The Sun. — London, England, 1849-04-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, circumstances of the case,• and afford some indications of the causes that led to the shocking event. The transaction probably took place a little after five o'clock on the morning of Saturday, the 3d of March. The witness ANNE HAM about that hour " heard a great screaming and crying in Miss JEF FRIES' bed-room." She went down, and mentioned it to her landlady, Mrs. FRY, and they both went back, and knocked at the wall separating her own room from Miss JEFFRIES', and in a minute or two the noise ceased. About seven o'clock the same morning the witness told the prisoner that "she thought it was her mis tress attempting to pull her out of bed, and that it was she herself was crying." She subsequently added, " I had heard her cry two or three days before in the yard, and knew her voice. I had seen her cry, and heard her mistress call her a dirty hussy, and say she was slow at work." Here then is distinct and positive testimony that" the great screaming and crying" proceeded from the unfortunate girl, who, in all human probability,. had about that time been severely beaten by Miss JEFFRIES, before she had in the instinct of self-de _ - fence, or perhaps in the passion excited by the unwar -__—. rantable assault, struck the blow that t erminated so ROBERT HOUD I N 'S FAREWELL. The celebrated Robert Houdin bets to announce that his Fare- fatally. Mrs. Ham's evidence was directly corroborated well Performances in this country will positively terminate at the by the witness JANR FRY, who heard the " grEat end of the present month ; he will have the honour of performing screaming and crying," and strengthened by during the present Week THIS EVENING, THURSDAY, and SA- TURDAY, at the ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Doors open each Evening at Eight o'clock, being positively his Last Appearance. but that of the surgeon to the police, who stated Three, prior to his departure for Paris. that "he had not known an instance where In compliance with numerous a pp lications, a grand DAY PER - a person who had received such a blow FORMANCE mill be given on FRIDAY, April 27., In order to perpetuate an ag reeable souvenir of his visit to this h a d been able to scream for two or three minutes.' country, none but the most p o p ular and the most surprising exp e li. ments will be executed on these farewell , whilst the Eois- tribution from the Come d'Abondasice willoccasions be made with extended liberality and profusion. Boxes, 4s. Pit, 21.; Amphitheatre, Is. 6d. Boxes, Stalls, ad Tickets for this extraordinary Entertainment Way be secured at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock. WILE LEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered, January 17, 1849.) Capital, 2,001),00C1., in 80,000 Shares, of 25.1. each. Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share. Prosoeetuses and full information may be obtained at minster, the Tempo rary Offices of the Company, 13a, Cannon-row, West ou ap ;cation to G. r. HOWE, Hon. Sec., pro tem. ELIOT WARBURTON, ESQ. On 31onday, the 23d of April, will be published, in 3 vols. ileray Eve., with numerous Portraits from original Paintings. MEMOIRS of PRINCE RU PERT AND THE CAVALIERS. Including their Correspondence. Now first published front the Ori. ginal MSS. By ELIOT WARBURTON, Esq. Author of " The Crescent and the Cross." Richard Bentley, New Burlington-stre et (Publisher in ordinary tO her Majesty). ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Third Appearance of Mdlle. PARODI. Third Appearance this Season of iiiffnor LABLACKE. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opira, wad the Public, are respect' fully informed that Tills EVENING. Will be presented Belllni's Opera of NORMA. Pollione, Signor Gardoni ; oroveso, Signor Lablache; Norma, Mdlle. ; Adalgisa, Madame Giuliani. 'n conc l u de with (the Sce ner y by Mr. Charles Marshall) an en tirely New grand Ballet, by M. Taglioni, entitled ELECTRA. ; or, The Lost Plelade. Appileo.tions for Boxe, Stalls, and Tickets t o be made at the Box office, Opt..ra Colonnade. B ode s Doors ope.n at Half-past Seven , Concert to commence at Eight. There can, therefore, be no doubt that the screams were not those of Miss JEFFRIES, but of SARAH THOMAS herself. Under these circumstances, then, we fearlessly appeal to every unprejudiced person— even to those who consider a stern administration of the law essential to the well-being of society—whe ther there are not extenuating circumstances that should be taken into account, and which fully warrant a remission of the extreme penalty. A stone is not a weapon that would be deliberately resorted to as the instrument of death. Hatchets, hammers, knives, pokers lay scattered about, some of which would have been used if a fatal result were contemplated; but a stone is that which would be seized in a moment of excitement and anger, when nothing more was intended than to return the blows wi:h interest that bad been showered upon her. rtizATRE nOYAL. ELAYMAK" " Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Ma na g er, Old Brompto3. THIS EVENT Nc. , Will be performed the Comedy of TOWS and COTINTRT. Cha racters by Messrs. J. Waßack, Wigan,-Keeley, Backstone, and ster ; Miss P. Horton, Miss Reynolds, and Mrs. Glover. After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE SPHINX. To be followed by THE ROUGH DIAMOND. To concludo with the Farce of LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPIII. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE HOP PICKERS. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Boyce, Wright, Paul Bedford, Hughes, Mull yard, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Worrell, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Taylor, Miss E. Chaplin, &c. After which, WHO LIVES AT No. 9 ? Characters by Messrs. Wright and Worrell, and Miss Chaplin. To conclude with THE ENCILIN TED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul Bedford; Prospero, Mr. O. Smith Ariel, Miss E. Chaplin. If the proceedings up to the moment of death were not such as to merit capital punishment, the subse quent purloining of property should not turn the scale. The entire conduct of the wretched being was ridiculously absurd, proving that she was little better than a fool. She made no attempt to escape ; her father's cottage at Horfield, but two miles removed from the scene of her guilt, was her selected place of refuge. The evidences of her crime were scattered about ; she had even given a pair of bracelets belong ing to the deceased to her brother and sister as play things. Her simplicity and folly were unquestion able, and yet this child of 18 years of age, this wretched girl so ignorant of worldly affairs, is to be publicly strangled on Friday next, unless Sir G. GREY should, in the interim, take a lenient view of the case, and recommend a commutation of the sentence. We cannot think that the judicial murder will be perpetrated—we cannot suppose we are returning to the Draconic code that existed in the good old time! " when GEORGE 111. was King," when the gibbe and the halter were allotted to the most trifling itransgressions. 'We would again invite the attention of all those who are anxious to see justice tem pared with mercy to the case of this ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Managemt of Madame VeSW& sole Lessee. Mr. en Charles Malle ws. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Drama, called A ROMANTIC IDEA. After which, a new Piece entitled HOLD TOUR ntile TONGUE. 11 . Ch l. a. meters by Messrs. C. Mathe ws, Selby, and Pa ; Miss (1 laert, Miss Jane Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To conclude with TSB SEVEN CHAMPIONS OP CHRISTEN. DOM. Dress Boxes, 55. • 'Upper Boxes, 4s. ;Pit, 25.; Gallery, is. No dal he to any plait o f the house. The New Box-ofnce,Wellington-street, Is open to the public every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATa.E. Mr. J. X. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING. Will be performed the Romantic Opera, entitled LEOLINE. Count Adelmar, Mr. Charles Braham ; the Seneschal, Mr. IL Horn eastle ; Frantz, Herr Mengis ; Matilda, Mrs. Weiss; Leeline, Miss Poole.. After which, TILE WATERMA..7. Tom Tng, Mr. C. Bra am. To conclude with a new grand ExtraYaganza, entitled NOURED DIN AND THE FAIR ASTI.Ey's ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Maj esty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, dr.c. The new grand Easter Spectacle unprecedentedly successful. THIS EVEN ING, The performance will commence with a Grand Equestrian Spec tacle, by Fitztall, entitled THE WHITE MAIDEN OF CALIFOR NIA; or, the Horse of the Ocean. To be followed by an inimitable dispiay of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, in which the first Equestrian talent of the day w ill app e a r. r. To conclude with on Monday, Wednesday, and ry DUMB DRIVER; and the Farce of THE SECRET on the al ternate Evenings. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. stage Manager, Mr. W. West. fated girl. If she should be executed, a strong impetus will be given to the feeling against capital punishment under any circumstances, and many will join the movement who would otherwise remain neutral, or resist its abolition in cases of wilful and premeditated murder. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. The tide of public feeling that for a time bore so strongly against Mr. HUDSON has completely turned, and has set in with equal strength in his favour. Every expedient had been resorted to to swell the public indignation against the doomed individual. His opponents were well experienced in the act of circulating unfounded rumours, and whispering away the characters of those who excited their indignation. None could be more obnoxious than the man who interfered with their darling project of &pre dating their neighbour's property, who prevented them from bringing ruin on those, to whose enterprise we are indebted fur the magnificent iron net-work by which the country is intersected, who afforded facilities to travellers almost equal to those fabulous modes of locomotion mentioned in the " Arabian 1 Nights, ,, by which time and space were practically I annihilated. TIIE WEATHER.--Soll OFFICE, APRIL 17. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 32: Highest, 46; Noon, 41. BAROMETER, 29.79. WIND N. to N.N.W.—Moroing, slight fall of snow ; Afternoon, cold breeze, with fine sunshiny weather. w Artat AT LONDON Btf.Liso.... Tnie DAT 31 min. after 8 i Evening, 12 min. afte after 10 TO-NlosaowMornlng, 51 min. after 9 Evening, 27 rain. On the first point we have already expressed our opinions. If Mr. HUDSON had made injudicious or imprudent bargains the company would• not have re lieved him, or taken them off his hands. If, on the other hand, be 'obtained good value for his money, the company could not expect to reap the beaefit. There would be no reciprocity whatever, the transac tion would be altogether one-sided, and contrary to every principle of equity. If be could at all be regarded as a trustee, or clothed with a fide' Mr. HUDSON bad previously excited their envy by his great success, and their anger by his efforts on behalf of his brother shareholders. He had increased the dividends in every line with which he had been concerned previous to the general stagnation of trade and commerce, and, as a matter of count., increased the market values of the shares, and thus inflicted heavy pecuniary losses on the " Bears." A magnificent testimonial had been subscribed by grateful men, whose fortunes ' had been materially augmented by his exertions. He had acquired wide-spread domains, and all the accom paniments of wealth and prosperity, and the rancour swelled to overflowing and could no longer be con cealed. He was looked upon as the incarnation of the railway system, was styled the " Railway King," and any injury that could be inflicted to either his purse or character would have a material effect on the value of shares, not only in what are termed " Hudson's Lines," but in every railway company throughout the kingdom. Hence no pains were spared to prejudice the case, and to hold up the accused party to public odium, even before he had been permitted to enter into his defence. The Eng lishman's privilege of being heard before condemna tion was denied to him, and we stood almost alone in daring to utter one word in favour of the once po pular GEORGE HUDSON. So industrious were his calumniators, and so successful in their vile attempts, that the misled shareholders in the York, Newcastle, and Berwick were induced to follow in the general throng, and let those of the number who were com pelled to dispose of their shares in the interim, ask themselves with what result ? The value of each 25/. share was reduced by about 31., or nearly 121. per cent., or far more than the entire money paid to Mr. HUDSON for the shares he had disposed of to the company. The barbed arrow shot at their chairman by some of the members recoiled with fourfold force upon themselves. Since his virtual acquittal prices have again rallied and are now. 21. per share, or al. per cent. higher than on the publi cation of the report. They may judge from these significant facts how much it is opposed to their true interests to lend themselves to the views of Mr. HUDSON'S opponents—how very dear a return of 7,0001. or 8,0001., or even a cancelling of the entire transaction, and the re-payment of the money paid to Mr. HUDSON, may chance to cost them. We would invite the public attention to two ar ticles which will be found in other parts of our im pression extracted from the columns of respected Contemporaries, in which the case respecting Mr. HUDSON is well and clearly stated. It will be mani fest from a perusal of these articles, as well as of those which we have already published on the subject, that every serious charge i 3 completely answered, that there is nothing whatsoever affecting the honour or integrity of Mr. HUDSON. The mistake that occurred has been fully explained, and will un doubtedly be forthwith rectified, as it would have been ere this, had no inquiry ever taken place. The only points on which any difference of opinion can possibly exist are, whether Mr. HuDsosi was bound to consider himself as a trustee for the com pany, and to give them the shares which he had pur chased before he was empowered to act on behalf of the company; and, secondly, whether he was jus tified in accepting a trifling advance on the Stock Exchange quotations for what is technically termed " the market value of the shares." _ tV ..:,,. : 1 ' v . . (V --- ) fr „ ~ r•f. "' TT 4. 1 • .... ..,.. 41 4 , **4 • ' [4. 4 "..i ' : • . ':: ‹. '". : ftiti, c'., 3' , . , • .4,:aret' , ^1 ' - "- ' " , 71. •NI 0 s ''' '• - - . - //iFo i' ^ " r -?" • 00.7 ~..1 1 ebrientriS LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1849. The execution of the unfortunate girl, SARAH HARRIET Thomas, who was convicted at the last assizes for the county of Gloucester of the murder of her mistress, Miss ELIZABETH JEFFRIES, at Bristol, on the 3(1 of March last, has been appointed to take place on Friday next, the 20th instant. If, there fore, the Royal prerogative of mercy should not be exercised in her favour, this ill-fated young creature (who was only 18 years of age in August last) will, on that day, expiate her offences by suffering a painful and ignominious death. The case would undoubtedly have attracted a consi derable portion of the public attention, and have been commented upon by the press generally, but for the deep and overpowering interest felt respecting the trial of JAMES 13LOMFIELD RUSH for the Stanfield hail murders, which was going on at the same time. The entire transaction has not, therefore, been as fully considered as would otherwise have been the case; and it is perhaps owing to this fact that efforts have not hitherto been made to rescue the unfortunate child from the fearful fate impending—that the mitigating cir cumstances have not been prominently brought for ward, and petitions forwarded to the Home-office, praying that the strong and unanimous recommenda tion to mercy with which the jury who tried the case accompanied their verdict might be taken into consideration. We are not among those who consider that capital punishment should be wholly abolished, that the wilful and deliberate murderer should escape the extreme penalty which the law has wisely affixed to his enormous offence. There is, perhaps, no crime in which there are so many gradations and degrees of guilt. Some cases approach so nearly the line of demarcation between murder and aggravated man slaughter, that the jury would be fully justified in returning either verdict. The present is one of the number. It is impossible to say that the seve ral facts —so ably alluded to by Mr. Sergeant ALLEN in his impressive address for the de fence might not have warranted the jury in taking the more lenient view of the case and coming to a decision which would have subjected the wretched prisoner (although her life would have been spared) to the highest secondary punishment known to the law. We do not, how ever, impugn the conclusion at which they reluctantly arrived. The case undoubtedly came within the legal definition of murder, although there are the strongest reasons for believing that it was wholly un premeditated, and that the wretched girl never contem plated the death of her mistress until, in the excess of passion brought.on by the great provocation she had received, and the extremely harsh and oppressive treatment to which she had been subjected, she struck the fatal blow that deprived a fellow-creature of life, and involved herself in the murderer's punishment. The entire evidence showed that Miss JEFFRIES' conduct towards her servants was extremely bad, that she habitually used abusive language, and that she did not hesitate even to beat them on some occasions when provoked to anger. It was at an early hour in the morning that she generally quarrelled most, being anxious to make them ge t up from bed, and proceed to the cheerless kitchen, in which no spar k o f fi re was ever allowed. The witness, SARAH MILLER, proved " that Misa JEFFRIES was very violent to- 1 wards her servants, and that she ill-treated them: , LUCY CllAli bad been obliged "to leave on account of bad treatment." Her mistress had " threatened to beat her," and "raised a stick" for that purpose. She also " threatened to beat her for not getting up in th e morning when called." CHARLOTTE MORGAN bad only been able to remain " two nights and one day;" she had left because her mistress quarrelled with her " about getting up in Me morning." These undoubted facts throw some light 911 the otherwise mysterious ciary character, it would not have been, until after the resolution of the 26th October, authorising him to purchase on account of the company, and it will be found that about that time he was paying rather more than Mr. PLEWS'S estimate. Thus we find him, on the 14th October, paying through Mr. E. BROWNF,. 191 premium for 151. shares ; on the 15th, 191, 191, and 19i ; same prices on the 16th, and 201. premium on the 19th and 21st. Again, through Mr. LAW RENCE, we find him paying on the 16th and 21st, 20 and 191 premium. Now, as Mr. PLaws's valuation was 211. ss. 3d. per share, or 19f premium, it will be seen how very trifling was the amount at issue to a man of such undoubted wealth as Mr. HUDSON, whose transactions were of such gigantic dimensions at that period. Indeed, it would be of very little consequence in a pecuniary point of view what the decision might be in that re spect. We may, however, ask, did the shareholders of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick, at that time, sup pose that Mr. HUDSON, by occupying the situation as chairman to their company, had abandoned all private speculation in railways, or that he was in every tran saction to act as their trustee? Was it not notorious that he bought and sold to a very large amount for every account day, and that he gained considerable profits by so doing ? Would not the charge that he was doing so be looked upon as perfectly absurd, and laughed out of court, if it had then been brought forward ? And what has since occurred to alter his position with regard to the company ? We, therefore, con ceive that Mr. HUDSON could not fairly be regarded as a trustee for the company for any shares pur chased, or ordered, prior to the 26th October, 1846. On the second point we have no hesitation in say ing, that if Mr. HUDSON was possessed of those shares in his own right, and not as trustee for the company, he was fully justified in selling at Mr. PLEws's valuations, and not at the nominal quotations of the day. If he had at that time gone into the market to purchase—if he had sent his broker to Mr. PRANCE—the Chairman of the Committee of Investigation—who was the prin cipal jobber in the Great North of England shares, the prices would speedily have increased be yond the estimated value. It is true that PRANCE would have realised many thousands by the transac tion, but the company would have been no gainers ; indeed, they would have been worse off than they would have been on the plan adopted by Mr. HUDSON but for the mistake that occurred. Mr. HUDSON himself puts this matter in the clearest light in an answer to Mr. PRANCE : " Mr. Hudson—Experience has taught me that in at tempting to buy any large quantity of good shares, it is utterly impossible to obtain them without materially ad. vancing the price. I give an instance :—Last Saturday I wrote to two brokers in London to purchase Great North of England shares at about the price of the day ; the answers I have got are, that they are unable to make any purchases whatever, though the Stock Ex change List' showed sales on that day. I believe, but for the unfortunate error respecting the 151. shares, the sum paid to me for my shares would not be more than 5001. above the market value at that time." Under these circumstances, then, we assert that he was in every respect fully justified in thus disposing of these shares, and that nothing in the slightest degree derogatory to , his character can be asserted. That so far as anything has been proved against him, he is still without stain and without reproach. a BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. SOUTHAMPTON, TUZSDAY DIORNING.—The United States mail steamer Washington has just arrived here from Bremen ' with upwards of 100 pass engers , en rou t e to New York. She left Bremerhaven on Sunday morn ing, and at the mouth of the Weser saw two largo Danish frigates cruising to blockado the entrances of the river. Five Danish frigates were employed in main taining a close blockade of the Elbe and Weser. Mail steamers only under neutral flag are to be per. mitted to pass. _ . . At Bremen business was at a stand•still in conse quence of the stoppage cf the foreign trade. The buoys and light-ship have bee❑ removed. The Danes had captered two Bremen brigs and a ship. The French steamer Nord bas arrived from Havre, laden with merchandise for transhipment in the Wash ington. .Up to Saturday night the Cotton Market at Havre was exceedingly brisk, and sales were 2,627 bales, and to two o'clock yesterday 1,357. Prices for inferior kinds in favour of the buyers. Finer sorts more firmly held. The thip Albert arrived at Havre last evening from Charleston, with 1,155 bales of cotton. Sailed—The Royal Mail steamer Avon, with West Indian and Pacific mails, and the Iberia with the mails for the Peninsular ports. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY LONDON, APRIL 17.—Wind this day at noon, E, moderate brecae and fine clear weather. LERWICK, APRIL 10.—The Olive Branch, of and from Newcastle to Konig,berg, baying experienced very heavy gales from the S.E., put back here the Bth inst., with loss of some bulwarks, sld. again to day. SHIELDS, APRIL 16.—The Hermione, of and from this port for Loudon, in putting back 14th instant, struck the Bar, became leaky, and must discharge. HARTLEPOOL, APRIL 16.—The Jessie Stephens, from Newcastle to London, was wrecked 14th instant, on the North Gau Sand, at th e mout h o f t h e T ees; crew save d . ya,ssoifsteLayninn. herelrom T bo h u e n E d d to wa L r o d n , d b on il , ly w •- a b s o y P es o te rt rd D ay un w d i a t s h , slight damage. ABERDEEN, APRIL 13.—S1d, Sarah, Quebec; Sir Wm. Wallace, ditto; Caroline, ditto. LONDONDERRY, APRIL 13.—Arrd, Barbara, Hogarty , New Orleans. Sld . 14th, Provincialist, Philadelphia; Java, Duffy, Now York. CORK, APRIL 15.—Sid. Albion, St. John. WATERFORD, APRIL 15.—Wind E.N.E. to E.S.E.— SH. 14th Sophia, Halifax. HOLYHEAD, APRIL 16.—The Fortitude, schooner, Church, from Liverpool to Archangel, baying sprung a leak off the Isle of Man, put in here on the 13th inst., to eff .ct repairs. WELLS, APRIL 16 —The Friendship, sloop, of South wold, from the north, laden, sank off the Dudgeon yes terday; crew saved. HARWICH, APRIL Swansea to Ham burgh, has put in here, having been warned off ttie Elbe, by the Danish frigate Bellona. BRIDLINGTON, APRIL 14.—A piece of head rail with "Patriot" painted in yellow letters on it, was picked up yesterday near this place. YA.RBOUTH, APRIL 16.—The Norham Castle, of and from Shields, got upon the Scroby Sand to - day , but has been assiste d off without damage. LIMEBICX, APRIL 15.—Wind N.E.—Sld. James Red din, New York; Governor, Quebec , . LIVERPooL, APRIL 16.—Wind N.N.E. to N.N.W.— Arrd., 15th, Mischief, Para; Helen, Jackson, Savannah; 16th, Mary Ann Johnston, Calcutta; Peruvian, Blair, Punta Arenas; Howard, Bowen, Buenos Ayres, sailed Bth February ; Charles Saunders, S impson, New Or leans: St. John, Burns, ditto; Raritan, Holmes, Mobile; Blake, Armstrong, New York. Sld., 15th, Ajax, San Francisco; Manilla, New York ; Lee, Bolivar; Ar gent, Newfoundland ; Orion, Madeira. Off port, 16th, John Thomas Carr; William Wilberforce; Free Trader; Isabella; Loodianah (supposed). The Brenda, Read, has arrived here from Smyrna, leaky, having struck on Burbo Basks. DEAL, APRIL 16.—Wind N.E. to N.W.—And Apollo, Pearl, Demerara; Mayflower, Savannah ; Garonne, Baltimore, for Rotterdam. Arrived from the River, Rose, Wright, Barbadoes ; Ellen, Irvine, J a maica ' • Eliza, Simpson, ditto; Racer, Sc reec b, Ber muda. Arrived from the River and sailed, Mohawk, Morrison,Hong-Kong; Rolla, Pernambuco ; Ri c hm on d, Greengrass, St. Helena. sALcostß E APRIL 16.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. 14th. Precioss, Weekman, Rio Janeiro. MARKET N EWS.-(THIS DAY. NAY DIAXZETS. 41 15s ; and Straw, 11 6s to 11 103 per SMITHFIELD. —Meadow Hay, 21 108 to 31 15s; Clover tolerably good, and trade dull. s' l , a:4 —Meadow Hay, 21 12s to 31 17s ; Clover ditto, 3/ to 41 133; and Straw, 11 8s to ditto, lo a cdu. 3 3 185 / Eu t up o 1/ 115 per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. W iIITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 10s to 3/ 15s ; Clover ditto, 31 te 41 18s; and Straw, 11 7 3 to ll 10s per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. COLONIAL. SUGAR. .Importers of British Plantation have shown more disposition to realise, and in some instances a de cline of 6(1 per cwt. has been submitted to. Sales, 554 hogsheads; 10,570 bags Mauritius were mostly sold; the better qualities at id decline, whilst other kinds barely supported the previous currency; good to fine white crystalised brought 43s 6d to 475, mid to fine yellow 389 to 435, grey 37s to 39e, and low to fine brown 31s to 375; 4,640 bags Bengal were only par tially sold at a slight reduction; mid to fine white Benares at 393 6d to 43s 6d, and good and fine white grainy 42s 6d to 475; 660 bags low brown Manilla in bond were withdrawn at 16s. The quantity of British landed last week at the East and %Vest India Docks was 226 hhds 23 tierces 251 barrels, there were taken for home consumption 1,000 hhds 73 tierces 233 barrels. The stock in the same places is 10,569 hhda 1,417 tierces 2,258 barrels. CoVIRE.—The market continues dull. 'Wm.—The quantity landed last week at the Bast and West India Docks was 623 puns 271 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 306 puns 20 hhds, and ex ported, 149 puns 24 hhds. The stock in the same places is 19 219 puns 2,349 hbds. RICE.-1,370 bags and 2,840 pockets Bengal found buyers at 8s to lis for broken of low quality to good white, being 3d to 6d lower; 600 bags Madras sold steadily at 8s to 8s 6d for fair pinky. SAGO.-370 boxes realised 21s to 24s 6d; for good to fine bold Pearl being rather dearer. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 38s 6d per cwt on the spot, and Town 41s. TEL.—The market is steady, and the deliyetes Were much larger in the metropolis last Week. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool closed heavily yes tere:lay without alteration in prices. There was a more V,eneral demand for American sorts, but for Brazil and Egyptian there was but little inquiry. The sales were estimated at 5,000 bales, and comprised 4,500 Ameri cans at 3P. to 65d.; 900 Bahia at 5d.; 100 Egyptian at 61d. to 84d.; 300 Surats at 34d. to 35d.; and 30 Sea Islands at to Is. per lb. In Railway Shares there was but little doing, at rather higher quotations. There are several ship arrivals from different quar ters, but the dates they bring are not later. The ves- sels are mostly from the East, including the Cape of Good Hope, the Mauritius, &c. It is stated in advices from Java that the quantity of Coffee delivered or to be delivered before the close of last year was $52,084 piculs, and of Sugar 999,190 piculs. This comprises the Goverement products only. The private estates produced in the year 1848, 109,267 piculs of Coffee, and 365,344 picals of Sugar. The Continental mails bring news of general political interest. W e may mention, however, that the accounts from Poland again notice very ac • tire movements among the Russian troops, and an increase of strength which can hardly be said to be justified by the ravages of cholera last year in the ranks of the army. It is assumed that Russia will assist Austria, and the intervention of France in favour of the Pope, And no doubt with the tacit approbation of England, may, as some of our City people infer, encou rage the Autocrat to meddle elsewhere. Still, if ho l en d s aid against Hungary. assists Denmark, and beards Turkey, he need have the power as well as the audacity of Napoleon in the height of his career. From Holland we are advised that the most friendly relations subsisted between the new Sovereign and King Leopold, the grand order of the Dutch Lion having been transmitted to the let er in a very complimentary manner. At Amsterdam, on the 15th instant, the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were 49 15-16. The only Foreign Securities in which there was any.animation was Spanish. The Antwerp market was quiet yesterday. Belgian Five per Cents. were nominally 90g. Spanish Three were 231, but it must be remembered that they are quoted ex•dividend. At Frankfort, on the 14th inst., Austria Five per Cents. were quoted 761. At Berlin, on the 13th, Russian Stock was 1061, and at Vienna, on the 11th, the Metaliics were 881. We are hourly expecting the steamer with late news from America, and it is supposed there will be advices of interest from California. A,steamer left Liverpool yes terday for San Francisco, with a good freight and over seventy passengers. The Public Sales advertised for the present week in e u a y s e t rs in a d r i e cat e io x n exceedingly the produce markets are of some extent, but although l the consumption of all the leading staples is good, speculative bgl y cautious,deaalnindg. s there is abundance of mon e y i s w i t h out an y effect, and perhaps isfar not thethe there is not much to regret in the circumstance, as all classes get supplied cheaply with the necessaries of life, and business is conducted on a sounder basis. The various reports concerning Russia, the state of the Danish question, the intervention of France in Italy, and the otherforeign incidents, although differently in terpreted, favourable or otherwise, according to the prejudices or interests of the parties concerned, have enabled the bears to get down Consols which after being 921 and 921 are now 913 to 92. The French funds were firmer upon the intervention for the Pope, and this caused our Market to open well, but since then the other circum stances have come into play. The New 34 per Cents. have been 915 to I. Bank Stock has ranged from 192 to 1935, and India Stock, which was 248, is now 2455, a wide margin being always made between buying and selling. Exchequer-bills have been 455. to 48s. pre mium, and India Bonds 635. to 655. In the Foreign Market, the transactions have been limited. Mexican are about the same as yesterday, viz., 28 to 284 ex coupons. Portuguese Four per Cents. are 29 to 3. Equador have been 4to 4, and the specu lators are jobbing in them. Spanish Three per Cents. realise 325 it. Dutch Two eind-a-Half per Cents. bring 50k to 5. _Hallway Shares look steady, but the advanced prices of yesterday are not supported for Midland and York and Berwick. Brighton are firm, and Caledonian also; North Western scarcely so high. oNE Must: G r . etclet s Ur BEITItsa ruNDy. o'CLOCK PRICES. dank Stock ... .. s .. ............. .. ... 9 1 0 93 192 193% 1931(1tAt 3 4 90% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities...... 915 4 9214 91% 92 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anne.— - 91 % 34 % 91% ler Cent. Reduced An i,ongAnns. to expire J au.1860 .• • 8 1.1-16 8% 8% Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10. 1859... 8 India Stock 248 245 1 ,ii 245 1 4 India Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto under 1,00 E... Consols for Account 92 92% 91% 92 achequer Bills. I ;id. & 2cl. 1,000/. June ..... ........... 5001. June Small. June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Ol 4rE O'CLOCK. 47 p 47 p 48 p CLOSIti PRICES 391 A Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 Der Cent. 39% Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent Ditto, 5 per cent. Scrip, 1849.. GA p 6% p Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. — 183(1 Ditto Deferred 37i 3 3 / 4 Mexican. 5 per Cent. 184 G 28,4 a Coupons 27% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — 65 Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, 4 per Cent 29% 9 Ditto, Account Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 . ......... 17% Ditto, Passive Ditto, 3 per Cent .... Di vi dends on the abo ve payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Gui tot, IA Ditto, 4. Der Cent. Certificates 23!1 17► A 82 q 50 1 4 771/2 PRICES OF rAID. ruslNEss DONE CLOSIN(.. tot ILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES t berdeen .................. 50 Do. Preference .. • a ...... 2% Birming, Wolverh'ton, and Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 10 ....• 15 t... 6 0 ur Ditto,i e s k t o i n l a hi n a d hc ai Er, Third t l e r t e . e . r . . : .. .................... ..... —.. 2. ...... . ::: 1 14 . ... ... ... .. ... . _1 1 6 6d t/Qi s ,3 a l e d o nian , ........... 50 Do. Quarters ••••••••• 12 %...... 6% ...... ....... 6% Jhester and Holyhead... 50 ...... 18 18 Ditto, Preference East Anglia, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 ...... 3 Do., 181., E. &H. •.. 18 ...... 2 Eastern Counties........ 20 •••... 8% 3 4 % . B% Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent........... 10 ...... 111 it' ll Ditto,Extension,s per Cent., No. 1....... 61.135. 41... _ % P io Ditto duitnto,nN;oc.i2as..76Al. 13s. 4d... % p % dis. Eastern (late E. U. Shares) 25 ...... _ Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 ...... 20 19% •• .. East Lancashire -. " Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 .. , i2 M. ..... .- 17 ••• •• 4Z Great u z B 6 per Cent tNorthern . ...a 7 i i i. 20,... :.. . 10N ........_ ...... 10 2 71 i Do., 61 Great North of England.loo .... _ Great Western ......... ...100 ...... 9414 . Ditto, il Shares ...... 23 .. „. l2i i . ....... ...... ' 191/2 Ditto, Fifths ..... .......20 ...... 18 Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 ..... __ Ditto, % Shares ...... 46 .. _ Do. Fifths.. ....... .... 10 ...... 6%1 6 1% London & Black wall.-- 12%...... __ London, Brighton, and South C0a5t......... 50 ..... 3 9 39a , i , 39 1 4 Do. Guarant. 5 per et-9 ..... 9 t AI ^! London and N. Western 100 Ditto, New Quarters.. 7 Lon 1. &S. 'Western 5O ...... 361;it 36 A, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...loo 11 ...... ... _76 76 .. % ... 7 .. 5 . .... .. .. 25 ....... 14 .... ... 14 Norths i i D D d i o i a a t . , t Di t to, New 0rN7t.ei5.5w.0h.4.1..50../h.....a:P....e5r...a.f............ 1200150 Ditto, Quarters .1 ...... 61 , 4 3 t,4 Ditto, Thirds .... .. •• 8 4 "" 4 %.....,.......“ 4% Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 50 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 1 2 1,4 ..... -- ........ ...... 13% Scottish Central Shrewsbury and Birne... 11 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 ...... 9 3 4% 9 'X i Shropshire Union ..... 5 ...... 2 2 1 ,i South Eastern ..... ....... 33% ...... 22 li s Yaw Vale Extension ... 8 ...... 114 '" - ...... ... % York, Newcastle, and Berwick..... _ ........ 25 .. ••• 23 % 14 - Do. Newcastle Exton. 20 ... ..... 17% 17 " ..... Do. G.N.L.P reterence 8 .. 6 1 /e% Dal York and North 'Midland 50 ...... 4 2 41% .. ...... 23 1 4 17 6% 41 East Indian ..... 31 , 4 ....... 814 RA I LWAYS ...... . 4 Namur and Lie: ..R 8 1 4 Paris and Orl eans ". 20 N 20 335 4 ; ex.mv..... 33% x.d Paris and R0u en ...,,,,, 20 22 1 ,42 l .... 22 FOREIGN .... EI Australian....... MINES. 6 1 A . Brazilian Imperial ...... 24 1 ,4 ...... ,4 Do. St. John D e l R ey 15 22 14 Cobre Copper .... I . ..... 40 ......22 General .................. . 20 ...... 14 JOINT STOCK BANKS. 14 1 ,4 London Joint 5t 0c k...... 10 ...... DEPARTURE Or THE PRINCE CoNEORT.—(THIS DAY.)---His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by the Marquis of tenant-Colonel P. H. S eymour (E que rry in W a i t i ng ) , Abercorn (Groom of the Stole), Lieu and Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps (Private Secretary), left Windsor Castle this morning at seven o'clock, and proceeded to the Watford Station of the North- Western Railway, and thence by special train to Lincoln and Brocklesby Hall, the seat of the Earl of Yarborough. The Prince and suite will dine and sleep at Brocklesby, and after the ceremony at Grimsby, to morrow, return to town to meet her Majesty, who will leave the Castle for Buckingham Palace, after luncheon to-morrow. The Court will remain in town, with the ex ception of a few days at Osborne, until the first week io June, when the Qteen will return to the Castle for a few days during Ascot Races. _ _ _ Last evening the Lord Mayor had the honour of entertaining the Chairman, the Deputy• Chairman, and other members of the committee of the General Ship owners' Society, together with Mr. Henley, M.P., Mr. Waddington, M.P., Mr. Cobbold, M.P., Lord Robert son (Edinburgh), Mr Sheriff Finnis, Mr. Money Wi. gram, Mr. Josiah Wilson, Mr. C. Enderby, Mr. J. D. Powlee, Mr. Geo. Lyall, jun., Mr. C. Graham, Captain Halsted, R.N. (of Lloyd's), Mr. Brooks, Mr. Carter, &c. The Chairman of Lloyd's was prevented joining the party throueh indisposition. Covers were laid for fifty. The Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress have issued cards of invitation to a distinguished circle to meet Sir Robert and Lady Peel, on Wednesday, the 9th of May. Lord Sherborne has given all his tenants liberty to kill the ham and nbbite eh his estates. CIIANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancelh•r sat in his court at Westminster !o-dap, and heard appeal motions. IN HE JOINT STOCK ACT AND MANCHESTER DIRECT RAILWAY COMPANY (REMINGToN . S LINE). Thu arguments in this case, which w, re commenced yesterday, were resumed and concluded to-day. The case came before his Lordship upon appeal from the decision of his Honour the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, dismissing a petition presented by a shareholder in the railway company for the winding up and dissolu tion of the company, under the provisions of the Winding up Act, 11 a , ,d 18 V:c., c. 45. The LORD CHANCELLOR, at the conclusion of the ar guments, asked for the affidavits, and said that he would give judgment to•morrow. He would also give judgment at the same time in the case that was heard yesterday, " Ex parte Spackman in re the Agricultural Cattle in surance Company," in which the same question was involved. TEMPEST V. THE NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY: This case came before his Lordship upon appeal from the decision of the Viee•Chanceller of England, overruling a demurrer put in by the defendants to the plaintiff's bill, and granting an injunction. The bill was tiled by Sir Charles H. Tempest against the company for the specific performance of an agreement to purchase a plot of land, of the t xtent of one acre, three roods, and sixteen percht s, at the rate of 250/. per acre. The bill also prayed for an injunction to restrain the company from continuing in possession of the land without payment of the purchase-money. The facts may be thus shortly stated :—ln the latter part of 1847 the company took certain portions of land belonging to the plaintiff, for the purpose of giving greater breadth to the hue of the railway, and for which the price agreed on was 2501. per acre. A negotiation subsequently en siled between the plaintiff and the company as to the purchase, in the course of which the plaintiff refused to sell the company any land for the purpose of getting stone and soil out of it. On the Bth of November, 1848, the company gave the usual notice under the Act, and took possession of the land. Further correspondence then took place between plaintiffand Mr. Birkbeck, acting for the company, when Mr. Birkbeck agreed to pay the valuation, " as soon as Mr. Bradley's (the plaintiff's surveyor) va luation should be confirmed by Mr. Watson," the engi neer of the company. No agreement was, however, drawn up; but a difference having subsequently arisen between the parties, the plaintiff filed this bill for specific performance, and an injunction, on the groun.l that there was an agreement by the company, on the face of the correspondence, to take the laud at the same rate of 250/. an acre, and that the company had no right to enter on the land before payment of the purchase money. Ob jections were taken by the plaintiff to the form of the notice delivered by the company, on the ground that the notice was in the form given by the 32d section of the Act for taking land for temporary purposes, but tht re was nothing in the case to show that the land was not in tended to be taken finally. On the case coming on before the Vice-Chancellor of England, bis Honour overruled the demurrer put in by the defendants to the plaintiff's bill, and granted an injunction restraining the company from continuing in possession of the land with out the purchase money was paid. From this decision the defendants appealed, and that appeal now came on for argument The case occupied his Lordship the remainder of the morning. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) Petitions of no general interest occupied his Lordship the Master of the Rolls the whole morning. • VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) _ . . . (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) Pis Honour having disposed of all the cause petitions in his paper, none of which possessed any points of in terest except to the parties concerned, rose shortly after eleven o'clock. (Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) His HONOUR sat for the first time to-day since the Easter recess, and heard motions, but no case calling for a special report came before him during the morning. (Before the Vice-Chancellor Wienest.) LEE V. ELMSLIE.—JUDGMENT. His HONOUR gave judgment to• day in this case, which was argued bofore him a short time since. The object of the suit was to set aside a partnership, which had been entered into between the defendant, who is an architect, and the plaintiff, and also to obtain from the de• tendent the sum of 8001., which had been advanced by the father of the plaintiff as bis part of the money to carry on the partnership. The equity of the plaintiff's case was, that ho had been misled by the defendant as to the value and extent of the business. The defendant's case was, that there had been no misrepresentation, and that the plaintiff had had full opportunity of judging for himself of the business into which he sought to be ad mitted as a partner. Eis Honour, after shortly advert ing to the facts of the case, directed the plaintiff's bill to be retained for a twelvemonth, in order to give the plaintiff an opportunity of bringing such action against the defendant as he might be advised. The COURT then proceeded to hear motions. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prins before Mr. Justice PATTESON and Mr. Justice ERLE ) L'CRE V. ASRToN—FALSE IMPRISONMENT. This was au action to recover compensation in damages for false imprisonment, and had been tried twice, the second trial being had on the ground of mis direction. The plaintiff is a carter, an the defendant a corn dealer. lie employed the plaintiff to bring him nine quarters of oats from Messrs. Rosslyn and 'Watson's, of Blacktriars, for which he gave him twenty sacks. He only brought back seventeen sacks and an empty one, saying that it was not filled because there was a hole in it. Ile should have brought back, it appeared, eighteen sacks, and having brought an acknowledgment with the sacks that he had received 18, and as, on in quiry, the foreman of Messrs. Rosslyn and Watson was positive he had given him 18 full sacks, and as the plaintiff said he could not account for the missing one, and supposed he had only received 17, he was given into custody, and remanded on the charge; but before he was brought up a second time, he admitted that he had left one of the sacks in pawn for the City toll. Of course he was discharged, the truth of this having been ascertained. the jury gave him a verdict for 1001. The case was tried at the last sittings after term. Mr. WEITEIIERST now moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside and a new trial had, on the ground that the damages were excessive. He submitted that such' a verdict, under the circum stances he had detailed, was monstrous. He was only a casual servant, and was only given into custody when great suspicion attached to him, in consequence of deny. in that he had received more than 17 sacks. Mr. Justice PATTESON said there were some peculiar circumstances in the case. The damages appeared large. The Learned Counsel might take a rule, and perhaps some arrangement might be come to between the con tending purties in the meantime.—Rule granted. _ _ „ . No 131MINESS.—The Court had to waii some time this morning, before any learned gentleman prepared to bring any matter before it. Several causes were called on for argument, but it appeared that either the counsel on one side were absent or not in attendance at all, and not one of the many counsel present held a brief. Mr. Townsend was pressed to proceed with a cause which stood as the next, but he said he could not, as Mr. Welsby, who was on the other side, was absent. A lengthy pause ensued, during which the Court seemed disposed to wait for some learned gentleman who held a brief, dur lug which Mr. Townsend withdrew. Mr. Justice Pat teson, on getting impatient, and his equable temperament getting slightly ruffled, directed the usher to intimate to Mr. Townsend that he must proceed with his case. It was found that he was then engaged in a case in the Ex chequer. These events, bearing in mind the arrears of business and the anxiety of the Court to proceed with something, caused much laughter. At length Mr. Whitehurst relieved their Lordships by the above pro ceeding. EXCHEQUER.-('PHIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Baron A LDERSON and a Common Jury. COL3IAN AND OTHERS V. ROCK. This was an action brought to r( cover the balance of 3171. 13s. 2d. upon two bills of exchange. Mr. SEARLE, who appeared for the plaintiffs, stated that they were mustard manufacturers and millers, carrying on business at Norwich, and that the defendant was a miller residing at Barnstaple. The plaintiffs bad supplied the defendant with flour to the value of 6001., for which he had given bills, all of which had been honoured but two, which were the subject of the present action. The defendant pleaded that he had not accepted, but subsequently admitted his handwriting to the accept ances by a. judge's order. • The case was undefended, and the jury, under the di rection of Mr. Baron Alderson, found a verdict for the plaintiff for 3171. 13s. 2d. COMMON. PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief Justice WILDE, and Justices COLTMAN, CRESSWELL, and WILLIAMS.) SMITH AND ANOTHER V. T,IIOIIII. , Mr. MONTAGUE CHAMBERS, Q.C., sai d , in this case he had to show cause against a rule obtained by Mr. Bramwell, calling on the defendant to show cause why he should retain the several sums of 831. 17s. and 421. 1 ls., ordered by him to be paid, to the plaintiff, under an award made pursuant to a rule of Court. It appeared that this was a cause that was submitted to arbitration under a Judge's order, which was afterwards made a rule of Court •, and that the arbitrator afterwards proceeded to make his award, and he awarded that Mr. Trouk, the defendant, should pay the plaintiffs 831. 175.; and, sub sequently, on the taxation of the costs, the sum of 421. I la. was taxed as the costs. In substance. the de fendant objected to the award altogether, because the defendant stated that he had never given any authority at all to his then attorney to submit the cause)o arbi tration, and that all the proceedings took place without his knowledge and acquiescence. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said there were two points which the defendant's counsel had to deal with—first, whether they could question the authority of their at torney in this motion to refer, and whether they must not necessarily refer to their remedy against their at. torney ; and, secondly, supposing it was open to that ob jection to the defendant in the general, was it open to hire in the present, application? lie (the Lord Chief Justice) thought the defendant's counsel would find no authority in the books for the course they were then pursuing. Mr. HAWKINS followed on the same side as Mr. Chambers. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE (without hearing Mr. Bramwell in reply) said it seemed to him that the main groand on which cause was shown against this rule failed—that was to say, that it was not shown to the Court that the award, which was for ngblly and properly made acordiDg to the TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 17, 1849 authority, was an award founded on an7autho rity which the defendant never gave, lie arrehended, generally speakii.g, the attorney on the rec-rd was pre sumed to have authority to agree where he did refer under ordinary circumstances, and if an attorney ex ceeded his authority, the other party was not to be embarrassed by that, but that h© who had placed confi dence in his attorney must look to that attorney for a remedy if he exceeded his authority. The rule must be made absolute. CRIMINAL COURT.—.('I IRIS DAY.) OLD CO171;71 (Beton. , the 11ECOP.DER.) ATTEMPT TO MULIDER.—LIiza Wayhorne, spinstt.r, aged 25, was indicted for feloniously cutting and wound ing Charles Gibson, with intent to murder him. Mr. Robinson prosecuted; the prisoner was unde fended. It appeared from the evidence that on the night of the 27th of February the prosecutor went to his house in a court in Whitechapel in a state of intoxication, and it unfortunately happened that he arrived just at the mo ment that the prisoner was pursuing a young woman named Morris, with whom she had been quar relling, and mi,taking him in the dark for Morris, she drew a knife acros his throat and in flicted a severe wound upon it. Ile fell to the ground bleeding, and while he lay there a wash-hard basin was thrown upon him from one of the houses in the court, but when taken to the hospital, and restored to consciousness, being drunk at the time, he could not tell whether the wounds upon his perso❑ were inflicted with a knife or by the basin falling on him. A woman, however, who was in the yard during the whole occur rence, witnessed the offence, and upon her information the prisoner was taken into custody. The prisoner, in her defence, denied all knowledge of the matter, further than that a woman had told her that a girl, known by the name of Dark Sall, was the guilty party who cut the prosecutor's throat. The REeonDER briefly summed up, remarking that as the parties on the night of the offence were all drunk together,.the evidence would hardly justify a verdict of an attempt to murdgr, or of cutting and wounding with intent to do some grieirous bodily harm; but the law pro vides for cases like this by empowering the jury, if they so thought fit, to find the prisoner guilty of an aggra vated assault, and ho would suggest to the jury that they should pursue that cows,: on this occasion. The jury returned a verdict accordingly, and The RECORDER sentenced her to two years' imprison ment. MANSLAUGHTER.—EIiza Mitchell, aged 21, spinetc•r, was indicted for the manslaughter of Hannah Maisey, her own bastard child, by exposing it to the cold and de serting it in the streets. Under the advice of Counsel the prisoner pleaded Guilty, and The RECORDER, in an impressive manner, sentenced her to two years' imprisonment, with hard labour. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) THE ROBBERY OF COINS ♦T THE BRITISH 1117- SEMI, &C.-7 inwleon Vlasto, who stands accused of these extensive robberies from the Museum, and from the collections of several persons of distinction, was placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine, on remand from Thursday last. Mr. Bodkin conducted the prosecution; Mr. Clarkson attended for the defendant. On the bench were General Fox, Sir Henry Ellis, the Earl of En niskillen, &e. . Mr. Doubleday, one of the curators of the antiquities, swore positively to two coins, now produced, as having been stolen from the collection in the museum under his. care. He could not be mistaken about them, for he had taken, previously, to the theft, a cast from each of them in a sulphur mould, which was of the most perfect kind that could be made, and gave the minutest flaw and pecu liarity of the original with great exactness. He could swear without any doubt whatever to the identity of those two coins, uponjiat ground. He had taken no cast since the robbery. The coins had been in the possession of the police since the arrest of the prisoner. The two of which Mr. Doubleday deposed, had been found by Mr. Inspector Field of the A division of police, concealed in a secret drawer, which was sunk neatly in the bottom of the prisoner's writing desk. :The inspector, in the course of his evidenee, now produced in addition seventy-one valuable coins, which he also found at the prisoner's lodgings, No. 15, St. James's-square.—General Fox identified the greater part of these as having been stolen from his cabinet, to which the prisoner had access. Of the remainder he could not be so positive, although, as they were all rare and valuable, and similar at least to those which were missing from his collection with the other more certainly identified ones, he could have no doubt they were the same. The value of these coins as old metal might not be above ten you❑ds in the whole. But . their value as antiquities was not so easily determined. There was none of them that was not worth at least three or four pounds, a❑d he had paid at a greater rate for most of them. The Gallant General took occasion further to say, that he had been informed by persons of the highest respectability, that not only was the prisoner's family highly connected, but his own conduct had been irre proachable up to the circumstances from which these charges arose, and which were quite at variance with his previous life and character. Mr. JAaDINE said that such testimony might be of some service to the prisoner elsewhere, but could not avail him at present. He was remanded for another week. The prisoner's father, the late Count Vlasto, was con netted with the Turkish diplomatic corps, about twenty three years ago. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert walked this morning in the Slopes. The Royal Family took their usual airings. _ Her Serene Highness the Princess Ameiie of Hohen lohe Schillingsfurst is expected to arrive at the Castle this evening on a visit to her Majesty. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Parma visited the Queen on Saturday afternoon, at the Castle, and after wards paid a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at Frogmore House. The Royal dinner party this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Serene High ness the Princess Atnelie of Hohenlohe Schillingsfurst, Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, and the Mar quis of Abercorn. Her Majesty's private band was in attendance on Saturday evening in the Castle, and played the following pieces:— Overture, " La Sirene" Couplets, " Marie" Entr' Actes Coro, " Viva Enrico" . Grus ins Alpenlunde Marsch Hubner. Captain Gore (Royal Navy) bad an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial- office. Mr. Hodges, M.P., had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, had also an interview yesterday, with the Right Hun. Baronet, at his official residence in Downing-street. Dispatcnes were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office, for the Governors of the West India co lonies. The Earl of Carlisle left town yesterday for Brocklesby Brigg, Lincolnshire, the seat of !he Earl of Yarborough. Lord John Russell arrived in town yesterday from Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park. HULL. A public meeting was held in the Court House yester day, to consider the propriety of petitioning the Douse of Lords against the Act which is being passed through the House of Commons, entitled an "Act to Amend the Na vigations." The MAYOR, John L. Smith, Esq., was moved to the chair, who, after the requisition calling the meeting had been read, expressed his opposition to the measure and to free-trade principles generally. Mr. HASSELL, taking a portion of the Mayor's speech as his text, temperately reiterated the old arguments used on such occasions, and terminated his harangue by mov ing a resolution deprecatory of the measure. This was seconded by Mr. WARD in a firm, straight. forward, Tory manner. Upon this resolution an amendment was moved by Mr. HOLDSWORNII, in a good truth-telling speech. Mr. Alderman JoNns, ex-Mayor, seconded the amend ment, and took occasion, as well as the previous speaker, to animadvert upon the unusual course adopted by the mayor in enunciating his opinions from the chair, on a subject the meeting had to consider, which he presided over. Mr. CLARKE, a lecturer on Shakspere, and whose zeal for exhibition had long shown itself prominent by a restless inquietude of seat, and a demand for a jug of water, rose from a chair generally occupied by some of the dignitaries of the town, and with vehement gesticu lations, an attempt at oratory and statistical information, inflicted a long speech on the meeting in support of the original motion. Mr. MATTHEW TATE, shoemaker, also supported it in a somewhat heavy speech, as did also Mr. DAVID GOODWILL, jun. Mr. Flaxcm, shipowner, spoke against the measure. His opinion being that taxation should be first reduced, and the British shipbuilder placed on an equitable footing. A sailor, whose name was not mentioned, denounced the measure strongly, on the ground of its interfering with the British seaman's labour; but, at the same time, paying a poor compliment to the shipowners. Mr. John Foster, Belgium Consul; Mr. John Richard son, dentist; Mr. William Irving, ilax-dresser; and Mr. Scholey, tailor, sp,ke in approval or the amendment. The original resolution was carried by four•fifths of the meeting, the numbers at which did not at any time exceed three hundred; amongst whom there was not many shipowners, only a few captains, and scarcely one blue jacket. The principal portion of the auditory were dock-side labourers, lumpers, a few carpenters, and the usual idlers that mostly attend public meetings. The meeting, although discursive and various in opinion, would have ended without ill-feeling, had not Mr. HASSELL, in replying, forgot himself so far as to lose nut only his temper but his manners, by using the word " lie.' Mr. J. HAnwoon, however, with his usual dexterity on such:occasions caused all to end peaceably. HULL, MONDAY, HALF PAST SIX.—At length the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commo❑ Councillors, have had a meeting, and the telegraph has been put in requisi tion to know if Prince Albert will receive a loyal address from them. '1 hey meet again to-morrow at ten o'clock to arra+ ge the ffiir. We would report progress, but understand they meet in a private room, nut in their Hall of Council; perhaps this is the reason we have only just heard of this, their eleventh hour's doing. PROSPECTIVE IRISH COMFORT. Invitations have been issued for an iuterview of a very peculiar and interesting descriteion. . To morrsw Lord John Russell will be " at home" to th-e.whole body of Irish. representatives, and will then and there put them the very simple question, how they will like to be taxed. It unfertunately happens that .he choice is but limited, for there are two al;ernalives, and no more than two—one, the tate in aid ; the other, Imperial taxation, including, among less,r burdens, the income-tax and the assessed taxes. My Lords and Gentlemen, it is for you to decide. We s hall he perfectly satisfied with which ever you choose When a question of this sort is put to children, they commonly at swer that they would rather have ne Hier ; but as we advance. through this vale of tears we learn by sad experience that life does consist of alternatives, and that we must often choose one of two disagreeable courses. The hundred representatives of Ireland may save themselves the trouble and disgrace of a childish reply. Should they say" Neither," their refusal to plead will only prejudice their cause. England, which has buffered so much, and still suffers so much through her costly sacrifices to atone for the accurnulsted sins of Irish laudlordism, will not rest a day till Ireland main tains her own poor ; or at least does her utmost. If Lord John cannot carry that point, another Minister must be found who can and will carry it. There need not be any hesitation as to which is the most bearable evil. In the first place, income-tax and assessed taxes amount together to a shilling in the pound on a middle &ass income. Ask any professional man who makes I,noo/. a year by his profession, and he n ill tell you that the tax for his thirty-five windows, skylights, and air holes, for his one carriage, for his one horse, for his one footboy, for his one dog, and his one seal, takes away all the rest of the shilling left by the income-tax. On the question of amount there can then be no rea sonable doubt. The question of permanence is equally simple. We can just imagine the rate in aid shaken off at the end of two years. Indeed, not only is its period fixed, but it is actually contingent on a necessity -which may or may not continue, and which is very likely not to continue longer than two years. There is a great probability that if the potato recovers its fecundity and soundness, the twenty-two bankrupt unions will not res quire more than the proposed maximum rate of 7s. in the pound ; and in that case there will be no levy on the rest of Ireland. On the contrary, income tax and as sessed taxes, besides , being of national character, are things that cleave to a man and to his estate. They aro a sort of leprosy upon a man and upon his beast, upon his house and upon his land, upon his man-servant, and everything that is his. Our younger reader, who has just taken house or rooms, or lodgings, will for the first time in his life receive a disagreeable fool scap s h eet co vered with inquisitorial inquiries in black and red ink, with divers declarations to be filled up, and numer ous unintelligible directions. Let him take diligent note of the day that foolscap sheet is first laid on his table, for it will never depart from that table, except to return before the twelvemonth is out. It will pursue him through life. If he goes from one place to another, he will find it in his new abode, an I will be followed also with a duplicate sheet from that which be has left. Every year he will have to sign at least sne declaration for the assessed-taxes, and some three or four for the income-tax. Every other year it will be in timated to him that he has not made a full and true re turn, and he will either have to submit to a further charge, or go through the worry and expense of an appeal. This will constantly occcur. As sure as Lady-day returns, his enemies in black and red ink will knock at his door, and infest his study-table. When he dies they will haunt his heirs and executors , his s uccessors i n his house, and his partners in his trade. Unless Irish gentlemen are prepared to conjure back again the vermin St. Patrick banished from the land, they will not tempt their fate by asking for assessed or income 'taxes. But besides the amount and the permanency of these burdens, they are also far more vexatious than a rate in aid. The inquisitorial character of the income tax has been so frequently discussed in these columns that we will not repeat what even an Irishman must know. We will speak only of the assessed taxes. There is nothing in this country. so nearly amount i ng to I per sonal slavery as these mposts. You cannot add a pan try to your house; you cannot open a loop-hole in your cellar, or put a light over your hall-door ; you cannot ride a mile on old Dobbin the carrier's horse, you can not rescue a lost dog from starvation, and harbour him for 24 hours, you cannot employ an occasional waiter for one evening in the twelvemonth, you cannot write a letter to your grandmother and seal it with yourgrande father's seal, you cannot take an old pony from the pad dock and send a labourer on his back to summon the doctor, you cannot send your carriage to be repaired and sae an old " trap" once or twice in its stead, you cannot employ a youth out of the village to help half a day in your garden, you cannot exceed so .many inches of window, of wheel, or of pony ; in facto you can hardly do anything without finding yours selves liable to an overcharge, a summons, and an appeal, and compelled either to put your name to what is literally a false and insufficient declaration, or pay duty for another dog, window, servant, horse, or carriage, as the case may happen to be. Now we, En glishmen, can stand all this. We were born and bred tax-payers. The iron has entered into our souls. We begin life with a salutary presentiment of the tax-ge' therer. We expect him, and ho comes. Death and the tax-gatherer are common to us all. The Irishman has not had this education for assessed taxes. He will fled their tyranny absolutely insupportable. Nay, it was avowed lately in Parliament that it would be imroisible to collect them in Ireland. This we do not quite believe. So long as there are soldiers and police, prisons and gal lows, iu Ireland, we entertain no doubt of our power to collect any reasonable taxation. But there can be no doubt assessed taxes are utterly abhorrent to the Irish man's disposition. We beg him, therefore, to weigh this point with the consideration it deserves. Is he prepared to pay assessed taxes toge ther with the income-tux for ever, instead of a sixpenny rate on his land for two years? We cannot think him so rash.—Times. BLACKHEATH GOLF CLUB.—The annual reunios of the noblemen and gentlemen members of this. dir tinguished club, which has now existed for ups ards of a century and a halt; and established for the promo' lion and practice in England of golf th e must ancient and popular of all the Scottish games and pastimes—wgs held on Saturday, to contest for the spring medal, &c. Prior to the commence' went of the play the annual general nit eting of the mem' bers was held t the clubhouse, fo r the purpose (amoralothers) of receiving the report of the committee o management, and a statement of the finances of the club, which had previously been examined by the auditors* Sir R. Anstruther, Bart., having been voted to the chair, explained the objects of the meeting, after which Mail Jell Sharp, the ind e f at i ga bl e honorary secretary an d treasurer, read the several reports, which were de' Glared to be highly satisfactory, and of course wer ° duly received, confirmed, and adopted. The Major then stated, that he had very great pleasure in informing the amateurs and players of the noble and truly manly and athletic game of golf, 00 a club had been established in the far East at BonabeTt and that they had done this club the honour of forward; ing a medal to be contested for by the members, sal that such competition would take place on the second Saturday in October. The election of officers followed' Field-Marshal of the club, George Lindsay, Esq Captain of the club, Archibald Hastie, Esq., Ig.-T committee:—The Right H on. F ox Maule, M.P., Hale, E:.q., T. Ritchie, EN., Francis Grant, Esq., an: C. Sutherland, Esq. Major Sharp here announced that the contest for the gold medal —the principal prize for the year—given by the club, would take place on tl second Saturday in J une . A ttent i on was next directe d to an admirable likeness of Mr. Lindsay, the field' marshal, in the elegant uniform of the club. Th e po i' trait was painted by Mr. Franci s Grant, an d presen tvi by him to his brother members. Th e p i cture was i n handsome gold frame, bearing an app ropr i ate inscrlr tion. A vote of thanks was unanimously passed to 1. 11. chairman, secretary, and several other gentlemen 01, vested with the direction o f t h e c l ub. The compliment having been duly acknowledged by all parties to who.° it was presented, the members, in their red coats, re' paired to the heath, where a large concourse of speate c i tors, principally c ons i st i ng of the resident gentry, 113 been attracted t o w i tness the sport. The struggi"l„ for master was very protracted and severe, and the re: cult of the match for some time extremely doubtful, but at length the skill and untiring energy of the respected captain, Mr. Archibald Basile, prevailed, and the medal, amidst the e fr iends eath e a r nd im b i r n o g the so r players, was inviting induced several of the memb ers to continue t he congratulations awarded to him. of game, and a number of private matches were played until half-past six o'clock, when they adjourned to th e Green Man Hotel Blackheath, to partake of the pleasure. of the table. BIRTES. On the 11th inst., at Blackadder, Lady Houston reswat of a son. At Barrow- house, Somerset, on the 12th inst., the wife of J. H. Blagrave, Esq., of a daughter. On the 12th inst., at Spring-bank, Bradford, Yorkshire. Mrs. Douglas, of a son. At Bitterne-grove, near Southampton, on the 12th inst.' the lady of A. Hoyes, Esq., of a daughter. At Donnington, Beets, on the 13th inst., the lady of CAP t • iia jn es t'll i e tN l3 . ih of in a st s . o , n. at New-road, Fitaropsquare, Mrs. r* Davison, of a son. On the 13th inst., at Godalming, Surr e y, th e w if e o f the Rev. E. E. Rowsell, M.A., of a son. MARRIED. At Broomfield Church, Somerset, on the 13th inst • 1 , 1 1: Rev. James S Blackwood, L.L.D., to the eight Hon. !A/ Alicia Lambert, grandda ug h ter o f t h e l ate and s i ster o f the present Earl of Cavan. - - On the 12th inst., at Caversham Church, Oxon, Willista Henry Ashley, M D., of Boyne• terrace, Notting-hill, /Ce ll. sington, to Raffle' te Mary, third daughter of T. Gill, 1: 04 1 4 Captain R.N , of the Lodge, Caversharn, Oxfordshire. DIED. On the 10th inst., at Cheltenham, aged 28, Emma Aeor tasia, the beloved and deeply-lamented wife of Pio OW chettini, the celebrated composer. On the 11 th inst., at Dolly's, Montgomeryshire, Georg e Meares, Esq., aged 84. On the 11th inst , at Marine-house, Hastings, George G lll ' bath Meares, Faq., aged 6S. On the 12th inst., at Hampton, Middlesex, Mr. fle nr/ Thresher, aged 42. ter On the 12th inst., at Guernsey, Emily, the w ife of Pe t er B. D, , bree, Esq ,of Beauregard, in that island, aged 46. f On the 12th inst., ag e d 39, Gastrill, the eldest sou ° Gastrin Wilkins, Esq., 01 Cosham, near Portsmouth. On the 13th inst ,at Errol-park, N. ti., Robert D. D. A" ° ,1 1 ! second son of Captain and Lady Henrietta Alen, and gr 3° son of the Earl of Camperdown, aged 12. On the 13th init., at Oakley. snuar6, Chelsea, Mr. Ilea Y Archbutt, aged 28. Of On the 14th inst., at Stamford.hill,. Mr. G. R. Phillip s ; Aldersga e-street, aged 35. Jf London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOI No. nsniy, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, '" o f Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the coull-• tv Middlesex, Tuesday, Aprill7, 349.