The Sun. — London, England, 1842-04-01 00:00:00

• SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The position of Sir Robert Peel, as head of the Government, is at the present mo lt-tent the most humiliating that can be predicated of a Prime Minister. The grand panacea which Ile engaged to - furnish for the financial embar rassments of the Exchequer and the deep com mercial distress of the country, and which he •took several months to concoct—so pressing was the danger, and so imperative the necessity for cn4ideratiott and skill in the practitioner—has bF en received with chagrin by his own party, and with decided opposition by the country. Day after :day arrives; but, instead of bringing any inti , mai ion of subdued feelings of dislike on the part of the opponents of Government, or any newly-kindled sentiments of approval from those who profess to be favourable to its continuance iii office, each new day opens with the horizon of public opinion still clouded. Every token of an approaching storm with which the sunset marks the sun's arise. The Times refuses to utter a single sentence in approbation of the obnoxious tax. The Herald makes no sign of coming to the rescue of the Premier from the threatened demolition of his projected impost. The Post alone evinces any sympathy with the Minister in this the season of his difficulty. • But the support derived from this quarter is rather damaging than beneficial to the measure. The only consolation to the Right Hon. Baronet, which breathes through the columns of the sympathizing, organ, is derived from the " majmity".in the Commons, which the landlords have supplied to him for their own purposes. In other words, let not the Premier be perplexed and dispirited by the coldness of friends and the opposition of enemies—let him not suffer his courage to cool, nor his purpose to fail—there is a ma jority in the House sufficiently devoted to his pleasure to enable him to pass whatever he thinks proper to propose : he may therefore safely enjoin silence on his colleagues, lest they expose .themselves by manifesting their ignorance ; and, leaving the debate in the hands of the Opposition, calmly wait for the division. This may be pru dent, but it is insolent, and will at no distant pe riod provoke retaliation, against - Which the pha lanx providedby the landowners will be unable to protect the Minister. Even the journal which ad ministers the cordial, infuses ingredients into the cup of most bitter qualities, which do not merely neutralise the sweetness of the flatterino-sugges tions, but absolutely overpower their effect. The Post admits that the Bill cannot pass in the form announced by the Premier in the elaborate speech by which he introduced the resolutions: •it must be altered—modified, improved. This is faint praise—questionable support, considering the quarter whence it emanates, and that, of the entire morning press in - the interest of Govern ment, the Post is the only journal which has uttered a single sentence in aid of the Premier's • scheme. STANDARD.—We have already shown that the pretence of rude intrusion by public officers is perfectly false, and now we add, equally false is it to say, as the Globe says, that " the officers appointed under the law will have authority to inspc.‘et any man's ledger." Every man's ledger, and every man's house, will be sacred from in spection or intrusion, and the only case in which the privacy of the ledger can be violated is that in which the owner himself shall produce it in a defence against the charge of the surveyor, be fore a private tribunal sworn to secresy. But 'such cases were very rare under the old income tax, and they will be still more rare under that which is proposed. To make a false return for the saving of 3 per cent. is much less proba ble than the making a false return for the saving of 10 per cent. If a man acknowledged -any. income, he could scarcely venture to re duce it more than 1001. per annum below the truth under any circumstances; but as this Would save hini no more than 31., he would ."liardly incur the inconvenience .and eclat of a surcharge .for that sum, though he might to save •I • • 7 10/ but what can seldom happen, will he even I less frequently suspected, and except in ex tremely fiacgrant cases no surcharge willbe heard of. We do not say that the millowners of 1842 - may not act as Mr. Charles Buller says -the InilloWners . of 1816 acted, but are we to have them brought forward as objects of public sympathy. These gentlemen boast to have realised more than the whole landed capital of the United Kingdom in about 25 years—that is, according -,to Mr. Macqueen's calculation, 1,900,000,000, or, in round numbers, two thousand millions, being at the rate of eighty millions a year. This, questionless, looks like exaggeration ; but mark, if it be exaggeration, it is not ours, but the exaggeration of the millowners them, selves, and whatever it is there must be some foundation for it. Whether the millowners realise eighty millions, or eight millions, or the tenth part of the latter sum in each year, surely they ought to contribute some part of it to the public service; . and we can imagine no means of reaching any part of it but an income tax—no means of ensuring an income tax which must . not involve the necessity of bringing per - verse and dishonest men occasionally to Ir)ok. • Such men only, however, will give occasion for surcharges or inquiry. We repeat it, that the incomes of 999 out of every thousand men-Lindeed, we may say, of all honest n'en—are as well known within a few pounds to . their neighbours as to themselves. They will give no trouble and will be subjected to none. ALARMING STEAM-BOAT COLLISION. On Tuesday evening, about eight o'clock, there was a colrmion of two steam-vessels, and the screams and shouts of the passengers were distinctly heard on all parts of the river near Greenwich, and a number of tio3ts were rowed towards the spot, when it was ascer tained that the Nymph, belonging to the old Woolwich Company, had run into the Aurora, a Richmond steam holt, employed during the holidays in carrying passengers between Greenwich and London. The Aurora had just lef. Greenwich with 200 passengers on board for London, 'and was proceeding across the stream, when the Nymph, whi h was on her way to Greenwich, and was coming Cev,v.i at lull speed, with a strong ebb tide running at the tint went stein on into her, and carried away the lar- balrd paddle-box, which was knocked to pieces, and the wlnrl smashed. '1 he steam-pipe was also broken and the engines soon crippled, besides other damage done to the hull of the vessel. The excitement anti alarm which took am Mg the passengers was frightful, and many were about to jump overboard but were reArained by the master anal crow. The first boat which came alongide was a police galley, rowed by Geo. Webb, a Thames police in ypu and his boat's crew, who found the steamers locked to. , etie r ; the Aurora, appeared a complete wreck. The bowsprit of the Nymph was locked in the Aurora's fun nel, mut Webb directed the master of the former vessel to back his engines astern, which was done, and they were soon released from each other. The passengers at this time were calling out for boats, and declared the vesel was sinking, and a number of females were faint ing tot the decks,-and others screaming loudly. Many of them attempted to jump into the police galley, and if Webb had not ordered his men to shove off, the boat no 11,1 have been swamped in an instant. Some skill wa; then necessary to prevent the Aurora from getting ag.•ound in the (lark on an ebb tide, and Inspector Webb assisted in getting her close in to the north shore, just Lelow the Isle of Dogs, where she dropped her anchor, and brought up. Another steamer had been previously sent for to take the passengers out, and the call was an- rwered most promptly by the Waterman steamer No. 3,, ab.att to leave the Watermen's Pier for Woolwich. A onununieation was opened by a platform from boat to lost, and the affrighted passengers, men, women, and children, were relieved from the perils that awaited them, taken over to Greenwich, and transferred to Waterman No. 5, John llawkes master, and conveyed to London. EGYPTIAN TARIFF. - - - - . We published in yesterday's columns the circular ad dressed by Mr. Stoddart, the British Consul at Alexan dria, to the English merchants and residents. The fol lowing is a translation of the note of the English and Austrian Consuls-General to Mehemet Ali : "TO MS HIGHNESS MEHEMET ALI T PACHA OF EGYPT, AT CAIRO. " On the 20th, or 23d of November last, the imrchants learned from the officers of the Customs of Cairo and Alexandria, that, dating from the said day, the new tariff, or appendage of the treaty of c unierce, con cluded at Constantinople in 1833, should be considered in force. In effect, the tariff has been enforced from the days above mentioned, but only with respect to mer chandiie imported ; as to exports, the officers have con stantly refused to permit them otherwise than under the restrictions of the monopoly. There have been some exceptions, but these were in virtue of repeated 'and urgent solicitationS, and with the special license of the Egyptian authorities. And, moreover, these partial con cessions have been subje3t to capricious and vexatious difficulties and modifications, to such an extent, that connwrce has generally preferred to relinquish them altogether than to struggle against the will of the Go vernment. _ " It has never been officially announced that effect was given to the treaty. The Government confined itself to the announcement that the import duty would be received according to the new tariff, which neither was, nor could be, anything more than the consequence of the pure and simple execution of the treaty of commerce of 183 S. More recently. the monopoly of liquors and of skins has been abolished in consequence of the urgent repre sentations of the under3igned. " By the al article of the treaty of 1838, English and Austrian merchants have the right to buy and export the agricultural and all other products of the territory of his Highness the Emperor of the Ottomans. The same article guarantees the full enjoyment of this right by the provision that the Porte shall make compensa tion to the injured parties for all losses or grievances arising from any contravention of the stipulations of the treaty. " After the representations now made by the under signed, it is easy to conclude that their adhesion to the course hitherto pursued by the Pacha of Egypt must be injurious and derogatory to the treaty solemnly concluded bc;tween their august Courts and the Sublime Ottoman Purte—a treaty which the high contracting parties are equally interested to put in execution purely and simply, and without the least delay ; it is from these motives that the undersigned hereby declare to his Highness the Paella of Egypt, that the merchants of their resp ec ti ve c ountries will immediately be instrucied that the import duty of two per cent., called the duty of compensation, claimed by the Egyptian Officers of Customs since the new tariff was put in execution, and until the treaty of commerce in question shall have full effect, is not due ; and they demand, in the name of their Governments, the reimbursement of this duty in every case in which it shall have been effectually levied. (Signed) " BAItNETT, Consul-General of England. " L AURIN, Consul-General of Austria. " Alexandria, March 3, 1842." DISCOVERY OF HIDDEN TREASURE. From an early hour yesterday morning about 150 persons of both sexes, and of all ages, were busily employed in digging up the mud and gravel of the banks of the Thames, opposite the whole line of beach from the Lambeth steam-boat pier, to the extremity of the east end of Lambeth Palace. The object of this ex traordinary activy is the recovery of buried treasures, which, according to some reports, amounts to several thousands. It appears that a few days since as a "Jack in the Water," was raking for coals, he found several old coins, which proved to be of the reigns of the monarchs of the House of Tudor. This obtained circu lation, and accordingly, as soon as the tide re ceded, the shore became crowded; shovels, pokers, chisels, in fact every thing which would turn up the soil being in requisition. A consi derable number of coins were found in the course of the day. They are of various reigns, including some of Edward IV. and Edward VI., but principally of Henry VIII., whose profile is in admirable preservation. The pieces are of various value, including sovereigns, half sove reigns, shillings, groats, half-groats, pence, half pence, and farthings of the British coinage of those times. There were also in the collection various rare and curious gold, silver, and copper coins of foreign nations, including France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, &c. Mr. Solone, of Bridge-street, Lambeth, a coin -dealer, pur chased some of the collection, and amongst them a gold piece of large size and very beau tiful die, and evidently of the time of the Crusaders, having the Grecian cross, surrounded with the motto "In hoc signo vinces." It is supposed that the coins were deposited for safety and secresy in the bed of the river by some ecclesiastic apprehensive of confiscation of his property for his opinions; and this surmise is strengthened by so many of the coins being of the reign of Henry VIII., and the contiguity of the deposit to the Episcopal church. The shore of the Thames opposite the Archbishop's palace was literally crowded yesterday, at low water, with men, women, boys, and girls, armed with all sorts ,of mining implements. The dis covery has created quite a sensation in the neighbourhood. Er:Earwig or GUARDIANS.—As we predicted, the ratepayers and holders of property in this borough have expressed themselves quite satisfied with the conduct of the late Board of Guardians, by electing the gen tlemen proposed by the Liberal Association. Th e "trial" of those gentlemen who had the temerity to "be come candidates for the office" has resulted in a most favourable verdict ; Mr. J. Boodle, against whom Tory spleen was more especially directed, heading the poll by not less than 1,089 votes above the highest of the Tory list, and the lowest Liberal being over the highest Tory 852. When we compare the above majorities with the numbers at the last election, where the victory was by no means so decided, we are induced to ask what becomes of the boasted reaction in favour of Toryism, of which we hear so much ? The average number of votes for the Liberals is 2,136, and for the Tories 1,019; giving us a majority of 1,817, or a difference in the ma jority on the two years of no less than 2,492 votes ! I So much for reaction.—Cheltenham Examiner. DISTRESS IN STOCKPORT.-It is with genuine sorrow we observe that the distress in this borough among the unemployed operatives, continues unabated. The Queen Dowager 'has surely only to be apprized of the fulness and depth of its extent, to extend that cha ritable hand which she so perpetually holds forth. The relief fund has now been on full operation 13 weeks, during which time upwards of 4,000/. have been ex pended ; and the last weekly report shows a return of 13,463 individuals, subsisting on an average weekly in come of 9kd. per head. The Committee prepared, as they supposed, themselves to meet the present press ing exigencies, have been unexpectedly overcome by the intensity and increase' of suffering. Num bers of recipients have, they believe, no other means of subsistence than the relief afforded by this charity, and now that its continuance is hazarded, owing to insufficiency of resources, they must, without help, become dependent on the parishes to which they seyd rally belong. This will remedilessly increase the poOrs' rates to an enormous burden, in places where at present the taxation is almost insufferable. Urgency of appeal cannot be too closely pressed upon all charitable and philanthropic individuals to come forward and help with ail their power. We observe that the London bankers, Messrs. Jones, Loyd; and Co., Smith, Payne, and Co., and Denison and Co. have books open for this demand of existence and humanity. PARISH OF CLERKENWELL.—WOuesday evening, at six . o'clock, an adjourned meeting to o k p l ace at the School-room, in Amwell-street, of rate-payers .of the above parish, for the purpose of appointing beadles fdr the ensuing year. The matter in dispute was whether there should be one or two ; and as one rejoiced in.the very romantic name of Mount-Stevens ' while the other held the less euphoniOus sobriquet of, Bug, it was de cided that such important matters should stand over for one month ; and meantime a committee of eleven.rate payers were appointsd to inquire into the character of a Bug, and the qualifications of a Mount-Stevens. As there is now virtually no " beadle of the parish," the boys of " lesser and of larger growth " can play at dumps and chuck-farthing with some degree of safety. 'rho rental of this parish exceeds 200,0004! THE ROYAL BUCKHOUNDS 7 WEDNESDAY.—There was a large and brilliant assemblage of sportsinen at the Salt-hill meet this morning, including his Royal Highness Prince Albert, General Sir E. Bowater, Viscount Can talupe, General Wemyss, and Mr. George Edward An son (who were in attendance on the Prince), the Noble Master of the Buckhounds, Earl Sheffield, Colonel Wyse, Colonel Seymour, Sir Robert Gill, Captains Bates, Arch &de, and liawkins, and most of the officers of the Royal Blues ; Messrs. Albert and Sampson Ricardo, Mr. G. Wombwell, Mr. J. Aldridge, &c. The turn-out took place soon after the Prince arrived, in a field on the s.orth side of the Great Western Railway. The favourite hind, Snowdeop, on being set at liberty, made in a direct line towards Burnham, and run into a wood near the Beeches ; on the hounds corning up, she doubled buck and ran by the mill-pond of Lord Boston's to within a short distance of the place she was uncarted ; at this time the weather, which in the fore part of the mornine , had been hazy, cleared up, and the sight was 'extremely imposing. The field were well together—the hounds and the deer a little in ad vance, and the numerous red coats gave the appearance of a regiment of Life Guards in their uniform crossing the country at full speed. The Prince was mounted on his spirited chestnut limiter, which he sat close and well, and appeared to have a good command of him. The deer, with the hounds close at his heels, crossed the rail way just as the train had passed, and made for Salt-hill; she then crossed the road, and made for the Thames, which she crossed by Snrby Hall, and then ran to Bray wick, on the Maidenhead-road, where she was taken after an hour and a quarter's good running. The next meet, it is expected, will be at Brick-bridge on Saturday next. MORTALITY OF TIIE METROPOLIS.—The number of deaths during the week ending March 19 has been un usually small, being 120 less than the average for th 4 last four years, and 318 less than in the week ending January 22, 1842. The decrease in the number of deaths caused by old age and diseases of the lungs is most re markable. In the latter week the numbers were—from old age 109, diseases of the lungs 374 ; whilst in the former they amounted respectively only to 51 and 269. METROPOLITikN ImenovEmENTs.—There is a new, square now being planted at the foot of Vauxhall-bridge, on the Crown estate, which is to be called Lincoln square, in honour of the Earl of Lincoln, the First Com missioner of Woods and Land Revenue. This square will have houses only on three sides, which will enable each house to have a command of the bridge and river Thames. An Armenian peasant died lately at the village of Bugukdere, in Turkey, at the advanced age of 108 years. His death was caused by a. severe fall ; for up to the period of his accident he bad never been afflicted by any malady. The Akbar of Algiers gives the following compara: tivestatements of the navigation and Europeanpopulation of the several French settlements in that part of Africa. The first is a table of the navigation during 1840 and 1841, showing an increase of 1,228 ships. These ships were thus divided among different nations :—French, 1,846; - Algerian French, 622; Algerian with license (conye), 399; English, 200; Russian, 29; Swedish and Nor wegian, 65; Danish, 15; Hanoverian, 1; Dutch, 10; Belgian, 1; Prussian, 4; Austrian, 224; Sardinian, 478; Tuscan, 540; Roman, 105; Neapolitan, 489; Greek, 52; States of Barbary, 93; Spanish, 943; Ham burgh, 2; Mecklenburg, 1. The other table shows the European population was, on December 31, at Algiers, 20,980; Oran, 5,301; Bona, 4,030 ; Philippeville, 3,823; Bug* 432; Chereliell, 333; Mostaganem, 826—making a total of 35,727, being an increase of 7;530 upon the ' number on 31st December, 1840, which was 28,197. Last week a young man, proceeding on foot to Caen, was accosted by another traveller in military uni form, who looked like a soldier on conye. They pro ceeded together, conversing as they went, until they ar rived at a secluded part, when the soldier, tempted by a bag which his fellow• traveller had on his shoulder, sud denly rushed on him, knocked him down, and stabbed him repeatedly with a knife. He then hastened to exa none his expected treasure, and was thunderstruck at finding that the temptation to crime was nothing but a bag of nails ! He hurried off towards riviere Vhibour ville, where he was arrested the same evening, with the bloody knife on his person. His unfortunate victim has died of the wounds which ho received. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME ClRCUlT.—Kingston, March 31. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron GURNEY.) John Williams, 17, and Robert Horne,lB, were indicted tbr burglarmusly breakin , * and entering dwelling-house of Miss E. Grinley, and steal ing therefrom three thimbles, a work-box, and a book. Two policemen, it appeared, had watched their proceedings, and afterwards followed them to a house, where they fou.nd the stolen property and four skeleton keys• The Jury found the prisoners Guilty, and they were sentenced to be transported for the re mainder of their lives. The LEARNED JUDGE said the constables bad acted in a very praiseworthy manner, and it was entirely through their exertions the prisoners had been brought to justice ; he therefore awarded them 5/. each beyond the usual expenses. . . Mr. Baron GURNEY concluded the criminal business about two o'clock, and he then proceeded to dispose of some Common Jury causes. HOPWOOD V. DUCIES. The plaintiff, who sued in forma pauperis, sought to recover compensation for a violent assault committed upon him by the defendant. Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. James were for the plaintiff, and Mr. Chambers for the de fendant. The plaintiff was a dealer in sand, residing at Egham, and the defendant a gentleman of pro perty also residing there. In the month of August last the plaintiff had three horses, which strayed in the farm belonging to a Mr. lurnett, for which they were impounded. The plaintiff went to Mr. Burnett's bailiff, a farmer of the name of Stone, on the subject, and he refused to release the horses unless the plaintiff paid him 305., which, after some hesitation, was agreed upon. Whilst they were talking the matter over, the defendant walked up to him, and asked Stone whether he had got all the money, and added, " Take all the money from such a vagabond, for he has treated me very ill." The plaintiff replied that he could pay it without his (defendant's) assistance ; upon which the defendant laid hold of a gun which Stone had in his hand, and struck the plaintiff, with the butt end of it, a violent blow on the head, which felled him to the ground ; he bled most profusely from the wound, and was seriously ill three weeks in consequence of the injury he received. The plaintiff attempted to defend himself, and the defendant then struck the muzzle of the gun into his face. During the struggle which en sued, the gun was discharged, out fortunately without doing any injury. A person of the name of Perry, who was with the plaintiff, proved the above fitcts ; and Mr. Gilbertson, the surgeon who attended him, was called to prove the nature of the injury the plaintiff had received, but he did not answer. On behalf of the defendant, Stone was called, who stated that when he (defendant) told him to make the plaintiff pay every farthing, he (plain tiff) became very abusive, made use of dreadful language, and told him that his (defendant's) father was hung for horse stealing; witness gave the defendant his gun to hold for him, whilst he went to, let the horses out of the stable. The plaintiff again abused him, and he certainly struck him with the gun; the plaintiff fell on his knee, but instantly got up again, and struck at the defendant, who held the butt end of the gun towards him to keep him off. Witness told the defendant that the gun was loaded, and, there fore, to prevent any accident, he stepped back a few paces and fired in the air. _ _ The Jury found for the plaintiff, damages 251. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Baron ALDERSON.) WRAIGIIT V. DAVIDGE AND ANOTHER. some tobacco they had b - supplied with was of short weight, and torced the t lady to go into another room to weigh the tobat' . where they detained her about a quarter of an , our. Afterwards the pri simer, W. Jones, preter.. to be drunk, squared at the old woman with his and obliged her to re treat into the road, outs ! the, house, where he de tained her ten minutes longer. The prosecutor returned home about half-past three, and at that time the prisoners were still at the house, but left shortly afterwards. In less than a quarter of an hour after they had left, a person came to the house for change, and it was then discovered that the boxes containing the money had been opened, and the robbery effected. The pri soners, J. Price and Capper, were seen about three o'clock by two witnesses in a field near the road, called the Blossoms ; and on the spot where they were seen, the handkerchief and some of the other stolen property were found next morning, covered over with grass. All the prisoners, except Roberts, the fiddler, were also seen the same evening, in company with Clarke, of whom they took leave, and the jingling of money was heard, The Jury retired, and after an absence of a quarter of an hour returned a verdict of Guilty against all, except Roberts. • This was an action by the plaintiff to recovar from the defendant, the late proprietor of the Surrey theatre, and his partner, damages for injuries received by her owing to her having fallen from a platform in the pit of the theatre, which it was alleged was not properly lighted and pro tected for the prevention of such an accident. POLICE IN TEL LIGENCE. MANSION HOUSE. A young man, named William Snow, was brought be-. fore the Lord Mayor, upon a charge of an extraordinary description, as it was stated by Mr. Hobler, jun., who appeared for the prosecution. The prisoner, who had been apprehended by o e of the metropolitan police, at Ha% ersham, in E-,s; x, stated that he was 24 years of age, I.nd that he had con e over from France and Holland to meet whatever accuse don might be brought against him, as soon as he learned that he had been charged with swindling and robbery. Mr. Hobler, jun., said, that, some months ago, he ap plied at the Mansion-house, upon the part of Mr. Mark leu, of the Ship Tavern, in Talbot-court, Gracechurch street, for Magisterial assistance, in a case in which the prisoner was a principal performer. It should be recollected that the complaint made by Mr. Markleu, on that occasion, embraced several matters cal culated to show that the perpetrator was no common of fender, for he not only falsely pretended that he paid the passage-money of some young persons he prevailed upon to consent to emigrate to Port Phillip, which he had received from them and their credulous friends, but he actually induced a raw young girl, who was very nearly related to himself, to give up an annuity, which he knew she would lose upon her marriage, to marry a mere boy, whom he induced to accompany him abroad, and after a variety of tricks and manoeuvres, succeeded in leaving all his proteges in the lurch on board ship, from which, upon her arrival at Plymouth, previously to her long voyage, they were .as speedily as possible removed. Mr. Hobler, jun. stated, that the four young people ar rived in London after having experienced a great deal of hardship and embarrassment, while the prisoner and his wife, who had left on board trunks full of rubbish, as a sort of security for their return to the vessel, upon her arrival at Plymouth, decamped with the money which was to pay the expenses of the passage, and to prepare the young visitors for a comfortable establishment at Melbourne, in Port Phillip, where Mr. Snow assured them he was making a rapid fortune in his hotel. The LORD MAYOR said he recollected the case perfectly well, and a more heartless business he had never heard of. Mr. Markleu said his present object was to have the examination postponed and the prisoner remanded for a few days, in order that he might be enabled to collect the evidence which was scattered about, as nobody inter ested ever expected to see Mr. Snow again. The LORD MAYOR asked what became of the poor girl, who had married in the expectation of being settled for life? Mr. Platt arid Mr. C. Jones were for the plain tiff. Mr. Thesiger and Sergeant Channel for the defendants. Mr. Markleu replied that she never recovered the dis tressing reverses to which she had been subjected in consequence of having completely thrown herself out of bread, for her husband was as much a child as she was, and had no employment. The consequence was that sho became the inmate of a workhouse, where she lingered for a while, and, upon being taken out by her aunt she died. Mr. Markleu here handed. a letter to the Lord Mayor, which he said he had received from the prisoner. The LORD MAYOR—The prisoner here admits the truth of the accusation in effect. It appeared that in the month of September, at which period, owing to the recent destruction of Astley's amphitheatre by fire, arrangements were made for equestrian exhibitions at the Surrey theatre, and various alterations were made in. the pit for that purpose, the plaintiff, accompanied by some friends went into the pit for the purpose of seeing the performances.. The house was very crowded, and the. plaintiff got upon a sort of plat form at the right hand side of the pit, and which was.raised.nearly two feet from the level, and as she was going frOm. it, in consequence of the place being without any light, she fell down and broke her leg in two places, and was confined for nearly three months to her bed in consequence of the injuries she received. The defence set up was that the plaintiff had no business 'to - get upon this platform, and that having: done so, .she- was bound to use proper care and caution, and that she had brought the accident iipon her Self by her own negligence. The - jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 74 . ' • - • • • NORTHERN .ClRCUlT—Liverpool, March 30. CROWN - SlDE—(l3thre - Mr. Baron PARKE.) Henry Ward was indicted for .cutting and wounding his wife, Catherine' Ward, with intent to murder her. Another count alleged an intent to do her some grievous bodily harm. - -• • • • Mr. Jaines for the prosecution. The prisoner was not defended ,by counsel. The prisoner, it, appeared, is a fruit-seller in Wigan, and on the night on, which this occurrence took place,; came home' in a state of intoxication. He accused his wife of having got his watch, and on her denial attacked her with brutal violence. Some of the neighbours heard . her Crying out "Oh dear !" repeatedly, as if in great pain, and heard the noise of blows. On going in they found her lying at the foot of the stairs, seemingly severely hurt. The prisoner was not at that time beat ing her, but on going away the attacks, it would appear, had been renewed. Her cries were again heard, mingled with the oaths of the prisoner, demanding to know where his watch was. The neighbours again came in, and found the unfortunate woman lying partly 'under the bed up stairs, quite insensible, and bleeding copiously from several wounds in the head. The police were called in, and the prisoner was taken into custody. He said he didn't care if he had killed her, and shouldn't mind being hanged for her. On exa mination by the medical man, it was found that the vic tim of the prisoner's violence had received several wounds on the bead, to the number of six or seven, some of which had penetrated to the skull, and divided a branch of the temporal artery on each side. They were of an irregular rounded f o rm, an d h a d ev id en tly b een produced by kicks from a lo•avy shoe. Almost every part of her person gave evidence of the shocking vie lance which had used towards her. Iler legs were frightfully bruised and swollen. She was dangerously ill for some weeks, and for a longtime was not perfectly recovered. The Prisoner—l am innocent of what I am accused, and my wife. and I came over from a foreign country, half-starved, for the purpose of proving that I am not guilty of the base and heartless offence imputed to me. I determined, when I saw the representations in the newspapers, to come forward. If I wanted to abandon these young people, and to take advantage of them, I would have done it when I had possession of all their money. I had no intention of defrauding them, and I deny that I received the money under false pretences. Mr. Markleu—You received money and goods from me under pretence of paying for my son Edward's pas sage, and protecting him, and you abandoned the vessel, leaving him on board. The Prisoner—l say lam not guilty of the heartless conduct ascribed to me. It .is .quite impossible that I could treat my sister in the way described. I deny that. The LORD MAYOR,--What did you mean by . filling your trunks with stones and rubbish, and requesting that one of those unfortunate young people would have a par ticular eye to them, as they contained most valuable property ? The Prisoner—l can answer that and other things at a future time, my Lord. I now say that I am wrongly accused of want of feeling and of intention to defraud. The, fact is, that as is very often the case with ship agents, the ship agent employecrupon this occasion, acted very badly. The prisoner then proceeded to de scribe what he said was the ship agent's conduct as re garded the engagement and pa} meet for the voyage. The LORD, MAYOR, interrupting him, said, there is no use in this special ,pleading here. The offence .with which you are charged has been most truly called a heartless one. The Prisoner—J must have been an egregious fool, my Lord, if.l was guilty, in not.going off with the whole of the money . When I had it in soy power. I had made a settlement , with my agent., Why (lid not those who who had the authority come 'forward at Plymouth, and offer to return what had been received, upon seeing the distress which was said to lutVe4aken place? NlTRe—sph:Penll h a,nyon it that ave all the particulars justice shall be T d h o e n e L t o o n : p y 0 ?, 11 1 . a.Y , de tailed, and then you can use the ingenuity you are .who said th at h e was th e owner o f the possessed of to get out a the difficulty. A:gentleman, ship here „stepped forward, and said he was quite con vinced that' the prisoner made the bargain about the passage of the young people with 'the intention of swind ling. them out of their property: . The Prisoner was then remanded for some days, and Mr. Markleti was desired by the Lord Mayor to bring ibrward hii w itnesses, and whatever documents he might be supplied with. His Loapshir directed that the prisoner should be al lowed to communicate with any persons from whose as sistance he expected he should derive any advantage. Sir PETEttLevitiE.caine to tliairthislon-house for the purpose of publicly stating that lie ; had. very good reason for cautioning country bankers against being ready to let strangers have their signature, as gangs of theintel lectual class of thieves : were most busily at work in de vising methods of turning their acquirements and talents to account. _ _ `l'he facility with which the signatures of public men are obtained, lead, in fact, to imposition, or attempts at imposition, every hour in the day. There are puffing bills handed about the streets, with the present Chief Magis trates name appended, with such accuracy of imitation, that those who know his Lordship best declare that they could not see the least difference between the real and the fictitious signature. The prisoner said he was intoxicated, and knew no thing of what had occurred. ELECTION COMMITTEES. GREAT MA RLOW. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Counsel on both' sides having been heard; respecting the vote of George Clerk, the room was cleared, and the Committee decided that the vote was good. The sitting Member was still in a minority of one. • The Committee adjourned to Eleveno'clock to. morrow. The Jury found him Guilty on the latter count, alleg ing un intent to do some grievous bodily harm. His LORDSHIP .faid it was necessary to repress such brutal violence by severe punishment, and sentenced him to be transported for life, intimating that his lot would be cast among those who would work in gangs upon the roads. The prisoner was taken from the bar, howling fright fully, and his cries were heard for some time, growing fainter and fainter us he was taken along the passages leading to the Bridewell. WELSH ClRCUlT.—Denhigh, March 25. SEmous LASE OF MANSLAUGHTEL—After church on Friday, several criminal cases were disposed of; and amongst them a very bad case of manslaughter, in which Elias Jones was found guilty of killing and slaying John Jones, of Eglwy - sfach, on the Bth of September. It appeared that the prisoner had gone to the above named village on that day, and after drinking a consi derable quantity of ale he had quarrelled with several people, and was turned out of a public-house, when he appears to have become quite frantic, and walked up and down the high road brandishing a pair of tailor's shears, declaring he would stick theta five inches into the , heart of any one who opposed him. When opposite the house of the deceased the prisoner used some abusive language towards him, on which the deceased came out and struck the prisoner two or three bloWs with a walking-stick, whereupon he stabbed the deceased in the groin, making a wound six inches deep. Verdict—Guilty : transported for 15 years. MARCH 26. BURGLARY, NEAR WREXHAM, WITH VIOLENCE.—The greater part of this day was consumed in trying six men, Hugh Price, James Price, John Price, William Jones, Thomas Capper, and Huyh Roberts, for a robbery near Wrexham, at a public-house kept by Mr. T. Ellis, called the Greyhound, on• the road to Holt. The prosecutor, Thomas Ellis, had entered upon the Greyhound public house in the early part of November, 1841, and on the 25th, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, he went, accompanied by the maid-servant, to Wrexham market, leaving his wife, Jane Ellis, alone in the house. In a spare bed-room up stairs were abox and a tea-caddy, the box containing about 30/. in gold, some hand kerchief., and other articles ; and the tea-caddy 15s. in silver, an old guinea, and an old half guinea, half a, dozen tea-spoons, and a gold seal, all of which were seen safe just before the prosecutor left home. Between 12 and 1 o'clock the six prisoners, together with a man of the name of William Clarke, not in custody, went to the Greyhound, and called for some ale, and, after a short time, two of th em , J ames P r i ce an d Thomas Cap per, began to dance to a tune on the fiddle, played by the prisoner Roberts, who, it appears, is a strolling mu sician, Capper having taken oil his shoes, and Price dancing in clogs, and making a great noise. In the meantime the landlady, an elderly woman, was sent out of the way on various pretences, to draw ale, fetch to bacco, &c., seven or eight times, and about an hour after the prisoners had come to the house she missed Clarke and Capper. Further on in the day, Clarke and Capper being still absent, the other prisoners pretended that THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVI4,:NiNG, APRIL 1, 1842 MONEY MARKET «nd CITY NEWS. SUN.—Soyn after business commenced yesterday, some purchases were made in the English Funds which, although to a small amount, had the effect of raising the price of Consols. It has seldom occurred that so large a quantity of unemployed capital has been afloat as at the present time : numbers of the bill brokers have funds in their hands without the oppor tunity of investing them. It is usually the case, that at this particular period of the year, discounts are difficult to be obtained, but now, money is more plentiful than bills, although Monday next is consi dered one of the heaviest days of the year, and acceptances falling due that day will have to be pro vided for on Saturday. The great dulness which has for some time existed in all branches of mercantile operations, may account for the small quantity of paper offering; which, however, shows that trade is not in a very healthy state. Consols left off at 893 buyers for Money, and 90 for the Account. Exchequer Bills 29 to 31 premium. The settlement in the Foreign Stocks has passed off quietly, although the transactions, especially in Mexican, had been somewhat extensive. Many of the accounts have been carried over to the next set tling day, at rather higher rates of continuation, great distrust being exhibited in taking foreign bonds as security. A surer criterion of value may be dis covered in the interest demanded for loans upon these documents than in the quotations, as much as twelve per cent. having been paid, some of this de scription being the security. The last quotations of Mexican were 424 to 43; Colombian, 27 to 27-4- ; the Portuguese Five per Cents., 351 to 354; the Three per Cents., 201 to 214, and Spanish, 244 to 24i. The last price of Belgian was 103 to 104 ; of Brazilian, 684 to 691 ; of Danish, 814 to 824; of the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 513 to 52/ ; and of the. Five per Cents., 1024 to 102 g. Railway Shares were all better, and several pur chases were made for real investment. Great Western, 27 to 28 ; the Half Shares, 14 to 141 ; 'Bir mingham, 84 to 86 prem. ; South Western, 59 to 60 ; Gosport, 59 to 60; Birmingham and Gloucester, 56 to 58 ; North Midland, 69 to 70; the, New Shares, 34i to 354; and Brighton, 36 to 36/ per share; Eastern Counties, 131 to 124 discount. The conduct of the Stock Exchange Committee in I allowing the Converted Coupons of the Spanish Stock to be quoted in their official lists, has been pretty freely commented on during the day, and the prin ciple upon which they have acted remains yet unex plained. Applications were made some time since for a relaxation of their rules in favour of the Greek loan, which was guaranteed by our own Government, and of the Portuguese Treasury Bills, both of which were refused. These securities have either all been paid off, or are in the course of regular payment, but pre ference is in the present instance given to the interest due, four years since, from a country which in no single instance has kept an engagement, and which, according to the statement of the Finance Minister, laid before the Cortes, will not, for a series of years yet, be in a situation to make even the smallest re ' mittance to the foreign creditors, having claims to the amount of nearly forty millions sterling of capital, and about ten millions sterling of arrears of interest. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF ABDUCI lON. (From the Liverpool MuiL) SECOND DAY'S INVESTIGATION. The hearing of this case was resumed on Wednesday, at ten minutes before three o'clock. The transaction had created extraordinary excitement, and the Court was crowded to excess during the whole morning. A number of highly respeetable gentlemen surrounded the bench, and every corner of the Court from which the proceedings could be witnessed had its occupants. The accused parties, John Orr John Osborne Quick, Thomas Wormand .Royerson, Rickard Jones, Mar yaret Jones, and Jane Clayton, were again placed at the oar, when Mr. Snowball called the following witnesses : The Rev. John Herman Stafford said—l am a clergy man and a surrogate of this diocese. I recollect the pri soner Rogerson .applying to me for a license ; he was accompanied by a Dr. Dunlevie, a surgeon. This was on the evening of the Ist of March. They said neither of them was the principal: I told them that it was necessary that one of the parties should be present to give the affidavit before the license could be granted. One of them—l think it was Dr. Dunlevie—asked if I could not fill up the affidavit, so as to be ready when the party appeared. I filled up the affidavit, and I have it here (pro ducing the affidavit). I can hardly say positively whether it was Mr. Rogerson or Dr. Dunlevie who told me. Mr. Rogerson I conceive to be the brother of M'Gill, and therefore think it was probably him. I altered the date from the Ist to the 2d of March, and initialed the altera tion.—(The affidavit was read. It purported to be Mr. M'Gill's affidavit, that he intended to marry Ann Crellin, that he carried a license for that purpose, and that ho knew of no just cause or impediment thereunto, &c.) They asked if it would be convenient for me to be at the church the following day, to swear the party and solem nise the marriage. When I filled up the form, Dr. Dim levie remarked that it was a friend of his that intended to be married, and it was not convenient for him to at tend then. Mr. Rogerson said he was the brother of the party. I did not know that his name was Rogerson. I attended at the church the following day, to solemnise the marriage. . The marriage was not solemnised nor the license completed, for after waiting some time in the vestry Mr. Rogerson came in. I asked him if the par ties were there'. He stated that his brother had not ar rived, and he was pretty sure that he would not that day. I asked him if he had not seen him the evening before, and arranged with him. He said he had, but he was pretty sure he would not come that day, and he would not give me the trouble of waiting any longer. I saw a car waiting at the church gates. Ido not think Rogerson returned to it. I saw, I think, it was.. Mr. Rogerson and Dr. Dunlevie, talk ing to a lady whose back was turned to me. She was dressed in either a scarlet cloak or shawl. I should not know"the lady again. She and Dr. Dunlevie got into the car and drove off. Last week I saw Mr. Rogerson alone. He asked me if it would be convenient for me to attend in the church that morning to marry those parties. I think it was on Wednesday or Thursday. I asked why the marriage was not soleinnised at the former appointed time. He said there was some disagreement about set tlements. He said the parties, in the meantime, had taken a trip 'and got married together at Gretna green. Nothing further took place except settling the hour. I attended the church, but the parties did not come. Mrs. Catherine George, la7ndlady of the George and Vulture, Hmfghton- street, examined by Mr. Snow ball.—l have known the prisoner Quick about twelve months. I recollect his coming to our house some time in March. The first party that came to our house was Mrs. Clayton, on the 10th of March. She said 'she wanted to ask a favour of me. She said she was going to bring a lady to our house to meet a Mr. Martin, " but," said she, " it's not to meet Mr. Martin, it's to meet Mr. G'Gill, and when she comes you must tell her that Martin was here last night, and that he will be here again to-night." I said, " what is it all about ?" She said, " well, there is a lady who is worth a great deal of property, and she went to church with Mr. M'Gill, some time ago, and made a complete fool of him, and he has tried every way . to get to see her, and her friends or some one have denied her to him, and they are now con triving this way to get her to meet him.' While she was in, Mr. Quick came in. He asked her whether she had seen Miss Crellin. She said she had not been for her, but she would go then. She went, and he remained till she returned. When she returned she said Miss Crellin had gone out, but she had left a note for her, and she would be sure to be down this evening; They went away together. In the , evening Miss Crellin, Mrs. Chamley, and Mr. Jones came about half-past nine. We had a dancing party that night, and Mr. Quick was up stairs. I went and told him that the ladies had come. I told him that there was a gentleman there that I knew.from his manner was a friend of Miss Crellin. He asked me to describe him, and I did, upon which he said, " Oh, call him out, he's a friend of mine." I called him out, and they went to the door together. - It was Jones, the prisoner at the bar. They returned together, and Mr. Quick said he wanted to get rid of one of the ladies. He went up stairs again, saying I was to let Mr. Jones have whatever he called for to drink. Witness proceeded to state that Mr. Jones requested her to let him -have some money, saying that Quick would refund it, but she only let him have sixpence. Quick, by and by, took his, departure, and the other three went away together afterwards. Martin had not been at witness's house, but she knew him, and de scribed him to Miss Crellin, who told her how he had got her money from her. Next day Miss Crellin and Mrs. Chamley again came to my house to ask if Martin had been there on the preceding night. I told them ho had not. While we were talking Mr. Quick came in. He asked how the child was. He had not attended -my child, and I had no child ill. He went forward into the kitchen. Here he said this was a plot laid to catch " Ole old devil," which she could not get out of. He afterwards went into the bar and spoke to them. I afterwards heard of the wedding. I saw Mrs. Clayton on Sunday last. She said she had been to Gretna Green, and Miss Crellin, was married. I . .made answer, what a shameful piece of business it was. "Oh !" said she, "it served her right." I said what a villain Mr. Jones must be, and his wife. She said it served Miss Crellin right, she had served many a one out. I said that did.not matter. She said after the wedding she got quite agreeable to it. She had a shawl on, which she said had been bought for her at Carlisle, and they bought Miss Crellin one like it. She said she had to sleep with her on •her wedding night ; Miss Crel lin had made a piece of work and was going mad, and she had to lie down with her for quietness. She said M'Gill slept in the same bed. She said she expected a very handsome present, and when it was all settled she said she would speak to the parties to have a ball at our house. On the first day when Mrs. Clayton came to our house, she said they had employed her to work it out for them, mentioning Mr. M'Gill and Mr. Quick. By Mr. Grocott—She (Mrs. Clayton) did not tell me whether the marriage was consummated or not. She told me that Miss Crellin had jilted several persons. Mr. Quick was in the habit of attending a quadrille party at our house. Mr. William Denman examined by Mr. Snowball—l am a paper-ruler, and carry on business in St. Thomas's buildings. I recollect seeing Mr. Quick one day last week. It was on Tuesday or Wednesday. I had been taking a walk with a friend of mine. Mr. Quick was standing at the door of Mrs. Rogerson's house, in Boun dary-street. The person who was with me addressed him, and he proceeded with us to the house of a friend in Boundary-street. In the course of a few minutes after we entered the conversation began by his addressing some ladies. " Well,. you have lost Johnny," whom I understood to have been Mr. M'Gill. • He (Mr. Quick) said, he and Mr. M'Gill had been to Gretna-green, get ting MGM married to Miss Crellin. The question was asked, " Where?" and he said, " Oh, at Gretna ;" and he proceeded thus i—" Oh, we've had a d—d fine spree ; we put the old devil into a coach, and off we drove to Carlisle: When we got to Carlisle we persuaded the old .devil we were in Warrington." There was a long dialogue between him and the persons of the house, who said the proceeding was extremely unjust and improper. .I said, how was it that sbe did not know the difference between Carlisle and Warrington ? He said, " Oh, the old devil is drunk. From Carlisle we took a post-chaise and drove off to Gretna-green, and got married." lie said she was worth some 60,0001. or 70,0001, or thereabouts. He stated that she could smoke a great number of cigars, and drink brandy " till all was .blue."—(Loud laughter.) It was repeatedly stated that their transaction was very improper and unjust. Me said, " Oh, it was correct enough, for the laws of Scot land differed from the laws of England. He was v( ry glad they had served her so, for she had jilted several." Mr. Snowball suggested to Mr. Rushton the propriety of adjourning the case until the next day. Mr. Rushton assented, and the prisoners were ordered to be remanded until this day (Thursday). Mr. Grocott applied, on behalf of Quick, for permis sion for that individual to see his wife and some mem bers of his family. Mr. Rushton said the case had now assumed so serious an aspect, that he could not comply with his request. The. prisoner's solicitor would, however, have access to them in the usual manner. RemoNs post APRlL.—During the early part of the month silks will be watered, particuluarly on rainy (lays, and bonnets will be trimmed with drops, which, when the sun shines upon them, will have a very light and graceful appearance. The customary colour for boots will be a very light brown, and coats of the same will be much seen on the road to the races. After thQ turn of Easter white trousers will be a good deal met with, and on Sundays they will be extremely general. The greater number of them will be the same as last year, but considerably shorter in the 'leg, and much tighter. Straps will be a few inches longer 'than they were at Easter last, and there will be an extensive gap between the hem of the trouser and the top of the highlow, so as to show a good deal of the stocking. Yellow waistcoats ruled with black lines will be much seen for a few days, but will probably disappear after the holidays.— Punch. A letter from Fumes, on the coast of Flanders, gives an account of the wreck of two French chasse-marees on the 10th instant. One was driven ashore opposite to the Panne, but her crew got all safe to land. Th e other , which was laden with salt, struck opposite Coxide, a league from Panne, and her crew were for a long time in imminent danger, the violence of the storm making it impossible even for the • life boat to go out. At length, how ever, with the utmost exertions, three intrepid men attached to this service formed, at the risk of their own lives, a chain from the shore to the wreck, and saved the six sailors who were in her, but the Captain was still missing. Convinced that he was on board, they, undaunted by the danger, made their way to the vessel, and found that he had fallen down in the hold. They, however, succeeded in getting him up, and conveyed him also safe to Coxide. Both vessels were so much damaged that they have been sold to be broken up. WIGAN. The Committee decided that the original list should be produced, in the absence of evidence, to account for its own production. Several other legal questions arose with the argu ments, on which the Committee were engaged all day. One of the decisions to which they came, namely, that they would entertain no objection which might have been, but was not, taken before the Revising Barris ter, had the effect of retaining the voter on the poll. Mr. Standish and Mr. Crosse were therefore quid on the poll The Committee adjourned to Eleven o'clock to• morrow —(this day). THE KIRK. AGAIN. We have a piece of intelligence to communicate, which ought to open the eyes of the public to the true character of the agitators, who are, and have been, so busy in disturbing the public peace. The Non-intru sion faction have recently, through their Com m itt ee , dispatched a circular amongst all their supposed ad herents, calling on them to avow their views on Non intrusion and anti-patronage—and intimating that, in the next General Assembly, a measure will be pro posed. (and, of course, carried by " our majorities") for the disfranchisement, ecclesiastically, of about pne half of the parish ministers of Scotland, whose pa rishes, in the event of their recusancy to the dogmas of independence and anti-patronage, are to be decla red vacant—and.are to be supplied as so vacant with ministers to be appointed by the General Assembly ! Wooden fabrics are to be summarily reared in every one of these parishes, for the accommodation of this anti-Erastian and purified Church of Scotland—and funds are to be raised, and a joint-stock company formed in the fashion of the Wesleyan Methodists, for paying salaries. to those new-fledged parsons, at the rate of from 150/. to 2001. per annum— and all this to be done ..by a set of men, who pretend, all the while that they are, and will continue to be, the Established Church of Scodolul. We forbear all comment on this desperate proposition. The public may rely, with perfect con fidence, on the truth of the statement we have now made; and within a few days hence the fact will be vouched by publication of the circular to which we refer. It is, however, of such a nature, that we feel ourselves'bound to make the fact known both to the Government and to the country, without delay ; and it remains to be seen whether her Majesty's Ministers will longer tolerate a conspiracy among the Established clergy, having, for its avowed object, the subversion of the Established Church, by means of a spiritual tyranny within its pale.—Edinburgh Observer. M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister, and Baron de Brunow, the Russian Minister, tran- sacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. VESSELS SPOKEN WITIL—Duke of Bronte, London to Jamaica, with loss of foremast, bowsprit, and all top gallant masts, 4th inst., lat. 24, lon. 35 ; Catharina, Ba tavia to Amsterdam, 25th, lat. 45, lon. 18 ; Sarah, Naples to London, 27th, lat 48, ion. 11, by the Fatima, arrived off Dover. Earl Harewood, of Liverpool, Nov. 21. in the Straits of Banca; Venture, of Dundee, lat. 9 N., lon. 28 W., by the Magnolia, arrived at Plymouth. Rover, of Exeter, 28th inst., fifty miles west of Scilly; Waverly, Batavia to Singapore, Nov. 30, in the Straits of Banca ; Josephine, Singapore to London, Dec. 1, in the Straits of Sunda ; Lucie Marie, Batavia to Amster dam, Bth ult., lon. 22 ; James Peter Zookoen, from Ba tavia, 14th ult , lat. 3 N., lon. 21 ; Edward Robinson, Mauritius to Cowes, 19th ult., lat. 5, lon. 3, by the Blakely, arrived at Falmouth. Katharine, St. Forbes, Nov. 22d, in the Straits of Banco. ; Leah, St. Forbes, same day ; Admiral Zoutman, Batavia to Amsterdam, Jan. 21st., lat. 23 S., ion. 3 W.; Commerce, 21st. inst., lat. 45, lon. 23 ; Heloise, Batavia to Bremen, January 23d, by the Penang, arrived at Liver pool. Bandarry of Sunderland, 19th inst, lat. 6 N. lon. 21, by the John Woodhall, arrived in the Downs. Ambassador, Liverpool to Trieste, off Tuskar ; Edina, Manilla to London, Jan. 27th, lat. 20 S., lon. 1 W.,; Mercury, Valparaiso to Liverpool, 9th inst., lat. 30, lon. 38 ; Anemone, Arica to Leith, 17th inst., lat. 42, lon. 26 ; Racehorse, Liverpool to Constantinople, 15th inst., off Cape Spartel, by the Julia, arrived at Gibraltar. LLOYD'S. A general meeting of the subscribers to Lloyd's was held on Wednesday the 30th ult., at the South Sea House, Mr. G. R. Robinson in the chair; when the fol lowing votes were recommended by the Committee, and carried unanimously 211. to the Destitute Sailors' Asylum. 20/. to the crew of the Lovrestoffe life-boat, for saving the crew of the Thomas Oliver, stranded near that place during a gale on 26th January, under circumstances of extreme peril.; and ; in addition, a Medal; in bronze, to Mr. H. - Disney (a Trinity pilot), who steered the boat, and was more than once washed-Out; A Medal, in silver, to Mr. Slater. (first mate), and ditto to Mr. Kenny (second mate); of her Majesty's ship Widgeon ; and Medals, in bronze; to each of sit men, for saving the crew of the Minerva, ofJersey, wrecked near Calais 10th instant. NOTICE TO 31..113 INERS. A letter has been received at Lloyd's from tbe 'Fa reign-oilice, enclosing certain instructions' to shipmasters visiting Riga issued by the RussiaiiGgyernment,. but which is of too'• i.,neat a length for "insertion. It is posted at Lloyd's Captains'-room for inspection. The following has also been transmitted to Lloyd's by their agent at Alexandria:— NEW LIGHT AT ALEXANDRIA. The undersigned has the honour to announce to the public that, by order of his Highness the ViCeroy of Egypt, the New Light will be displayed on, the lstApril, 1842. The Tower is erected upon the extremity of the point Eunostos, at the Old Port, and its pOsition Latitude, 31d. 11in. 314. North. Longitude, 29d. 51w. 28S. East Meridian of Greenwich. Ditto 27d. 31m. 06s. East of Paris. The Light will be a fixed one, at about 180 feet from the level of the sea, with the face directed towards the North East, having the point of Marabout to the South East, at the distance of four miles, and Old Beacon to the North East half-East, and about 1/ miles distant. Be tween these two points, and in fine weather, the light will be visible 20 miles distant. BOGHOS TOUSSOUFF. Alexandria, March 5, 1842. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals Joanna, Lovett, from Van Dieman's Land, in the Downs, sailed from Hobart Town Bth November; Giraffe, Moore, from New South Wales, in the Downs, sailed from Sydney 28th September ; Blenheim, Gray, from Bengal, in the Downs, sailed from Sangor Novem ber, St. Helena 29th January ; John Woodall, Williams, from Bengal, in the Downs, sailed from Sangor 28th October, Mauritius 15th December; Chieftain, Cromarty, from Bombay, in the Downs, sailed 4th December, St. Helena 31st January ; Dorothy, Mather, from Bombay, at Liverpool, sailed 10th November, St. Helena 30th January ; Blakely, from China, off Falmouth, sailed 12th November ; Fatima, Fathers, from China, off Dover, sailed 13th November, St. Helena Ist February. Arrivals at Launceston, Van Dieman's Land—Mi nerva, Fawthorpe, Oct. 21, from Portland Bay, and sailed Nov. 1, back ; Scout, Swalken, 25th ; Will Watch, Harding, 27th ; Lowestoft, 27th ; Sir J. Franklin, 27th, all from Port Philip ; For, 28th, from Port Fairy ; Henry, 29th, from Port Philip ; Lady Rowena, Nov. 1, from the South Seas ; Corsair (s.), Bell,, 2d, from Port Philip' ; William le Grande, 3d, from Sydney. Departure from Launceston—Countess of Wilton, Wheatland, Oct. 26, fin- Sydney. Arrivals at Hobart Town—Maguasha. Oct. 20, from Port Philip ; Marian, Watson, 28th, from Sydney, Highlander, from New Zealand ; Bandicoot, 29th, from Port Philip; Agenoria, Nov. 2, from Port Philip; Lady of the Lake, from Twofold Bay. Departures from Hobart Town—John and Elizabeth, Oct. 22 ; Pacific, 23d, to whaling ; Catherine, 28th, to i'ort Phllip ; Gilbert Jamieson, 31st, to Sydney; Naiad, to Port Philip; Marys, to Adelaide; Georgiana, Nov. 1, to Sydney; Northumberland, 3d, to Sydney; Gulnare, 4th, to India; David Clarke, 4th, to Bombay. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. T A TT ERSALL'S—YEsTEKDAy. The room was well attended by influential members, and a good deal of busiiess was done, but at a very tri fling variation from the quotations of Monday. Chatham was again in. favour, and left off at 18 to 1 (taken). On the Chester Cup there was nothing done, and with the ex ception of a bet of 14 to 1 about Passion, the Oaks was not mentioned. Closing prices : TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS' STAKES. 2 to 1 agst Wiseacre DERBY. 24 to. 1 agst Forth's lot—taken 9 to 1 agst Attila—taken 18 to 1 agst Chatham—taken 20 to 1 agst Auckland—taken 23 to 1 agst Lord of Ilolderness 25 to 1 agst Wiseacre—taken 25 to 1 agst Joanna colt—taken 30 to 1 agst Meteor—taken 45 to 1 agst Defier—taken 50 to 1 agst Canadian—taken 1000 to 15 agst Belcceur— taken 1000 to 10.agst Gunter—taken 4000 to 20 agst The Devil among the Tailors—taken 500 to 400 the Joanna colt agst Wiseacre—taken OAKS. 14 to 1 agst Passion • PUBLIC PBTITION.—It appears from the twelfth Report, delivered yesterday, of the Committee on Public Petitions, that the total number presented to the House of Commons this session, • to the 18th instant inclusive, is 6,425. Of these by fur the most numerous are the petitions against the Corn-laws ; of which there are, for the repeal of the corn and provision laws, 2,188, with 796,177 signatures ; for the repeal of the Corn-laws alone, 740, with 490,000 signatures ; for their repeal connected with freedom of trade, 454, with 271,379 sig natures ; and for the revision of the import duties 137, with 11,263 signatures. For the amendment of the Mar riage Law in Ireland there were presented 184 petitions, with 65,395 signatures. The total number of petitions for the repeal of the Union with Ireland is 123, and the signatures are 196,966, JURY COURT, EDINBURGH - ROBERT lIISLOP, &C. v. SIR P. C. IL DURILOI, The action was directed at the instance of Robert floo lop, the father of Elizabeth Hislop, snl her brother gd; sisters, against Sir P. C. H. Durham, on the gru an ur:,o, that on the 7th o f May, 1841, Elizabeth llislop, i " ft married woman, of about twenty- se ven years of sae, her father's house, at Hinnybole, near Bonnyriggt.o company with her brother and two female acq ual s , tances ; that she accompanied them part of their yr towards Bonnyrigg ; but although solicited as to g,g :. to that place with them, and remain all night, was bOth dark and wet, she declined to do so- a n ha ir them pn her way home ; that this occurred about , past ten o'clock ; that she never - reached home, gnu r intelligence was gained concerning her, until, after:o tensive inquiries had been made, her ht )d tima, found in an old coal-pit in the lands of Dims, situated a short distance from the high road from Bonnyrigg to Rosewell. The 1 3111. . s 'i le a further averred, that neither at the peril)" the their relative lost her life in the said coal -pit, nor . ..6 , time her body was found therein, cient fence around the mouth of the pit, the only P r° 9 o, Lion against accidents being the remains of* " e ll a i ll so used and a few upright pieces of rotten Ar, both state of decay that a very slight touch would have c : t i d, it was there anY s' te; them to fall down. That when the body Was t bil- ort was seen that at the side of the pit, nearest to the cart or carriage way leading to Polton Mains, one of th i e il l ; was hanging by little more than a single fibr e ' feet the opposite side then:. was a gap of about thre e ou t of width entirely open. That the coal-pit had bee n eit her use ; and, for the security of the public, it ought to have been properly filled up or covered cwer'reodr eil se • • closed by a stone wall ; but as it was net reondisl,ut, ph t s h cl e cure in any of these ways, and as Elizabet h lost her life in consequence of its unprotected stbich defender, as proprietor of the lands of Poltou,lllwouers• pit was situated, was liable in damages to th e r u ,,, wa s In defence, Sir Philip admitted that the dece t",: ever visited at her father's house at Ilinnybole 01l thee of the day before specified, by two female B;'siirits tances ; and, after the party had p ar t a ken of st u t nine there, her acquaintances took their departure, a " - i lia' o'clock, for the purpose of going home w noll e a her and they were accompanied by the decease d g i ete, brother. But, in place of proceeding directly to 4slP rigg, they went into a public-house, where they d T ri h n e k d in ec g ea w se h d is g k o y t t b e et i t n v cl u e ) x n ic t a e t n ed ;an and,d e le , :yen hen ° he lef t %t the the public-house, she ‘N as obliged t o b e assisted $ l l o b 6 road towards Bonnyrigg. Before reaching that P tl ;Jile f abruptly turned, and left the other two fentalui $l-di brother. She could not have entered the g r° , /I :l 4 °' which the pit was situated without Committing 3 :,,. ti ' efl • After retiring for a short time, the Jury r e Thdle r ' verdict for the pursuer, Robert Hislon, the damages 3001. 10, A T ALARMING OCCURRENC , ,,,y NEILSTON, NEAR pAISL P (From a Glasgow Paper.) " I 'J At the end of last week the Messrs. C0e. ) ,,.„0 have a very extensive establishment for bleoc"';go ij finishing muslins Kirktenfield, near Neils t° ,, notice to their workers that a reduction of ii'AP; o sid '; take place from that day. This gave rise to, c forl i / 5 able dissatisfaction, particularly among t' e di t iO, workers, who form the great majority of the ' ll f illw; employed. Many of these females reside in the oat but upwards of 150 of them were lodged ii hr i called the " women's house," a building of _ A t''" 5 ii Ai t l "; and garrets, the upper portions being occuPi_ . „e":o; e mitories, while the lower flat was used as ro''3., g c workers taking their meals. It is, we under s 'or', l ; o custom at Kirktenfield that the workers rise t o o n P. rather an earlier hour on Monday morn' other days of the week, and a signal when the proper hour arrives. This, which had spread among them at the i. tion of wages, was, on Monday last. iv the women in the " women's house," a, plainly intimated a determination to sbei - It is stated that an individual connectek blishment, in order to compel the wome, directed a quantity of bleaching-powder the passage on the under flat, and at thi common stair to the whole of the premisk acid to be poured upon it, so as to smoke by the noxious fumes of the chlorine gas was accordingly done by one of the men field, who, after pouring on the vitriol, mixture, of which he ha taken a larg having shut the outer door, the result was began to fill the whole interior of the spread . its noxious influence over every i it. A rush was' now made 'f►om every egress, but no one could get out - without Ca the passage in which the mixture Nfiis . .. . where, from the density of the gas, i. It suffocating influence was proportionally API P. by John Cochran ran into the passage,.andse/in 0 0 . 0 in which the deadly gas was generating, ri' lei bot e i„lo' the back door of the passage, and threw tb,,.e l'hitP„,' pe the burn which runs through the preinises.. l o , o n l y time the poor women were striving to make 1105!...i0' into the. open air, almost all of them underil le AA• 0 - ~ , . ~-...- • •• if iti pressive. sense of suffocatson, of intense hey tinfr . coriated throats,. and irritated lung S.. Off .,( Jo the air the ntmost'alarni and confugin prO 0 . 40 geous were sent for; aod . in the 'Tnteril( l ,..,4ll"2,eo something for the relief of the sufferers,' ;Vol were led, in their zeal to alleviate the. jjain,l ll : 'r, to add to it by the Medicines ‘administeieit.. jet' "up fallen. to the ground immediately_ .on rear , li i ' ile atmosphere, as if struck by e l ec t r i c i t y ; s ": , iril about giddy, as if suffering under sei t -sicn others were more or less rendered incstpuble , .! . e( 1, what they were doing-or ought. to do:. I sr V When the medical gentlemen •of Neast e , l o rtT:ith which was with the utmost' alaerity, the pr°P . , t hS,4 l were applied ; and shortly after it was foni"`, lf ilt , regard to many, terror was the worst-the y. 113 ,J0 1 but on 70 or 80 the gas had taken'effect to st ) i .0, ."„9 t y These were carefully attended to, and an lie }o sent to Paisley, .by the Messrs. Cochran, fort Of, rities, and additional medical assistance. 11, '0 obe. 10 1 The gentlemen from Paisle Sheriff Car) (119, 0 4, Rodger (Procurator Fiscal), 1)r. Wylie, 3 ' 1 , 13 e be to Mackay, of the rural police, arrived before ' by ' and everything was done to aid the sufferers r d, • and the Messrs. Cochran. . , co oe. 0 ` By cL By the afternoon all of them had greatly v el .o J ,loi with the exception of six or eight, whose css e9 d e sidered more serious ; but these atso were ' ter: 5 1 (Tuesdap) afternoon rapidly recovering. 4 .4 , 4 e IA I , We understand the individual in questio° ' to e v iPo day required by the Renfrewshire aut horities jog i for his appearance, in case of further prose deemed necessary. THE MARKETS COUN TRY CORN. MARKETS. 00 e.. ..-- l,O __ . 1 Wheat. Barley. I Oats. D.' . ,,„.., ,e' i• -- .....—.-- ...-_..+,....m. ^...."... I. '.l 4 0 Per Quarter. s. to a. s. to a. s. to s. s • t 0 65 !• 0 5 4 Boston ...... ... 55 70 22 38 18 21 35 9 1 ' i5O .• Braintree 52 70 27 34 23 29 3 . 44 , , I ° , VS, ighton 6O rs .28 :7 22 28 Si 90 i ..4 , Cambridge — 60 25 ..... 16 3 - 7, 49 •; / Chichester :11 65 25 33 20 23 4... 40 ' , / Dunmow 47 57 20 31 16 21 27 40 , P Grantham Grimsby srl 74 28 33 lb 21 D., 54 , :',, }Witham 66 72 29 33 20 21 3! , 41 pi r, Hitchin 5O 67 27 34 20 30 34 54 0 1' Ipswich 6O 67 28 P 2 21 '26 33 50 51, 1, Lewes 5B GO 27 .8 21 22 34 9.i , 9 Lynn 5O 62 23 21) 16 2M 1 =!, 4 53 4 j ? Maidstone 59 67 36 39 20 :it! 3 so i i Norwich t'etworth Rom Corti Sandwich 6l 71 23 34 t 5 39 : 33 44 i 5 4 r, Vnetiord .. Wishech Witham 151 61 21 96 19 25 9.4 4 0 i i 4 Yarmouth 6O 69 lio 32 94, 30 38 ~•10'1 to ~,, LEEDS CORN Al AB K ET. NU. 44.11 Wheat, Norfolk and %till)) k , 601 h. ..... . .......... •••••••••• 2 11• ' IV ie. o York. and Lincoln. 601 h.. •5' oil Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk too. Yorkshire and Lincolnshire ........................ ...,,* .... „ Grinding ....................................... : .......... -.,.10,10 Beans 63lb. ••• ........................ 7,. , ,, , oats, rotatoe .... ................................................. .. i ..... t h i s , Mealing, For. 9d. to lOti Eng. itd. t . ~'" 1 0 ' Blotting 2 - to. I 4 re f'• B. v. • 0 0 LIVERPOOL CORN 11 kri&ET.- 313 u WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b. .... ................ 0 , 1 ! ---- Red 6: I f 0 --- Scotch, Welch, and Manx ---- Irish, White 6 , 5 6 -------- Red 8 9 % v Foreign OATS, English. West), and Scotch, per 451 b ,? ~ $ , 2 0 -- iri s ) , , . Foreign 6.tut,Ev, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter ....... . 9 7 c . ,0 Seotc It and Irish, pet 6011 is. .................. :t o' sii 1 . 0 Feeding • 36 0 : 0i 0 BRANS, English, per Imperial quarter .............• • 0 4 6 4 .:, 0 Irish, &c.. - Foreign PRASE, English, per Int,erial quarter ................. . 50 ; 0 1 0 - Foreign . ........................................ 45 0 ,-0 0 FLoult, English, per 2b016.. ................................ /5 0 ',4 0 -- Irish .46 OATNIIAL, English and Irish, pee 24tiths.... ...... " 54 0 i 5 INDIAN CORN, la r 480th. ......... ........ Eve, per Imperial quarter . ...... 0 il l° MALT, per Imperial quarter ..................:....................." - ftli,lifi 0 coo 0 . .,t0 The officers of the Customs at Beo n - o ke 0 • , g 0 (11' France) have lately seized several Pa cl4- ,t - br(t,ing ,4 in the spirit of the German Communisi-': o f .',61 1 ` France from Switzerland,.with the intet 7 seminated among the German workincn>.-.." . ----- ifil" 40 ~ Sr i. a ll BIRTHS. U• 111 A s o Mott, tite 29th ult., at Wall, near Deb° _bi ll P 0 Mott, of a daughter. of Or i/le } t oo' On the 31st ult., Mrs. Joseph PaYriet o f .r i ,,, Camberwell, of a daughter. t be wif e t ill- 1 y Ott the 28th ult., in Burton-creseent, ~_ 00 , s Vowe, Esq., of Manor House, Hallitto s e , : On - On the 30th ult.. at 3SitA. garet''ltlaDrk's, kri::. I Allen Cooper, M.A., Minister of St. O r RMRarIED. ~ocheiter;,lll;e%ill.elif street, to Harriet Grace, youngest ( I . a," , l t e e n r t. ° i t s ,,,b o l4 P f John Gregory Shaw, Bart., of Ken wat''' the Ref. , _ 3 , Ja On the 31st ult., at Great Yarmoutn _,__ is, ode 1 , 00 , , M.A., Vicar of Carbrooke, to Henriett a Daar I r ot. / E s . Ref. t o v of Benjamin Dowson, of Yarmouth , ,_„ s _ the 4 ,_, . e , „ On the 31st ttit., at St. Luke's, Che , ",: inco ln-r e ' OP' stall Smith, M.A., Vicar of Whaplodne,t: C o lonel , Marv, youngest daughter of Lieutenant" the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. C 44. Gloneeg- P hil 11' DIED. , e es hire , , ,eo 17. el i - , Qi. 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