling amon g themselves. The meeting was then further ad journ ed to the 25th May, when it was expected that the nee a scary meeting under the Wharncliffe order could also. take place. GREAT WESTERN OF CANADA. A .t a general meeting of shareholders in this company, held . in Canada on the 13th ult., a dividend of three per cent . on the stock for the half-year ending Jan. 31 was decla ,r ed. The dividend would have been at the rate of 7 per • t ,ent. per annum had it not been for the appropria tion of 9,125/. to the sinking fund fur redeeming the loan fr om Government. The meeting agreed to post pone - 6. 'le payment of the dividend, but the English di rect( had previously advised an immediate payment of a ca , It dividend, warrants for which will be issued as soon a 4 adviees have been received from the other side. The r. tflic for the week ending March 16 was 7,4301. sterlii I ". GRE I&T NORTHERN RAILWAY.—Traffio return for the week cix 'ding Mar 25, 1855 £18,054 19 8 Correso ouding ding week last year 17,022 15 11 LANG, tSIIIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffis re turn for the week ending April 1, 1855 £18,003 18 9 Corresps nding week last year 17,581 5 0 CHEM ER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic rbturn for the week ending April 1, 1855 £4,341 9 3 Correspt ndin,g week last year 3,810 4 0 Itt crease hi 1855 . £s3l 5 3 GLASGO IV AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWA.T.—Traffis re. turn for tia, 9 week ending March 31, 1855 £4,849 3 2 c orrespon di ng week last year 5,472 10 11 Decrea fe in 1455 , R623 7 9 1 8 5 5. WINTER CRUISING , IN LAKE MICHIGAN. UNPRECEDENTED EXPOSURE. ( From the Chicago Press, Ecb. 17.) We have received a call from Captain Easson, of the now famous little sloop Lady Ann, which entered the hat bour last Thursday, after having been a castaway in the lake for almost a month. There may be many who will call the captain's exposure of his life to save so small a craft only a piece of fool-hardiness, which success only saves from most hearty condemnation. But we have imbibed a certain amount of respect for his daring, and experienced a degree of interest in the details of his efforts, which others will be ready to share with us when they are acquainted with the circumstances. He is one of those ambitious, active, intrepid, generous, independent men, as often found among American sailors as anywhere else, and who, if they do not succeed in the world, fail not through lack of effort or desert. All that he was worth in the world was in that little sloop, and he could not patiently endure to sit down by a winter fire, even at the side of a fond young wife, and let the ele ments set him back several years in the struggle of life, without fighting a desperate battle with them. Moreover, he felt a love for the In.rd-looking, flat-bottomed, diminutive craft, that landsmen cannot understand, and they need not try. He declares that she is the easiest managed, freest, fastest, staunchest, prettiest little craft afloat In the memorable storm of Sunday, Jan. 21, when strong buildings rocked like a tree top, and the snow was piled into mountains on land, the sloop Lady Ann ap pearad off our harbour, having on board Captain Easson and three men. She could not make the piers, and came to anchor, where she was soon surrounded by ice, which kept down the sea, and she rode well all day. In the night the wind suddenlyC changed to the west, driving the ice toward the opposite shore of the lake. The anchor and cable of the sloop held on well, and would probably have stood through, but Durkee's dredge broke from its fastenings, went out before the gale, and drifted directly upon the sloop, parting her cable in an instant. " Now for it, men," shouted the captain, "make all sail ; we mus t ca t c h the ice, work through it if we can, and try our best to make the Michigan shore before it does." Away bounded the sloop over the mighty billows. The wind was right to keep her steadily head to the seas, and she went over them like a bird. The captain has no language to describe the wildness and grandeur of that night voyage—neither have we. The sloop fairly seemed to stand upon her boy and stern in ascending and descending each mountain wave. There was nothing for the four men to do. The helm was lashed, and on, right on, the vessel flew,the play thing of the demons of the storm. Site reached the ice, keeping all sail set she passed rapidly through it, but its landward edge reached the shore while she was yet some miles out, so all hope of harbour was aban doned by the crew. When the ice became - securely lodged they easily escaped over it, leaving the good sloop Lady Ann for the storm spirits to frolic with at will. For several days the sloop passed hither and thither about the head of the lake, and at last lodged in the ice about ten miles from shore, New Buffalo, where the cap tain was yet resting, as if invitin g hi m t o " come aboard." He accepted the challenge, prevailing upon two men to accompany him. They were actuated less by the hope of pecuniary reward than the desire to per form a great feat and to help a shipmate. The sloop was lodged in a field of ice, between which and the field lodged upon the shore intervened an open water about ten miles wide. Hastily constructing a light skiff, and putting it on runners, the three men arted with a month's provisions to reach the sloop. The wind was south and warm when they drew their boat over the ice and launched it in the clear water. They had rowed about half the distance when the weather suddenly changed to intense cold. Bravely they rowed on. The ice began to form rapidly around their frail skiff. Their progress was slow. The cold grew more intense. The ice made faster. The wind came into the north-east and blew a gale. Night caine on. They could move their boat no more in any direc tion, and they were yet a mile from the vessel. In an open boat, ten feet by four, its sides only a few inches above the water, with no protection against the cold but their ordinary clothing, these three men stared one another in the face as the darkness came upen them. Capt. Easson never gave up, whatever may have been his thoughts or fears. One of his companions, over come with the terror of their situation, lay down in his boat, and cursed his own folly. The other kept up a better courage. Captain Easson had in his pocket a bottle of brandy; he knew just how to use it. Drinking none himself, that he might exercise a better control over himself and his companions, he gave them from time to time just enough to animate them, and there, in that little space, he kept them boxing and scuffling about with him to keep them and himself from freezing to death. The wind increased in fury, and drove the out ward field of ice towards the shore, breaking up the thin ice around them, and piling the cakes one upon another, and driving them sometimes over th e ir little b oa t, as well as under it. The frail thing was often nearly crushed. Once a mass of ice drove under one side, nearly turning the boat over. As quick ar thought Captain Easson and one of the men jumped together upon the upper edge of the boat, the force of the con cussion breaking the ice and saving them from instant destruction. Daylight dawned upon them and soon after they drifted up to the ice on the shore, over which they escaped to the land, with only their feet frozen. Capt. Easson could prevail upon no one at New Buf falo to make another effort to reach the sloop, so he re luctantly went down to the shore, took a good long fare well look at her single mast, pointing upward among the icebergs, with his pennant still flying, and then hurried away by the railway to his home at Racine. But the last look at that gallant little sloop, and the thought of her waiting for him to come and save her, still haunted him. He found among the venturous spirits wintering at that port a sailor named Horace 'Van Doozen, who heard his story with interest, caught his spirit, and offered to join him in a cruise on the Lady Ann. They kept their project a secret, the one from his wife and the other from his sweetheart, and going to New Buffalo, laid in their supplies, dragged them over the ice to the vessel, and entered upon their uncertain dreary voyage. Their stock of supplies consisted of flour, salt, a song book, meat, matches, coffee, brandy, a Bible, a pack of cards, and a fiddle. Easson, when he cannot possibly do anything else, can set horsehair and catgut together by the ears, so as to bring out " Devil's Dream," " Fisher's Hornpipe," and other similar melodies, in a a manner that would almost wake the dead. Having established themselves on board, these two adventurers cut away the ice from the sides of the sloop, and patiently waited for "something to turn up." Soon after going aboard they drifted out of sight of laud, and life became monotonous. They soon exhausted their in ventive powers in any variety of cookery they could pro duce from their assortment of edibles. Whenever they emerged into clear water, they would make all sail to wards Racine; or, if it was only a little clear spot, they would sail around in a circle for the fun of it, until the ice closed in on them again. They made a note of each day as it passed, that they might not forget when Sun day came, so that they could run up a flag, put away the cards, song-book, and fiddle, and bring out their Bible. One day they passed near Durfee's dredge, lifted entirely out of water by the ice, but right side up, and unbroken. On another, they saw what they supposed to be the sloop Ole Bull, out of Milwaukee. Last Tuesday they judged they were nearly opposite Racine, but could not get near the shore for the ice. They began to feel at this time a sense of separation from the world by no means agreeable. They had grown tired of all their means of diversions. The elements were pre paring a new excitement for them. Tuesday night a vio lent norsh-east wind set in. They made sail before the wind, sometimes drifting with the ice, then pounding and crushing through it, and then finding clear water ' and good sailing again. Their situation was enough to drive courage out of anybody. When in the ice it seemed as if they must be crushed, but they would remember that the sloop had double sides. When in clear water bounding en before the gale in the darkness, they could not tell but they were driving on to an iceberg that would shatter their vessel like an egg shell. Wednes day morning they heard the cars' whistle at Waukegan. Soon after they emerged from the ice into clear water near the shore, and thinking they saw a spot where they could beach the vessel and save themselves, they steered for it. When within about five rods of the sup posed beach, they discovered that it was lodged ice. Death seemed sitting there waiting for them. They re solved to give him the slip. The sloop was put short about. Right bravely did she work off into the lake again. The storm increased. The prospect for the two men was dark enough. The shore was lined with ice every where, and vast fields of it were closing rapidiy down upon them. Van Doozen brought the cards on deck, hove them overboard, and would have sent the fiddle after them, but for the earnest remonstrance of its owner. The song-book was thrown into the stove, and the Bible was frequently consulted. The captain steered, as near as he could, is the direction of Chicago ; and about noon, emerging from a field of ice, he found himself right close to the harbour. He had no anchor, and the ice would not let him come to the piers. He could not endure the thought of being so near safety and yet be lost. What should he de for an anchor A sudden suggestion. A piece of cable was still on board. Making it into a coil, and lashing it well together, he male a line fast to it, and lowered it overboard. This novel anchor held the sloop while the ice slowly drifted past. The two men took courage. It was something to look to the land and see human beings watching them with apparent interest. Night came on again. A dark and stormy night. Cold, too. No lights were dis played about the piers to guide or cheer them. " Is it possible ?" thought they, " Where is the lighthouse keeper ? We were seen here all day. Will not he, will no one put out a beacon for our benefit ?" The darkness answered "No !" The lights of the city disappeared one after another, and nothing relieved the gloom of their situation. So near a great city were they that they could hear its heart beat, and its tongues tell the hours, and yet not one finger raised to help them A Government lighthouse keeper asleep in a comfortable house, and no light for mariners wrestling with a storm ! Two Government lifeboats securely housed, and no one to launch them for the rescue of the two men I Suddenly the wind hauled. " Now is our time," raid the two men together. Quickly cutting the line which held the sloop, they made sail for the entrance to the railroad basin. " It was dark as tar," says the captain, in telling his story. " I steered boldly for the break water, against which the sea broke heavily.. I could see nothing, so I steered by sound. I could hear the breakers all along except at one point, and there I judged was the opening to the basin. If I hit it, I was safe ; if I missed it, there was no hope more. It was a desperate case, but I was tired of uncertainties. We neared the breakwater. Van held the helm, and I stood by the jib-sheet. The roar grew deafening. As we drew closer, I grew confused for a moment and thought it was all roar—all breakwater, no opening at all, that I had mis judged. On we came. `'Thank God! boy, we are i❑ the basin,' I cried, and if I ever was thankful to Him, or hope to be, I was at that minute. We had neither of us slept for three days and nights." PRICES OF SHARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM- PANIES' STOCK. From the official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1855. GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per j of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X s. d. £ s. d. British •• •• •• ........ Ditto l'rovincial .... 71. i2O 0 0 20 0 0 20 Brighton ••—..• • • • ~ 51, 20 0 0 20 0 0 14 City of London —•• •• 41 Os. 100 0 0 150 5 0 Continental (3d Cap.)... 41. Os. 10 0 0 43 10 0 Equitable ••• •• ..1.• •• 21. 16s. 50 0 0 all 29 Great Central .... •• . 71 per cent. 10 0 0 all 11 1 4 Imperial ............ 101.& bonus. 50 0 0 all 103 Independent ......... 51. 40 0 0 f P - L0nd0n.............. - 50 0 0 f t ...-• Do., Part. Preference 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 Pce ix ............. 41. per cent. 60 0 0 50 0 0 I 284 Ratcliff ..... ....... 5/. 100 0 0 90 0 0 73 United General ...... 11. ss. 60 0 0 all 20 Westminster ( hartered s'. per cent. 60 0 0 f t 39 36 Ditto, New .... •• 51. per cent 50 0 0 10 o 0 WATER-WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - X a. d. X s. d. East London Grand Junction .... • • V. per cnt. 50 0 0 all 6830 Kent Lambeth New River Company 21.105. • Southwark & Vauxhall 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 813 West Middlesex .... 5/.los. pr ct. 61 0 0 90 DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price, Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ s. d. Commercial .......... 41. pr cent. Stock. Stock. East and West India.. 61. pr zent. Stock. East Country... 2os. per sir. ...10 London .• . • Ditto Bonds 4l. per cent. St. Katharine onthampton Victoria of November. On Thursday last the regiment was as sembled and square formed, when the colonel read Lord Panmure's circular of the 27th of March. 227 men out 403 who had been sworn in prior to the 12th of May, 1354, were re-attested during that and the two following days, and received the bounty of 1/. each. Not with standing the diminution sustained, the regiment now musters fully 400 rank and file. The strength of the Ist Cheshire Regiment, at Chester, is now 442 of all ranks, exclusive of officers, but of that nu mber 120 are absentees and deserters. Recruiting for additional men will commence in a day or two, and it is expected that several more of those who have accepted their discharge will be re-attested. Recruiting still goes on with great vigour at Old ham. The 6th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia has now been nearly completed, and is about to be called out. The Aberdeenshire Militia is fast assuming a soldier like appearance. More than 360 men in all have been , enrolled, but of these some 50 have volunteered into the line, so that nearly 500 men are wanted to fill up the complement of the regiment. The Government have at length authorised the expen diture of 1,0001. on the erection of temporary barracks for the accommodation of the militia regiment of the two counties of Forfar and Kincardine, in order to relieve the inhabitants of Montrose of the serious burden which has been imposed upon them for some time past. The erection will be commenced without delay. Storehouses for the East Devon Militia are about to be provided at Exeter, and similar buildings for the De von Militia Artillery and the South Devon Militia at Plymouth and Devonport. The cost of the sites alone is nearly 4,5001., which was granted at the meeting of the magistrates at Exeter on Tuesday. Another 4,0001. will also be required for the buildings. Nearly 300 men of the Northamptonshire Militia have left Dublin for England, for the purpose of being disem bodied. On Saturday last, being muster-day, the Longford Rifles re-assembled to a man on parade, numbering 440 men of all ranks. The Lieutenant-Colonel (Musters) said he was glad of the opportunity afforded him (now that the regiment was completes') of asking the men whether they intended volunteering into the line, as it was his orders to write to have an officer sent down to re ceive such volunteers ; he also stated the amount of bounty each man would receive. Upon this the men cheered most vociferously, and said they would follow their officers anywhere, but not unless they were accom panied by them. Col. Musters told them he should let the Government know their wishes, and that he was proud to gay that the Longford Rifles were the first corps in Ireland that had, after completing their numbers, volun teered in a body for foreign service, and that, although it would much inconvenience him leaving this country, being married, and leaving his property behind him, still he would lead the Longford Rifles wherever they would follow. ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP A MANUFACTORY. SHEFFIELD, Wednesday.—Yesterday (Tuesday) night the manufactory of Messrs. Crookes, Roberts, and Co., the Argus Works, Doctor's-fields, was the scene of an explosion, not the result of accident, but of design as malicious as it was cunningly executed. Between half past 8 and 9 o'clock in the evening, Mr. Thomas Richard son, a nephew of Mr. Roberts, while alone on the pre mi,:es, heard a smothered explosion at the basement of the building which shook the edifice to its foundation. The authors of the mischief had taken care to retire, but their work was sufficiently apparent. The instrument used to effect the explosion was a sort of hand grenade, a very strong steel canister firmly and elaborately bound together with wire, and having the remnant of a fusee attached. The size of the canister was 18 inches deep, and the same in circumference, the capacity being suffi cient to hold a very formidable charge of powder. In order to render the charge as effective as possible, the explo sive matter had been deposited in the steel warehouse, which is on the basement floor. Apparently the vessel had been tied to the iron stanchions of an unglazed win dow at the front of the building. Through this aper ture the fusee had projected, so that it could be ignited at the outside, after the person had deposited the powder and got safely off the premises. Had the apartment been a confined one the destruction would undoubtedly have been very extensive. But fortunately the expanded air obtained vent at two windows, which are entirely open, except that there is in each of them a row of upright iron stanchions, as already intimated. Another outlet was afforded at the door, which was blown open. Had this been all the plot would have been a failure. But so great was the force of the explosion that the wooden floor of the room above, called " the rough warehouse." was lifted up several inches towards one end ; while at the opposite end, immediately over the canister and powder, an anvil and stock, weighing about half a ton, was dislodged and lifted a little out of its place. This weight, and other heavy objects, helped to keep the floor in its place. All the goods in this warehouse were thrown into confused heaps. The doors were forced open, or twisted out of the perpendicular, the door-frames dis jointed, and the walls cracked here and there, as though the foundation had been shaken by an earthquake. The window at that end of the room where the floor was most displaced, was altogether blown out, and the win dow at the opposite end, close by the anvil, was shat tered, while the centre window remained uninjured. Still, by reason of the powder not being pent up, there has been no extensive damage to the building or other Noperty. How the depredators obtained access to the premises is not apparent. It is supposed in Sheffield that this is a trades union affair. LOSS OF THE BARQUE FLORA.-CONTICTION OF THE CAPTAIN AND CHIEF MATE. Advices from Port Elizabeth, dated the 18th of Jan., received at Lloyd', , , report the wreck in Algoa Bay of the British barque Flora, Robinson, master, with a cargo of merchandise from London, and the subsequent conviction of the master and his first mate, Mr. Barns, before Mr. Alfred Wylde, acting magistrate of the Court of Admiralty, on a charge of drunkenness and misde meanour. From the evidence given at the investigation by Mr. John Sully, second officer of the Flora, it appeared that after the vessel had arrived at Algoa Bay, on Dec. 30, about 11 a.m., Captain Robinson went on shore, leaving the chief officer, Mr. Barns, in command. The ship was riding heavily at two anchors, 20 fathoms on the starboard chain, and 35 on the port. About 1 p.m. the witness called up the chief mate from below, and advised him to give the ship more cable. Barns, who was drunk, per sisted, notwithstanding Mr. Sully's earnest caution, in having the port chain slackened first, by which the strain became so great on the starboard chain that it parted. Barns then lit his pipe, and went to bed, having first hid the signal flag by which alone it could be signalised to the captain that they had parted anchor and wanted another. About a quarter before 10 o'clock the vessel parted from her port anchor and went on shore, where she struck on a rock. The chief mate then came on deck, but did net seem conscious of what he was doing. Mr. Sully and the seamen managed to send a warp on shore, and by moans of a cradle seven men and a female servant were got safely to the beach. Capt. Robinson was hardly ever sober day or night during the passage. Other wit nesses proved that the ship was lost through the negli gence of the captain and chief officer in not properly mooring the vessel, And seeing to the security of her cables. The weather was not very bad at the time. No other vessel in the bay suffered any damage. of., andcourt e c n on e e v di Mr. C B a a p r t n . a ß t o o b one n m i o n n t t h h p i e m n p a rl on. f ment. „ COUNTRY 42AREETS. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET—APRIL 3. There were in the market to-day, 15 sacks oatmeal, ese weighing 2801bs imperial, which sold thus :-8 at 26. 3 7 at 2/. is Od, and 0 at 0/. Os. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET- APRIL 3. There was a large supply of straw of all descriptions the market. The prices to-day were as follow : Oat straw, from 9s 6d to lOs 6d per kemple of 16 stone. trop ; wheat do., 9s Od to lO s 6d ; b ar l ey d o ., 8 s Od to 9s Od. Hay from lld to 13d ; new ditto, Od to Od per stone. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—APRIL 2 , Oatmeal, per sack of 2SOlbs First. I S econ d. I Tbir o d i imperial Od a Barleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto ' Flour, per ditto —s Od —s Od " — ea o o d Pot-barley, per ditto • DUBLIN—APRIL 3. There was a firmer feeling at our corn market to-dad than for some weeks. Whe a t an d b ar l e y f u lly support_ the currencies of Friday, a nd ()its were again 3 d to 6d dearer. Indian corn dull, but not lower. In conseque nce of Good Friday occurring this w ee k, no m a rket will be lie ' till this day se'nnight. White wheat, 3% Od to 42s Od ; red ditto, 36s to 40s 0 1 ; barley, 13s Gd to 18s 9d ; oa t s , 13 s 6d t o 15 s Od; raPese ed 27s Od to 28s 6(1 per brl ; oatmeal, 14s 6d to 16s 6d ; ba k Ti flour, 22s 6d to 263 Od per cwt ; Itkaiau corn, 43s Od to 46 , per 4801bs. COAL MARK: Prices of Coal per ton at ti :ET.-APRXL 4. he close of the market. Wallsend, &O. s. d. s. i• Buddle W. Hartl e y 2O 0 0 Davison's West Hartley 20 (-Lambton ....................22 „ Hastino's Hartley l9 9Tensher .... ................. ; Holywe ' ll 20 0 Plummer .. .. ............. 21 n North Percy Hartley lB 9' R usse ll' s H e ti on ..........22 ‘,', 1 Y Pelton Main 17 OLS ou th H e tt on .............. 2 2 f Tanfield l7 3iStewart's .................. .2 0 Tanfield Moor Butes 17 31Whitwell ................... r 1 6 Walker Prim rose ...16 o!Cassop - n 0 Grey's West Hartley ....19 3 Heugh Hall . .......... ..... 2 ~ ‘' 3 Wylam 19 o;South H ar tl e pool ......•• 29 Wallsend, &c. (South Kelloe ............... 1 6 Acorn Close 21 0 0Twehe5itw.0..rth....................... ....L 7 0 0 Heaton Northumberland l9 6 Birchgrove Graigola ...... 70 7 0 -- -•. 20 Riddell ... cis 2O oDerwentwater Hartley. 20 9 . Wharneliffe 2O 0 Skiborwen.. M er thyr ..... 6 Hetton 22 6 Braddyll .... ............ 21 Kepier Grae 2l o,llaswell ...... ............. 21 Grano SEABORNE MAILS. BRIDGES. _ Dividend Amount Name of Company. per, of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X j 3. d. £ 8. d. Hungerford .....• .... 12 Southwark ...... 100 0 0 Ditto New of 7% p.c. 70s. per cent. 50 0 0 Waterloo . • • • 100 0 0 —3% Ditto Old Ann. of 81. 11. 14s. Bd. 60 0 0 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. .10s. 4d. 40 0 0 Vauxhall JOINT-Srocx. BANKS. Dividend 1 Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. I — •X s. d. X a. d. Australasia........... 1 20/. per cent. 40 0 0 all 80 British North American I 61. per cent. , 50 0 0 9 9 63% Commercial of London. I 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 Colonial ....... 4/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 lonian ...... i ................ Si. per cent. ' 25 0 0 25 0 0 Lond. Char. Bk. of Aus. I 20 0 0 all 0 20% London and County .. l2l. per cent.l 50 0 0 20 0 0 35 Londn and Westminstr 161. per cent. 1100 0 0 20 0 0 41 London Joint -Stock ... 101. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 27% Provincial of Ireland.. 181. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 49% Ditto, New......... ; 81. per cent. IG , 0 0 all National of Ireland.... I 41. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 Nat. Provincial of Eng. , 81. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 Ditto, New .... • • .. 8/. per cent. 20 0 0 13 0 0 Oriental Bank Corpora. ,10/. p. ct.Bths. 25 0 0 all South Australia •• . • .. 114 p .ct.& bs. 25 0 0 ~ 39 Union of Australia.... 30 . per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 62% Ditto .............. 39/. per cent. 2 10 0 Union of L0nd0n...... 'lOl. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 Union of Madrid ..... 1 40 0 0 all (N signifies that the mai_ is are sent from the General P0 8 " 61 by the night—and M by the morning—despatch.) ____..., Hungerford . • .... - - - I _l2 when Southwark ...... - 100 0 000UNTRIES. Day when mate tti From what in General Post- Pori dile is Ditto New of 7% p.c. 70s. per cent. 50 0 0 ~g u ld. Waterloo .. •. • • - 100 0 0 - 374 Ditto Old Ann. of 8/. 1/. 14s. Bd. 60 0 0 - - tuertca(by - ltrit.pack)N Every Friday .. ---- --- 7, gol! Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 1/.los. 4d. 40 0 0 - - imericp. by United Ste. 1 ,,,,,,,c,11 2 Vauxhall ...... -.. • • 16s. 70 10 3 - 23 packet) ..........N .... .... .. Liverpool Each 7:1 - Imerica (by U States JOINT-Srocx. BANKS. packet) ..........N "' •• '• •• • • Southampton' Dividend 1 Amount Australia ♦(via South- 1 -sr 24 Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. ampton) .... „„„ 5d • • Southampton '...ay Annum. Share. Ditto (via Marseilles) N - - • • I Ditto (via Cape of Good - --- 1 £ s. d. X s. d. Hope) ............N 80 Africa (West Coast)..Nl3d of the . n.i.0.n.t.h....... thicertaall Australasia........... 1 20/. per cent. 40 0 0 all British North American 61. per cent. ,50 0 0 9 9 63% Alexandria........., NB, 9, 24, &30 of 11,. Alexandria ..........M & 20th of mot Dover .....• ...... ~ . the month g ou t e, i mpin, . Commercial of London. I 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - .• suuthampl , i Bahamas ... ..M 'l7th of Plymouth .. APB 6 C010nia1....... 4/. percent. ,100 0 0 25 0 0 - • Belgium - .. ...... ..Nll)aily .. . , „ „ .• .. lonian ....... i ................ Si. per cent. '25 0 0 25 0 0 - . Lond. Char. Bk. of Aus. 1 - 20 0 0 brazil all 0 20% ••-••. • . • • • ..3,1,9th of the month .. 8,, ut h ,in p ( 4,1 i [ Apr-- Buenos Ayres .... - m l 9th of the month,, , London and County • • l2l. per cent.l 50 0 0 20 0 0 35% • • s, , titti ,,, ti 4: Cape of Good Elope ...N Londn and Westminstr 161. per cent. 1100 0 0 20 0 0 41 Cape Various ports Un ' of Good Iloue ..N Dover ..... . DO L T 16 London Joint Stock ... 101. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 27% • - , , Cape de Verde ......N 9th of the month Southampton Provincial of Ireland.. 1 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 49,4 Ceylon ( see I nd i a ) Ditto, New......... ; 81. per cent. 10 0 0 all - Ceylon ...... „ . National of Ireland.... I 41. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - uiti Nat. Provincial of Eng. , 81. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Channel Isles ........N Mon.,Wed &Frid Southampton Tu Th.• Chili . . ...51 0 2d gc 17th of most . Southampton Ditto, New ........ 8/. per cent. 20 0 0 13 0 0 - .........: :,... L' . 4th March ,Once a month.... Oriental Bank Corpora. ,10?. p. ct.&bs. 25 0 0 all - ..., ..., „ South Australia -.• .. 114 p.ct.& bs. 25 0 0 39 15,1*, t 8,93,6c2s oi hi, Dover .: .... •• Union of Australia.... 30 . per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 65% & 20th anion. Southampton Cont. of Europe N 'Twice daily ...... over ..... • Ditto .............. 39/. per cent. - 210 0 - Egypt (see India) . dell Union of London ..... 'lOl. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Constantinople oo h ni i i n ss tt a • ~a, it, ' tt ii • ,on • 00 . pp . li . eo . 31 & , .DT v r i 0 ed • a ii I .. M & N Twice daily .. ... • Dover .. ~.. Twice Union of Madrid ..... 1 - 40 0 0 a ll - France libraltar ...• ...... N 1 4,7,17,20, 27 of ino. Southampton , April 6 . . CANALS. * GI eece (see India) 1 • • • • • • • • • •• M N l2 Tu mi es & da l y 7 t &h of Friday mon. London Southampton . April .; Names of ~.... Dividend Names of .5 Dividend Price _ per 1 iland .. • ....... -51 Daily •••••• • • .. • • Dover ......- oal l l , Companies. ji I per , Companies. 2 Price. ' ° '..lavannah ..........1 1 1 2nd of the mont! Southamptoo April 1 - Ann . tlonduras .......... 51117th of the month. Southamptet, April 1 m ',Annum. ; ii: [ 4; 3 % t b o u w r g n h ..... . . • . , . - - - - India (viaSOuthampt.) l4 j 4th & 20th of mon. Plymouth •• X £ india (via Marseilles)M 9th&2sth of month Dover ...... Ashtn &Oldh, 98 71. p. et. - Macclesfield. 100 21. 10s. 51% lonian Isles (see India) 7, 17, &27 of moo Dover.... •• ...AV Barnsley• •• • ;160 - - Neatly ...... Brknk&Abrg , 150 4/. 60 Oxford.. •• • • 100 13 '. 107 Gisbon .. ...... • . 100 161. 150 ireland ........M & N Twice daily ...... Holy head ... Tw ic .r j a a. " Birmingham ! 40? 41, 92 Peak Forest. 78 51. Os. 86 qadeira ............51 M 9th of o l l ' t B6 he n m ° o f n in th . Coventry.... ;10(1 251. 209 Regent's.... 30: 11 15 qadeira ............N 23d of month ••.. Liverpool ... APn i ' Derby .. •... ,100, 61. 84 Rochdale.... 85 11. 10s. 60 Vlalta (see India) starch 2° Ellsmre&Chs, 69 2N p. ct. - Somrset Coal 140 - - idalta ..............N 8,18, & 28 of mon. Dover .....• -- Ssoouutthhaammppttootin Aprll:6 Grand.l , inctif 100 41 pr. et. 50 Do. Lk Fd* , t 12 - - Kauritlus (see India) Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 61. pr. ct. 13 WI A - 1 &Wore 140125 281. 425 i ,r 1 ,,, a e 1 pi ri . ti . u5 .... ....... .........:.:: s l th 4th m o th f 2 t s h th e o m fra on o t n h . Dover ...... - co ... .... M 2nd of the month. Southampton Apra 1 rand Surrey, 100 2/. 10s. 48 Shrewsbury.. Grand Union 100 1 1/.os . 12U Moarbridge.„ 1 45 121. 285 Kennt & Avn; 39 1 Si. Od. - Severn and 1 28 *Tow Granada ......NI 2d & 17th of month Southampton • New Zea1and.......... By private skip .. Various part UnCertain• Lancaster ..!100 - Papal State..N ithlsth2sthofmon • Dover Leeds &Livt p' 100 251. -- Zarw Se i ß ck ai dz i• J 5 26 21. 21 20 Peninsula' 7 • ...... Leicester ..•. too 51. 59 Birming. 100 ............Ni... 1 thl th27thofbaon. Southampton Leicstr &Nth 83 41. 28 Warwick & 1 Peru ..........., ..M id & 27th of mon. southamptor, Loughborogh 142 1 701. 575 Napton. . 5 100 2/. 10 Port Natal .... ......N By private ship... V ar i ous po r t s u n ostta ' l l Monmouthsh 100' - - Worcstr & / Sicily ••••• • •• ......N 4thlbth2sthotmon, Dover 78 V. 26 ru.eany ...,, o „ ‘ ,....ai it hlsol2sthofmon. Dover .. ~ ~ Aintgincrysh 100 - - Binning.j MeltnMwbry 100 - - Wilts & Brks -10 s. Od. 43.4 Jeneznela ..........51 2d& 17th ofmonth Southampton April 1 Van Diemen's Land (se, Australia) .. INSURANCE COMPANIES. West Indies .. .. .. .. NI 2d& 17th o i montl, , Southamptoo I A Del 1 !southampteL April 1 Dividend Amount I ..... Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. ' When any of these dates fall °A a Sunday, the mails will be de Annum. Share. ,patched on the following day, with the exception of the India vlO =outhampton), and the Malta, both of which will be despatched tliO £ s. d. £ s. d. preceding day. Albion .... •• ........ 3/. 10s. ,500 0 0 150 0 0 - Alliance Brit. and For. 71. 14s. Gd.bs. 'lOO 0 0 11 0 0 17 1 - Ditto Marine ....... 61. p.c. & bs. 100 0 0y 25 0 0 36% WIND AND WEATHER REPORT. Anchor .............. 6 per cent. 5 i 0 1 0 0 - Atlas . Argus Life ......... • • 41. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4. British Commercial .. 7s. 6d. 50 0 0 0 0 0 7 M Statio Clericl.ed.& Gen. Life spr ct. & be. 100 0 0 I'o 0 0 - -Greenw ich ns.. N.E Course:of Wind. State of Weather. Overcast. 17s Od 50 0 0 0 0 0 1716 Lothbury Crown ...........„ .. . Very ussettled. Eagle Equity and Law...... 4 1 4 per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 5% European Life H. 20 0 0 a u - Maryport . Sheffield N.E • Genera 1..........,... 6/. 5 0 0 PI 5 Rain. Globe .. ........ 61. per cent. Stock. 12214 Stoke-°a-Trent ... N. W ......... Cloudy. Guardian ............ s'. per cent. 100 0045 0 0 54% Wb'tehairen Imperial Life ........• 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 18% Carl i sle Imperial Fire......... 12/. per cent. 500 00,50 0' 0 - L ancas t er S Indemnity Marine.... I'. 3s & 3/. 100 0 0 20 0 0 6514 eLe d Law Fire ............ 2s. & 2s. bs. 100 0 0 210 0 4% s N. Cloudy. • Law Life. • ........... - 100 0010 0 o 56 Leicester W Rain. Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 5% Nottingham London - Derb n t o n ......... London =hip. .. - y N. ... Cloudy. Marine ..... ...... •... 18s.per share 100 0 0 18 0 0 - L eamig Nied.lnvlid& Gen. Life 4% i. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 3% Holyhead S.W .......... Cloudy. Minerva ............5 p. ct. & be. 20 0 0 2 0 0 57. Dublin S. Monarch •.••• - • • .... - 5001 0 0 - Liverpool - Southampton N. Rain. Palladium Life,.. Pelican .............. - - - - Phoenix Poole .... - - Professional Life ...... M. per cent. 5 0 010 0 1,4 Winchfield ..... .... E. ' Provident Life........ 1/. ss. & be. 100 0 0 10 0 0 39 Cambridge ......... N.E Cloudy. Rock Life.. .......... f ss. 5300 10 0 7% Shrewsbury........ S.W Rain. Royal Exchange ....•• 61. p ct. & be. Stock, all - ilague N.N.W...., Very fine. Sun Fire ...... 6/ 10s. - Ditto Life ..... 1/ 10s, If "'-. Brighton Lowestoft N.E. Cloudy. United Kingdom .. .. 4/. p. ct & be. 20 0 0 4 0 0 - E. Universal Life .• . Victoria Life ...... •• I 51. per cent. -_____________ 12 6 5% G Br r i e s a t t o' Grimsby ... E. . N.W Cloudy. MISCELLANEOUS. Plymouth Dividend Amount 1 Exeter ..... Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Gloucester Annum. Share. Cardiff N.W Unsettled. - -________,..-____ Swansea W Fine. 4 s. d. ' X s. d. Fla.verfordwest ~, N.W Cloudy. Assam Tea .......... 51. 50 0020 0 0 - Ipswich Auction Mart-- •.• 2 1 4 per cent. 50 0 0 - - Harwich S.E. Australian Agriculturl 11. l s . 10 0 0 0 17 10 0 351,, Australian Trust .... 61. per cent. - 25 0 0 - Yarmouth. S.E. Australian Royal Mail 5/. 10 0 0 all - York Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 all - Edinburgh - Canada ... •• .... •.. 61. percent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 1_ 1 1 5 9 1 14 HullWßahriwtibcyk S.W Fine. Do. 5 per cent Bonds 5/. per cent. - - - Scarborough Ditto, 6 per cent. • • 61. per cent. - -109 u N. Cloudy. City Navigation Bonds - - - Electric Telegraph .. 7 per cent. 25 0 0 22 0 ON.E. Ditto ~......... - _ - Durdee - Perth Ditto New . .... . - 50 001710 0 - Aberdeen . N.E. Cloudy. (len. Revers. B:lnvest. sp.c. & bs, 100 0 0 100 0 0 Glasgow Gen.SteamNavigation 10 p e t. 15 0 0 14 0 0 - . iludson's 8ay........ - St oc k. - - Darlington W Cloudy. Elungerford .......... 2/. ss. 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Tonbridge London Institution ... - - - - Strood N. Partially cloudy. London Reversionary '4)4 per cent. 15 0 0 a ll - D over Russell institution.... - - 12 10 0 - Price'sPatentCand.Co 10/. percent. 20 0 OJI7 10 0 - 0° het Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 - SURLY SENTIM ENTS. -N o woman d r i n k s beer op' Royal Mail Steam•-• 41. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 6834 own accord-she is always '' ordered" to drink it • Of South Australian..... 6/.per cent. 25 0 0 all - perience is a pocket compass that a fool never think s lO Trust and Loan Comp. Upper Canada .... - - - consulting until he has lost hi s way. A n nail ba b l_ndr - LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. • D ivid enc. Amount Name of Company. An p n er um. Share. of Paid. Price. X e. d. £ s. d. Rank of Scotland .... 71. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 18210 s British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 20210 s Caledonian Bank ..... 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 210 0 3/. 178 City of Glasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 101 168 Clydesdale Bank .... 5%1. p cent 20 0 0 10 0 0 11 15s • minercial Bank .. 71. per cent. 510. 0 0 100 0 0 20310 s Eastern 8ank........ 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 10117 s Ediub & Glasgow .... 3%1. p cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 tl. Ils Exchange Bnk of Scot.. National Bank ...... 6% per cent. 100 0 0 'A)) 0 0 165/0s North of tzcotland Bank 51. per cent 20 0 0 210 0 4/. lOs Royal Bank of Scotl. W. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1251 0 Union Bank of Scot. .• 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 981 Os Western Bank •• 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 751 Os Alliance Fire and Life.. 8%1.pr cent. 100 Q 0 11 0 0 171108 British Guarantee .... 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 11. 58 Caledonian Fire Insur 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 251. Os City of Glasgow Lile . 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 41. lls Colonial Life 51. per cant. 50 0 0 1 0 0 5/. 58 Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 1 261108 Eng. & Scot, Lass Life 5/.percent. 50 0 0 3 5 0 41. 7s Life Assoc. of Smiand 61. per cent. 10 0 0 110 0 Os National Fire and Life 64 per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11/. 17s North British Insur... 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 Q 0 ;34/ Os ilcottish Union Insrne. '7%1. prcent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 U. lOs 4 tandard Life ...... •• 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 201 Cs United I)ep. Assurance 5/. per cent. II 0 0 1 0 I °f b" SURLY SENTIMENTS.—No woman drinks beer own accord—she is always " ordered" to drink it Of perience is a pocket compass that a fool never tbleZ v iS consulting until he ha s l os t hi s way. An ugly b3v1,034► an impossibility. Wh en a man h as the headaeee' +bet says " it's the salmon," you may safely conclude a t he has been " dri n ki ng lik e a fish. " The 1113,81) friendship bec omes a tax, it ' s singular, at every -- ,• d e° I call it makes, ho w very f ew persons it finds at 11°.-e —Punch. B I B 2' II 8. OF A SON. * i t ° On the 2d inst., a t L ang l ey, Slough, the wife 6f OW R. W. Gordon, now in the Crimea. CRYSTAL PALACE.—SHILLING DAY.—April 4.—Ad missions on payment, 1,017 ; ditto by season tickets, 320.—Total, 1,337. TH .: FOUNDERING AT SEA OF THE HENDRIK HUDSON. —Tre Hendrik Hudson, Smith, sailed from New York on the 7th ult., for London, and foundered at sea on the 12th. Capt. Smith, his wife, and crew, with the excep tion of two seamen, who were lost, were picked up and carried to Philadelphia ; she had no passengers, but a cargo of 1,000 tons of guano. She was about 13 years old, 823 tons register, built by Jacob A. Westervelt, and owned by Messrs. Griswold, Morgan, and Wiley. She had lately been thoroughly overhauled and repaired, and was considered in all respects a first-class ship. The vessel and freight money are nearly all or quite covered by insurance in Wall-street, New York. SUDDEN DEATH OF A MILITARY OFFICER.—A few days ago, at Manchester, Major Ffarington, of the 51st Regiment, fell down in the barrack yard and expired , almost instantly. The cause of death was the rupture of a blood vessel near the heart. He had but recently pur• chased his majority, hid commission bearing date 14h j of February last, OF A DAUGHTER. Aar/ 4g On the 4th i ns t., a t Clapham ark the wife of Fr o— Parbury, Esq. MARRIED. , r; holA ' On the 3d i ns t. , a t SC Pancras Chu rc h, Wm. - 0 4 . lc rills., eldest son of R o b er t R ogers, Esq , of Camden-road 0) to Elizab e th , youngest daughter of J. Henshall, .. Camden-road Villas. „rep On the 29th ult., atSt. George's Ch urc h, Hanover-Wool Colonel J. J. Holies 25th Regiment (the King' . byte Border ers ), t o Jane, widow of Major Wm. O'Connor, of the same Regiment. DIED. 1 1 , ° tit ' On the 2d inst. at Bla c k Rock, near Brighton, George Franklyn,, R.N. 50 00 On the 3d inst., the Rev. Oliver Walford, M.A. Master of Charterhouse School, ao•ed 41. ~,Call/5 ' At 3. Vesy-place, Monkstown,'lrelancl, F. fl• ' 00' land, of 2, Philpot-lane city, and 1, Cornwall - or e° Cani len New-town, London. ° Of On the 2d i ns t ., , lohn Henry Heller, Esq., late P a g e the Chamb ers to the Queen, aged 45.pan 0/ On the 3d inst ,at Crown-hill, Norwood, William Esq., a ge d 72. • 11 1 t. . 98 11' •. On the 27th ult at 40, Upper B e df or d-place, square, Richard C. Carpenter, Esq., aged 43. eill' On th e 6tb of Feb., at Aleppo, N a th an i e l WIT" el 1_ 4 3 " Esq., Consul in Syria for H. B.nif 's Government , ~iii 3. iii'i. On the 18th alt., at Alexandria, Egypt, Wallis 1 - , , . 00 i; Buchanan, Esq., late of the 92d Highlanders, seem:T:oX the late Carrick Buchanan, Esq., of Drumpellier, shire, Scotland, aged 28. _-! 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