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-• THE SUN , LONDON, THURSDAY EV •••=•••••••=............................... e IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. only means which remained to ns for constituting an which had worked its way gradually to public acknow- PRICES OF SHARES authority which the Prince had, in fact, abdicated, the ledgment ; and to none were the public more indebted for -.-....-„,.. HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 16. priest pro IN BANKS, ASSURANMF . , AND OTHER CO M the result than to his Noble Friend w h o occupied tpronounced a malediction upon us. LANDLORD AND TENANT-BILL. "It is well known that our Assembly had its origin chair. The surprise only was that such an in s tit u ti on PANIES' sTucii. (Continued from our Afternoon Editi on o f yesterday.) in universal suffrage; that Assembly, exercising of ne • as ra gg ed school s had not been discovered sooner. Some From the Official Li t. Mr. CHRISTOPHER moved, after the words iinot cessity an i m p rescr iptibl e right, decreed the dethrone- persngodrneesdunbodybjhetecbataetthdenintso atnb m ae i i s tr s h i e o e n i n t e o rtl t ia h on e nd h w e ta a hs t e, h yh e e n wr w eer : e r r l e d stut o erd u s PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FitiDAY EVENING. LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 15. exceeding," to strike out the word "twelve," and in- ment of theocracy for ever, and proclaimed . the republic. stead thereof to insert the word "nine," (restricting "No one opposed it. The only voice of complaint h rounded and true; mtVENT-STOCie IiZZLIZZ.S. compensation to tenants for improvements to that arose from that theocracy which we had . overt overthrown. to say, but too t ' but let alt who withheld their period). And yet it is to this voice that Europe is willing to listen, sympathy support from foreign missions on such Dividend Amount per of Paid. Fri( e After some discussion, it was agreed that the blank and seems to forget the story of our woes,.. and to con grounds come forward and support ragged schools, Name of Company. AnIEO32. Share. :102 4 50 0 g 0 00 0 .22 4 05 0 00 0 00 0 ; should be filled up with twelve, and the amendment was found what lies within the province of spiritual authority f end they - would have a glorious union and overfiewing with that which is purely temporal. funds. -(Cheers.) It the duty was once acknowli dged, - negatived without a division. N t l . 'as re kno: ,a n s shat r t y h e perheasnpceecstx s. d. X 5. d. - agueß , rit . shNorth America . n . 51. 71 pe.rr cent. 50 0 0 50 o o - The discussio n of the clause was continued by Mr. " The Roman Republic has sanctioned the indepen- there could be no objection to the mode in which the Australasia •••• •••••• Evelyn Denison, Sir Charles Burrell, Mr. Newdegate, dance and the free exercise of the spir e i d tual authority of d f uty w l as . to be f h u e lfilled. .o . j.L . Ondon 61.. par cent. Mr. Posey, Sir W. Jolliff. , , and several other Mem- the Pope, and has thereby d em is on i s t t s ra e t env t ie o tit;n tha t t h the e s o ma r il ec ablumtinwgitth children criminal he were comparatively i 1 en lt . Commercial°i l a i .. -. ..... . . • • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 6% hers, but it is impossible to make .it understood world bow profoundly .ae liberty of h r e e a l d igiou t s he hem should e be inseparable from the and hope, under the Divine blessing, of getting stershire ••• • •• 15/per cent. - without citing and commenting on the whole of the Bill, thisliberty rid of one of the greatest evils that ever toiiiitii •• . ~ i , .. •• • • M. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 22 the amendments moved being only verbal in character. supreme integrity, of Church. To maintain . in " Londn and Westmlnstr 61. per cent. too 0 0 20 0 0 24 Mr. BERNAL then put the question that clause 3, the fullest the Roman Republic adds to the afflicted a Christian city. If they could succeed Ditto moral guarantee afforded by the devotion of all our Ca- in w ithd raw i ng c hild ren f rom th ose h ot- b eds of misery Leaden J o i n t-Stock .• • 6/. pc - I . cent. so - i 0 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 as amended, should stand part of the Bill. - imi Sir H. VERNEY moved an amendment that the tholic brethren the material guarantee of all the force at and vice in which they were so often born, there was Pawincialef Irelanel • • 81 , . per cent. 100 0 0 25 o 0 - clause be struck out of the Bill. its disposal. But Europe is nut contented with this, and little doubt that a great diminutien in the amount of Ditto, New. •••• • • • • 8.. p er ce nt. 10 0 0 10 o 0 - it is repeated . that the existence . of the temporal power of crime would follow. He quoted in proof of this a state- National of Ireland •• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and on our re- Nat. Provncial of Eng. , 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 the Pope is essential to Catholicism. went made by the governor at the gaol at Edinburgh, Ditto, New. •••• • • • Si. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - admission into the gallery there appeared ' South Australia •• •• •• . n , 5/. per cant. - 22 10 0 - Against Union of Australia -- 1 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 23 0 0 - For the clause - to the effect that after the institution of ragged schools liaments of France and England to consider what right crime had diminished in that city fifty per cent. The it Ditto •••••••• • • • • • • , 6/, per cent. - 210 0 - Majority in favour of the clause -109 can be alleged by any power to impose any form of go- late lamented Da Chalmers was in the habit of de- union of London... •• 1 6/. per cent. 50 0 o to 0 0 - vernment whatever on an independent nation, and where daring what one could do when one got along-side of a 40 0040 0 0 - On the proposition that the sth clause be adopted, , The ATTORNEY - GENERAL suggested that the is the wisdom of attempting to restore a government by human being. If the expression was true with regard Ts: fifth and sixth clauses should be embodied in one. its very nature irreconcilable; with liberty and civilize- to a grown up man, how much more so was it in refer- B A r l i i tts n ti c io e c Lt o am r t r i min . • a r e i a 1..., INSURANCE COMPALTI,"S. After some observations from Mr. Posey, Mr. W. tion-a government long since morally abolished, and ence to a child. They had all been passing through one Name . Union of Madrid ..... - Dividend Amount , of Company. per Miles, Mr. Evelyn Denison, Mr. Christopher, the Earl of actually so for upwards of five months, without any one of the greatest crises which had ever happened in the of Paid. Pri, e. a • e • i . l . .d . . F0r...:: 6_1. 3 11 i e . r l c o e 3 n • t . 100 0 0 11 0 0 - March, Sir G. Strickland, Mr. Henley, Mr. Philip among the clergy having attempted to set up again its history of the world. They had hitherto passed Annum. Share. 5 1 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 6 0 ( 10 d. i 45 5 5 0 3 6 0 6 d B O O . - 1 7 5 5 1 h •-• • -_-_„, 16318..p6edr. cpernet.. ----. __.- -. Howard, and Mr. Newdegate in explanation, fallen standard :or where is the wisdom of resuscitating through safely, and he trusted they might do so to Mr. PUSEY said he would ad o pt th e suggest i on, an d a G overnmen t universally detested, incapable of a long the close. But those who had been on the conti- Albion .. •.. 7s. per share 50 o o 5o o 5% withdraw the two clauses. existence, and, on the contrary, certain to provoke con- went and who were there then expressed their astonish ce..B:ciendare sprct.Bt bs. 100 0 0 to 0 0 19 The two clauses were then accordingly struck out. tinual conspiracies, disturbances, and revolutions? ment and wonder where those faces lighted up with bad c n i t e i r a i s e . 1,31 . Clause 7, with some slight amendment, was agreed to, " And it we assert that such a government cannot be passions, those creatures of misery and crime, came from 1 5 1 o o 0 0 t s o o o 0 0 2 identified and reconciled either with liberty or civilize- who haunted the streets of the great cities of Europe in as were also clauses 8,9, and 10. lion, we have surely good grounds for such an assertion, times of revolution. Ile had heard it said that such a c c i0 un w t n y ..................:....:: Mr. NEWDEGATE moved the following addition 6 51 P p e e - r r s Cent. 5050 0 0 ° 2 5 12 ° 6 0 -- 5 N to clause 11 :-" Provided always, that no owner of any since the_ experiment we have lately made of a consti- class could not be produced in England; but he (the farm, of which he is not possessed in fee simple, shall tution ffi has proved how much the attempt to establish Duke of Argyle) advised the meeting not to believe have power, under thi s A c t , by agreement w ith the an a nity and combination between temporal and spi- such a statement too readily. Those who had entered Family Endowmn t See. e • 5 ae c0LL e aw ... ......... 41. 8, l e a e . nt. 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Al 4 l p e n - tenant of such farm, t o render any f uture owner o f such ritual concerns has impeded its working and develop- the haunts of vice in the metropolis would tell them Imperial Fire •••• • • • • 121, p l e:r l• . ccnt. 500 100 0 0 - -Per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 -- 00 0 0 0 0 3: 10 13 0 1 i ii farm liable for any pri nc ipal sum by wa y o f c ompensation merit. Hero ecclesiastical canons nullified civil stn- that there were a vast number of beings there who, EE F E r r e rg e °l. m e&P asons' .•••• • • • • C i Guardian G lobe . . •. *. ... .... .... •• ..spar 61 • Per cent. stock. r r n m a P e e rn F ri l i a ti l e ty Li at fe ar • in . s . ••••• •••• u. sh. & bs. 100 1 - 124 0 0 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 22 14 0 , for improvements which shall ex ceed two years' rent of Lutes: under the empire of theocracy public education were it the design of Providence to visit upon this city such farm, according to the annual value thereof at the and instruction were the privilege and monopoly of the the iniquity of which it had been guilty, would be fit in time of making such agreement : provided also, that clergy-the ecclesiastical privilege of mortmain im- struments of such punishment.-(Cheers.) It was no tenant of such farm shall have power, under peded the transmission of property. Ecclesiastics were therefore their duty and their highest interest to I• L a aw w L r if e ;: ......:::::•,., - 100 0 0 210 0 2% 11. 16s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 44 this Act, to recover, by virtue of any such agreement, exempted by privilege from appearing before the civil enter these abodes of vice with the Bible in their hands Legal and General Life _ from any future owner, any such principal su m by way tribunals, w hil e th e l a it y we re su bj ect to the jurisdiction and to teach the young, especially, the principles London Fire •• ••• • ••• •.. 10 50 0 0 200 41 10s. . 25 0 0 12 10 0 15 of compensation for improvements, except by seven of the ec c l es ia s ti ca l t r ibunals, all w hi c h constituted a and truth of Christianity. In his elegy on a " Country e ll o a n i ii i n o : Ship -•.•• • • .. 105. 25 0012 10 o 15 equal annual instalments; and at the time of the p a y.. conditi on of things so far removed from real liberty or Churchyard," the poet Gray lamented the great powers Med. Invlicl * 8c - Clen.ll7e 4 5 11. Terenctt. 100 0 0 15 0 0 8% 0 0 22 to 0 2% meat of each annual instalment, interest at the r a t e of civilization, th a t an y free nation must prefer the alter- of intellect which were lost in the obscurity of poverty; National Lean Fund.. . 5 20 0 0 0 51. per cent. per annum upon the whole amount then due native of waging ten wars to enduring a single one of but in the children whose welfare they hod met to pro- National Life .. .....„ 8 1 . p P e e ; c c ent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 - shall likewise be paid; and the first of the above instal- them. And how can Europe -so often thrown mote, intellectual power instead of being undeveloped p P e a l l i l e rt a d h iu . m . Life • • ..... . 5 1• per cent. 50 0 0 1 2 0 0 21 OS. 1 merits and payments of interest shall not be due until into commotions by the sacerdotal power which was misdirected to the most grievous purposes of evil. Vecenix .. •••••••••• .• ** '•' •'• • • 3/ D sh & bs• - I - 141 one year's rent of such farm shall have been paid to such launched the thunders of the Church against - (Cheers.) They became the victims of the hangman Protector Life.... , „ 5 ? " • per cent. 20 0 , 10 ' 0 0 - P p rovident Life .... „ ~ future owner." her states-how can she expect three millions of men and the inmates of the gaol, or were sent as convicts to less. & bs. 100 00.10 0 0 26 pock Life...., Mr. PUSEY hoped the Hon, Gentleman would not to submit at the present day to an authority which not the most distant regions of the earth. It was from Royal Exchange,.,, ••..' ss. 5 00 ' oto 0 5 1 , . • 5/. per cent. Stock. - _ press his amendment, only exercises its political right of temporal punishment such a fate that the Ragged School Union was formed sun Fire... 203 • • •• •• •• -• 61. 10s. - - Mr. NE WDEGA TE thought that the Bill would against the offender, but even threatens damnation to to rescue them, and he trusted that those who were there un Ditto Life,,,,„. ... I/. 65. - - 44 be liable to great malversation unless there was some his soul ? Europe cannot reason herself into the belief assembled would devote themselves to that work with vicitvoeiti•asaLinfeise.... .... met pr mit. 1100 0 0 1 9 0 0 - •• •• •• ••• 5/. per cnt. - I 4 0 0 4% stringent provision to limit the power of the tenant in that free institutions can be fitly carried out under a energy and zeal, and that instead of their revenue being possession with respect to his dealing with the suc- Prince who can, under cover of his political power, reckoned by hundreds of pounds, it would go on increas- BRIDGES ceeding tenant, t urn th e enormous aut h or i ty o f t h e priest to perplexing ing till it was placed on a level with those for the heathen Mr. PALMER considered, that in a clause of the and disturbing consciences. missions, at present 20 or 30 - times larger in amount. Name of Company, Dividend Amount kind, some alterati on was d es i ra bl e, a l t h oug h h e did "W e t rust t h at E ng l an d an d France, so justly jealous Mr. F. MAPLE, in seconding the report, said he con- Annum. Share. per of Paid. Price. not agree in the proposed additi on o f hi s H on, F r i en d , of th e ir own i n d epen d ence, w ill never w illi ng l y consent gratu l ate d t h e great b o d y o f t h e commun i ty on the ~..................... X. s. d. X. s. d. After a few observations from the Attorney. General, that there should exist iu the centre of Italy a people spectacle before him, the immense number met to cele- Charing-cross... 25 0 0 - ___ _ Mr• Henley, and some other Hon. members, strangers neutral with respect to other nations made serfs brate the work of raising their fellow - creatures from southwre,N w s i d b i• A ; 632 12 8 -1% were ordered to withdraw, but no di v i s i on took place. for the sake of the rest of the Catholic ignorance and moral death to become useful, and Ditto Nw of 7% p.c. 3 55• per cent. 50 0 0 - 4 Sir JAMES GRAHAM said this was not the moment world, excluded from the rights of nations, and made perhaps ornamental, portions of society. This was a waterlooDitt ............ - 100 0 0 - 334 for discussing the principle of the Bill. The doubt a mere appanage for the clergy. The Roman people duty which combined the two great commandments Ditto ° NwOld Ann.dltto ofBl. U. ss. 4d. - 60 0 0 27 40 0 0 24 thrown out by the Honourable Member for Warwick- claim to be masters of th e Roman state. And in th e law, being a duty to God and a duty to our Vauxhall .... .., of A 7 v l.. ll ii 2s l . 7 2 s cl . . 70 TO 3 - 24 shire was &doubt with respect to the principle of the Bill if Catholic nations may intervene in behalf of their re- neighbour. It was not so true, to use the language _ itself'. lie (Sir James G ra h am ) w i shed to see t hi s Bill li g i ous a ff a i rs, sure l y t h ey have no r i g ht t o i nter f ere o f S cr i pture, th at t h e c hild ren o f the ragged schools DOCHB. perfected by a Committee, and he should reserve his with our political rights, or our social pact. However were "fallen among thieves," as that they were Dividend Amount opinion on th e p r i nc i p l e o f t h e Bill unt il the third read- neutral i ty may b e i mposed upon a whole nation, it e born among thieves. " Education was the fashion Name of Company. per o f P a id. P r i ce. ing.-( Hear, hear.) sure l y cannot b e i mposed on the central district of aof the day, and he wished that th e e 9 its malting Annum. Share. ining ---• _ Mr. EWDEGATE felt there was a grave d ou b t on country w ith regar d to th e res t, it b e i ng i m p oss ibl e f or i n t h at respect m i g h t b e a b undantly blessed. But - £ s. d. £ s. d. the principle of the Bill. What he aimed at in this Bill this centre to have by itself a national life, by the mere the children of the ragged schools must be torn from East .... • • .. • 4/. p cent Stock. - 70 and West India... 6/. pr er cent.. Stock. 132 - was a safe power of charging estates with incumbrances force of treaties or protocols. the vicious circumstances and i fl h 11 i1e...03 ey which hitt CountrY ••••• •• 40s p e r sh 100 0 0 _ _ to persons of limited incomes. " The representatives of the Roman people would c tn- they were surrounded. This must be done if the London Si.p cunt. Stock. - 111 The House then divided, when there appeared- eider it an insult to the political wisdom of the Govern- hoped to rob the gaol of its inmate, or the han g . Ditto Bonds... .. ••• 41• per cent. - - - For the proviso ...... .. - 83% ~. no which more Ditto 80nd5........ 4% Lpr cent. - Against it politicel economist in Southampton ••-.• • • 2/. pereent. 50 0 0 50 - 0 0 --- __ -- rights and arguments herein slightly touched upon, no the strictest sense than the institution of ragged schools, Majority The chute was then agreed to. ensure its own testify , tranquillity by securing the aboli- London had been followed extensively throughout ------------- the Dividend Amount Mr. PACKE suggested a verbal amendment to clause lion of tits priesthood ' . country. He concluded by characterising ragged schools Name of Company. 1 per of Paid. Piic©' 12: -"After the consent of the landlord has been Undoubtedly it can never be expected of us that we as the greatest blessing that God had given to man in Annum. Share. .., _ obtained in writing;" upon which some discussion en- should Lot oppose the restoration with a bold, deter- his time for the benefit of their over -crowded cities. £ s. d. £ s. d. sued, in which Mr. Christopher, the Attorney-General, mined, and irrevocable will; nor can Europe impute to Mr. lIINDLET supported the resolution, and said, that East L0nd0n...... •• .. 8/. 100 0 0 - 172 • and Mr. Bouverie took part. us the threatening catastrophe that may ensue, nor the while he admitted that the ragged schools were a great G lc r e a n n t d .. J . t . metion ...• •• I 21. 10s. 1 4 0 1 0 ig 4 0 - 78 _ - Mr. HEADLAM said he should persist in his amend- inevitable injury that a violent and bloody restoration necessity he declared that that necessity was a great die- Lambeth 1.•• :: :: •••• •••• ' 57 31 p. c i r ° c s i . d. 100 0 0 - 99 ment,. and strangers were ordered to withdraw, but would occasion, even to the Catholic authority of the grace. He produced the raw material out of which New Itivr Lndn Brdge 1 21.105. - - 55 no division took place, and the clause, with some slight Papacy. We are convinced that England and France cloth and paper could now be manufactured,. and having Vauxhall ...... •••• •• . 51 per cnt. 100 0 0 West Middlesex . • . tats Os. pr cult - - - 100 120 amendments, was agreed to. will lend us both aid and counsel in order to avert such shown as a contrast the articles produced from them, This being the last clause, the Chairman was instructed evils, and to draw closer the band of amity in which all asked whether Christian men would be outdone by the GA.S-LIGHT AND COME COMPANIES. to report the Bill to the House, and the House having re- free nations should now be united.-For the National men of the world, and give up their destitute and helpless Dividend Amount sumed, he did so accordingly, and the report was ordered Assembly, G. GALLETTI, President. - fellow-creatures in despair ?-(Cheers.) Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. to be brought up on Monday. G. PENNACCIII, A. FABERETTI,j The resolution was then carried unanimously. Annum. Share . BANKRUPTCY (IRELAND) BILL. A. ZANOBIANCHI, G. Coccus, Secretaries. Mr. J. LABOUCHERE moved the next resolution, which --- -- x . s , a, Z. s. d. -. This Bill went through Committee pro forma, and was Rome, April 18, 1849. was as follows:- British •••••••• •• •• •• 1/. 40 0018 0 0 14 19 0 0 18 ordered to be recommitted on the 13th June. " That there are in the metropolis many thousands of Ditto Provincial.... IL Bs. 20 0 0 ..... GRAND JURY CESS (IRELAND) BILL. RAGGED SCHOOL UNION. poor youths and children who, from the neglect, the lel er cent. 20 0 0 B B ig g sto t l eh .• •••••• • • • • •• - -• P 0 h •• •• -••• • .. 51. per cent. 20 0 - 16 The amendments to this Bill war® considered and or- poverty, the desertion, or the loss of parents, are en- City of 0 250 London ...... 101. 100 0 0 100 0 , On Tuesday evening, at six o'clock, the annual general 0 39 5 0 2,) dered to be reconsidered to-morrow. tirely destitute of the means of instruction, exposed to 9_o=e b il e taiconsoneat. 5 4 . 5 25. pr r s sh h a a r re e 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 meeting of this society was held in the large room at 50 0 0 32 SMITH O'BRIEN. all the evils of ignorance and to all the allurements of ti.l Exeter-hall, every part of which was crowded to excess Imperial :..•. •.: :: •.•..• 6f 455. pr cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 66% Lord JOHN RUSSELL gave notice that on Friday on the occasion. Of all the May meetings this has been - Independent ... .. •. •• 61: per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 62% he should move that Mr. Smith O'Brien be expelled by far the most numerously attended, all the approaches mg and industrial schools) are well deserving the hearty ecr0n.............. - 50 0050 0 0 12% 25 support of all true friends to the poor." itt° •••• -- -• •• - Phoenix ......•••.•.. 51. pe7cent. 50 0 0 50 .4 0 0 29 from the House. being besieged with applicants for admission, and many air. E. CORDERER seconded and the Rev. W. ARTHUR being obliged to go ...-...., 7 , iaoeies raiiect to procure even Ratcliff ...... • ...... 5/. 100 0090 0 0 75 The other orders of the day were then disposed of, sup_Rorted the resolution, which was agreed to. United General ' ...• • • 4%1.pr cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 12U The having bee standing room. proceedings n opened and the House adjourned at a Quarter to Six o'clock. by prayer and praise, T he Rev. W. ARTHUR, the Rev. J. SHERMAN Mr. Westminster Chartered 3/. 50 o o - 49 Lord ASHLEY, who occupied the chair, rose and s a id - H. POWNALL, and other gentlemen, th en addressed the Ditto, New --•• ~ 12s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 AUSTRIA. that they had met to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the meeting, and resolutions were adopted in accordance CANALS. VIENNA, MAY 10.-The House of Representatives Ragged School Union, which had greatly enlarged its with the objects of the institution. • The proceedings terminated with the usual vote of • I ' 4 1 e; ' Dividend! at Debreczin has appointed Messaros Lieutenant desires, and increased its efforts. They were met in that Names of }a 7 Dividend' thanks to the Chairman. Field-Marshal Minister of War. The Ban Jellachich magnificent hall not only to ask, but to demand the sym- Companies. A I per Price. Companies. ti 1 . p n e u r a. pries, arrived at Agram on the 7th. He was received with pathies of the British empire in the great work which m Annum.' I ..-- --- ---,_. ............................. great enthusiasm, and the city was illuminated in the they bad undertaken. They still retained the epithet of STATE OF TRADE. .t evening. He presided at a sitting of the Banat "ragged schools, " whereby they had first become known, Ashtn& Oldh 97 71. - Macclesfield. 1. £ OO 00 2/. 10s. - I because it marked the line of their d an h uty dt e sphere .„ .. A , , (Prom the Manchester Guardian.) Barnsley.. • • 16Q 121. 180 Neath ...• • • 100 181. 340 Council, and intends joining the army immediately. Prknk&Abrg 1501 5/. 85 Oxford.... • • 100 20/ 185 of their operations •• but he trusted that the Ragged la Pr CHESTER, TUESDAY.-The telegraphic an- Birmingham 35} 41. 80 Peak Forest. * 3/. 18s. The Wiener Zei lung of this day says, in an article . ' . gg School Union was about to take its just and proper nouncement of the acceptance of Lord Palmerston's Coventry.... 100, 25/. 2io Regent's •• .• ;I IL ss. 18% dated Nawes, the 2d May, yesterday we heard footing among the best and greatest of the religious proposition, by Denmark, has had no sensible infla- Derby ••• • • 100 , 61. 63 Rochdale.. •• 85 41. 54 i a heavy cannonade in the trenches of Jablusch, societies of this vast metropolis.-(Cheers.) He was not ence upon yarns in this day's market. Favourable as Ellsmre&Chs 133 565. 41 Somrset Coal 150 7/.los. 130 ' Erewash •• • 100, 321. - Do LkFd St ' 61 c. - 12 • P. ( and a courier arrived during the night with going to anticipate the report, but he called on them in the removal of the blockade (if confirmed) must be to cil tn 100, 5/. 80 Stffr • a& Gran . rine Wore 1 40 281. 310 the intelligence that the military treasury chest that moment of congratulation to join with him in the northern trade, there still remains, in the revolu- Grand Surrey 100 2/. 30 Shrewsbury.. 125 151 . - had been carried off from Jellachich by the Czecks. humble thankfulness to Almighty God who had been tionary turmoil which pervades the whole of Ger- g r r a a h n t d h U am nlo . n . 1 15 00 0 11.10 s, 24 t - eo.eetirrbaraidngde.. 1 145 20/. 285 I The Magyars, who were opposed to the Imperialists pleased to bless their efforts with so vast a measure many, a much greater obstacle and a far more for- Kennt & Avn 39 7s. 6d. 5% Wye Rall3 26 2 !. Os. - I and were drawn up at Budatin and Navin, of success. In spite of the difficulties and Leeds& Livrp 100' 301. 320 . Warwick& 7 i 50 1 midable danger to our commercial intercourse obstacles that had stood in their path-in spite of the Leicester....' 140 51. 63% Rirming. i 100 'a. on the right bank of the Wang, were 3,000 .. I With the continent. The private letters received Gems tr &Nth 83 41. 45 Warwick& e dis co untenanceof those who should positiv 41 a in number, with three pieces of artillery. Major this morning give a very land d i i Loughborogh , 142 701. 650 Napk in , .1 100 31. the first to welcome and assist thorn in what position g loom iscouraging I 100 81 , Monmouthsh . - Worcstr 1 78 2/. 41 l ' Trenk was able to oppose them with only did they now, stand? Only four years ago they num- ' pictureof the state ofpolitical affairs, and of tae Mntgemrysla 100 - - Birming. 64 companies and 2 field pieces ; nor had he time to sOOOl bared their h sby ten and their scholars by hull- prospect which the German people have before th em. MeltnMwbry, 100 - - Wilts & B r k s - ii, 10 C I concentrate his army. One of his guns was almost dreds, but now they maintained eighty-two schools, the The anxiety of the merchants is, of course, increased •; LIST OP SCOTTISH comPazazar PRICES o immediately rendered unfit for use. He was there- t grea er number of them being in connexion with the and their determination not to purchase beyond the Dividend Amount c fore compelled to fall back upon Jublunka with a loss union ;of these thirty were held during the day, and bond fide wants of the hour is strengthened. To. day. Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. t of from 40 to 50 wounded and prisoners. We hear fifty in the evening. In them there were twenty industrial their operations have been of trifling amount. ..---- ♦ -______ -___ - p from Sandez that many fugitives from Stowaka are classes, and there had passed through them, receiving ~, In this protracted absence of demand, the Z 8. d. A s. d there. Vogel is said to be in Kaschan, and Bendedek more or less instruction according to circumstances, and yarns suitable for that class of buyers have Bank of Scotland in Kasmark, notwithstanding which the Magyar being more or less under the influence of the institution, been purchaseable, in some instances, on rather (3% Is e h h L ia in h e u n a C n o k mpany 8 8 1 . p p e e r r e c e e e n t t. lig o o o o 10 2 0 1 g o o 3 1 1 93 18, guerilla were carrying on their manoeuvres there. nearly 15,000 of the most filthy, destitute, forgotten, and lower terms than sellers were willing to accept city of Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11 sr The Prince Radetzky has appointed the son of hitherto despised children. But were they to stop at that a week ago. For India but little has been Clydesdale Bank •••• •• 614 per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12v t( Commercial Bank •• • • 71. per cent. .500 0 0 100 0 0 152 '4 E Prince Windischgratz his aide-de camp.- German point, and resting satisfied with what they had done to none and No. 40's are scarcely firm. The manufac- Eastern Bank •• •••• •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 C 9/. 7s s seek an inglorious repose? Had they done nothing at all, uone, Edinb.&Glasgow Bank 6/. percent. 50 0 50 0 5% C Papers, May 10. cautious in their buying. The goods furors are very - they might plead that all was hopeless ; but the great men- Exehangeßnk of Scot 4l. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 30 DENMARK AND SCHLESWIG- sure of success that had hitherto attended them would market has been inanimate. The India houses are isle of National Bank _ 7 /.percent. so lo 0 0 7 00 0 -sl were be turned to their condemnation if they did no go less inclined to enter into contracts than they 6540 010 0 13% w 1 - TOLSTEIN. Northof Scotlandßank 4/.per cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 3/.175. I] further.-(Cheers.) If they had succeeded in bringing last week, though they are still purchasers of such North British Bank '.• - _ - _ (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) 10,000 of these children under civilizing and religious suitable fabrics as are ready for delivery, of which, Royalßank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 o o 100 0 0 1161! T Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 80% J ALTONA, MAY 13.-The accounts received here influences, 20,000 more still remained as ready to re- however very little is to be met with. 'The Levant Western Bank .••• • • • • 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 73% T this morning by rail from the scene of war mention ceive the benefits which the institution offered. He i merchants are doing extremely little ; and other Aberdeen Fire and Life 7341. pr cent. 12 10 0 20 0 sn the confirmation of the occupation of Voile and also asked the meeting only to consider what elms it was • B. Accord. Life aud 1 ire - 20 0 0 011 0 -g ( classes of shippers rendered increasingly wary in British Guarantee Ins. 47. Per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 103 Od Horsens by the Prussian troops and the other German on whose behalf he appealed for sympathy-to look i t • t mir operations by the state of European affairs. On Caledonian Fire Inset - . 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 00 . 21 o f auxiliaries. The Danes were also said to be disin- at their physical condition-to seo the hundreds and dined to make any defence at F re d er i c i a, on accoun t thousands that perambulated the s t ree t s, t h e b ack the whole, however, there is much firmness in the Church of England Ins. - 60 0 0 200 I 2 D City of Glasgow Life.. 61. per cent. 25 0 2 0 .21. lls of the inutility of' sacrificing . the inhabitants to the courts, and alleys of the metropolis, totally unable prices of goods. It is hoped that the fine weather Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. per cent. 10 10 0 00 0 1 0 2 10 0 0 j ,s ts oc ti CI to extricate themselves from the miserable condition, will produce i a good effect upon the home trade, which East of Scotland Life ife 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 15 17 6 1 •-•-• • F: horrors of an assault, and because the works Eng. & Scot, Law L vi physical and moral, in which they has been in a very unsatisfactory state throughout h were plunged. Itte otherwise, in so dilapidated a state for years past, and Bercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 00 1 - ~. was . well . , season. to send out missions to the heathen and he re- !Trim*. Co. of Scothid•• 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 10 00 1 - " the Jutland people had supposed that, uncle the t r e pro ec- - joiced that it was so; but there were to be found in - ROCHDALE MONDA Y• --I n t h e flannel market we "Life Assoc. of Scotland 5/. per cent. I , 00 0 10 0 1 1/, 63 IC tive guarantee of England, France, and Russia, such an stances of heathenism just as striking in the courts and have had but very little doing to-day, and the mar- Mercantile Life .••• •• - 0 0 0 010 0 ;3s. 6d. K. Si. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 120 s. 6d ' invasion of their territory would have been almost alleys of this Christian city in the Pekin as .. . . North British Ill 7 10 , ,• .. „ 5% Lpr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 , 22U - impossible. Negotiations are reported to have been or the haunts of Timbuctoo.-(Cheers.) If, howev er, North & West of Scot. 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 175.6 d, jef prices. The wool market continues inactive with ...... 20 0 0 011 0 set on foot after the summons conveyed to the Danish they were really anxious to extract from these children, little or no change in price. - 1 o 0 015 0 ' - General on the part of General Bonin, to make an to whom their care was directed, all the good results is change iris • Scot. Masi and Gcn.Life GUL pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 1 s immediate surrender of the fortress. The Danish that were desirable, they must enable them, by their IIUDDER:,FIE ,LD a • UESDAY.-1311t little has been Scottish Union Insrnee. "Starriara , i ll , ~ ~ .. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 5 0 ' 9 aid and protection, to light the great battle of life.- doing to-day in our market, and very few buyers unit •• il• per cent. 10 0 () 0 14s .6d of troops had been conveyed over to the opposite island United Dep. Aesnrance • • (Cheers.) It was not sufficient that they should have visited us. In the warehouses, the business is cot of Fulinen, excepting a very small portion as a gar- MISCELLANEOUS. pass through .. the ragged schools; but they must equal to the general average of this season. off' rison. The Danish loss in the action of Gudso is Dividend Amount also be placmi in some kind of honest employment. He HALIFAX, SATURDAY.- Our Piece Hall has pre- Name 184 given at 91 killed and wounded, and that of the Ger- - pointed out the number of instances in which the children rented to-clay a very inanimate appearance, and there of company. per of Annum. Share. Paid. Price. • Fri inane at 100, in General Benin's official report. in the school:, had bean soprovided for, and the rare cases is no improvement in the demand for worsted goods. ------- --a- -in The news from the interior parts of Germany in which they had been returned on the hands - Prices are consequently drooping. The demand for australlan Aerleulturl X. s. cl - : X. s. d. --• 100 0 0 30 0 0 1714 name outbreaks everywhere occurring, and the pro ciety for want of honesty. He strongly advocated emigre- is also clack for the home market, and entirely .enMexlean Minn. 11 . 43. 10 0010 o 0 - I festioa of a civil barricade engineer is now the p vin lion as the best means of providing tor the future career yarns ' • Ditto, Half Shares.. stand for the continent. The spinners have now, c at a a nada . - - 210 0 -... p as cipal one thought of. The last news from Saxony of these children, and in proof thereof read some affect- a ••'•- • • • • • GI. Per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 31 for the most aet completed their orders, and are Uppr Canada Bonds 5/ mention that the insurgents from Dresden have corn- ing letters from boys and girls who had already been sent la ' ' completed 1 tes aceordinel City Navigation . 'Per cent. - - 88 • working to stock. The ate ra e . are ! . v _ __ 004 mit manned a tort of guerilla warfare, levying out to South Australia at the public expense. One of - I Come • CPPr Min's Eng . . 51 - not maintained. The wool mark tis still very quiet, Gen. Revers. & Invest. - • percent. 100 0 0 70 0 0 - the the contributions necessary for their support from there lit'er-sriters was, when first brought under theo 0 100 0 0 9) 4 P. c.gc bs, 2/ 100 , Dri the small towns and villages. The . picture ease of tho society, such an object of compassion that and prices more in favour of the buyer. Equitable Revers! Gen. Steamv wiry sr. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 Q 100 stea -avigatl 0 0 21% on I 8 of the thirty years' war is unnecessary to attract l!le principal thief of the district taking compassion on LEEDS, TUESDAY.-There is no change worthy of London Institution ... 1. s. 15 0 0 7 1 8 4 15 0 vice ' lie atten t ion Things look very gloomy here, and pie e r , . continues Russ s destitute condition, after vainly endeavouring to notice in the state of our market, which - •• - - 26 5 0 3 C support him, at last brought him to the refuee much the same as last week. The colonial wool sales heeeinsir& Orient.Stm. 8/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 68 the this morning a batch of 200 sick and wounded of the s)eiety in Pye-street, Westminster. It was Ft versionary Int. see 41 lOO 0 0 100 0 0 00 , w goitre. on in London fetch quite as good prices as no tt Royal Mail Stearn ..... 6 ,41. pr Pre. 100 0 0 60 0 0 521 , 2 Cleci has come from the north of the duchy of Schleswig, said that ragged schools were one-sided in their phi- last February, contrary to the general expectation. South Australian... 1 18..4. 25 0 0 25 0 0 16 0 which makes in two short days the increasing number lanthropy, and showed an undue partiality for children van pleman's La • • 11. per sha Land., 100 0 0 23 0 0 1% th e of 389 men for the hospitals, which are now quite full, the outcasts of society, over the offspring of the poor - ---____________-- fron with but limited means to support them. but independent labourer. Bat the m _ a ns of the so- THE LOSS OF THE FORTIL-The following corre- DREADFUL 0 b h CCURRENCE.-Yesterday, a out t ree Vol eicty were limited, and it was necessary to confine spondence has taken place between the directors of the o'clock, a dreadfultook place at a house Ant THE ROMAN REPUBLIC. their operations accordihgly, and by improving the basis Royal , s . West India Mail Comnanv and the T.nrri gof the in Shle.._ /.-- occ u rren ce .... The following is the address of the Constituent Assembly of Rome to the Governments and Parlia ments of France and England : " The Representatives of the free Roman people con fidently appeal to the Governments and to the Parlia ments of the two most free and most powerful nations of Europe. " Ii is well known that we have been for many ages governed by the Church, with the same special and ab• solute authority in all matters temporal as in spiritual, whence it happened that, amid the enlightenment of the 19th century, we are surrounded by the darkness of the middle ages. Civiliattion was combated at times with open wartare, alvv3ys with the force of inertia, to such a degree that it was considered a crime in us to feel and call ourselves Italians. " It is well known that we have on many occasions at tempted to achieve our own liberty ; bat Europe has made us expiate by a harder slavery those very attempts by st Well other nations have been rendered glorious. At length ; after our long martyrdo m , the day of re demption appeared to hav e arrived, and we trusted to the power of ideas as well as to that of evnts, and to the mild character of the Prince. We desired, above all things, to be Italians ; this was a crime. We believed ourselves free ; this was an illusion. The day came when the Prince abandoned us, and we were left without government; all attempts at conciliation• failed; messages and messengers from the Parliament and the municipality were rejected; the people awaited their time with patience, but the emigrated Government no longer proffered a single word of liberty or of love; it stigmatised three millions of men with the guilt of an individual, and, when we deliberated on employing the ciety for :vans of honesty. He strongly advocated emigra tion as the best means of providing for the future career of these children, and in proof thereof re id some affect ing letters from boys and girls who had already been sent out to South Australia at the public expense. One of these liter-Nriters was, when first brought under the care of the society, such an object of compassion that the principal thiet of the district taking compassion on his destitute condition, after vainly endeavouring to support him, at last brought him to the refuge of the society in Pye-street, Westminster. It was said that ragged schools were one-sided in their phi lanthropy, and showed an undue partiality for children the outcasts of society, over the offspring of the poor but independent labourer. But the mans of the so tety were limited, and it was necessary to confine their operations accordingly, and by improving the basis of society they improved the whole of the superstructure, and, therefore, he asked the meeting what they would resolve to do with all the hopes and promises before them. The Noble Lord concluded by calling on the meeting to rise to the discharge of the great duties be fore them, and in doing so to bless God from the bottom of their hearts that they were about to thrust their sickles into that harvest which, by His blessing, was already ripe for the hands of the reaper.—(Loud cheers.) The SECRITARY then read the report, which stated that the funds of the society had been vastly increased. The subscriptions having risen from 89Z in the pre ceding to 338/ in the past year, while the donations had risen from 520/. to 3,1681. in the same period. The report then proceeded to notice the society's opera tions during the year, and especially the immense bene fits conferred by the means of emigration supplied by Government to ragged school children willing to settle in the colonies. An earnest hope was expressed that this boon, obtained by the exertions of Lord Ashley during the past year, might be continued permanently. Since last June 150 boys and girls bad been sent out to Australia at the public expense, and were now doing very well. The 82 schools of the society were now taught by more than 1,000 voluntary or paid teachers, yet even that number, great as it was, was found quite inadequate. THE Loss OF THE FORTIL—The following corre spondence has taken place between the directors of the Royal West India Mail Company and the Lords of the A dmiralty Directors s ' i ‘ r ". T s h s e , M C:u ° r r t g o a ° , or London, i " Royal Mail Steam packet. Company, s A C ia o y mp%ri l y B49. hav ing made full inquiry into all the circumstances atten dant upon the loss of their steam • ship Forth upon the Alacranes Reef, in January last, have felt so highly satisfied with the meritorious conduct of Lieut. Molcsworth, RN., of her Majesty's ship Wellesley, who was a passenger on board on that occasion, that they have desired me respectfully to request you will be good enough to move my Lords Commissioners of the Ad miralty to transmit to that officer the best thanks of the Court for his exertions, together with a gold watch, sent herewith as a token of the Court's approbation. "I have the honour to be, Sir, your obeient servant, " E. CHAPPELL, Secretary. " The Secretary to the Admiralty, &c., Whitehall." "Admiralty, May 9. " Gentlemen,—With reference to a letter of the Bth inst. from Captain Chappell, transmitting a gold watch for Lieutenant! Molesworth, R.N., of her Majesty's ship Wellesley, and requesting that it may bo forwarded to that officer with your best thanks fur his exertions on the occasion of the loss of the contract steam-packet Forth on the Alacranes Reef, in January last, I am com manded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you that they will be happy to carry out your wishes with regard to his gallant and meritorious conduct on that occasion.—l am, Gentlemen, Your most obedient humble servant, " W. A. B. IlAxua " The Royal Mail Steam-packet company, 55 , Moorgate-street." Dividend Arzount Name of Company. per of Paid. Fri( e. Annum, Share. - Australasia •••••• • • • • - £ s.d. Xs.d.4o 0 0 40 0 0 - Brash North American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 Coylon .. ••..••• • • • • • 71. par cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - CJminereial of London 61. per cent. j 100 0 0 20 0 0 - C)lonial.. •••••• • • • • • 5/. per cent. 'lOO 0 0 25 0 0 634 - - - 0 0 25 0 0 22 10 25 0 0 0 20 0 0 24 U ELoo l ,: o n u idait c nt e io s a t ..n e ..d r . : ..w h .: l .. r e e s:i. mi. ..... n. ..... s .. . t . • .r 1 ,6 5 11.. / : p e eer r r c cc e een n ut t t. .. - l3 0 0 - London Joint-Stock .• • 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 15% Pawincialof Ireland • • 81. percent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 Ditto, New.• •••• • • • 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - st N a a t ti . o r n r a o l v o n f i;l l a r l e o la f n E d n .; . 6 51 1. . p p e e r r c c e e n n t t .. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 _.- Ditto, New. •••• • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - South Australia ••• • • • 5/, per cent. - 22 10 0 - Union of Australia ••• • , 61. per cent. 25 0 0 23 0 0 - ! 61, per cent. - 210 0 - Union of London. •• •• i 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Union of Madrid ..... ! 4O 0 0 40 0 0 - ' INSURANCE& coraP.itivrEs. • Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. I'6e. Annum. Share. ....... .......................a. ........ ..• ........... A d. X s . d. Albion ••••••• • • • • • •• 3/. 103. 500 s. 0 0 50 0 0 75 Alliance Brit. and For. 61. per cen t . 100 0 0 11 0 0 Ditto Marine••• •• •• 61. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 - Atlas .• • • British Commercial •.7s. per share 50 0 0 50 0 534 Clericl,Med.&Gen.Life spr ct.& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19 CauntY ••••••• • • • - • • 31 . 100 0 0 10 0 0 65 Crown ••••••• • • • •• •• 148, 50 0 0 5 0 0 - Eagle • • • Eng.& Scot. Law •• •• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 212 6 European Life ••• • • • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. - FamilyEndownant Soc. 4/. & bs. 100 0 0 4 0 0 Freemasons' .• ••• " • • Cl. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 - Globe ••••" • • •• 61. per cent. Stock. - 121 Guardian .....• •••• • • 51. 100 0 0 36 10 0 Imperial Fire •••• • • • • 121, per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 220 Imperial Life •••• • • •• 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% Indemnity Marine.... 17 ••• B h.lic bs. 100 0 0 513 I - Law Fire •••••• • • •• •• - 100 0 0 210 0 2% LAW Life •••••• • • •• •• 11 . 16s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 44 Legal and General Life 50 0 0 2 0 0 41 10s. London Fire •••• •• .. 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15 London Ship -•.•• • • .. 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15 100 0 0 15 0 0 87 - Med. Invlid&Gen.Life 454/, per et. 50 0 0 20 0 2% National Lean Fund.. 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 -- National Life.. ....... 81 per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 - PelicanP.illadium Life..,.,,, _ - t•hcenix ........,.... 3/•p sh.&bs. - - 141 Protector Life.... ... ..•• - . • .......... az Per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 - Provident Life - ...... 11.. ss. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 26 51. peLcent. 50 ..... 0 0 1 2 0 0 21 Os. Rock Life....,....... Royal Exchange 5 0 0 010 0 5% ss. ..... .- - Sun Fire .. ..... .. .. . 51 ' per cent. Stock. Ditto Life 6/. 10s. - - 203 ........-.. I/. 6s. - _ 44 Universal Life.... .• • Victoria Life ...... P lON r cnt. 100 0 0 1 9 0 0 - . 51. .per t r en. _ 1 4 0 0 4% BRIDGES Name of Company. Dividend Amount per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -----_-_____ X. s. d. £. a. d. Chari ng - cr055....... 25 0 0 - - - Southwrk, NW Sub. Av. - 632 12 8 -1% Ditto Nw of 7% p.c. 355. per cent. 50 0 0 - 4 Waterloo ............ - 100 0 0 -3% Ditto Old Ann. ofB/. 11. ss. 4d. - 60 0 0 27 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. 2s. 2d. - 40 0 0 24 Vauxhall .... ••• Av. 11. 17s. 70 10 3 - 24 DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ---------- - - £ s. d. £ s. d. Cminsrcial .... •• • • 4/. per cent. Stock. - 70 East and West India-. 6/. pr cent. Stock. - 132 Eilt Country ••••• •• . 40s. per sh. 100 0 0 - - London •••••••• • • • • • Si. pr cunt. Stock. - 111 Ditto Bonds... .. ••• 41. per cent. - - - St. Katharine .... •• - 4 per cent. Stock. - 83% Ditto 80nd5...... • • 4%1. pr cent. - - - SJuthampton •• -•• •• 2!. per cent., 50 0 0 50 0 0 - W..11.1 1 2:21-IWOILES• Dividend Amount Name of Company, per I of raid. Price. Annum. Share. ----... - — £ s. d. £ s. d. East London.... • • .... 8/. 100 0 0 172 Grand Junction .•. • •• 2/. 10s. 41 13 4 78 Kent •••••••• • • • • • • •• 31. 10s. 1 00 0 0 Lambeth •••• • • • • .... 57. per cut. 100 0 0 99 New Itivr Lndn Brdge 21. 10s. 55 Vauxhall •..••• • • • • 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 100 West Middlesex . . . a Os. pr cnt. 120 GA.S-LIGHT AND CONE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of COmpany, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X. s. d. Z. s. d. British •••••••• • • • • •• 1/. 40 0 0 18 0 0 14 Ditto Provincial • . I/. Bs. 20 0 0 19 0 0 18 Bristol .. •••••• • • • • •• 101. per cent. 20 0 0 Brighton ...... •.• • .. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 16 City of London .. •• • • 101. 100 0 0 100 0 0 250 ContinentalConsolidat. 925. pr share 50 0 0 39 5 0 25 Equitable ••••—.. • • • • 455. pr share 50 0 0 50 0 0 32 Imperial .. .. .. .•• • • • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 66% Independent ..... •. • . 61. per cent. 1 40 0 0 40 0 0 62% London • ............. 50 0 0 50 0 0 12% 50 0 o 50 0 25 Phoenix . ...... ••.• .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 46 0 0 29 Ratcliff ..... . ...... 5/. 100 0 0 90 0 0 75 United General ' ...• • • 4%1. pr cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 12M Westminster Chartered 3/. 50 0 0 49 Ditto, New .••• • . . • 12s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 READFUL OCCU RRENCE .--Yesterday, about three o'clock, a d readful occurrence took place at a house in Shire-l ane . near Temple-bar. It appears a young female took a l o d g i ng there the previous night , stating she had left her s it uation in Golden-square. In the a f ternoon she went out f or a short time, and when s h e returne d was watched i n b y two women, who s h ort l y after wards, accompanied b y a City policeman, en tered the house, and proceeded upstairs to the room of this unfortunate girl. No sooner had they en tered the room than she sprang from the window, and fell a distance of forty feet into a back yard, fracturing the back p ar t o f her skull in a dreadful manner. She was conveyed to King's College Hospital , with but slight hopes o f recovery. She was said to have a great quantity of property in her possession. TUE DISTRESSED NEEDLEWOMEN'S SOCIETY.—A meeting of the ladies' and gentlemen's committee of this institution took place yesterday at the residence of Mr. Luke Hansard, at which there was a full attendance o' the members, for the purpose of receiving the report of the accounts of th e society, which h a d b een i nspected by the auditor s , -ass i sted by two paid accountants uncon nected with th e in st i tution, the resu l t o f w hi c h h as shown that the hono rary secretary has expended a c misiderable sum of money f rom his own private resources, i n order to carry out the o bj ects of the char i ty. A pu bli c meeting will be called in a few days, at which Mr. Alder man Farebrother, th e president of the society, will preside, when it is intended that steps shill be taken to publicly acknowledge the services rendered by Mr. Roper in pro moting the benefits of the charity. PUGILISM. —The battle for 20/. aside, between Adams, of 'Westminster, and Herbert, of the east-end, was decided yesterday, near Grays, in Essex, after a spirited contest. Herbert was declared the victor, he receiving a foul bicny from hie opponent. Th© Duke of ARGYLE moved the adoption of the report, and expressed his deep sense of the vast and paramount importance of the work which the meeting had assembled to aid. This was one of those great works, and there were many such in the history of the world, which bad been conceived, begun, and carried on, by a few earnest, faithful, and loving men—(l-lear)—. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 1849. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CLE I? ICENIV 'LL. Jackson wns pieced at the bar before Mr. Combs, for final examination, charged by the di rectors of the poor of St. Pancras lh t h having been concerned in a burglary in St. Pancras Workhouse, and stealing twenty sovereigns and 155/. in silver money. Mr. Prendergast attended for the prosecution, and ee. Mr. Huddlcstone for the prisoner. The prisoner was brought from the House of De tention in a cab, in a very weakly condition, and was allowed a seat during the investigation. William Cockerill, a constable, No. 108 L being sworn, identified the prisoner as having gone by the names of William Morgan, William May, and William Coleman, and being concerned some years ago in the Custom-house robbery, with Gowell, Jordan, and Sulli van , an d w h o were conv i cted for that offence. The prisoner was indicted, but not tried. Several witnesses were examined to prove that on the night of the robbery, the Bth 'of February last, the doors of the strong-room, &c., were locked, and all appeared safe, and that on the following morning the robbery was discovered. Robert Clarke, a cab-driver, proved that between -' twelve and one o'clock on the morning of the 9th of February, the prisoner was supported into his vehicle with his leg broken, when he drove him, according to e. instructions, to Guy's Hospital, Borough. On his road he was ordered to stop at a house in the o k e with d out the neigh bourhoodefaNvindoowf Banladckcfarmiaersd-orwoand,awndhecroenavmerasnedlo : prisoner for ten minutes. Sarah Tiffin proved having found four skeleton ; 3 ‘ keys, and James Unwin a dark lantern, near the spot where the prisoner was found injured, which were •N handed over to th e po li ce o f the S division. The keys opened the doors of the vestry-room, &c. Lockerby, 180 S, deposed that subsequent to the commission of the robbery he was consulted by the parish authorities to make inquiries into the matter, when he traced the prisoner to Guy's Hospital, where A , he visited him in plain clothes, and found him lying • in bed. He asked him how he got his thigh broken ; he replied that he had slipped down on the pavement Os. at the other side of Westminster-bridge. Witness, after some conversation, told him he was an officer, y € , and he should take him into custody on suspicion of a robbery at St. Pancras 'Workhouse on the night of the Bth of February. He replied, " Very well, all I os. have to do is to prove to the contrary, I suppose." Witness left a constable with him. Mary Reading, a pauper girl, was sitting at the gate of the workhouse between twelve and one o'clock on the morning of the 9th of February, when she heard a heavy fall, and some one exclaim three times, " God help me , I am ki lled! " , _ _ The Niger and Basilisk experimental steam-vessels proeceded yesterday r4fernoon fr-rn Cowes roads on their voyage, nett although such untteiM die rence ap peared between their prtermances as far as they cou:d be seen from this shore, we are informed that in a run of twenty miles towards Plymouth there was not the distance of a ship's length between their speed; after that run fog and haz3 came on, and they parted com pany, and about one o'clock,-Aar. this day the bottom of the boiler of the Niger was discovered to have got red hot, and set fire to the bottom of the ship. With some difficulty the fire was got at and extinguished, and she then bore up for Spithead, where she was ultimately re joined by the Basilisk. Both have come into harbour this afternoon—the Niger to repair damages, which are expecte 1 to be of a serious character. Thirteen men were apprehended this morning on a charge of smuggling. The capture seas made jointly l-y Lieutenant Scott, of the Southsea Castle station, and Lieutenant Brown, of the Hardway station, about one a.m. About 150 half- ankers of foreign spirits comprised the seizure, together with the men engaged in the illicit venture, whose names, as given before the magis trates, are—Francis Kemmitt, Henry Gardner, Charle s Bailey, Nathaniel Richards, James Hewett, John Min chin, William Spraggs, otherwise William Downes; William Seal, William Muggeridge, John Clark, Joseph Sherwin, Nicholas Courtnell, and William Turner, who are all in custody, remanded for further examination. The three first named were taken on board the steam tug Peter Rolt, the property of the eminent Government contractor of that name, which was also seized, but ul timately released on bond put in by the owner's re presentative. The Reynard screw steam-sloop, Command e r P. Cra croft, was ducked this morning, in lieu of the Plumper uudocked last evening. Commander H. G. Shute, R.N., of the Coast guard service at Greenhithe, died on the 12th inst. Wind, W.S.W., fresh breezes, and cloudy weather. THE ROYAL LITERARY FUND. The sixtieth anniversary of this excellent institution was celebrated last evening at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen -street, under the presidency of Viscount Hardinge. Upwards of 100 sat down to dinner, which was served in good style by Messrs. Bacon. At the right of the chair sat the Hon. Leslie Melville, the Hon. C. Hardinge, Mr. R. Trevor, M.P., Sir C. Pasley; and on the left the Hon. E. Stanley, M.P., Sir H. Bulwer, Sir C. Malcolm, Colonel Mere, M.P., Mr. Wyld, M.P., Mr. Alison, Rev. Dr. Hessey, Rev. Dr. Major. Among others present we observed Mr. Thackeray, Mr. P. Simpson, Mr. Finlaison, Mr. Forster, Mr. a Cruik shank, Professor Hancock, Mr. Stanfield, Mr. Sergeant Merewether, Mr. Whiteside, Mr. Bolt, &c. The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the first toast—" The health of the Queen"—said he was confident they would be disposed to receive it not as the mere expression of ordinary loyalty. They would recollect that her Ma jesty had always been a very sincere friend, and had al ways taken a very warm interest in the welfare of' the Royal Literary Fund, of which she was a munificent patron.—(Cheers.) In the midst of the convulsions which had shaken the thrones of the Princes of Europe that of her Majesty remained secure.—(Cheers.) The high qualities which distinguished her in no ordinary degree, and her virtues in domestic life, had endeared her to such an extent in the minds of all her subjects, that he felt confident the throne would remain secure.— (Loud cheers.) He gave " The health of the Queen," which was drunk with three times three. The CHAIRMAN, in giving the next toast, said, on occasions when charity was to be dispensed, the name of the Queen Dowager was associated with acts of be nevolence—(Cheers)—and they were all aware that Prince Albert had manifested the greatest interest in the prosperity of this institution. His Royal Highness was a warm admirer and patron of the Literary Fund— (Cheers)—he trusted that in due season the Prince of Wales, inheriting his father's love of literature and science, would follow in his footsteps, and when he reached the years of maturity would honour the chair by presiding over one of their anniversaries.—(Loud cheers) He begged to give " The Health of the Queen Dowaeer P Prince Albert, Alb er t P r i nce o f W a l es , an d the rest of the Royal Family." The next toast the CHAIRMAN gave was_ " The Church," from the ministers of which the Royal Lite rary Fund had from its commencement derived the greatest encouragement, not only by their direct contri butions to its funds, but by their zealous advocacy of its claims.—(Cheers.) Dr. INGRAM, President of Trinity College, Oxford, briefly responded to the toast. The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the next toast which stood on the list, " The Army and Navy," begged, as a military man, to transpose the words, and to give " The Navy and Army."—(Much cheering.) He had always entertained for that glorious profession, the navy, un bounded admiration, and he felt that the national great ness, independence, and security were concerned in its efficiency. He had the greatest pleasure in statin g hi s opinion thus publicly, that if ever a financial crisis should occur, as a military man, he hoped any reductions that economised expenditure might require should fall rather on the army than the navy.—(Loud cheers.) Admiral Sir C. MALCOLM and Major-General Sir C. PASLEY returned thanks respectively for the services to which they belonged. The CHAIRMAN next proposed " Prosperity to the Literary Fund." He was confident that the system upon which the institution proceeded was an excellent one. He only regretted that he had not been better acquainted ,with it before,- or ho should certainly have been a constant subscriber many years ago. Its object certainly was not to entice men to tread the paths of literature who might not have the requisite qualifications for its successful pursuit; but, whenever it found men of merit who had contributed by their genius to any branch of literature involved in difficulty or embarrassment, it relieved them in the most delicate manner, without subjecting the objects of its benevolence either to the obtrusion of private circumstances or the pain of personal solicitation. -lie was happy to be able to state that the subscription list was this year most prosperous. He had the day before yesterday received a note from - the President of Trinity College, Oxford, whom he was happy to see now present, stating that he feared the state of his health would prevent his attend ance, and enclosing a cheque from Dr. Ingram for fifty guineas towards the, funds of the society.—(Loud cheers.) A young friend of his, Major Edwardes— (Loud cheers) —who, he must say, wielded his pen as well as his sword—(Loud cheers)—had also sent a contribution of ten guineas.—(Cheers.) He was con fident they would all do their best to promote the pros perity of the Royal Literary Fund. Mr. M. MILNES proposed " The health of the Chair man." In this country when so many were apt to draw a broad line of demarcation between men of thought and men of action, he thought it peculiarly fitting that such a society should be presided over by one who had not only distinguished himself in the senate but gained fresh laurels on the broad field of military enterprise. He could not but recollect that the battle of Albuera had been fought on the 16th of May, that it was gained by the more than military energy of the Noble Lord who now sat in the chair, after one of the most trem en d ous con fli c t s i n w hi c h the ritish army had ever been engaged.—(Loud cheers.) His brilliant achievements in India had gained him the approbation of his Sovereign and the thanks of both Houses of Parliament, and his efforts to promote the spread of education in India entitled him to the warm commendation of every friend of civilization in the em pire. —The toast was drunk with all the honours. Viscount HARDINGE felt most grateful for the compli ment which had been paid to hire, proposed as it had been by ono for whom he entertained the greatest re spect as an orator and a statesman, and whom for many years he had personally regarded as a friend. He could not claim the merit of being an author. Indeed when he recollected pat he should be surrounded by men eminent for their literature, he had some difficulty in accepting the honour of being chairman on that occa sion, but his scruples were overcome when he considered the admirable objects of the institution, and he thought he was justified in accepting that post from motives of gratitude as a military officer. There was no class of her. Majesty's subjects who owed a deeper debt of gra titude to literary men than soldiers.—(Cheers.) Few perhaps of their number were fortunate enough to 'attain high rank and station, nor were there many opportuni ties of performing groat deeds which would justify the historian in handing them down to posterity. But when such cases did occur they were much indebted to the faithful and impartial record of their achievements.— (Loud cheers.) This was not all. A more disin terested feeling actuated the great mass of the army, who, from the regimental libraries which were now esta blished, could solace themselves, from the higher officers down to the very drummer-boys, with the pleasure and instruction of literature, which would not otherwise have been accessible to them. As his military services had been alluded to, he might be allowed to say that, forced as he had been to draw the sword afteramost unprovoked aggression, he had sheathed it the earliest moment he could with honour and safety—(Loud cheers)—when by the valour and discipline of that glorious Indian army the campaign was terminated in sixty days after fighting four bloody battles.—(Cheers.) With respect to his policy in India, he was happy to say that two successive Administrations—that of Sir R. Peel and of Lord John Russell—had approved of it.—(eTheers.) Ile confessed with reference to the time when he had the honour of administering affaire in India, he looked back with' peculiar gratification to that p ort i on of his civil duties which concerned the education of the people. Both by Lord William Bentinck and Lord Ellenborough great efforts bad been made with the assistance of the Court of Directors for this purpose, and the most gratifying progress had already been made. He had himself heard children of twelve years of age. natives of India, read Milton and Shakespere in the English language, not only with facility but with remarkable intelligence ; and it was by no means uncommon in India to hear the Ilindoos take part in the most important discussions con. ducted in the English language ; indeed, to such an ex tent was the English language now cultivated in India that he luoked forward to the period when it would be come the adopted language in that country.—(Cheers.) He had, himself, when in India, sent over three young men to be educated here, and he was happy to fleet that one of them had this year been a most successful compe titor for prizes at the London University. He begged again to thank them for the honour they had done him in drinking his health. The health of " the Earl of Carlisle, chairman elect," was next drunk. Then followed " the health of Lord Lansdowne, the president of the Literary Fund;" the " health of the Ambassadors" (briefly responded to by Sir H. Bulwer); " the Writers on Science" (steknow lodged by Mr. Finlaison); " the Members of the House of Commons," (for which Mr. R. Trevor returned thanks); " the Writers of History," (acknowledged by Mr. Alison); " the Literature of Ireland," (responded to by Mr. Whiteside); " the Writers of Fiction," (epee ponded to by Mr. Thackeray); and several other toasts, after which the company broke up. . _ Mr. Prendergast said this concluded his case. Mr. COMER said he should commit the prisoner for trial, and, with the usual caution, asked if he would say anything in his defence. Mr. Huddlestone said, if the Bench was determined to adopt that course, he would reserve his observations and the defence for the prisoner's trial. , The prisoner was conveyed to prison in a cabriolet. MARY LEB ONE. '} Long before the opening of the Court some bun -1 dreds of persons congregated in its immediate vicinity, L in consequence of its having become known that a man was in custody for having attempted to violate a child only four years of age. The prisoner, whose ee. name is Henry Welley, is a blacksmith, and so great was the indignation excited against him, that Inspec tor Wig - gin, of the D division, found it necessary to bring the prisoner up in a cab. Several witnesses were examined, from whose evi -1 deuce it appeared that on the previous afternoon Mrs. Jane Roberts, residing at No. 17, North Wharf-road, Paddington, sent her little girl, Emma Louisa, out to play, and while playing she was taken into a field by the prisoner, nrsnNel%ie e dt who oho ikm ht was iis ll caughtseat Tuesday in t i he n next. e u xe policeth. a situation with her as to leave no d ou bt w h a t ever w i t h regard to his intention to perpetrat e a ra p e ; th e c hild screamed, and the prisoner wa s g i ven i n t o cus t o d y. A certifi cate froma surgeon was put i n , w hi c h sta t e d t h e nature and extent of the inj ur y cause d. Mr. B ROUGHTON as k e d if th e pr i soner was known, and the r e ply ma d e b y a consta bl e was that he had been in custody b e f ore f or an assau l t of a cr i minal na ture upon a c hild e i g ht years o ld . a witnessessix,n and The hm e paanis dt. o a n s e f r als denied the allegation ma d e aga i nst chaimsrei,ehr. had never BROUGHTONsaid that a ll w hi c h h a d b een sworn by the vheernbleofcokr ee d remarked e broughtt c h e a l t l u, a na dn m ed o r r a e th a ihs t a r nl e fo c - tp i i o ac u se t s , of GOO p ersons had congregated atthe door he made hi s egress. Twenty constables w va e n r , eb uy p p r Ne w s s, h al c d th s , Land but for th e i r i nterference the prisoner would no doubt have been roughly handled while getting into hi the vehicle which conveyed him t. his claatination. RICHMOND ri James N ye , who w ag described as a smith, living M in Marylebone, was brought from London, in custody . of Sergeant Bennett, of the D division, and charged before Sir Henry Batter, Bart., with being concerned .... with the three prisoners now in custody in sacrile giously breaking into Kew Church, in February, l ee , 1845, and stealing therefrom an iron chest, containing the parish registers. James Henry Price, a brass-worker, proved the connexion existing between the prisoner, Standen, and Hart. It was further shown that the prisoner was concerned in the taking of the iron chest to 3 Standen's house, and he was remanded to Kingston Gaol, to be brought up for re-examination with the other prisoners. It was stated in the court that the parochial autho rities of Kew had received a letter from a person named Avery, living in Red Lion-street, Holborn, o who, after alluding to the reports publi s h e d i n t h e papers respecting the case, said he could, on being i assured of receiving the reward originally offered, i undertake that the original certificat e o f th e marr i age of King William IV. with the Dowager Queen Adelaide should be forthcoming. Inspector O'Brien, of the A division, who has the management of the case, was instructed to wait upon this party, and ice• the result was a visit to Doctors' Commons and a production of the duplicate. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. !1 83 FIRST LORD'S LEVEE. --The following officers at. tended the levee of the Right Hon. Sir F. T. Baring, Bart., M.P., at the Admiralty, on Tuesday: —Captains -7s Stephen Fremantle, W. Preston, J. B. M'Hardy (High s C h o o n t s t, ta A bl . e cpa o u f p Es g se e x), C. E. P a t e y. C ommanders—Spar- A. Res e lli ng G. E. P a t e y, C. H ada- Nway, D. Twys ' den, F. Lowe, C. F. Shadwell, W. Hutchinson, Harris (of the Ganges), Georges, 11. Price, T. 1). Eyncourt. Lieutenants--G. 'Williamson, T. , %Jackson, T. A. B ut l er, G. Bishop, E. H. Gunnell, 11. I Y2 Master—J.Temple, T. T r i g ht , R . Beale. Master —J. Aylen. Sur geon—V. Duke. Paymaster and Purser—J. Colvill. SENIOR NAVAL LORD'S LEVE/17.—Tli 0 following officers attended the levee of Bear-Admiral Deans Dundas, C.D., M.P., at the Admiralty, on Tuesday:— r% Captains—B o y es , Si r B urton Macnamara, W. Johnson, Od. F. Warden. Commanders—T. Miller, Philip Somer ville, Cuppage, Patey, F. Campbell, Hutchinson, Georges. Lieutenants—Bishop, D'Aquilar, Francis Marten, Kitig, W. 11. Bric'ge, T. Robins, 11. Christian, 11. P. De -'• Karl Z ;yr, Lean, Jackson. Master—Tucker. Surgeon 6d —IT. Macfarlane. Paymasters and Pursers—J. P. Ser jeant, C. A. lhorne. Second Master—C. Grigg. Clerk —A. A. Speed. PROMOTION. Master—Alexander Barley (1814), Master-Attendant of Chatham Dockyard, has been promoted to the rank of commander on the retired list of 1344. This gallant officer has fillod the office he now retires from since 1846. Ire served in the Cleopatra at the capture of the French frigate Topaze and reduction of Martinique in 1800. Dispatches from the Governor of the Mauritius were received yesterday at the Colonial.cffice. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. T.FFDS, MAY 15.—Our arrivsls of train to-day arc rn-do rate; and an advance is genera ly dernaatted for wheat. This, combined with the fine seasonable weather, checks business, but the sales mad: are at rather improved prices. Barley nominal ; oats and shelling steady ; beans fully as dear. NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, MAY 15. —We boa about 490 head of fat beasts on offer here to day, 100 of whichare from the northern c oun ti es o f S cotland ; the principal or the supply are from North Northumberland, Berwick, and Roxburghshire. As a whole the quality is good. With sheep the supply is seasonably good, both in quantity and quality, including several lo:s of hoggets out of their wool ; also about 161 very good lambs, which are a ready sale. Respecting the demand, the beef trade has censiderably improved from last week, at fully mod. advance. It is now nine o'clock, and few remain unsold. The number of sheep is 4,C03. The in , ' provement in the beef trade has had an influence ot s• the demand fur sheep. Though sales are now easily effected, yet we cannot quote much advance in prices. Pigs are a largo supply, and in good demand ; several lots of which are bought for the south. Prices—Beasts, 5s to 6s 3d per stone of 141bs ; sheep in wool, stAd to 6d ; shorn, 44d to 5%d per lb , sinking the offal. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, MAY 15. —There were in in the market to-day 84 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801bs imperial,' whereof 71 sold thus : —45 at Si 8s Od, 9 at 11 7s 6d, 17 at 1/ 7s Od, 0 at 1/ is Od, 0 at 1/ 6s 93. Average price of the whole, 1/ is Bcl 4-12ths. 12, sacks flour, whereof 2 sold at 325, 4 at 30s, 2at 295, and 4at 28s. 3 sacks peasemeal , whereof I sold at 20s, and 1 (bean meal), at 16s 6d. 24 sacks pot-barley, whereof 16 sold thus: 1 at 116 s Od, 2 at 1153 Od, 4 at I/ 4s 6d, bat 1148 Od, 4at 1/ Ps 9d, EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, MAY 15.--- Supplies of all kinds again large. Oat straw, from 6s Od to 7s 6d per kemple of 16 stones tron; wheat ditto, 6s Od to 7s Od ; barley ditto, 5s Od to 5s 6d. Hay from 7d to 9d per stone. BELFAST, MAY 14.—Grain—As usual at this season the supplies are short at our stock market between Friday lute this day. We have a fair demand, and steady prices. Wheat, 93 0d to lOs 6d ; barley, 6s 6d to 7s ; oats, 6s 9d to 7s 6d ; oatmeal, 12s Od to 12s 8d per cwt. Indian corn in moderate demand, at about last week's prices. Yellow 8/ 2s 6d to 81 lOs per ton, and white 5s less. Butter—firkins, first 9d ; crocks' 94 ; firkins , third lad ; crock bid per 114 shipping price 70s to 86s per cwt. Potatoes, per stone, 9d to 10,1; ditto, per cwt, 5s to 5s Vs Fruit—Apples, per do zen , 64 t o 9d ; pears, per ditto, Od' to Od; grapes, per lb., 8d to led ; lemons, per dozen, Os 9d to Os 10d; nuts, per quart, 6cl to 8d; wall-nuts, per hundred, Is to 153 d; chest nuts, per ditto, Is Od to Os; cocoa nuts, 6d to 8d each; American apples, led to Is Od per dozen ; mixed pickles, Iod to s. Butchers' Meat—beef, per lb, 4cl to 74 ; mutton, 5d to 7d veal, 6d to 7d ; lamb, 5s Od to 6s Od per quarter. Fish--Trout, Os 6d per Ib ; brett, 3s Od to 4s Od ; soles, Is to is 64 per pair. Poultry—Fowls, 2s 6d to 35 a• pair ; chickens, Is 6d to 2s per pair ; ducks, 2s to 2s 6tl Per pair ; turkeys, 3s to 4s each ; geese, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; egg s, per doz., 5d to 6d. Hay, Is 24 to 2s 2cl; straw, oat, 8d to 1s 3d ; ditto, wheat, 10d to Is 2d per cwt. COAL MARKET.—YESTERDAY. Carr's Hartley East Adairs Main 1 23 Od L am b ton Hasting's Hartley l3s Od Morrison l 3s 6d Ravensworth'sW.Hart 12s 6d Russell's Hetton Tanfield Moor .... ..... 13s Od Stewart's Wall's End, &c. Renee ... 15 a 6d Brown's Gosforth ..... .......... 13s 6d Tees ...... .......... Riddell's l3s 3d Llangennech 22 5 ,6d Eden Main • . ...... 15s Od Whitworth Coke ...... 21s Od Braddyll's Hetton 163 Od Ships at market, 128. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRI STOL,' MAT IG. STOCK ExcuermE.—The Share Market to-day was somewhat firmer, and there was an evident disinclination on the part of holders to sell at the present reduced prices. The sales are —Great Western. QQursarter 28%5, 6% dia.—Ditto, 171. Share s ,; 4%—Taff Yule, Cl uti " , . LIVERPOOL, MAY 16. STocit Exerts-wGE.—The Share market was rather better and prices were a shade higher. The sales are—Birkenhead, Lan cashire, and Cheshire (late C. and B.), 221. Shares, 7% dis.—Laaw shire and; Yorkshire, Fifths, 4% dis. Ditto, Preference, 11X` London and North-Western, 126% —Ditto, New Quarters, Is. 3d. Midland, 67—Ditto, Halves, 3s. Id. c. dis. ,— Manchester, Shrews bury, and Lincoln, Quarters (No. l), guaranteedg% per cent. u 1 1853, 7% dis.—North Union (A), 220— South-Eastern and Dofer, 21%—Ditto (No. 4), G%—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Original N. and B.), G. N. K. Purchase, guaranteed 6 per cent. till 1850, 755. 92.—York and North Midland, 29. MANCHESTER, MAY 16. STocx EXCHANGE.— The transactions to-day were as follows Manchester and Birmingham, New Quarters, 3 p.—Ditto (C), 3 P. —Doyer (Na. 4), 6% —Wharftialcs, dis.—Eastern Counties , 8 1-16—Great Northern (B), 1% dis.—Leeds, Preference, 11 15-16 . - Ditto, Fifths, dis.—North Staffordshire, 5 dis. BIRMINGHAM MAY 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The following are to-day's transactions :-- Birmingham and t xford Junction, 25— Wolverhampton and Stoic' Valley, 10}4—Eastern Counties, B—Chester and Holyhead, 1536 — Midland Stock, 67—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 6 1-3 dis.—' York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 194. YORK, MAY 15. STOCK EXCHANGE —The business transacted to-day was as fol lows :—Great Northern, 101. 3s. Pa.—Caledonian, Preference, i I . g —North Staffordshire, 12%—Y or k, N ewcastle, and Berwick(G. N. Purchase), 31. 19s. 3d. FINANCIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY REFORm.—Yes terday a meeting of the electors of Southwark (convened by the high bailiff eursuant to a requisition addressed to him for that purpose) was held in the Town Hall, for the purpose of taking into consideration the best mode of co operating in the objects, and furthering the viesVe of the Metropolitan Financial and Parliamentary Re' form Association. At one o'clock the high bailiff (Wil" Liam Pritchard, Esq.) took the chair, and, having read the requisition he had received, said he had derived great pleasure in acceding to it, inasmuch as the meet.- ing was convened for the purpose of considering matter of vast and important public interest, and which was now occupying a very large portion of the public attention—((;beers,) He then read two letters ho had received from Mi. Alderman Humphrey and Sir Wm. Molesworth, the members for the borough, announcing their inability to attend the meeting, in consequence of being obliged to attend at twelve o'clock in their place in Parliament, on the discussion and anticipated division upon Mr. Page Wood's Affirmation Bill. A number of resolutions, in furtherance of the objects of the meeting, were then proposed and seconded by Messrs. Elkinge ton, Blake, Thwaites, Douglas, Pellatt, Bronterre O'Brien, and other gentlemen, and the whole of them were carried. A petition was ordered to be presented to the House of Commons founded on them. Thanki were then voted to the chairman, and the meeting broke up. KING'S COLLEGE HOSPlTAL.—Yesteraty a quer-. ' terly general court of the governors of this charity was held at the board-room, Portugal-street, Lincoln's Inn' fields. Mr. E. F. Burton in the chair. The report read by the secretary stated that the number of patients dure ing the last quarter was 396; of whom 252 were dis charged cured or relieved, 32 proved incurable, died, or left for disorderly conduct, and the remaining 112 are under treatment. The out-patients during the same period numbpred 4 ,772—making a total of both classes, since the opening of the charity, of 132,943. The re-: port having been adopted, and a reference made to the high estimation in which the charity was held (as testi.. fled by a subscription of 2,0951. being made at the A nnie versary on Saturday), Mr. %V. Moody proposed the thanks of the court to the worthy chairman, who had recently undergone three months' treatment in the hos pital for a very severe and dangerous accident. le seconding the resolution, Mr. T. G. Sambrooke expressed his gratification at finding Mr. Burton become a gover nor, and subsequently chairman at a quarterly court, after availing himself of the medical and surgical skill of such a public institution in preference to the high . professional services that his position and affluence en abled him to command. The Chairman, after acknosv ledging the compliment, trusted that none of the go vernors present would have a similar occasion to witness: the behind-scenes of the hospital, although his experi ence and observation, in one respect, had afforded him. the most pleasing satisfaction. Some routine business• having shortly occupied the attention of the court, the: meeting separated. THE POISONING CASES AT GIIESTLING.-.-A verdict, of " Wilful Murder" has been returned by the coroner's' jury against Mary Ann Gearing, the widow of one of the poisoned men, and mother of the others. Since the' accused has been in custody, she addressed a letter to' her children. It was intercepted by the g,aoler, and the: magistrates have taken it as evidence against her. The, folfowing is an extract:—" My flax children—l never' had any poison for to use after I had the last, which you , know was before your father died some time. I could , not recollect yesterday, when I was in court. If poor James could know, he would he very sorry for me to , suffer for him; for when he wanted poison to kill vermin in the horses, I always got it for him. He used to tell me what to get, and not let anybody know whom it was for. I have got it for him many times. The last that I ever got for him was that week that lie was getting better. Ho said to me, ' Mother, ye must go and get me some moro stuff for my horses.' I went and got him several sorts, and then mixed them all together, and - done them in the oven when I had been baking, and ho never meant to give it them. I did not let any one see it. I threw it away after he was dead. My dear children, • I never had a hit of poison for myselfafterwards." [ADVERTISEMENT.J—Constitutions however Weak or Debilitated may be completely removed by Holloway's Pills. —The extraordinary sale of these admirable Pills throughout every part of the civilised world, is the most convincing proof of their efficacy in the cure of various disorders. In cases of weak or debilitated constitutions, their properties are such' as to purify the blood, invigorate the system, and establish the soundest health. 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On the 15th inst. at St. Geo rge ' s , Bl ooms b ury, Mr. G. Wagner, o f Upper inst., street, Fitzroy-square, to Letitia Sarah, third daughter of the late Major Saffery, formerly of Downham, Norfolk DIED. On the 12th inst , at liampstead-heath, J. T. Gordon, Esq, Captain lath Regiment 8.N.1. late Principal Assistant- Co mmissioner, Upper Assam, aged 42. On the 13th inst., aged 48, W. R. Morris, Esq , late of the 1 4.E.L . C. Bombay Civil Service, fourth son of the late J. Morris, Eso., East India Director. On the 13th inst., at the Elms, Cookhmn, Berks, aged 22, Aifrey, second son of the late James Walter Bpr rows, Esq. On the 15th inst., at West-square, Lambeth, aged 86, William Fry, Esq formerly belonging fin 36 years to tte late Tram port-oflice. London Printed and Published by BIURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the comity of blidatau, Thum lay, May 17, 1849. APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenants—William H. Bridge and Crawford A. P. Pasco, to study at the steam factory, Woolwich. Masters—Thomas Laen (1812), of the Royal Sove reign yacht, at Pembroke, to be Mastcr-Attendant of the Chatham Dockyard, vice Barley retired; Thomas Driver (1809), formerly in command of the Dee, steam-transport, to the Royal Sovereign, at Pembroke, vice Lam. _ Chief Engineer•—James Pook, from the Myrmidon to the Strom Loll, steam•sloop, at Woolwich, vice ;lye, deceased. Assistant Surgeons—William T. Alexander, late of the St. Vincent, to the Hibernia, 104, on her way home from the iiteditcranean; Dr. William B. Baikee, to the Volage, surveying -vessel, in the Mediteranean; Dr. Andrew Batwell, to the Wellesley, 72, fig-ship, at Halifax. Midshipmen—Henry M. Alexander, to the Dragon, steam-frigate, at Kingstown; H. G. Payne, to the Wellesley; B. _M. K. Foyle, to the Castor, 36, at Chatham. Navel Cadet—Charles P. Burke, to the Castor. Boatswain—George Newberry, of the Fisgard, to Woolwich Dockyard, vice M'Callum, deceased, an officer of good practical knowledge, who received a silver cu p, from the committee of the Dukei of Wellington's Statue Fund, for his services in facilitating the erectiontif that collosal structure, at Hyde Park; Michael Lawler, to be acting boatswain. Carpenter.—Charles Price, to be acting. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 16.—The Grecian, 16, Comman der Louis S. Tindal, arrived this afternoon from the south-east coast of America. Orders were awaiting her here, to proceed to Plymouth to be paid off. She was to put her pay-books, invalids, Bcc., on board the Superb, and sail, without anchoring, for that port. She has since been ordered to remain here until the present lowering weather clears up. She sailed from Pernambuco on be ing relieved by the Tweed, 18, Commander Lord F. Russell, on the 12th of April; but has brought no more important news than the packet which arrived on Sun day. The Driver steam-sloop, Commander C. R. John son, had arrived previously in the River Plate en route to Valparaiso. The Grecian has brought home sundry naval and marine invalids, and Lieutenant Fox, R.M., of the erescont, from Rio, passenger. General Victor de Gaja is the guest of tho Comman der-in-Chief Admiral the Hon. Sir Bladen Cape!, and is inspecting the various objects of interest in the dock yard, under the chaperonage of Flag-Captain F. Black wood, of the Victory.