The Sun. — London, England, 1849-04-09 00:00:00

RAIL WAY PASSENGERS' AS- SURANCE COMPANY. A general meeting of the proprietors of this com pany, in accordance with the Act of Parliament, for the confirmation or otherwise of their Bill, was held Saturday, at twelve o'clock, at the London Tavern, Mr. J. D. Paul in the chair. Mr. HOLT (of the firm of Messrs. Holt and Aubin, Bucklersbury) read the follo wing report:— "The directors have much pleasure in reporting to the general meeting of the shareholders the progress of the company in connexion with their proceedings up to the present time. " On the 15th of December, 1848, the company was provisionally registered in conformity with the 7th and Sth Victoria, cap. 110, with a capital of 1,000,0001. divided into 20,000 shares of 504 each. " The necessity for establishing such a system of assurance, and the confidence reposed in the peculiar mode adopted by the directors for its practical applica tion has caused upwards of 10,500 shares to be taken, without recourse being had to any of the usual public modes of procuring shareholders. " Under the provisions of the said Act, a deed of set tlement has been prepared, and duly executed, and the company became incorporated on the 22d March, 1849, ou which day the official certificate of complete registra tion was obtained. The directors appointed by the said deed of settle ment are :—John Dean Paul, Esq., 217, Strand, chair man; George Berkeley Harrison, Esq., 24, Great Tower street, deputy chairman; George Clive, Esq., Sandersted, Croydon; Samuel Whitfield Daukes, Esq., 14, Whitehall place; Hawie Morton Farquhar, Esq., 16, St. James's street; Alexander Greig, Esq., 10, Lowndes- street, Bel grave-square ; the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, Pall-mall East; with power to add five more to their number. "In order to obtain the additional legislative powers requisite for effectually carrying on the business of the company, the directors introduced a Bill into Parliament under the charge of the Marquis of Granby, W. P. Wood, Esq., and Robert Perfect, Esq., which Bill has passed through the Parliamentary stages of a first and second reading, and the directors have much pleasure in stating that in a Committee of the whole House resolu tions were unanimously passed exempting this company from the operation of the stamp duty on their assurances, and the Bill having been referred to the Select Committee, has passed the same and since been reported to the House. The directors have, therefore, every reason to, expect that, in the usual course of Parliamentary business, the Bill will be read a third time, pass the House of Commons, and be introduced into the House of Lords in the course of the present month. "In compliance with the regulation of the House of Lords, and thereby to afford the shareholders an oppor tunity of expressing their opinions on the Bill, this meeting has been convened. " The directors feel assured that the shareholders generally will participate in the gratification they feel at the rapid- and--sucaessful progress that has been made in establishing the company, as well as that negotiations of a satisfactory nature, by which the cooperation of the principal railway companies will be secured, are in a state of great for wardness, and warrant the belief that the business of this company will be commenced on a large scale, imme diately after the Royal assent shall have been given to the Bill." The CHAIRMAN drew attention to the great advan tage which this company would confer upon the public, inasmuch as, for a few pence, persons travel ling by first, second, and third-class carriages might assure the payment of a considerable sum of money to their family or relatives in the event of accident or death. Few, he considered, who travelled by rail ways, more especially commercial travellers, who might be said to live upon the line, would hesitate to avail themselves of the paramount advantages offered by the company, the operations of which, he doubted not, would yield a handso ne remuneration to the shareholders. Nothing should be left undone on his part, or the part of the directors, to carry the company to a successful issue. The report was unanimously adopted, the draft of the Bill apprived of, and a vote of thanks having being awarded to the Chairman and directors, the meeting adjourned. THE D lORAMA. The Diorama re-opens on this day (Monday) with two new pictures (with a private view of which we were favoured on Saturday), viz., a scene in the valley of Rosenlaui, in the Bernese Oberland, and the interior of the Church of Santa Croce at Flo rence. The Swiss landscape is painted by M. Diosse, who was a pupil of M. Daguerre, and who as an artist surpa,ses even his great master. Never have we seen a more beautiful picture than this of the Valley of Rosenlaui. The following description of the locality of the valley is from the programme of the Diorama : " In the southern part of the Canton Berne, enclosed within the chain of lofty. Alps which separates the Ber nese Oberland from the Canton Valais, lies the Valley of Rosenlaui, one of the most interesting of those wild and beautiful glens which enrich this part of Switzer land. Although inferior in extent to the neighbouring valleys of Grindelwald and Meyringen, yet in the gran deur and sublimity of some portion, of its mountain scenery it may fairly challenge comparison with either of them. Hemmed in between the Wetterhorn (Peak of Tempests), which rises 12,000 feet above the level of the sea, and the Scho•artzhorn, this valley is elevated 2,300 feet above that of Hash or Meyringen, and the various torrents of the Reichenback and its tributary streams are precipitated from it into the Valley of Hasli by five successive leaps, well known to all travellers as the Falls of Reichenback. On the south-west the sum mit of the Grand Scheideck, which divides the Valley of lioserilaui from that of Grindclwald, rises to the height of 6,711 feet. It is in ascending from Meyringen that the valley presents itself under the most imposing aspect, and after a toilsome ascent of two hours the traveller reaches the entrance of this wild and secluded valley, where snows of dazzling whiteness appear to mingle with the rich vegetation whioh. clothes its sides, and where, at every step he takes along the path which follows the windings of the torrent, the traveller is delighted with an ever-varying succession of most sublime pictures. By degrees the giant Wetterhorn appears to rise from the sombre depth of the valley, and then in front of it the Wellborn comes into view, but inferior in height by nearly 2,000 feet. On the left, embedded between the Wellhorn and the Engel homer (or Angels' Peaks) the Glacier of Rosenlaui de scends almost perpendicularly. This glacier, from the extreme purity of its surface, and the exquisite and tran sparent blue colour of its icy chasms, has been called the " Pearl of Swiss Glaciers." The Weissbach issues from the glacier, and mingles its waters with those of the Reichenback, the source of which is a small lake on the summit of the Schwartshorn. The rocks on the right han•i of the spectator form part of the base of this mountain. The pathway seen on the left of the picture leads across the Grand Schiedeck to Grindelwald, and the snowy summit seen in the extreme distance is that of the Grand Eigher, which reaches au elevation of 13.086 feet above the sea level." We have first the view of the valley by daylight— the snow-capped mountains with the glaciers glistening in the sun, and the waters of the roaring torrent of the fteichenback sparkling like gems. Suddenly the at mosphere becomes darkened by clouds, and we see the vivid lightning flashing from peak to peak of the mountains, illuminating the whole landscape for an instant with a glare of lurid light. All becomes calm again, and when we leave the valley the shades of evening are closing over it. This is, we repeat, the most beautiful landscape that has ever been exhibited. The interior of the Church of Santa Croce was painted by the Chevalier Bunton in 1335, and so completely archi tectural is it in its appearance, that it is almost im possible to imagine it can be a mere picture painted with ordinary colours and on a tat piece of canvas. When we enter into the church (for so complete is the illusion, that we seem actually to enter it,) it is no .n, and the sunshine streaming through the win dows, brings out in strong relief the monuments and architectural details of the church. The shades of evening gradually close in—we have twilight first. then darkness, then gradually the chandeliers and candelabras and the candles on the altar are lighted up, and the church appears artificially illumi nated as for evening service. The organ is heard, and the congregation is seen in the distance ; the lights are gradually extinguished, the congregation disap pear, and in the grey dawn of morning we quit Santa Croce, and on quitting it are almost surprised to find that we are not at Florence. We anticipate for the Diorama a perfect harvest this season. The present exhibition is one that everybody must see. MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal.) The trarxsaetions in the mining share market have not been so extensive as we have found them for some time pact, although there is every disposition to purchase, especially , in our leading mines, which cannot be obtained at buyers limits. The metal market appears to main tain considerable firmness, whilst in tin and lead an ad vance is anticipated. Devon Great Consols have been done this week, in some inst:nces, under our former quotations, notwith standing an advanced dividend may be expected at the Il ex! division of profits in May. We learn, on the autho- Tit) of an eminent practical mining agent, who has re the mines, that upwards of $ O , OOO/. cently inspected Worth of ore is in eight. The advance of the standard itite , ,nabi t ,l the directors to lessen their sales, at the same tinge realising larger returns than previously, reserves for long continuous dividends. • Tr , la.vn, Ileglfsmi United, Trehane, and Mary Ann, f..orn positive and anticipated improvements, have been •it, request.. South Basset, Kist Pool, Great Rough Tor Consols, L. , vaot, and West Bu!ler, have been sought for, trit setter: , rasher scarce. Tincroft and Lewis continue to maintain their grad fyirrz positions represented in our former reports, and bit rs free at quoted rakes. 1 , 3 tst Tamar, South Tamar, and Heignston Down are not quite so firm. ,Betitor,i United are in demand, and business d one at our piiesent quotation. Snarcs in the following mines have chan ge d h ands during the w ee k : —D e von Great Consols, South Wh eal .-.Bas&ep Qsandurrow, Bedford United, Trehane, Tre hawtlY, ...Mary Ann, Kingsett and Bedford, Tincroft, Stray 1 - '66,1(#. - Ea.4t .Tainar, South Tamar, Drake . Walls, East Crow 'Wale, Lewi s , T amar C o nsols, Treviskey and Barrier, llorocisfoot, Franco, Treleigh, West Wheal Jewel, Birch Tor, Callington, Cwm Erfin, Wellington, lieignston Du WI/ South Milton, &c. At the Wheal Catherine meeting, the accounts from August, 1846, to July, 1847, were balanced, and 1341. Bi. found due to the purser. A call of 245. per share bras made. At the Wheal Basset meeting, the statements repre sented the profits for Jan. and Feb. to be 4001., which, with the former balance, 4201. 13s. 11d., was carried to credit of next account. At the Runnaford Coombe meeting the finances were represented in a favourable position. The agent's report is very satisfactory, and arrangements for vigorous operations are being made for more complete develop ment. At the South Wheal Trelawny meeting a call of 2/. per share was made. The reports of Captains Bryant, Dunstan, and Lean, recommending the only hope of satisfactory results—to sink the engine-shaft 20 fathoms deeper, were adopted. At the West Wheal Treasury meeting, from the state ment of accounts, it appeared a loss of 411. 7s. Id. was sustained during December and January. The agent's report, however, is encouraging—anticipating early im provements from present appearances. At the Pennant and Craigwen meeting the result was highly satisfactory, and there is now little doubt that, after the long delay, through the perseverance evinced, the mines will shortly prove highly remunerative. We were pleased to find the meeting so numerously attended, upwads of 6,000 shares being represented, or nearly seven eighths of the entire body of shareholders. At the meeting of the Company of Copper Miners in England, on Wednesday last, a protracted and. some what noisy discussion took place; the report was at length received, and it is hoped a plan will shortly be successfully arranged for a complete resuscitation of the company. At the Lamherooe meeting, on Thursday, the accounts showed a balance in hand of 5981. up to the end of Ja nuary; 85 shares were forfeited, and a call of 11. was made. At the Comblawn meeting, on Tuesday last, the ac counts showed a balance against the mine of 181. 2s. 7d., and a call of 21. per share was made. In foreign mines, the prinipal transactions appear to have been in United Mexican, St. John del Rey, Aus tralian, Copaipo, Guadalcanal, Lenares, and Barossa Range, and the North British Australasian. Dispatches have been received by the St. John de Rey, United Mexican, and the Bolaaos Mining Com panies. - The St. John del Rey letters are highly satisfactory, which are dated to the 18th January, representing the profits for December to be 3,938/. 13s. 2d. The United Mexican advices are to the 9th February. The Santo Toribio Mine is represented to have im proved generally, and the remittance of 30,000 dollars, advised in the last report, has been received. The Bolanos advices are down to the sth February; but they do not contain any matter of importance. The mines, at present, are far from being productive. At El Bote Mine the erection of the engine, and other requi sites, were progressing satisfactorily. About one ton of rich copper ore was found on the surface upon a portion of the Bon Accord property, ad joining Burrs liurra. This section of land was pur chased by the Scottish Australian Investment Company, who have let one-third to the North British Australasian Company, and another portion to Mr. Rankin, reserving the remainder themselves, and which property, we un derstand, is about being developed. Since our last, we have received the report of Burra Burrs. half• yearly meeting, held in the colony since Oc tober last. The financial statement shows a profit of 69,956/. 9s. 7d. during eleven months, and dividends to the amount of 61,600/. paid to the Ist March ; seven di vidends had been paid, amounting to 123,000/. The di rectors' report refers to a valuable discovery having been made subsequent to the previous meeting, which will give greater permaaency to the mine. ._ THE SUN, RAILWAY RETURNS RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail mays for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year:— Week ending NAME OF RAILWAY. Last week. March & Apri Aberdeen .. • ... Amiens and Boulogne . • • •• •• • • •• •• • • Belfast and Ballymena .. •• •• •• •• •• •• Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and W. Y. Chester and Holyhead. ............ Cockermouth and Workington Dublin and Drogheda•. • . • • • • Dublin and Kingstown • • Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen • • • East Ang11an......., Edinburgh and Glasgor Edinbnrgh and Eastern Counties and North Eastern East Lancashire Eastern Union • ........ :,498 459 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • • . . Glasgow and Greenock— •••• • • • • ... Great Northern and E. L.•• Great Southern and Western •. ...... Great Western,&c.... Kendal and Windermere• • .... • • . • . Lancashire and Yorkshire.. • • • • • • • • • • Lancaster and Carlisle • . • • • • - • • • .. - Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... Londonderry and Enniskillen........ London and North Western, &c. London and Blackwall• • • • • • • • • • • - • • London and Brighton .--.•- • • • •• • • London and South Western . • • • • • • • • Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... M0nk1and5......................... Newcastle and Carlisle•. •• • ... Norfolk.. • ....... North British ........ Paris and Rouen . .. • ....... Rouen and Havre .. •• •• •• •• • Scottish Central ........... Shrewsbury and Chester .. •• • • • • . • .. South Eastern and Branches ........ South Devon.... • ... . .............. Taff Vale •• •••• .. Ulster . • • • • • ._• • Waterford and Limerick..... •• .. Whitehaven Junction ..... • ....... York and Newcastle ...•• —— • 387 5,055 1,209 York and North Midland . .. ...... .. 554 1,005 PRUSSIA. 719 3,528• 1,709 13,018 2,031 1,081 2,711 938 1,875 3,529 18,803 11,119 2,290 136 40,030 419 6,758 8,741 3,131 20,3,51 1,052 2,644 5,452 2,272 1,012 1,388 6,576 1,765 2,009 699 273 11,828 7,334 10,111 7,666 Prince METTERNICH not having paid the Govern mental and Communal taxes which have become due from 1815 to 1848 on his chateau of Johannisberg, in the Duchy of Nassau, the judicial authorities pro ceeded on the SOth ult. to effect a seizure of the pre cious wines in the cellars. If within a certain brief period the Prince does not pay the taxes, 70,6.51 florins (about 177,000 francs), the wines will be sold. Some of the wines are two hundred years old ; the latter are valued at 100 francs the bottle. AUSTRIA. Letters from Prague of the 29th ult., state tha that city was in a very agitated state. The Sclavo• nian Association had sent a petition to the Emperor, demanding the dismissal of the Ministry, the promul gation of the Constitution of the Diet, in place of that granted by the Emperor, &c., &c. SICILY. The Official Journal of Palermo, of the 26th ult., contains a proclarnatian from M. Calvi, Minister of Public Worship and Justice, announcing the recommencement of hostilities, and inviting the people to pray to the Almighty for suc cess to their arms. It also publishes a let ter to the said Minister from the President of the Ecclesiastical Assembly, announcing that the said body has divided itself into four committees ; the first to direct preachers to animate the people of the towns and the army in the national cause; the second to collect alms; the third to assist the wounded in the hospitals ; and the fourth to administer the last sacrament to the dying in the towns as well as on the field. THE ARMY AND NAVY. !(From the United Service Gazette) VOLUNTEERS FOR INDIA.-16tb and 54th R , giments volunteer 90 men each to the 87th Fusiliers; 73d and 79th Highlanders, 100 men to 75th Regiment; 7th Fusi hers and 19th Regiments, 100 men to 10th Regiment; 34th Regiment, 100 men to 32d Regiment; 35th, 79th, and 95th Regiments, 80 men to Ist hattation 60th Rifles: 88th Connaught Rangers, 110 men to 29th Regiment; Ist battalion Ist Royals, 190 men, and 93d Highlanders, 26 men, to 24th Regiment. Total, 886 men. THE ROYAL MARINES.—The following is the esta blishment of the corps, since the late reduction of 1,500 men :—Divisional companies, 10,416 ; artillery compa nies, 1,500; staff, 70—total, 11,986. Strength of a Divisional Company-1 captain, 2 sub. alterns, 5 sergeants, 5 corporals, 3 drummers, 77 pri vates—total, f 3. • Strength of an Artillery Company-1 captain, 2 first lieutenants, 2 svcond-lieutenants, 7 sergeants, V corpo rals, 3 bombardiers, 3 drummers, 125 gunners—total, 150. HER MAJESTY'S MARINE EXCURSION AND THE ROYAL YAceTs.—Her Majesty's royal steam yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzcla rence, G.C.H., and her screw steam-tender Fairy, are both refitting with all dispatch at Portsmouth for her Majesty's summer excursion. The former is to be taken in hand at once, and it is expected that she will be quite ready for service by the end of June next; but the Fairy will be in good order in every respect by the middle of next month. __- TURKISH GENTLEMEN IN THE ENGLISH Messrs. Ahmed Bey, Hassim Effendi, Ariff Effendi, Rassim Effendi, Ali Effendi, and Mahmed Effendi. Turkish gentlemen, who have been for the past two years studying in England, have been appointed Naval Cadets to the Victory, flag ship at Portsmouth, and will eventually join other ships in her Majesty's service. A FRIGATE SQUADRON.—It is rumoured that, in the course of th e f ort h coming summer, a squadron of frigates will be assembled for channel exercise. The first-class frigates available are—Warspite, 50,. razee, and Phaeton, new 50, at Chatham ; Leander, new £O, and Vindictive, 50, razee, at Portsmouth ; and Dublin, 50, razee, and Indefatigable, new 50, at Devonport. We have authority for stating that Captain William Peel will not be appointed to the corcunand of the Cleo patra, 26, as reported, or any other frigate. The son of the ex-Premier is, as we have already announced, about to devote some little time to study fortification at Chat ham, under Sir Frederick Smith. How THE WAR MEDAL SIIOfL D lIE WORN.—The question is frequently asked—" On what occasion, and in what dress, are the War Medals to be worn ?" The Queen's Regulations, page 13 2, thus explains— " Officers, on all occasions on which the Sovereign is present, are, if in uniform, to appear in full dress ; the riband on those occasions is to. be worn over the coat, but not to be so worn in plain or undress uniform." ••^Y LONDON, It is therefore to be inferred, except on that specified occasion, thlt it is entirely at the option of the Officer awarded a M, dal to wear it in any manner or occ.o,ion that suits his judgment and taste. THE NEW BARRACKS IN THE TOWER.-ThiS new and splendid building, which has been erected upon the site of the disastrous fire which took place some years ago, is now occupied by the men of the 2d Battalion of the Coldstream Guards. The officers' quarters are not yet completed. STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, APRIL s —Business to a very small amount has been transacted in foreign wools during the past week, but prices have in no degree varied for some weeks past. The sales yesterday of co lonial wools went off, we understand, at about the prices realised in London February sales. ENGLISH WOOL MARIKET.—LEEDS, APRIL s.—We have not any change to report this week either in the demand or prices. Transactions have been small, prices stationary. _ s LEEDS.—Less than an average business has been done at our Cloth Halls, both on Saturday and Tuesday, and the deliveries to order have been less than for some time. Low goods are higher in price, but the clothiers complain that they cannot replace them at the present price of wool. Middle qualities and fine goods continue stationary, and the stocks are low for the time of the year. Many country buyers have been in the town, purchasing their stocks for Easter, and in consequence there has been a little more doing by the home houses; the foreign houses also continue busy. BRADFORD MARKET, TRURSDA.Y. - -Wool9—The re luctance to purchase combing wools still continues, and the holders show no inclination to press sales. The high prices now sought, as compared with the cost of wools in course of consumption, tend to damp the spirits of inquirers, and we find the spinners unwilling to buy at the prices sought. To effect sales to any extent, lower prices must be submitted to; but the staplers are loth to do this, seeing, as they do, among the growers such a firm ness to maintain prices that cannot be realised here. Yarns—This market is not so active as it was at the close of February, and prices then current cannot be realised; nor is the position of the spinner by any m ans so good as it then was, for wools have as sumed a fixity of price from which there has been no giving way equal to the expectations of the con sumer, or to the low price at which orders have been taken. Labour is decidedly dearer in every department than it was last autumn, and without an improvement in the current rate for yarns the condition of the spinner will not be very cheering. Pieces—The flattering news from the east, and the arrival of the American steamers with tidings of a great abundance of money, cheap discount, and low rate of exchange, are all highly favourable to a large bu s iness for the approach ing season. The sales of goods thus far, for the spring, are reported as very satisfactory. If the fair at Leipsic, just now on the eve, be equal to expectation, we may look for a particularly busy season, for there are now no stocks of goods on hand, and the facilities for producing them are limited, as relays are not applicable to power-loom weav ing.. The business doing to-day has not exhibited any marked alterations. The manufacturers are generally in good spirits, and in many instances extensively engaged to order. In prices there is no alteration. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING.—The face of things in the commercial world is quite changed since this day week, i. e. as regards our cloth market. Then all was gloomy and lifeless, to-day the market assumes quite another hue, and a good business is doing at improving rates, and there is now a disposition on the part of buyers to contract for future delivery. The news from India, whether political or commercial, is deemed most satisfactory, and large shipments for the East are in active progress. There are also large orders in town for the United States by last steamer, and the market may be called healthy in every branch. Yarns are in better demand, and id. to higher than on this day week. The sales for the week are—Friday, 5,000 bales ; Saturday, 6 000; Mon day, 8,000; Tuesday, 6,000; Wednesday, 7,000; Thurs day, 4,000; total, 36,000 bales. .LEICESTER.—BthIneiS in the warehouses remains the ssme as last reported. The worsted spinners are fully employed in working up their stock of wools, and prices remain without alteration, though the demand has slackened. The check in wools bas inclined the fell mongers to bring their skin wool into the market, but the prices they required will not enable the spinner to produce at a profit on present terms, so that but little has been done either in skin wool or fleece sorts. The little effected has been at prices a shade in favour of the buyer. 1,2G4 3,419 1,030 464 3,318 1,189 13,065 950 1,036 2,010 947 2,115 17,461 8,933 1,487 37,065 6,795 7,958 2.261 11,816 1,944 2,663 1,108 709 7,125 885 1,789 837 Mrs. Butler (Fanny Kemble), a New York paper informs us, still continues to have crowded and fashion able auditors at her Shaksperian readings, at Stuyvesant Institute, three mornings and three evenings a week. She is coining money, and out of her Boston and New York sojourns together, occupying a term of about two months, she will have made a pretty little fortune. At the former place we have seen it stated that she cleared nearly ten thousand dollars, which we can readily be lieve, happening personally to know the sort of houses she had at the Masonic Temple there. Here she is creating the same furore, it being the decidedly fashion able thing to attend her matinees and soirees. Nobody ventures to admit the possibility of surviving a single omission of the " readings," any more than, a few months ago, that of staying in town during the watering-place .season. The subsequent readings_of Mrs. Butler have all been of the same elevated character with that of the Macieth, the details of which we gave the day follow ing its delivery. She is certainly imbued with the true spiritof Shakspere's genius, to a degree rarely witnessed, on or off the stage. If at any time the streets _of a populous town should be free from the nuisance of stalls, that time is the period of holding a great fair, when the streets are crowded with people assembled from all parts of the coun try. Ordinary market days present no scenes of bustle and jostle comparable with those of fairs, when a great sea of human being is sweeping about. Yet the Lighting and Paving Commissioners have determined that stalls shall not occupy the streets on market days, and with a rare consistency have granted permission that the streets shall be occupied by stalls during the approaching fair week. The plea of the persons who have sought this privilege is the bad state of trade, and the pressure of taxes. How stalls set before their doors will give them relief, they did not undertake to demonstrate, but they seemed comfortably to take it for granted that the poverty so paraded must be relieved by selling goods from stalls, and that it would not be mitigated if the same goods were sold from shops. People generally think that a good shop is more attractive to customers than a stall buried in the midst of a mass of crowded human beings; but the petitioners seem to think the most enticing object is that which hides their shops, yet scarcely can be be seen itself. If there were no stalls, the shops would be visible to entice whoever wanted to buy, and those who had wants would supply them; but to think of creating customers by impeding the free use of the public streets with stalls, is quite as ridi culous as the consent to permit stalls to be erected is illegal, and unjust to the public. Other people besides the High street tradesmen who signed the petition have to feel the depression of the times, and pay rent and taxes; and if each set up a privilege of being more prominent than his neighbours, there would soon be a mad competition which would produce disorder and outrage. With people of foresight, the uffair is deemed a pretext upon which to hinge the g p e r t o h v e o r k . e The policy now adopted getting back the stallisn into Lincoln the s streets ets nota alto hold of every op covetted, but to get it by hits, seising an tugonism by distinctly claiming the whole of what is portunity which seems to favour the movement. What of scarlet the visit of Prince Albert is to corporate lo vers gowns, the fair is looked upon as being to the nuisaa ce loving tradesmen, who would not be so fond of talking about their poverty if they were really poor! it is a con venient point for originating a stealthy movement. — Stanford Mercury. RAILWAYwith newECONOMYpa66e.n—geSro-ctnareriavgeeryaxule-sebfouxl haveexperi ments just t been completed upon the London and North-Western s Railway, under the superintendence of the company's officers. The objection to the ordinary axle - boxes of rail way carriages is, that while the grease finds an easy escape from them, and is wasted to a very expen sive extent, the dust, of which an abundance is go. nerally raised by the speed of the train, insinuates itself between the axles and the journals, and acts as a grind ing medium upon the surface of both metals. The conse quence is, a very considerable wear of the materials and frequent " hot axles." To this objection must be added the wages of the men employed at the stations to re plenish such of the axle-boxes as have lost an undue quantity of grease. The men are allowed very little tune to do this, and in their haste they seldom stop to examine whether in scraping off and putting into the axle-box the grease that may have been pressed over the side, they gather up with it a quan tity of the fine pointed grit which is usually adhering to the outside of axle-boxes. It is very seldom that a passenger train runs fifty miles without some of the axle-boxes requiring a fresh sup ply of grease. The new axle-boxes, which are the in vention of one of the officers of the engineering depart ment of the London and North-Western Company, Mr. Normanville, prevent the admission of grit, by the use of a screw opening, through which the grease is sup plied, and the waste of the latter, as well as the insinua tion of dust between the axles and the journals, are avoided by the application of a valve acted upon by vul canised India-rubber springs, fitted to the axle at the hitherto open end of the box. The experiments were made with two four wheeled first-class carriages, Nos. 106 and 169, taken indiscriminately from the rolling stock of carriages fitted with this description of box, of which there is a considerable number at work. These carriages were worked in the express and ordinary trains between London and Liverpool and Manchester. One of them ran upwards of four thousand miles, and the other upwards of three thousand eight hundred miles, without the axle-boxes having had any additional grease supplied, and without,the axles having once got " hot." At the conclusion of the experiment, the axles and jour nals were inspected by the company's officers and found to be in perfect order. It is stated that the application of these axle-boxes to the company's stock will effect a saving of several thousand pounds sterling per annum. A most providential escape occurred at Recca slate quarry, on Tuesday. One of the men in the pit espied a sliding in the side of the rock, and immediately gave an alarm. The men ran into the tunnel just soon enough to escapo w, 'th their ves, as some hundreds of ton of slate fell down on theli spot where they had been standing. Western li mes. CHICORY IN COFFEE.—Buy your coffee in the bean, and grind it fresh every morning. You will procure a small coffee mill for half-a.crown. We recommend you to buy, chicory, and mix one spoonful with five spoonfuls of coffee; it is an improvement. Chicory will cost you 4d. to 6d. 'per pound; hut especially avoid 'bifying ground coffee, for the article is far superior when ground fresh as required. MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, 1849. street, and am attorney to Lord Vernon. Have read tbo 1 , h,1 with 1"...,t,r.t 1 1843 ; to the corporation, anti tkr:.: purchase 01 other (Mr. Sergeant Wilkins adniittvd the article referred to by Mr. Coppock.) Cross examined—The negotiations began in August, 1843, and ended at Christmas, 1844. That did not refer to the manorial rights, but to Stringer's fields, which it was considered desirable the corpora tion should have for public walks. The other sub ject was the site of the court-house and some adjacent buildings, which were to be granted for 999 years on chief rent. Prior to that there was a dispute respect ing the right of Lord "Vernon to build in the market place. He understood his lordship's steward sent several persons to build, but they were resisted by the corporation. Soon after the negotiations commenced respecting the purchase by Lord Vernon of a piece of land and the old workhouse. His lordship gave 1,0001. for it. Does not know that the building alone cost the rate-payers 4,000/. Re examined—As far as I am able to judge the price was a fair one. By the JuDGE—The main line of railway comes close to the land, and it is now turned into a coal depot. ____ Mr. Thomas Ashworth, local agent to Lord Vernon in Cheshire—Had had the negotiation respecting the sale by the corporation and the parish to Lord Vernon. The article in question refers to the transaction. Cross-examined—Am a valuer of buildings. The workhouse must have cost a considerable sum. There is more than an acre of land adjoining. It is now valuable to Lord Vernon. Stringer's fields remain as they were. In the first instance, the agreement was that the corporation should pay 21,0001. for their pur chase from Lord Vernon ; but the contract had not been completed. An Act of Parliament has been passed to complete the contract, and the purchase money is to be 22,5001. Two of the buildings are very old. fte-examined—ln my opinion Lord Vernon gave a fair price for the land and workhouse. Stringer's fields were to be given, if the corporation turned them into public gardens, and kept them up. I valued the tolls at 24,5001. This closed the case for the plaintiff. Mr. Sergeant WILKINS then proceeded to address the jury on behalf of the defendant. He confessed that never since he had been called on to address a jury, had he been so perplexed for lack of topic and for lack of argument as in the present case. He certainly had taken the liberty of asking his Lordship, after hearing the opening of the pleadings by his Learned Friend, whether the statement which he read was a libel, and certainly if they took that view of the case, that it was a libel, then they must come to the conclu sion that every public manwho had ever existed in this country, and whose conduct had been commented on, had been libelled. After some other eloquent obser vations, the Learned Gentleman went through the whole of the alleged libel and commented upon it, contending that it was merely a comment upon Mr. Coppock in his public character, and not calculated either to injure him in private, or to bring him into contempt. He contended that the smallest damages would satisfy. The Learned JUDGE then proceeded to sum up to the jury. After explaining the law of libel, he said the question to he considered was, whether the article in question imputed corruption to the plaintiff, or was calculated to injure him in his character; if so,•their verdict must be for the plaintiff, with such damages as they might think him fairly entitled to; but if they should be of opinion that it was, in truth, merely a discussion of matter which had been going on in the borough, and did not attribute corrupt motives, or was not injurious to the character of the plaintiff, dirt - ) their verdict must be for the defendant. The jury retired, and, after ten minutes' consulta tion, found a verdict for the defendant. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. William _Mansell and Edward Hardy, the one 18 the other 22 years of age, were brought before Al derman Hooper under the,following circumstances : James Ellicomb, police-officer of Exeter, said, on Tuesday last I was at the coffee-house near the turn pike -gate, at the railroad station in Exeter, looking after a young man who was charged with having set fire to a house. I saw the prisoners in the coffee room, and as one of them answered the description I had received of the person who had fired the house, and they had a chest which appeared to be well stocked in their possession, I asked if the chest was their property, and Hardy said it was, ard that they were brothers. I expressed a wish to see what was in the chest, and at their desire had it taken up stairs. The chest was then placed upon a box, and Mansell immediately put a pistol in his mouth, and bidding his friend good bye, snapped it. The pistol, how ever, missed fire, for although it was loaded it had no percussion "cap upon it. I at once jumped up and secured Mansell, and he then dropped another pistol, which I se cured, and which was also loaded with powder and ball. I then procured assistance, and I found in a canvas bag which he had in his pocket 140 sove reigns and other money. The chest was filled with all manner of things, and as I suspected they had stolen the property, I conveyed them to the. station house. I have since learned that the money was stolen from Mr. Pulling, a stockbroker, at 2, Capel court, Bartholomew-lane. At the police office the prisoner Mansell stated that the money was taken by the younger prisoner Hardy, from a Mr. Pulling, and that they were going away with it. Mr. Joseph Pulling stated that Hardy had been a clerk in his employment, and had left without notice a fortnight ago. He bad given him a cheque to get cashed, which he was to fill up for 10/. ; instead of this, however, it was filled up for 1051., and the money was paid at his banker's. The witness ex pressed his unwillingness to prosecute the prisoners. Alderman HOOPER said he could not permit such a case to pass without investigation. The prisoners were then committed for trial. GUILDHALL. Thomas Peach, a porter, in the service of Mr. Thomas Rawlinson, Skinner-street, Snow-hill, whole sale tea-dealer, was placed at the bar before Sir Peter Laurie, on a charge of carrying on a series of rob beries, under the following circumstances : Mr. Rawlinson stated that the prisoner had been in his service for upwards of 24 years, and the greatest confidence was placed in his integrity, but in conse quence of finding that he was being robbed to an alarming extent, his suspicions were aroused, and he directed an officer to watch the prisoner when he left the warehouse. Accordingly, about a quarter to two o'clock on Good Friday, the officer stopped the pri soner in Skinner-street, and brought him back to the warehouse, when it was found that he had concealed in his trousers and coat pockets 2klb. of loaf-sugar. The prisoner's house, in the Crescent, Church-street, Kennington, was searched, and it was there found out that he had issued cards in the neighbourhood with his name on them as a " tea and coffee dealer," and a large amount of witness's goods, to the extent of from 8/. to 10/. worth, were discovered. Sir PETER LAURIE asked Mr. Rawlinson if he was at all aware that Peach was carrying on business on his own account?—Mr. Rawlinson said he was not. The prisoner had been constantly plundering him to supply his own customers. Bohle Harms, 288, deposed to taking the prisoner back to the warehouse, and finding the sugar in his possession, as also a small key. He then went to the p ti ri ty so o n f e g e r s o h ce o r u y s , e, and coi)si s f t b i n u g n d o f i n 43 No p ' ar c e u e p ls b o o f ar t ds a qan ea, u weigh ing 231bs. ; 18 parcels of loaf sugar, weighing 241b5.; 14 parcels of raw/sugar, weighing 171b5.; 7 packages of coffee, half a pound of blue, 6 parcels of currants, 9 packages, containg candy, pepper, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, ground ginger, sago, soda, and isinglass, a new brass tap, 2 balls of twine, 7 bundles of paper, and 27 canvass coffee bags. That morning, while on his way to the court, the prisoner admitted the goods to be the property of his master, which he had been a long time collecting, and that he must have been mad to have so committed himself. Mr. Rawlinson said, from the general appearance of the goods, he believed them to be his property. Sir PETER LAURIE asked the prosecutor what wages he gave the prisoner ? Mr. Rawlinson said he had 17s. per week. Sir PETER LAURIE said it was lamentable to see a man who had held a situation so long, and in whom such great confidence had been placed, in the pri • Boner's position. However, the system of robberies by servants had latterly become so prevalent, that it was necessary a check should be given to it, and ex amples made ; and, therefore, he should commit him for trial. The depositions being made out, he was conveyed to Newgate. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTH Wei LES ClRCUlT.—ChesterrA F ril 7. The business of this circuit Wa' br , ught t i a close about one o'clock this afternoon. The following are some of the last cases tried : CROWN COURT—(Before Mr. Justice ERLE). CHARGE OF CHILD MURDER. Bridget igtanton, 25, was charged with the wilful murder of Thomas Stanton, and pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. Trafford and Mr. Brandt prosecuted. The former stated the case, to the effect that the prisoner, who is the wife of a match-seller, came to lodge at North Rode, near Macclesfield, in October last. In the middle of November last her husband joined her, and they continued lodging there till Sunday the 17th of December, the day of the alleged murder, having with them the deceased child, Thomas Stanton, which she suckled. On the morning of that day, the husband being in bed, he and the prisoner quarrelled because she had not washed his shirt ~on the Saturday night. They subsequently quarrelled at dinner time, when the husband hit her a tap on the side of her head, she having the child in her arms. She fetched the con stable, and told him her husband had beaten the child and knocked two teeth out, and had hit it a blow on the thigh, and she showed him the child. The con stable sent her and the child to Macclesfield work house; and when on her way there she was seen by several persons, and the child appeared to be quite well. The last place she called at:no child was seen, but she had something under her cloak that appeared like a bundle. She arrived at the police station, Macclea field, about four o'clock, and produced the child which was dead, and she stated that her husband bad killed it by abusing it, and knocking its head and its teeth out. The husband was apprehended on her state ment, and a surgeon made a post mortem examination and he found some severe bruises on the side of the head, a mark on the cheek, and a bruise on the thigh. The surgeon was of opinion that the blows on the side of the head were the cause of death. The examination on the inquest resulted in the discharge of the hus band and the committal of the prisoner. Several witnesses were called to prove the occur rences at North Rode, and on the way to Maccles field. One of the witnesses said, that when at the lodging-house the child had two teeth knocked out, and looked sickly and delicate, and she said that her husband had done it, and that she would send her husband where he was before, for her child would die. Cox, the constable, in his evid ence , s t a t e d th a t when the p r i soner fetched him she said her husband had abused her and the child, and that the latter would die before night. Williamson, a constable of Macclesfield, proved that the prisoner brought her dead child to the police-office, and she said her hus band had inflicted the injuries on the child in bed that morning, and that the child had died when she had got a small distance on the way from North Rode. Mr. Newbold, surgeon, stated that he examined the child, and found bruises on the forehead, left temple, left cheek, and left thigh; it had but about eight teeth, and the two lower middle teeth were missing, having been violently extracted. A quantity of ex travasated blood was found on the brain and on the base of the skull. The bruises on the skull were the cause of death. Five or six hours might have elapsed between the blows and death. The Lear ne d J UDGE went m i nute l y t h rough the evidence, an d sa id , that if the cause of death admitted of reason a bl e d ou b t, then, in a serious case like this, their verdict must be on the side of mercy. In this case the cause of death was involved in great mystery, and there was no direct testimony implicating the prisoner, or even whether, supposing she inflicted the injuries, that they had been inflicted wilfully; but there was some evidence that those injuries had been inflicted before she left North Rode. It was an ex trein, ly improbable motive to assign that the prisoner did this act in order to charge it on her husband, and get him sent to gaol. Verdict —Not Guilty. A verdict of Not Guilty was also taken on the co roner's inquisition. CIVIL SlDE—(Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) LDAEL—COPPOCK v. LOMAX. Mr. Evans, Q.C., Mr. Welsby and Mr. Townshend, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins (who was brought by special retainer from the Northern Circuit), Mr. Egerton and Mr. Wlntyre, appeared for the defendant. Mr. TOWNSHEND opened the pleadings. The plaintiff was Henry Coppock, and the defendant James Lomax, and the action was to obtain compen pensation in damages for a false and malicious libel published in the Stockport Advertiser, on the Ist of December last, concerning the plaintiff, in his profes sion as an attorney, by imputing to him selfish, dis honest, and corrupt practices, and that when town clerk of Stockport he gave corrupt and dishonest advice to the corporation in certain transactions between the corporation of Stockport and Lord Vernon, with the dishonest motive of benefiting himself at the expense of the borough, and in order ta.obtain the situation of clerk of the county court. The defendant pleaded not guilty, whereupon issue was joined. Mr. Sergeant WimuNs—Does your Lordship think that is a libel ? The JUDGE—It sounds rather like it, but we have that to try. Mr. EVANS opened the case. He had to appear for Mr. Coppock, the plaintiff in this action, who was the a defendant paer o f w town clerk of Stock as po erdyitort, the cl er k o f the county court, and also the clerk of the bo ar d o f guardians, who came into that court for th e purpose of recover ing a compensation in damag es f or a most serious ve r, extensive a nd in which he wrote with considerabl e a bi lity. He (the libel on his character. The libel was published in the cSitroccuhplaotirotn, of wh ich Adver i o e r the Learned Counsel) had always b een a humble sup porter of the liberty of the pr ess , a l ways concurring in the sentiment, "The liberty of the press; it is like the air we breathe, without it we die," believing that unnumbered advantages had resulted to this country from that liberty, and believing that the advantages hereafter to be derived were as great as those already resulting from it ; nevertheless, he was most anxious that this glorious institution should not be grossly converted into an engine for the corruption of private character, and he thought that those who used it for such purposes were justly exposed to its consequences. He charged the defendant with having inflicted a grievous wrong upon his client in the publication of a certain false and malicious libel respecting him as a public officer—an accusation which, could it be substantiated, would not only disqualify him from dis charging the offices which he held, but would also disqualify him from acting as the professional adviser of any man. Now, the defendant had done this not on his own account, but as the agent of a party, and he should prove from his own statements that he styled himself the representative of a party politi cally opposed to Mr. Coppock.- No doubt he was amply indemnified from any consequences of an ad verse verdict, for it was evident no expense had been spared in bringing to his aid in that court the services of the distinguished advocate to whom he was so unequally opposed that day. But of that he did not complain, but he did complain, and bitterly, of the evay in which Mr. Lomax had met this action. They had chtrged them with the libel, and challenged them to justify it or prove the truth of the allega tions, but instead of doing so they had made a most cowardly retreat, to avoid an investigation into their truth or falsehood. The libel was, that Mr. Cop. pock being the town-clerk, and the professional adviser o f th e cor p ora tion, had given his clients advice which, in his conscience, he knew to be wrong and disad van t ageous t o their interest ; and that he had done this because Lord Vernon had engaged to give him an office of emolument. The Learned Counsel read the article containing the libellous matter, and commented thereon as he proceeded. It was of great length. He asked, could there be a more gross imputation upon a professional man than was contained in the former part of that article ? It was to that he more particularly called their attention. The charge did not affect Mr. Coppock in his public capacity alone, but was a refection upon him as a private individual. The Learned Counsel dilated at considerable length on the nature of the libel, and concluded by calling upon the jury to dispossess their minds of anything they might have heard or read in the newspapers, and he called for such damages as would mark their sense of the wrong inflicted on Mr. Coppock by his libeller, in his feelings and in his reputation. Mr. William Rawson, clerk to the plaintiff's at torneys, produced a copy of an affidavit sworn by the defendant, proving that he was the registered pro prietor of the Stockport Advertiser. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant WILxINS.—The attorneys to whom witness is clerk, have never acted as London agents to Mr. Coppock; certainly not during the last seven years. Mr. W. Calvert, clerk to Mr. Coppock, produced a copy of the paper containing the libel, which he purchased at the shop of the defendant on the Ist of December. Mr. Forlonger, managing clerk to Mr. Coppock— On the 4th of December last called on the defendant, s•iw him, and produced the copy of the newspaper containing the libel, and pointed it out to him. Asked him if it was an editorial paragraph. He said, "Not all of it." Witness then said, "Ifit is not, Mr. Cop. pock wishes you to give him the name of the author of it." He replied, " Luckily for me I represent a certain party, and they wish me to represent them." Witness said he merely wished to know whether it was an editorial paragraph or not. He said, " I can• not say." Witness said, " You can say if you like." He:replied, " Yes, but I must take time to consider -I'll tell you after the court is over." Went after the court was over, and he then said he declined to answer the question. Mr. EvaNs—Do you wish the libel read ? Mr. Sergeant WILKINS—I shall read the produc ion you call a libel by and bye. Mr. E. White called---I live in Great Marlborough- NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. 1. .2Tv;i - EATI • . k T.) with the tdag of Rear- Admiral Sir Charles K.C.8., anchored at SpAhead at nine o'clock en Saturday morning, having left Plymouth on Thursday evening. The gallant Admiral landed soon after she had anchored, and raid his respects to Admiral Sir B. Lapel. We understand telegraphic orders arrived for her to go into harbour the same day, but the tide did not suit; so her coming into harbour was postponed until Monday; but she took out her powder and live shells on Saturday, and the Myrtle steamer went out to bring some of the Rear-Admiral's traps on shore. It was said hiA flag would he struck on Saturday at sunset, but it was flying yesterday afternoon. The St. Vincent is to be in readiness for paying off on Saturday next; and, to expedite her return of stores, she scrubbed hammocks yesterday morning, and they are up drying through the day. The St. Vincent, like the Plumper and Reynard, experienced some hard northerly breezes, but she lost no spar excepting the jib-boom : she has strained a good deal, and her wear and tear of cordage and canvas have been considerable. She unfortunately lost a man overboard—John Goodman—who fell from the foretop sail-yard, and striking his head against a spar in his fall, was never seen again, though every exertion was made to save him. THE COAST OF AFRICA. The Penelope steam-frigate, Captain L. T. Jones, with the broad pendant of Sir Charles Hotham, K.C.8., First Class Commodore, arrived from the west coast of Africa --- on Sunday morning. She sailed from Ascension De. comber 18th; Prince's Island, January 2d; Sierra Lone, February, 22d; Cape Verde, March 17th; and Teneritfe, March 28th. The Centaur, bearing the broad pendant of Commo dore Fanshawe, C. 8., arrived at Porto Prays on the Ist of March, on which day Sir Charles Ilothim re linquished the command of the station to that officer. The ships then were employed as follows, viz.:— Sierra Leone division—The Sealark, Kingfisher, Wa terwttch, Spy, and Pluto. Bights of Benin and Biafra —The Cyclops, Firefly, Pantaloon, and Teazer. Southern Division—The Philomel, Alert, Cygnet, Cont- st, Britomart, Star, Grappler (ordered home), Blazer, Bonetta, Dart, and Dolphin. At Ascension—The Tortoise. On the evening of the 2d of February, Commodore S;r Charles Hotham, with a squadron composed of her Majesty's ships Penelope, Favourite, Sealark, Water witch, Dart, Bonetta, and Pluto, anchored off that notorious slave depot, the Gallinas ; and at day light the following morning, with the commanders of .the above-named] ships and a force of 300 men, landed and destroyed the whole of the barra coons and slave factories at Dombocorro, Solyman, and other places in the neighbourhood. The expedition re turned on the 3d, without the lois of a man ; and, although exposed to a night's lodging on shore in one of the sickliest parts of the West Coast of Africa, they escaped without a case of fever. The value of the pro perty destroyed is not estimated, but the fear of a repe tition of such a punishment, and the subsequent mea sure adopted of blockading the territory, will, it is ex pected, drive the slave dealers from this their favourite haunt. The squadron was quite free from sickness. Much benefit appears to have arisen from the Commodore's ar rangements of sending the officers and men navigating slave-vessels direct to the Adelaide tender, instead of landing them, as heretofbre, at Sierra Leone. Commodore Bouet Willaumez, with the Penelope, the Espadon, the Caiman, and the Serpent, was at Sierra Leone on the 10th of February. Every friendly inter course was kept up on the part of the authorities at Sierra Leone and the British naval officers with the officers of the French ships, who appeared much pleased with their visit to and reception at the port. Commodore Bouet sailed on the 20th of February with his squadron for the Bights, on a tour cif inspection. The Serpent is a small steam-vessel of thirty-horse power and light draught of water, intended for the exploration of the Gaboon and Assince. On the 20th of February last a very reeler). choly accident occurred at Sierra Leone. It appears Slat a party of men belonging to the detachment of the West India Regiment stationed there were employed in shaking out the composition from a number of rockets which had been condemned as unserviceable. One or the men, to facilitate the operation, struck two rockets together ; they exploded, and ignited a heap of the com position which was lying on the ground, and the whore party were blown up and frightfully burnt ; they were taken at once to the Military Hospital —some died almost immediately, and out of the fifteen who were en gaged in the laboratory, only one survived. Sir Charles Hotham has been continuously employed on active service for six years and five months, and has commanded the African squadron upwards of two years and a half. He was relieved at his own request in con sequence of ill-health. On saluting the Commander-in- Chief, Sir Charles immediately struck his broad pen dant, in accordance with the old rule on that subject, but which has fallen into disuse for many years, the last who followed it being Lord John Hay, on his return from the north coast of Spain, in the North Star. ARRIVAL OF COMMODORE SIR C. HOTHAM AT SPITHEAD. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. -- The Penelope steam-frigate, Captain L. T. Jones, with the broad pen dant of first-class, Commodore Sir Charles Hotham, arrived and anchored at Spithead on Sunday morning, at nine o'clock. She came in through the Needles, and when off the Kicker Point, saluted the flag of Admiral Sir R. Capel. After receiving the return salute from the Victory, Commodore Hot ham being in the presence of a captain of higher seniority (viz., Captain Purcell, of the Superb), hauled down his broad pendant. The Commo dore, with Captain Jones and Flag-Lieutenant Purvis, landed at noon, and the two former paid their respects to the Port - Admiral. The Penelope brings no news from the coast, having sailed from Sierra Leone about three days after the Wanderer and Ranger. She put into the Cape Verdes, and remained 17 days at St. Jago, await ing the arrival of Commodore Fanshawe in the Centaur, and cobbling up and repairing her boilers. About the 23d of February the Centaur arrived, and Commo dore Fanshawe having taken the command, sailed on the Ist of March for Sierra Leone. The Penelope left St. Jingo, the 4th, and put.into Teneriffe, where she remained three days putting her boilers in order. She left the 28th of March, and has had a tolerable passage home, under steam and canvas, occasionally using two boilers, and repairing the other two, and so on alter nately; her boilers and funnel are all to pieces, and have thousands of patches on them. During the two years and three months which the Penelope has passed on the coast, she has bee❑ comparatively healthy, particularly for the last twelve months. The ships on the coast have generally been also very healthy. She has taken eight slave vessels, two only having slaves on board; in her last exploit, when she went up the river Gallinas for twelve miles, and destroyed a dozen barracoons, she also captured a few slaves, but the greater part escaped into the woods. She found a large store of slave shackles, and a large magazine of powder, which were all destroyed. Mr. Ferguson, the secretary of the Governor of Sierra Leone, has come home passenger in the Penelope, and also a Captain Bennett, late in command of a vessel wrecked at Teneriffe. The Penelope will be paid off at Portsmouth, and will probably be inspected,: and go into harbour to-morrow, when the Commodore will probably leave the ship. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAT.—The Favourite, 14, Com mander Murray, sailed from the coast for England to be paid off on the 21st of February, on which day she left Sierra Leone. She would have arrived ere this, but had some service to perform in the northern rivers. She may be looked for on a change of wind. During 1847.8 the captures of vessels and slave car goes exceeded those of any former years on the African station, even including the remotest waters—the coast of Cuba, Brazils, Cape of Good Hope, &c. The Leander, 50 gun frigate, built by Blake, was undeeked yesterday. This is the ship to which Captain C. Eden has been appointed, but has not hoisted the pen dant as yet. She has had her copper stripped, and is to have new copper to replace it. The Collingwood, 80, and Defence, convict -ship, were removed from the basin at noon yesterday, and warped to moorings in the harbour. The Stromboli steam-sloop, Commander Lord A. Beauclerk, disembarked the volunteers of the 16th and 54th Hegiments by means of her own boats yester day. The paddlebox boats did the principal part of this essential duty in an expert manner, .which proved how useful those essential adjuncts to steamers are in such work. Wind south; light breezes and fine weather. Through the liberality of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Company, the persons employed upon the public press were favoured with the opportunity of passing over nearly every part of the Lincolnshire por tions of their lines on Monday last, when the part from Barnetby station to Gainsborough was opened. The fa cilities afforded furnished the opportunity of traversing the line from Lincoln to New Holland, to witness the stupendous pier and the works in course of progress there; and thence after a brief interval a return train ran back to the Barnetby station, and on to Gainsborougb. After ample time for seeing the sights of Gainsborough and ob taining refreshment, a return train gave the opportunity of sweeping across Lindsey to Grimsby, and those who availed themselves of the chance had nearly half an hour to inspect the preparations for the docks. Barnetby was reached again shortly after a half -past six, and Lin coln at eight, the whole having been accomplished in a much picturesque scenery is not period short of thirteen hours. After leaving Lincoln, presented till arriving to the eye in the neighbourhood of Caistor. Much of the land on both sides of the line appears of very poor quality, and seems very unprofitably cultivated, par ticularly the North Lincolnshire property of the Lord - Lieutenant of the county. Many of the churches are ______......... mean -looking. Generally the stations are very corn s:, OREIGN BITTERS.—On a recent importation of a modious. Thornton College Earl of Albemarl e , passed at a short dis parcel of bitters, b e i ng t h e extract of vvo-mwood, the tance : it was foundedby t thee ruins u h i i n r s d are still interesti ng . same being for an em i nent metropolitan firm, was en- and wa s richly endowed: ecclesiastics carried int o e ff ect a ed h tered for the d u ty, as goods manufactured at the ad It was here that the valorem duty o f 1 0 per cent.; but the revenue officers sentence whichl ve. Traditionsigned an offender t o th e t om b i says the d e li nquent upon considering th e art i c l e to be liable to the wine duty, ap- while i ie awful punishment was inflict e d was Th omas yet a plicatioa was made t o t h e authorities for the delivery of v‘ G 'h re o e m tharn, the fourteenth Abbot, wh o . was a very the bitt ers at t h e duty proffered by the parties, and it wicked man. The skeleton is said to h ave b een f ound appeari ng , on examination by the proper officers of the untur departm en t , t h at the quantity of spirit contained in the a o le, a y since, in a small wall e d- up d ungeon, with a article w as b ut a very trifling per tentage on the whole table, brass candlestick, an d a b oo k. Th e run between Barnetby and Gainsborough, particuls..rly during the of the liquid, directions were given by the authorities summer months, will afford many beauti=ful and pleasing for the delivery of the bitters at the ad valorem duty of 10 per cent. as re queste d . points of view. The Kirton tunnel, whi , ct, is about thr ee . quarters of a mil e l ong , fill s a l mos t w i t h a feeling of dread THE RAILWAY AT D ONCASTER. —T wo locomotive engines are to be b roug h t to Doncaster next week to I the person who for th e fi rs t ti me i n hi s l i fe sees a great ' road sweeping through the bowels or the earth. The ballast the line between Doncaster, Rossington, and end next Kirton is castellated. All along the line, the Bawtry. The tunnel-bridge for the Bulb) , read will be inhabitants of the villages and towns crowded the stations completed in about a fortnight, and it will then be de- and points from which the passing trains could be seer, Bided by the company whether they will throw a bridge Gainsborough k e p t h o li day ', an d seemed to have sent over the lin e a t Li tt lemoordane, or divert the road. The its whole population to the hill upon which the station traffic on the line north of Doncaster is increasing very is placed, and which is not far distrait from the spot satisfactorily. Many horses have this week been brought from Manch es t er f or our f a i n —N o t t i ng h am J ourna l . where Cromwell fir s t s i gna li se d himselt- :In the civil wars. : —Stamford Mercury. THE CU-TTNTRY MARKETS ( .fie Thr ii . ! =d ei v, being 0! b., 1 , 1 m; cour s p, ,cas slentierl:y tended ,• and the general business was on a limited scale. Tuesday's prices were obtained for wheat and flour. Oats and oatmeal wers both dull, and easier to purchase. Barley, beans, and peas were without alteration in value. There was very little doing in Indian corn, and prices stand unchanged; the best yellow corn is worth 30s 6d per 4801 b, down to 28s for white. Very full prices are paid to-day, with a good demand for In dian corn. .... -. s. d. s. d. Wheat, per 701 h : Barley, Feeding— 3 3 to 3 6 English, white . • 7 0 to 7 4:nye, per 4801 b 0 0 0 0 Do. red .. 6 6 6 91 Beans, English, pr Irish, new .. • • 510 6 0 1 imperial quartr 34 0— 36 0 Do., old • . • • 6 0— 6 3' Irish and Scotch, Dantsic— .. • • 7 0 - 7 4 per 4801 b.. .. 30 0— 31 0 1)o., good mixed 6 10 7 0 Foreign, duty pd. 23 6 24 6 Lowerßaltic,whit, 6 10 7 3 European, per On- Do. red.. 6 6 610 perial quarter.. 32 0— 33 0 American . • • 5 9 7 0 Peas, English, per Canadian .. .. 5 9 6 8 imperial quartr 30 0— 33 0 Spanish, red and Foreign .. 30 0— 33 0 white.. .. • • 6 6 7 0 Malt, English, per Tuscan and Bar- Imperial quartr 58 0 61 0 letta, red .. •• 6 2 6 4 Do., Irish .. 55 0— 56 0 Marlanopoli .. •• 5 8— 5 10 Do., brown .. 54 0 —57 0 Odessa, Polish • • 5 9 6 0 Flour, English, pr Do., hard.. • • 5 o—s 10 2801 b •• 34 0— 35 0 Egyptian .. 4 0— 4 6 Irish, extra fine.. 35 o. 36 0 Oats, per 451 b : United States, per English and Scotch 28— 2 10 barrel .. 23 0—25 0 Welsh • • • .. 2 5 2 6 Canadian .. .. 23 0— 24 6 Irish, uew .. •• 2 6 2 7 Oatmeal, English, Do., old . • • 2 6 2 8 & Scotch,pr24oll) 94 0— 26 0 Barley, English, pr Trish, new .. imperial quarter 30 0 —32 b Do., old .- •22 0— 23 6' '. Irish, Scotch, and flindi in corn, per MI anx, per 6011).. 3 3 3 1 4801 b • • .. 28 0— 31 0 1 MANCHESTER, APRIL 7.—No material change has occurred in the state of the trade during the week, a limited demand having been experienced for flour at barely previous rates. 2 Oatmeal has, howev er , move d o ff rather more freely without alteration in price s . Of E ng li sh malt and Irish oats the ar- : i rival at Liverpool and Runcorn are to a tolerably fair amount; - r but the arrivals of other articles of British produce are exceed- '1 ingly scanty. From abroad the imports of wheat, beans, "I Indian corn, and flour are large. Our market this morning 'it was of a very quiet character, and but little business was ; I transacted in either wheat or flour, for which it was necessary 'IF. to submit to rather lower prices than those current on this day • 3e'nnight. Oats and oatmeal were in (very moderate request, 1 but cannot be noted heap er. WINCHESTER CORN MARKET, APRIL 7.—Corn—The wea- i ther being all that could be wished for agricultural operations, and the spring sowing nearly finished, many attended the :1 market this day. The samples of home-grown wheats 'were less by at least half than the average quantity of this period of the year, after a harvest of plenty. On the stands were shown many samples of fin:eCanadian, Hamburgh, Russian, and • t / other foreign-grown wheats, the weights of from Ohba to 631b5 per imperial bushel. A considerable quantity of the finest i quality found buyers at the prices of last week, yet to tempt buyers of any other sorts a reduction of 5s per load had to be acceded to. Barley of fine quality fit for malting found ready buyers at rather more money ; best chevalier for late sowing also in good demand ; grinding and distilling of slow sale, at last quoted prices. Oats—a very large show of samples. Eng. ‘. lish-grown Polands, potato, and best black declined Is per qr ; Scotch, Irish,(and west of England feed declined is 8d ,per ditto less; while foreign were scarcely saleable at those falls in price. Peas were offered lower by 2s per quarter ; best boilers making but 32s per quarter. The corn markets in other towns in this county during the week were exceedingly flat ; sales slow at reduced prices, with but very poor shows of home—grown corn. e , • READING, APRIL 7.—Wheat, per quarter, 34s to 555; bar : , ley, 25 s t o 35 9; oats, 16s to 22s ; beans, 30s to 40s; peas, , 30s to 409. Fat hogs, 9s to Os Od; porkers, 9s 6d to Os per' t score. Poultry—Fowls, per couple, 4s Od to 4s 6d ; ducks, 'i! per couple, Os Od to Os Od; geese, each, Os Od to Os; butter, per lb, is Id to Is 2d; eggs, 18 to 20 for Is. ABERDEEN, APRIL 6.—Grain —Oats 14s to 14s 6d, 401 b per 1 bushel ; barley, 23s to 245, 52Ibs per bushel; bear, 23s to 245, 52 lbs per bushel ; wheat, 505 to 53s ; oatmeal, lls 6d to 12s 6d per boll ; flour, 38s to Os per sack. Provisions—Beef, 4d to 7d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 4d to 7d ; veal, ditto, 4d :'- to 7d ; pork, per stone, 4s to 4s 6d ; lamb, per qr., 6s to 7s 6d; tallow, per stone, 4s to 4s 6d ; potatoes, per peck, 10d to is; hay, per cwt, Os to Os ; rabbits, each Od to Os ; hares, each, Os to Os ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb, 8d to 10d ; eggs, per doz, 6d to 8d ; cheese, per stone, Os to Os ; hens, per pair, 3s 6d to 4s ; chickens, ditto, 2s 9d to 3s Od • ducks, ditto, 2s 6d to 3 s Od ; d uc kli ngs, ditto, Os to 2s 6d ; turkeys, each, 311 to 4s Od ; geese, ditto. Os to Os; butter for exportation (present cure), per cwt, 50s to Os ; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, sid to Od ; 41b loaf, 8d ; 21b boat, 4d ; pork, per stove of 14 lbs Os Od to 3s 6d ; pork fine, small, Os Od to 5s 6d ; pork large, 3s 6tl to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of 204 lbs, Os to 100 s. Meal—Oatmeal, Is 3d to Os Od; bearmeal, is 3d to Os Od, peasemeal, Is 10d to 28; sids, 6d to 7d ' • barley flou r , i s 4d to Is 5d ; barley dust, 7d t o 8d ; fl our, ls iOd to Os; barley, per lb, lid to 24d. s.d. s.d DALKEITH, APRIL 5 —The relative weight per four bushels of the three prices of wheat were 18st 101 b, 18st 51b, and 1 7st 81b. Oats, 13st 21b, 12st 61b, and 1 Ist 71b. Barley, 16st 101bs 16st 31b, and 14st 121 b. Peas and beans, 19st 11b, 18st 31b, and 1 7st 61bs. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. 2 , 6 Wheat .. . ......£2 10 0 £2 3 0 £2 0 0 663 Oats 246 Barley llO 0 1 8 0 1 0 0 103 Pease and Beans 1 10 6 1 8 0 1 6 0 Ayes age of wheat 44s 104 d. BELFAST, APRIL s.—This week the supplies of grain at market have been rather better than for some time past, and the quality and condition is generally good. Wheat sells at former prices, and is in fair demand. Foreign rather more in quired for, and the usual qualities of Baltic sell at 10/ to 101 10s, and fair Odessa, 9/ to 9/ 5s per ton. Flour is in better demand, at a trifling reduction in value. American barrels are a free sale at 24s 6d to '2ss each. Barley sells pretty freely at former rates. Oats are about ld to 2d lower than last week, but sell well at the decline. Oatmeal sells at an advance of 2d to 3d per cwt. Indian corn is in good demand at 71 to 717 s 6d per ton for yellow, and 5s less for white. Coax. APRIL 6.—The general aspect of trade is still dull, for although the arrivals of foreign grain to this port have dwindled away, yet to some of the English ports they are still large, and tend naturally to cause a continuance of that de pression which has been so long felt. The supplies of home. grown grain to the English markets, as well as to our own, have fallen off very materially, indeed to such an extent as to warrant the belief that farmers must be well nigh drained, and the stocks in their hands reduced to a very narrow compass. The receipts of grain at our own market are wretchedly small, those of wheat having again this week fallen short of 100 bar rels! The prices of every description of produce remain much the same. In prepared (Irish) wheat we have had nothing passing, but in foreign a few transactions have taken place at late prices, 26s per barr e l b e i ng th e current va l ue of Marian- , ople. In barley we have nothing doing. Of oats the same may be said, no quotable alteration in price having taken plait. since our last. The trade in flour is excessively dull, bakers still confining themselves to the supply only of their more press ing necessities. Indian corn in the early part of the week was in demand at prices which exhibited an upward tendency, but an attempt to establish an advance bas had the effect of checking business. Indian meal remains without change. Flour—Firsts 14s Od to 14s 6d; extra 15 t Od ; seconds, 13s Od to 13s 6d; households lOs to 12s ; thirds &to 10s per cwt. Oatmeal lls to lls 6d; Indian meal Is 9d to 8s; wheat meal, lOs 6d toll s per cwt. Indian corn 7/ 5s Od to 7/10s per ton. Bran 41 to 4/ 5s per ton. Hay Farmers 25s to 40s; average 36s ; dealers 42s to 48s ; average 00s Od per ton. Straw—Farmers 22s Od to 31s Od; average 275; dealers 00s Od to 00s Od; average 00s Od per ton. Bread —Wheaten loaf 6d to 6d; household loaf 5d to 50 per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to 10d per lb. Coals—Newport 16s; Lydney 17s ; Landore 16s ; Beet Neath Culm I4s per ton. Tallow 43s 6d to 44s per cwt. Whiskey, 25 o. p., 6s Od per imperial gal lon. Meat—Beef 4d to 7d; Mutton 5d to 6d; veal SL-d to 7d ; pork 4d to 50 ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 6d per lb. Hops 61 lOs per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 2s 6d to 315 s per, ton. Bark—Barbary 71 to 8/; Valonia 141 to 001; French" 71; English 71 per ton. Fleece Wool 10s to 12s per stone. Hemp 351 per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 18s to 19s ; red ditto 26s to 28s per barrel ; Newfoundland 10/ 10s to 12/ per ton. Timber—New Memel 4/ 108 ; old scarce; red pine 31 15s ; yellow pine 3/ per ton ; deals, first quality, 201; second quality 17l per 120. Hides—Market 10s to 16s; salted lls to 16. per cwt ; calf skins 2d t o 21d ; market 2d to lid per lb. Potatoes, white 10d to 12d; Minions 18d to 20d; Guano— Peruvian, 10/10s; Ichaboe 9/ per ton ; Tar—Archangel, is. per barrel. Eggs, 4s to 4s 2d per hundred. 1I AR I._ Ale_ K ET. GLASGOW, APRIL 6. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The following are to-day's transactions : Clydesdale Junction, 60::% -- Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Halves (No. 1), 61. 165.—Ditto (No. 2), 4% Glasgow and earn- Urn, 26 4~North British, Preference 24s.—SCUtti811 Central, 24. [ADVEM rlSEMENT.J—Holloway's Pills, the Uni.; versal and most Popular Iteuiedy for all Diseases Inci dental to Females.—The invigoratin g and purifying qualities of this medicine are so peculiar that females of all ages, suffering from any of the diseases to which they are more particularly subject, may with cot ildence have recourse to it for relief, a few doses of which will shortly alleviate their sufferings, and ultimately restore them to perfect health and strength. The remedy is sate and infallible, whether taken at the critical period of passing from childhood, or turning the meridian of life, and its beneficial effects are acknowledged by number less mothers of families. Sold by all druggists, and at pfessor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, London. The Lincoln Guardians, unwisely listening to the zu.;;; - estion of one of the Government School Inspectors, h classified the children of both sexes for scholastic purposes. No good of any kind is gained by the plan, but much evil may be its result, in the formation of as. sociations which may ripen into a closer intimacy when the } oung leave the house to make their way in the world. Many of the keen -judging anticipate immoral consequences; and there can be little doubt of the im propriety of herding females with big lewd-tongued lads, whosa improper observations cannot bo restrained, as thu:, eatinut be detected.—Stanford Mercury. TH E STATE PRISONS AT THE Towsa.---The cele• `voted Beauchamp Tower, which has for a long period been used as a mess-house 'or tha officers of the garrison, will shortly be thrown open to the public. The Beau champady To ) e w G e r r s t h tehe Earlf)ri prison -house h s s o e u xii s e s o i r f he W. vv u n a f l o l a r e t e u , n t a h t e e Her.) of Scotland, and at on period contained two Sove reigns as prisoners, viz., James of Scotland and the King of France.— United Service Gazette. BIRTHS. On the 4th inst., at Windlestooe, Durham, Lady Eden, of 2 son. On the 31st ult., at Eastbury, Herts, the wife of Captain R. H. Crofton, Royal Artillery, of a daughter. On the 4th inst., at the Triangle, Hackney, Mrs. John Bullock, cf a daughter. On the 4th inst., in Park-street, the lady of Captain Lyon, of Dangstein, of a daughter. On the 4th inst, at G u ildf or d- street, the wife of J. Cr. Maitland, Esq., of a dau g ht er . On the 6th inst, at Bernard-street, RusKil-s quare, the lady of W. Macnaughten, Esq , of a son. On the 4th inst., at All Saints' Church, Godshill, William, second son of Mr. Ellis, of Richmond, Surrey, to Kate, eldest daughter of Mr. Frank Mew, of Rookley-cottage, Rookley, Isle of Wighr. DIED, On tne 30th ult., Captain Edward Bowen, late of the 26th R2giment l'ombay Native Infantry, aged 35. - On the 3d ins ~ at Kinlet-hall, Shropshire, aged 63, Hat'• riet, the wife of William L. Childe, Esq. On the 4th inst., at Brighton, Margaret Schaw, wife of J. S. Broadw, 0(19 Esq., of Lyne, near Horsham, aged 71. On the 4th inst., at Hart-street. Bloomsbury, Ann Kent Jones, of Little Chishill, Essex, aged 76. On the sth inst., at Bromley, Kent, aged 85 , _ Frances Est court, relict of the Rev. William Hal!, D.D., formerly of :Acton, Middlesex. I.rndon : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, • No. 112, Strand. in the Precinct of the Savoy, in tlia county of Jiddlesex, Monday., April 9, 1849.