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

if Lloyd's, that the mediation of Great Britain i.nd France for the adjustment of the dill' Sicily and Naples has net proved succes:lni, the Sicilt!th Government having refused the terms elf, , red th,rn !;y the Neapolita n Government; cen,;equently the armistice has been declared to cease on. the 29th instant, when the belligerent parties will be at liberty to cummence hostilities. The Consul has just sent round a circular, stating that Mr. Temple, the English Minister at Naples, had re ceived a note from the Minister of Foreign Affairs there that the King of Naples would blockide the Bay , of Pa lermo and the adjacent places in the first days of April, and have cruise rs round the coast to impede the impor tation of arms or war stores into the island. BROWN, FRANCK, and Co., Agents to Lloyd's. Captain G. A. Halstead, It.N., Secretary, Lloyd's. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The sixth sessions of the present mayoralty com menced this morning before the Recorder and Aldermen Gibbs and Salomons, and Sheriffs Finnis and Goodhart. The first edition of the calendar contains the names of 252 prisoners, of which 58 are for London, 148 for Mid dlesex, 3 for Essex, 1 for the Admiralty , 15 for Kent, and 27 for Surrey. There are three cases of murder, one of manslaughter, and four of forgery. The grand jury having been selected and sworn, The RECORDER proceeded to deliver his charge. Ho said the present calendar contained a list of 252 priso ners, but he understood that since it had been printed an addition of 25 cases had been made to it. Further ad ditions were to be expected during the progress of the sessions, and, in all probability, the number would ulti mately be made up to 300 cases. This arose mainly from the increased interval which had taken place between the last and the present sessions, which ordinarily occurred about this period of the year, in consequence of the absence of the Judges on circuit. Perhaps the number of prisoners, large as it undoubtedly was, was not greater than might be anticipated from so extensive a jurisdiction as that over which this Court presided. That jurisdiction included a population of upwards of two millions; and it not only extended throughout the whole metropolis, but to certain parts of Essex and Surrey, from which there were prisoners whose names appeared in the calendar . Though the numberiwas very large, there were no cases of a serious aspect; while the crimes themselves by no means approached in atrocity many of those which had unhappily characterised the present spring circuits. There were two material cases for the consideration of the, greed jury, as they were charges of murder both of them being charges against the parent or parents of children, who were said to have met an untimely death by the act of their parents. One case was the exposure of a child to cold in the streets while in a de licate state of health, and although the child survived some days after the exposure, the evidence of the me dical man pointed to that as the cause of death. It would, however, be for the grand jury to consider whether the evidence made out the intent of murder on the part of the mother, or that her motive for exposing it was simply that its cries might direct attention to its helpless situation, and insure it protection. If they took the latter charitable view of the case, although it could not change the character of the rash and improper act of desertion, it would be their duty to send the case for inquiry on a charge of manslaughter instead of murder. The other case was a charge against a hus band and wife of the wilful murder of their child by placing it on a fire. The evidence would show that the proximate cause of death was the injury it sus tained from the burning; but it would seem that the child, previous to the committal of the offence, was in a shockingly filthy and emaciated condition, while, had it been in a vigorous and robust state of health, its death would not have ensued. It would therefore be the duty of the grand jury to inquire what was the conduct of the parents towards this child of four or five years old long previous to its death: if it had been harsh and brutal, so as to insure the getting rid of the child by this last act of burning, ten the ends of justice would absolutely re quire that the parents should be placed upon their trial for the capital offence. There was a case of uttering and forging instruments knowing them to be forged. It was not an ordinary case of forgery, and it would therefore be necessary for him to go some what fully into the circumstances of the case to explain it to the jury. It was a charge of altering receipts. It would appear that a suit in Chan cery was pending relating to the purchase of an estate by a young man to whom loans had been made for carrying on the proceedings. For these loans he bad given several receipts, but the party charged, to whom they were given, had so altered them as to make them appear as receipts for part of the purchase money of the estate. Now, the law of the case was this, if a party falsifies an instrument by making an alteration on the face: so as to defraud another party, the act was hold to be a forgery, just as much as the uttering of an instru ment which was entirely forged. There were altogether 18 instances of acts of extreme violence to the person, including three persons charged with murder; there was one charge of manslaughter, five for cutting and wounding, with intent to do some grievous bodily harm, and seven persons charged with robbery and violence to the person—makin g 18 cases in number of persons charged with aggravated violence. There were 88 cases of what was called simple larceny; there were 9 cases of larceny from the dwelling-house, and 6 from the person; and, lastly, there were 38 cases of persons in the capacity of servants being charged with stealing the property of their employers. With regard to the case of man slaughter, it was a case of flogging by the captain of a ship. No doubt it was of the utmost importance that, for the sake of securing discipline, the captain of a ship should have absolute authority over his crew, but when ever there was reason to suppose that he had exceeded the limits of the law in coercing any one under Otis authority, the ends of justice imperatively demanded that the case should be sifted to the bottom. With these few general remarks to the gentlemen, who, from their station and million., must be men of the world, ho had Only to dismiss them to their duties, with the single ex- Vession of a hope, that in discharging their functions as grand jurors, they would use dispatch with judgment, And in disposing of the cases to be brought before them, Neither waste their own nor the public time. the grand jury then retired. SURREY SESSIONS.—(THIS DAY.) The adjourned quarter sessions for the county of surrey commenced this morning at the Court-house, Newington Causeway, before J. W. Freshfield, Esq., and a full bench of county magistrates. The calendar contained the names of only twenty prisoners. Thomas Swaisland was indicted for stealing at Saint Saviour's, Southwark, a silver watch, the property of Peter Cornish. The prosecutor, a very old man, said that the prisoner had lodged in his house for some time, but owing to his oeing out of employment he latterly allowed him to live With him through charity. On Thursday the prisoner .bsconded, taking the watch in question off the mantel ,helf in the kitchen. He was apprehended with the Watch in his possession. Verdict—Guilty. Sentence six months' hard labour Guildford. DREADFUL MURDER.-(THIS MORNING.) This morning the public thoroughfare of Blackfriars oad was the scene of a most atrocious murder. Between ',twee and four o'clock the inhabitants were alarmed by searing loud cries of murder from a female near to now 'and Hill's Chapel. The policemen on duty, Benjamin Homer, 169 M, and John Meck, 48 M, immediately ran 'n that direction, and on reaching the corner of Char otte-street, they found the female whose cries had tttracted their attention, and two men, one of %horn was lying on the ground. Upon seeing the policeman the ;Inman called out, "This man has murdered my hus oand," at the same moment pointing to him. Homer comediately seized the man, and on examining him ound a long Spanish knife (open) in his coat-pocket, cimpletely covered with blood ; while Meek raised ;he other man from the ground, some slight igns of life still remaining. Upon opening his 'cress he was foudd to be stabbed to the heart, his under .lothing being completely saturated with blood. A cab was instantly called, and the wounded man placed in it, and conveyed to St. Thomas's Hospital (as he still breathed), but before reaching it life was extinct. The Inurderer made no effort whatever to escape, and was conveyed to the Southwark station-house. The deceased's name is Lumboyle, a biscuit baker in the City, and his assassin is a potman, employed frequently v.t the Mitre Tavern, in Broadwall, Blackfriars. The quarrel is supposed to have originated in default of the payment of a debt of 55., the murderer being well known in the neighbourhood as a desperate character, going under the cognomen of " F . ubbs," whi c h was the only name that could b e ascertained by the reporter. SOUTHWARK.—{THIS DAY.) CHARGE OF MURDER.—William Bailey, a young man dressed in a velveteen jack et, and having all tne appear• ance of a hanger-on about public houses or stable-yards, was placed before Mr. Cottingham, charged with having stabbed Henry Lumboyle with a knife, at an early hour this morning. Police-sergeant Meek, 48 M , st a t ed that he was en duty in the Blackfriars-road, and hearing the cry of (` Murder!" from the Surrey-road, ho ran there and saw a.lean fall in the street, and the prisoner running away. constable pursued and took prisoner. P olice -constable 169 M apprehended the prisoner. t a Mr. COTTINGHAM inquired if a post mortem examina elk, had yet taken place? fir. sergeant Meek—No. COTTI NGHA M--When will it take place? co t : li ce Sergeant Meek understood that Mr. Payne, the li eye n t i% bad t wo i n quests fixed for that day , an d he be atable i t would take place immediately. Another con ueed*lug th 4414 that the post mortem exam ination was p ro- Th e en. deu ce b ,41°IsTRATE said that there was su fficient evi sone e gre him to warrant a remand. (To the pri- You wish to say anything? If you do, evid ec " it will be taken down, and may he used in ee against you. he,rner--I know nothing at all about the murder. I n di d Some one cry out that a man was murdered. I Some do it • Mr.„• COTTINGHAM —I shall remand you till to•n2orrow. Couldpr isoner in a voice so indistinct that his words not be clearly heard, mada some application to t he bench. COTTINGHAM said that every attention would be veld to him. He would be brought up again to morrow. As the prisoner was being removed he shouted out to ' l°ll3 e one in court," Jam, it's all right—don't mind it." Unease was then remanded till to-morrow. The prisoner, when I:en into ett,tody, ha] concealed within his breast an op , .•n knife. VISIT TO 'THE CHINESE JUNK. We experienced a gratification of no cointn )11 ki:.d on Saturday afternoon, in being permitted to visit and minutely inspect the Chinese Junk, cal!ed " Keying," now lying in the East India Docks, at Blackwell, having been included in a select party of gentlemen, whom the owners of the vessel invited to see her, previously to her being exhibited to the public for the season. Nothing can throw more authentic or interesting light upon the manners and customs of a people, their religion, the degree in which the arts and sciences were cultivated and flourished among them, or to which civilization had attained, than those material structures or edifices, which exist among or survive them, such as a mutilated column, a dis mantled temple, or ivy•covered ruin, or a stray hieroglyphic written imperishable marble, whether they belong to a nation which has been swept from the face of the earth, or, as in the case of the Chinese, of one of whom comparatively little or nothing is known to the rest of mankind. The pyramids of ancient Egypt, the dilapidated cities and palaces of storied Greece and Rome, the grave of buried Pompeii, crumb- ling„though they lbe before the touch of " Decay's effacing finger," speak a language more unmistake able and intelligible than the doubtful voice of tra ditionary story and often of the records of contem porary history itself. Viewed in this light, and as a specimen of ship-building and navigation among a people almost, until recent years, as unknown to the rest of the world as if they had been the denizens of another planet of our solar system, this Chinese vessel is a thing of unusual and extraordinary in terest. We shall proceed to notice a few of her characteristics for the benefit of those whose resi dence in remote parts of the kingdom may preclude their visiting her. On our entering on board the vessel we were received with much politeness by Mr. Thomas Lane, one of her spirited proprietors, who assisted in navigating her from China to this country, who conducted us over the vessel, and was at great pains to explain to us the various peculiarities of her structure. The most conspicuous feature in the ship is her stern, or poop, which rises to the height of 38 feet above the surface of the water on which she swims. Standing on this point, we command a complete view of what is going on in every other part of the vessel, and an extensive pros pect far ahead. The next thing that attracts atten tion is the rudder of the vessel, which, with our no tions of what a rudder is or ought to be, strikes one as being a clumsy and certainly a ponderous appara tus. It is made of a wood indigenous to the country, called iron-wood—and rightly so, for it resembles both—and is of the extraordinary weight of eight tons. It is not attached to the vessel by means of hinges, as in European ships, but is suspended by huge ropes composed of split cane and grass or rattan, and hoisted up and down by a windlass. Ropes made of the same materials attached to the foot of the rt.dder, and traversing the bottom of the vessel to the stem, serve to secure the rudder, and to keep it in its place. When the rudder is let down into the water it is immersed 12 or 13 feet below the keel of the vessel and serves the double purpose of steering and of steadying her ; in other words, it acts as a kind of ballast. A huge tiller, also made of iron-wood, is attached to the top of the rudder, for the purpose of turning it in the water. Immediately behind the tiller a shrine is placed containing the Josh, or idol, worshipped by the sailors when at sea, with lamps kept burning within it the while. A Chinese com pass was next shown to us, which struck us as being a beautiful specimen of art. It was set in a piece of wood resembling our box-wood, on which was carved in characters, exquisitely beautiful, a se ries of astronomical observations, whilst the needle, differing from our compass, pointed to the south. The vessel is wholly built of teak and camphor wood, and the most extraordinary thing about her is the mode in which her seams are caulked. She is not caulked like our vessels with oakum and tar, but with a sort of lime, called " chinam," com posed of calcined oyster-shells and bamboo shav ings, and beat up into a fine cement with oil, which when dry is as hard as enamel and wholly impervious to water. Considering that the vessel was built only to sail the China seas, and that pro bably never out of the sight of land, it was an enter prise of considerable daring and hazard to attempt to navigate her to England, and especially to brave the dangers of the Cape, reflecting credit on the courage of Captain Kellett and the Messrs. Lane, by whom, with the assistance of a Chinese crew, she was brought hither. Another peculiarity about her is the way in which her planks are joined together by means of iron dowells between the joints. There is not a single trenail or bolt used in her whole construction, and, to use the expression o f M r . Th omas L ane , she may be said to be " sewn" together by those iron dowells. The anchor, too, is a curiosity in its way, being made of iron -wood, and having the points of the flukes shod with iron. Space will not admit of our describ ing minutely the shields and matchlocks on board used in Chinese warfare, the coffin and the superstitions connected with it, the beautiful tables made of petrified wood and polished, the opium couches, the temple and deities, the musical instruments, the variegated lanterns used on board, and the thousand other interesting curi osities to which the obliging Mr. Lane pointed our attention, all which combine to render the vessel,which Royalty itself has deigned to visit, an object of pecu liar attraction. Before leaving, the whole party, in cluding the representatives of the press, were regaled by a champagne luncheon, which the owners of the vessel had munificently provided for their visitors, at which Captain Kellett, assisted by the Messrs. Lane, presided and dispensed their hospitalities with no nig gard hand. The mandarin Hesing, and the artist Samsing, each in full costume, were also present at the repast, and the remainder of the crew, at inter vals, sung some of the peculiar songs of their country, accompanying the voice with drums and cymbals. ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE.—Mr. Batty has pro vided a perfect feast of amusement for the holiday folks. In addition to the new Easter piece, the White Maiden of California, a title of golden attraction, he has re-engaged the most daring, yet most graceful rider that has ever appeared, the St. Leon of the Arena, young Hernandez, who can at any time command an overflowing house, and who will now be supported by M. and Madame Tournaire, and a host of celebrated equestrians. We rejoice to find that Her nandez is re-engaged. Not a tithe of the admirers of " grace, strength, and beauty " in the metropolis have as yet had an opportunity of witnessing the truly clas sical performances of this young Apollo of the age. ROBERT HOUDIN'S FAREWELL PERFORMANCES AT THE ST. JAMES'S.—During the Easter week the fare well representations of the Prince of Magicians will take place at the St. James's Theatre, and in order to perpetuate an agreeable souvenir of his visit all his most popular experiments will be exhibited, and the distri bution of the come d'abondance will be made with ex tended liberality and profusion. Of course all admirers of blanche magie will hasten to secure a souvenir of the most dexterous and most gentlemanlike of necromancers. The Observer of April 8, and its gratuitous Supplement of 20 columns, gave 24 folio columns of the last three days of Rush's trial, comprising his defence, the judge's charge, the sentence, and other matters connected with these most awful murders, including an accurate wood-cut profile likeness of Rush, when at the bar. A sixpence, or six postage stamps, enclosed to Mr. Clement, jun., 170, Strand, will insure a copy of the Observer and gratis Supplement all this week. The ex tensive publication of the Observer commences at five o'clock Sunday mornings; the Monday's Edition (best for the country and abroad) at four Monday afternoons. Contents of the Observer and gratis Supplement, of April B:—Twenty-four folio columns of the last three days of Rush's trial, with a profile wood-cut like ness; four columns of news from India ; two columns of an important inquest on three female servants at Miss Mann's Seminary, St. John's Wood; a column of the First Report of the Lords' Rail way Select Committee; six columns of useful advertise ments; a column of Births, Marriages, and Deaths ; and about 20 columns of Foreign and Domestic News; in all 60 of the Observer folio columns for sixpence—equal in quantity to an octavo volume. A sixpence, or six postage stumps, to Mr. Clement, jun., 170, Strand, will ensure a copy by return of post all this week. ELECTION OF CBURCIIWARDENS.—A correspondent says—" Churchwardens and other parish officers are generally elected on Easter Tuesday, in vestry, by the rate. payers. The offices being of a civil nature, all pa rishioners (rate-payers) are eligible to fill the same. Dissenters and liberal Churchmen—friends of religious freedom —attend the vestry meetings next week, and see to the appointment of men adverse to church-rates and other ecclesiastical imposts, which is now the more needful, since Lord Denman has decided that, with re ference to the former, rate-payers are only at liberty, in legally-convened vestries, to consider the necessity and amount' of church-rate.—Neweastle Guardian, April 7. TIIE AMERICAN MAILS.—The British and North Royal Mail steam ship Europa, Captain L ot t, s A , m il e e d ric i i r n om Liverpool on Saturday forenoon, for New hehad for a c l a a n rg n e da number ana the of Unitedp s sYeonrgke,r pas sengers,, atlniefaxus.,na She mails Europa I s the first of the weekly mails to one of the company's ships will State The this year, as sail for Boston and New York, via Halifax, each alter nateo p Saturday until the Woolf sDeencinemonbeftr•eingenxt:.rnnTsthl)e, Europa carries out ab out 9, on merchants' account. —We hear from THE DAMN Or WESTMINS TER: good and well merited liberality commensurate e greatvtDitenanhisof a considerable portion reputation, has resolved to apply embellishmeut of the of his revenue to the restoration Westmilister' with a ilercautions he is takg Abbey, the information anc, scurLD.—The Baron purpose. ACCIDENT doubt insure a succes,JuPl. result to his generous ACCIDENT TO BARON ROTH bounds on Thursday last. When taking Rothschild met with an accident when eofuetn tce, ihn thehis neighbourhood of Woburn , learn that the baron horse falling on him, he was ihnejurweeadds t hrown, and the i t a o te su a c s h sis a ta n nn e e xt w en as t as to be rendered insensible. Imm rendered; and we are plea sed to is not so seriously injured as was at first supposed. 31 ON P.: )( a,ntd COMMERCIAL NEW & . Qt.. 7 ,11:77 - t:le Tfi Thr:E. Saturti , .ty (A - 55er yeti as a holiday at Liverpool. 1.“ rain Market to-day there has been an itn .roY.:A.l detuv.mt foi- best English and Foreign Wheat, and in a)tae cases at rather fuller rates. The inter ruption to the Baltic trade is the main cause. 'rho Vietcount Sandon, of Liverpool, from China to London, with a cargo of about 700 tons of tea, silk. &c.. reported on Saturday last off Swanage, arrived off the St. Katharine's Dock entrance yesterday (Sunday) in the afternoon, an hour and a half atter low water, having been tov:ed up several miles against the ebb stream, and in perfect safety. Thus exemplifying the extraordinary benefit derived in the navigation of the river Thames by the employment of steam aid. Besides, it may not be generally known that ships drawing 21 feet water moored at the St. Katharine Dock buoy in the river can be afloat at dead low water. . The accounts received from Hamburgh state that the capture of several vessels by the Danish squadron had quite paralysed trade. There are stated to have been about thirty vessels already taken, and some with English cargoes on board, but these must be given up. The Ostend and other foreign mails bring no monetary or commercial information of general interest. An arrival from' the Cape of Good Hope furnishes news of February 7th. All was quiet on the frontier, and there were efforts making to introduce agricultural implements, &c., among the natives, some of whom had excellent corn fields, well fenced, &c. The pursuit of hunting was becoming more precarious, and therefore peaceful pursuits were likely to prove attractive. There are numerous ship arrivals from Rio, Aus tralia, &c., but generally they do not furnish later dates. By the West India mail we have late advices from all the colonies, the political condition of which was still very unsettled. Ia Barbadoes the weather was un favourable for the reaping of the crop, the canes being completely ripe, and requiring to be immediately cut. There was some expectation of rain. At St. Vincent's new taxes were agreed upon. Besides duties on various articles, incomes of 701. and upwards were to pay an im post. The sugar shipped to the end of October was 9,401 hhds. 307 trcs. 846 brls. In Trinidad great exertions were making to establish sugar refineries as a means of effecting a material saving to the planters. The experiments made had succeeded admirably. In St. Lucia the negroes had been rioting, but were quieted when the last advices were sent off. Excellent arrange ments appear to have been made for the reception of the emigrants from St. Helena. The revenue of the island exhibited last year a slight surplus. Jamaica was still unsettled, owing to the proceedings of the Assembly, which had been adjourned; and in Demerara the new Governor would have hard work to restore good feeling. There has necessarily been a good deal of conversation respecting the Newcastle and Berwick report, and al though people in the City have scarcely had time to in vestigate it, there can be no doubt that the conclusion generally arrived at is favourable to Mr. Hudson. The York, North Wales, and the Eastern Counties investigation, if what is reported prove correct, will excite great vigilance among shareholders generally. The effect of the intelligence from Germany of the very decisive resumption of hostilities has been unfa vourable to the Stock Market, nor do the advices from Italy read well. Consols for Transfer have been 9111, and for Account 91k k, being now flat at 914 to k. The market will now greatly depend upon the state of the Account to be settled on the 13th instant. Bank Stock is 193, and India Stock has ranged from 244 to 248. Exchequer-bills are up to 45e. and 495. premium, and India Bonds aro 575. pre mium. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 901 to and the Three per Cents. 89k to 90. The amount of dividends payable on and after to-morrow at the Bank of England exceeds seven and a halt millions. In the Foreign Market there is very little doing, and Mexican Stock has again declined, being now 29 to 1. Buenos Ayres have realised 38, and Brazilian 78k to 79k. Portugue.te Four per Cents. have been 28 to 28k. Spanish Five per Cents. are 164, and the Three per Cents. 291 to 30k. Russian Bonds have been at 103 k. The Market for Railway Shares has been flatter, and chiefly as regards Newcastle and Berwick, Norfolk, Midland and North-Western. The foreign lines, also, are rather heavier, and in favour of buyers. ONE CLOSING P , f t 4 OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRI('ES B knk Stock si i ier Cent. Reduced Arms ...... .. 9089% xd 90 xd 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 91% I% 91% New 3% per Cent. Ann 5...... 9o %g % xd 91 xd Long Anns. to expire J an. 1860 -16 xd 8 7-16 xd Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10. 1859 -16 5-16 xd 8 5-16xd India Stock India Bonds, 1,0001... Consols for Account 91% % 91% F xclicquer Bills. 1 1 %d. & 2d. 1,0001. June 45 49 p 500/. June Small. June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 38 Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. Ditto Deferred s.leKican, 5 per Cent. 1846 Ditto, Account ...... ........ Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — Ditto, Account OEM 65% Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, 4 per Cent 2B 28 Ditto, Account . 2 8 1,E 27 3 4 Russian Bonds ... ...... - ... 103% 103Ih nianish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, 3 per Cent .... Ditto, Account Venezuela Bonds, 2% per Cent — Ditto Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 5O 50 Ditto, Account ............ PR ICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING HA ILWAY SHARES. PAID.AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Do. PreferenceE 2%...... 2 3 / 4 % 2% Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2% ...... ... ••• - Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7% Belfast & County Down 20% Berks & Hants Extens. (Gt. West. Per.s per ct.) 5 Birmingham and Ox ft,rd Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 — Do, withoutguarantee 20 . ... 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New Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 3 1 4 Do., Class B (I. & B.) 221 y Ditto, Class C.,, ditto.., )1::1 . ... Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 ..-.. Ditto (li. & E.) guo , -. 5 per emt...... ...... 2% .. ... - - East Leßes4bire Ditto, New - • ...... ...... -- D: - to, New Quarters 6 1 %..... Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 6 1 4 — ••• .. — East Lincolnshire ...... 25 Ee;nbargh and Glasgow 50 Ditto, dalf Shares ... 20 .. Edinburgh and Northern 95 Ditto, Newpor I , ,xeter,Yeovil, & Dore's 2 9 ,8 Exeter cud Exmouth... 21s. tilt-tow, DoTnWe.l, and Car '; sle - •• • ..... Glsgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ..... . Do — .Preterenee Consol. Great Northern Do., . 1 12 A Deferred ... 12%...„. „... Do., %B 6 per Cent... 7% Do. Extension 2% ...... 1%% ••• .reat l:,out.1:. end West. (Ireland) u mat North of England.loo ..„ — Ditto, New, 40/ 4O Ditto, ditto Ditto, New, 301 3O Ditto, New,lsl l4 .. .. -- ..»........... 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Qu3rters (No. 1) 18 Ditto di•to (No. 2)... 25 - .............. • D 0.% S'iares (No. 3) 12% .......... '''' Di..to, New 101. Pref... 10 Ditto, Gt.Grimsby ... 45 Ditto ditto . ......... 15 ----- ..... ' Ditto ()lit) Ditt ) Sheffield E—A Lincolr shire l7l / $. ........ Do., Grimsby Dock 92% — ............... Do. Msachester r!cl Lincoln Union. .... 41. 2s ........... .•• Midland Do. Consol'd atcd Pref.loo Do., do., 504 Shares... 25 ... 16 1 4 15% ...... Do. eld DerbylOD Do. Consol. Bristol and Birranag., 6 per ct.... 100 ............... Ditt brist&Glocstr. 40 „... _ _ Ditto ditto ......18/.125.6d '''''''''' ••• De.,ErewrshVal.,Pref. 50 Ditto, Leieest.& Swen nington, 8 per c'z.guar.loo Midland Grert W esters Irish - ••••• ........... Mid itesbro' and Wear, 6 per cent. guar. 5O — NewcaLtle and Carliele.loo ...... .. Do. Qua; 'Lars 25 Newmarket Do. Extension .........21. 125.... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor ...... .. 20 Norfolk 100 Do. New 201. Do. Guaranteed 5 p et. 20 Do. Guaranteed 5 1 ,tpe. 5 Do. Lowestoft(4 per et) 20 Ditto (6 per et.) __ l3 Do. do. Firaveney Val. 2 Nirthern Counties Union 4 North British 25 14!,i 14 Ditto, Helves .. - Ditto,,Quarters Ditto Extension ...... 0 5 j 8 — ..... Ditto, Thirds 8 1 4 41 4 .......... North Staffordshire 17% l3 A I % North Wales North-Western . ll Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton 50 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 1 2 1;4 .. ••••.. Royston and Hitchin 3 1 / Scottish Central .... 25 ...... 24% Scottish Midland Ditto, New Sbrewsbury and Pirra ll ...-•• ... Ditto ditto. Class P 7 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Alin.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 ..... • Ditto Oswe3try ••• .. 18 1 / 2 • — Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10 ...... 15% ••••• Shropshire Union 5 ,uth Devon 5O ••• _ Do. Preference .... .... _. , Solth b'teffordshire ...... 7 I As — So atl) Esstern Uo., No. 1 2B ..•••• Do., N 0.2. ..._. ____ Do., No. 3 ...... 30 Do., Registered No. 4 10 Do., Scrip No 4 ...... 10 .••••• South Wales South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole as ••••.. Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent lO Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 ...••• Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. 6 Taw Vale Extension ... 8 Thames Haven Dock and Railway ...... 17 1 A...... Vale of Neath ... .. 6 Waterford and Kilkenny 20 Waterford and Limerick 47% —. Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Düblin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. _ Guaranteed .. 5O D o . do. do. 25 Do. do. dc; .... -• West Cornwall 6 .............. ••• .. • Whitehaven & Furness 16 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 12 ... Wilts, Som.erset,& Wey- ... mouth ........ ..... 45 fork, Newcastle, and Be• wick. .... ...... --. 25 234 22% Do. Newcastle Exten.S2o Do. 11•N.E•Pret erence 1 6%%• , . Y..trk and North Midland 50 ......E424 49%. Ditto, Preference . ..... 10 Do• East and Westßid ing Extension ...... 25 "2O -• ........... FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late It a - Bo l u ia lo n gn an o d a A nd Amiens.., 20 5 _ 5% . . .. .. . .. .............. Central of France (O r - . Vierzon) :2O ...... 14 .............. Demerara -- ....... Dutch Rhenish ... 7%... ...... •••• East Indian: ..~.. ............ . Great Indian Peninsul a r 5 Louvain la Sambre 71A ............... Luxembourg..... 7 ......... ••••••, Ditto — lO Madrid and Vaientia... 2 Namur and Liege „.... 20 ... 77 ex. int..... Northern of France l3 ...... 11 1 Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 - Paris and Lyons ll Do. Do• . Paris and Orleans 20 Paris and R0uen......... 20 Paris and Strasbourg 10 Rouen and Havre 20 11% 1 4 Sambre and Meuse ...... 20 Strasbourg and Basle 14 Tours and •.Cantes ...... .. 9 ............. Tournay, Jurbise, Lar. den, and Hasselt 20 West Flanders Ditto ... JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British No. American 50 Colonial 25 Cammercial of London 203! .......... London Joint Stock lO - mdon & Westmins'er• 20 ..... - ....... ....... National Prov. England. 35 ........... Ditto New.•. ..... 10 I N ,r a Do t vi i i o tnt n oc a : l Na o ie f owf l . T .l. la .l. n an d 2........ 2 21 2 50 % ...... ............................ Union of Australia. Ditto,New...... •• ••• 0 Union of London 1 ••• Union of Madrid ...... 40 — MINE,`, Anglo-Mexican lOO Asturian Mining Com... 14 AANLlalian ... Barrossa Range Min. Co. 28 Blperaryon Iron & Cori. 50 Bolons Scrip ...... .... ..... British Iron . . l2 ...... Brazil;an Imperial ...... 244 ...... Do. 5... Joim Del Rey 15 Brazil; anCocaes&Cuiata 30 Cobra Copper (;eneral Mining ...... 20 ...... ......... Real Del Monte, Uareg. Do. Black Deberturei — ..., Do. Red Di•Zo ... S.:mi.-so Oe Cuba... lO - •••••" ..... United flex can ......••• 28% ••....... I PLAISTOW, ESSEL—On Friday last, 11r. Merry's twetth annual dinner (usual on Good Friday) took place , when a mainerous a p t ar t t l y 'e of A g b e b n e t y lem A e r n m s s at l d n o n ; nPltaoisatnowen tertainment,. which, whether for quantity or quality, or the manner it was served up, would via with the London Tavern. -or any other first.rate establishment, and certainly reflected much credit to the worthy host. Thomas Sinnott., Esq., presided as chairman, as did Mr. Levy Deputy, I rad were supported by several highly respectable gentlen ten con nected with the City. After ample justice had b Den done to the good things provided by the liberality o f " Tom Merry," a name by which our respected landlor d is best known to his friends, the party adjourned to the pleasure grounds of this delightful spot, and amused them selves in several rustic games, but re-assembled in the evening in the long room, where several excellent songs w ere sung by Messrs. Mann, Clarke, Daniels, Dodd, and. others. Mr. itennolson, in a very neat speech, prop( wed the health of Mr. Merry, which was received amid much cheering, and was acknowledged by Mr. Merry i n a few observations in good taste. The health of the c bairman and deputy were afterwards given, and suitably t acknow ledged, and the conviviality of the evening pr olonged until a late hour, when the party broke up highly! enter tained with the day's proceedings, and fully appreciating the attention they had received on the occasion. .It was a subject of congratulation that Mr. Merry appeare d in im proved health. Thanks are due to Mr. Merry, yun., for his courtesy to his father's guests. Mr. Byner and Mr. Pollindine have been ap pointed Queen's Home Messengers, attached to the Foreign office, in the room of Messrs. Aspain and Hutt, who have retired on accouct of infirmity of health and atAvanced yeara.—Observer. 49 p 49 p 49 p .... 3% 8% 23% 11% .:.- 17 3 / 4 13 WOW 134 92i 19% 12% 49 I/4 4 1 4 99 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. Flom the subjoined outline of the engageinehtl, stand ing end proposed, and the great number of imi•s:: , s already on the spot, there is every res.son to antic pate °that the ensuing meeting will be a good, if not a brilliant one. The chief features of the list are the Newmarket Handicap, for which there will be a large field, and the stakes, in which Tadmor, Nunnykirk, Indus, Strongbow, Escalade, and Sister to Arkwright, are engaged, all of whom are looked upon as certain runners; the results will have a material influence on future speculations. With so much to attract and the prospect of fine and seasonable weather, a good attendance may be expected. The course is stated to be in excellent order, and the stables very healthy. The *is affixed to horses now at Newmarket or on their way. MONDAY. The Craven Stakes of 10 sovs. each, three yrs, 6st; four, Bst 41b; five, Bst 131 b; six and aged, 9st. A.F. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, 5 ft, if declared. &c., for three and four yrs old. D.M. A Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, 10 ft, for four yrs old and upwards. T.Y.C. The Hinchinbrook Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft; colts, Sst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b; 31b and 51b allowed. P.M. 4 Subs.—Mr. Booth's f by St. Francis, out of New-year's day (51b)— Mr. Greville's f Paquita—*Colonel Peel's c Indus—'Colonel Peel's c Tadmor (31b). A Sweepstakes of 100 soya. eacb, h tt, for three-year old colts; Bst 7lb each; 41b and 61b allowed; Cambridge shire Course. 10 subs.—*Duke of Bedford's o Sabraon (41b)—*Lord Exeter's c by Voltaire, out of Silistria (41b)—Lord Glasgow's c by Inheritor, out of Deerslayer's dam-..* Mr. Greville's b c Red-box (61b)—*Sir J. Haw ley's c Queensberry (41b)—*Lord W. Powlett's b c by Touchstone, out of Van—*Mr. Shelley's ch c Beauvale (61b)—Lord Spencer's Eddystone (61b)—*Mr. Wigram's eh c Pylretes (61b)—Sir W.W. Wynn's c Rhuabon (41b). A Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, for three-years-old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies. Bst 31b; 41b allowed; D. M.; 8 subs. Mr. Payne's Glenalvon—•Colonel Peel's Quinine (41b) *Duke of Bedford's Mahratta I(4lb)—*Lord Exeter's c Turban (41b)—Lord Enfield's f Miniver(4lb)—* Lord Orford's c by Sir Hercules, out of Firefly—*Lord Stan ley's Escalade (41b)—Lord Exeter's Brother to Wood Pigeon (dead). A Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each for three-years-old; colts, Bst 711 s; fillies, Bst 41b; D.M.; 4 subscribers.—Lord Strathmore's The Old English Gentleman—'Lord Stan ley's b f Legerdemain—*Lord Exeter's c by Voltaire, out of Silistria—*Duke of Rutland's Nina. Match, 200, h ft.; D. M., Bst 41b each.—*Duke of Bedford's St. Rosalia agst *Lord Exeter's f by Voltaire, out of Galata. _ _ _ _ . ___ Match__ 150, h ft; no course mentioned.—*Mr. Verity's Diplomatist, Bst 121 b, agst Mr. Gordon's Queen Mary, 7st 61b. _ TUESDAY. A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each; three-year olds, 7st; four, Bst 41b; five and upwards, Bst 111 b. The winner to be sold for 80 sovs. first half of the Ab. M. The Newmarket Handicap Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 10 ft, and five only if declared, with 200 added; the se cond to receive 100 soya. out of the stakes; Claremont course, about a mile and three-quarters; 59 subs, 27 of whom pay 5 sovs. forfeit. st. lb ' st. lb. *Cazenou, 4 yrs ... 8 7 *Sir Peter Laurie, 5 yrs 7 8 1 Roscius, a ... 7 5 *Sesostris,4 yrs ... 6 9 Woodcraft, 4 yrs ... 6 8 Goodboy, 4 yrs ... 6 8 Hagley, 4 yrs ... 6 7 *Keraun, 4 yrs ... 6 7 *Paladin, 4 yrs ... 6 7 *Clerk of Council, 4yrs 6 7 Lady Bangtail, 4 yrs 6 1 Westow, 3 yrs ... 5 11 *F. by Emilius, out of Flycatcher, 3 yrs ... 5 2 *Vasa, 3 yrs ... 5 1 Skudar, 3 yrs ... 4 11 Retail, 3 yrs ... 4 11 Chicot, 3 yrs 4 6 1, Burgher, 3 yrs ... 4 6 *Mrs. Taft, 4 yrs ... 7 3 Sylvan, 4 . yrs ... 7 3 *Sagacity, 5 yrs ... 72 Backbiter, 4 yrs ... 7 1 Sponge, 4 yrs ... 7 1 Queen Mary, 5 yrs ... 7 0 Corsican, 4 - yrs ... 613 *Hornpipe, 4 yrs ... 6 13 1 *Nlirmillo, 5 yrs ... 612 *Valentina, 4 yrs ... 6 11 *Tisiphone, 4 yrs ... 6 1 *Cockermouth, 4 yrs 6 101 *Fernhill, 4 yrs ... 6 la *Slug, 4 yrs ... 6 91 The highest weight accep t ing being Bst 61b, it has been raised to Bst 71b, and the others in proportion. The Tuesday Riddlesworth Stakes of 200 soya. each, h ft; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b; 51b allowed. D.M., Seven subscribers.—*Colonel Anson's br c Champion, 31b—*Duke of Bedford's ch c Sobraon, 316—*Lord Ches terfi:sld's b f Sister to Arkwright—Mr. Greville's f Paquita—Lord Exeter's br c by Voltaire out of Mar mora—*Colonel Peel's Indus—Mr. Shelley's c Sir Hubert. A Sweepstakes of 100 soya. each, h ft; colts 83t 71b; fillies Bst 41b; 41b and 61b allowed. Cambridgeshire Course. Ten subscribers.—*Lord Glasgow's f by the Provost, dam by Actaeon, 41b—Lord Miltown's b c by Verulam out of Zulima, 41b—*Colonel Peel's Cracow— *Duke of Bedford's c Quasimodo—Mr. Shelley's ch c Post of Honour, 41b—Lord W. Powlett's c Exchange, by Jerry, out of Reciprocity, dead—*Lord Chesterfield's c Chicot, 41b—*Colonel Anson's c Knight Errant, 41b— Lord Orford's c by Emilius out of Camarilla, 41b—Lord Maidstone's Desdichado. A Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, for three yrs old; colts Bst 71b, fillies, Bst 41b. D.M. 7 subs.—Duke of Bedford's Narva—*Mr. Coombe's b f by the Nob, out of Prematare—*Lord Exeter's a by Voltaire, Mecca—*Mr. Greville's b c Puffer—*Lord Lonsdale's br c by The Colonel, out of Egeria—*Mr. R. H. Neville's br f. Le titia—Lord Orford's gr f Zara. A Sweepstakes of 60 sovs. each, for three yrs old; colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 21b; the winner of a two yrs old stake amounting to 400 Boys., including the winner's own stake 61b, of two such stakes 101 b extra. A. F. 4 Subs--. Mr. T. B. Charlton's Kissaway—*Duke of Rutland's b c, by Charles SII., out of Flambeau's dam —*Mr. Greville's Clarissa—*Sir G. Heathcote's br c Black Eagle. Match, 200 h ft; A. F.—Lord Exeter's Gardenia, 4 yrs, Bst 71b, agst •Lord Stanley's Strongbow, 3 yrs, 7st 21b. Match, 100 h ft; D. M.—Lord Stradbroke's b c by Alpheus out of Marpessa, Bst 81b, agst Lord Sandwich's b f by Normanby out of Grasshopper, Bst 41b. WEDNESDAY. A Subscription Plate of 50 soya.; three yrs old, 7st; four, est 71b; five, let; six and aged , 9 st 21 b. T. Y. C . A Handicap Sweepstake of 20 soya. each, and only 5 ft, if declared by ten o'clock the evening before running, to go to the second; for three yrs old and upwards. Cambridge Course. A Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, for three yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 31b; the winner to be sold for 200 sovs.; first half of Ab. Mile. The Column Stakes of 50 soya each, h ft, for 3-yr olds; colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 41b; 31b and 51b allowed. R.M. 36 Subs.—Col. Anson's b f Oddity—;Col. Anson's br f Bonbon- 4 ' Col. Anson's br c Champion—Sir R. W. Bulkeley's bk f by Picaroon, out of Bonney Bonnet (31b)—Sir R. W. Bulkeley's bk c The Broadway Swell —Mr. Bowes's ch c The Knout—Mr. Bowes's b f The Flapper—*Mr. Batson's b or br c Sutlej (31b)—Lord Chesterfield's b f Lady Bibina—Lord Chesterfield's b c by Hornsea out of Arachne—*Lord Chesterfield's b f Sister to Arkwright—Lord Chesterfield's b f by Don John out of Receipt—*Lord Exeter's ch f Grace (31b) — *Lord Exeter's b c Burghley (31b)---* Lord Exeter's b c Turban (51b)—Lord Miltown's b c by Verulam out of Cruiskeen (31b)—Lord Milltown's ch c by Verulam out of Zulima (31b)—*Sir J. Hawley's b e Queensberry (31b) —Lord Orford's ch c Pretender—*Lord Orford's ch f Angela (51b)—Lord Orford's b f Pleleia (31b) —Mr. Osbaldeston's b c by Lanercost out of Queen of Beauty (51b)—*Col. Peel's f Quinine (31b) --Col. Peel's c Little Frank (51b)—*Col. Peel's c Tadmor (31b ) —*Col. Peel' f by lon out of Seakale—Lord Spencer's b e _P r aize r s c si , n s (51b)—Lord Spencer's b e Eddystone (51b) M oh I Hebe (31b) —*Mr. Watson sb f The White . Lady (31b) --•Mr. J. Wyatt's f..Prineess Charlotte (31b) — *Mr. J. Wyatt's b c by Venison out of Nutbourne's dam —Sir R. W. Bulkeley's f (dead) by , Lbanereost, dam b Bay Aliddle • ton (51b) —Lord Exeter s c (dead) by Ve locipede out of Amina—Lord Milltown s ch C Eau-do-vie (dead) by Jereed, out of May (dead) —Mr. Ward's eh f fly, by Emilius (31b.) A Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each, h ft., for three-year olds, A.F. Three Subs.—Miss Bunney, Bst 71b; °Midis, Bst lib; *Retail, Bst 11b. A Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each, li ft, for four-year olds and upwards. T.Y.C. Four Subs.—*Saddle 5 yrs, Bst 91b; • Wanota, 5 yrs, Bst; *St. Ann, 4 yrs, 7st; *Franciscan, 5 yrs, sst 101 b. Match, 200 soya., h ft, T.M.M.—Lord Stanley's b f CanesGu, Bst 716, agst °Lord Glasgow's b c Big Jerry, 83t 41b. Match, 200 sovs., h f; first half of Ab. M.—*Mr. Verity's b c Routh, 3 yrs, 7st 91b, agst Mr. Treen's ch f Ruse Pompon, 2 yrs, 6st 71b. THURSDAY. Subscription Plate of 110 sovs; for three yrs old, 6st 121 b; four, •st 71b; five, 9st; sirs end aged, 9st 31b: the winner to be sold for 300 sovs. D.M. _ _ ....._. A Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs each, and only 5 ft if delared by ten o'clock the evening before running, to go to the owner of the second; for four yrs old and upwards. A.F. A sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft.; colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 41b; the produce of mares that have bred a winner of the 2,000 gs., Graad Duke Michael, Derby, Oaks, or Doncaster St. Leger Stakes 71b extra; alb al lowed. D.M. 15 Subs.:—Colonel Anson's b f Scythia (31b) —*Duke of Bedford's Mahratta (3113)—Mr. Brook's br c Baby (31b)—• Lord Exeter's c by Voltaire, out of Velveteen—*Sir J. Hawley's Queensbury (31b)—Mr. Jacques's b c Campmate (31b)—Sir J. R. Mill's ch c Romulus—Mr. J. Moore's br f Nightingale—*Mr. J. Moore' br c Sir Launcelot—Mr. J. Moore's b f First fruits—*Mr. A. Nichol's br c Nunnykirk (31b)—`Lord Orford's br c by Sir Hercules, out of Firefly—Mr. Payne's b c Crucible—Lord Exeter's bro to Woodpigeon (dead)—Mr. Mostyn's b c (dead) by Bay Middleton out of H.R.H. A Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each, h ft, for three years old fillies, Bst 71b. T.Y.C. 8 subs—*Mr. Combe's fby the Nob—Rosalind—Col. Peel's f by Caesar out of lo— *Lord. Exeter's f Grace—*Lord Exeter's f by Voltaire, out of Galata—*Duke of Bedford's St. Rosolia—*Duke of Bedford's Caique—Sir F. Collier's ch f Now-or-never —Duke of Richmond's f Mirror. A Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each la, ft, for three years old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 21b, which never won before the time of closing this stake; horses which have started twice before the time of closing this stake allowed 41b; thrice or more, 61b; such allowance to be claimed at the time of naming. D.M. 4 subs—" Col. Anson's Bon bon (61b)—*Mr. Combe's b f by Bay Middleton, out of Octave (41b)—Mr. Gratwicke's bk c Rochester (61b) — Duke of Richmond's ro f Jelly-fish (61b). FRIDAY. A Handicap Sweepstakes of 155 sov s each, 10 ft ; for all ages. T. Y. C. A Sweepstakes of 100 sovs each, h ft for three - year olds ; colts, Bst 71 b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; 31b allowed. Ab. M. 8 subs. :—*Dhfr. Sloane Stanley's c. by Charles XII., out of Flambeau's dam (31b *Lord Exeter's c. Skudar )-- (31b)—"Lord Chesterfield's c. Drakelaw ( 31 b)—Duke of Bedford's c. Narva (31b) —Lord Treen's br c Rhesus Mr. Mostyns -Co l.. Honeycomb (31b)—Lord Orford's ek. c. Pretender Anson's b Oddity. The Port Stakes, a Sweepstakes of 100 sous each, h ft four-y..ar ; eo!t , . Bst 71b ; fillips, Bst 41h ; the second to receive back his stake. 9 subs. : *Mr. R. IL N, D.,ver—Mr. B. Green's As,ault— *Mr. B. Gre,n's Flatcatcht-r—Mr. B. Green's Bever lac— Mr. Bowes's Spr; , ,Lry Jack—Mr. Payne's Glendower— Mr. Payne as. Itos:lyn— * Col. Anson's Blaze—Mr. Mostyn is a subscriber, but did not name. A Sweepstakes of 100 soya. each, h ft, for three yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 21b. D.M. 5 Subs:— *Lord Clifden's b c Ilidallan—*Lord Orford's b c, by Cotherstone, out of Mandane—*Duke of Bedford's Sobraon— Mr. Payne's Crucible—" Lord Stradbroko's brother to Evenus. Match, 300, 100 h ft. T.Y.C.:—•Lord Stradbroke's brother to Evenus, Bst 51b, agst Lord Strathmore's Seraph, Bst 21b. Match, 200, 10 ft. D.M.:—.Lord Clifden's Load stone, Bst 71b, agst *Lord Glasgow's Clerk of the Coun cil, Sst 71b. Match, 200, h ft; Bst 51b each. D.M.:—Duke of Bedford's Malmesbury agst •Lord Glasgow's Clerk of the Council. Match, 200, h ft. A.F.:—*Duke of Bedford's St. Rosolia, Bst 71b, received 50 sous. ft from Sir J. Hawley's Pomp, 7st 111 b.. _ _ No Day Mentioned.—A Sweepstakes of 200 soya. each, h ft. D.M. 3 Subs:—*Lord Glasgow's f, by Lanercost, out of Canada, Bst 71b—Mr. Gregory's Querida, by Sir Hercules, out of Pet, Bst 71b—Mr. G. H. Moore's c, by Verulam, out of Bride, Bst 41b. Besides those marked (*), the following horses have also arrived :—Miss Wildred filly, 3 yrs; Kangaroo, Slashing Alice, Beauclerk, Barbara colt, Paultons, &c. NEWMARKET, SUNDAY EVENING. In addition to the horses regularly trained here, the following have arrived in the course of the last few days: —Hornpipe, Queen Mary, Rochester, Rathmines (now the property of Lord Clifden), Canezou, Strongbow, Nunuykirk, Knight Errant, Escalade, Circus, Legerde main, Champion, Puffy, Clarissa, Damson, c by St. Francis, out of Barbara; Sutlej, Beauclerk, Big Jerry, Clerk of the Council, f by The Provost, dam by Acuson, fby The Provost, out of Impertinence; Fernhill, Paul tons, Queensberry, Cockermouth, Kangaroo, Black Eagle, Valentina, Princess Charlotte, f by Velocipede, out of Miss Wilfred, 3 yrs; Sister to Arkwright, Drake low, Mrs. Taft, Chicot, Slashing Alice, &c. &c. ARRI'YALS.—The Duke of Rutland, Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, Lord Stanhope, Lord Charles Man ners, Lord Ciifden, Hon. Col. and Mrs. Anson, Hon. Capt. Rous, Hon. Major Pitt, Hon. Fres. Villiers, Hon. G. Fitzroy, Messrs. Greville, Payne, Gregory, Magennis, Drinkald, &c. The races will not commence later to-morrow than two o'clock, and should the Craven Stakes fill, it will be run at half-past one. Handicap Sweepstakes, D.M. Sotterley, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b; Canada filly, 3 yrs, Est 71b; Retail, 3 yrs, sst 61b; Lola Monte; 4 yrs, Bst 51b; Miss Wilfred filly, 3 yrs, Est 21b; Princess Charlotte, 3 yrs, sst 51b; Beauclerc, 4 yrs, 7st 91b; Skudar, 3 yrs, sst 121 b; Paladin, 5 yrs, paid; Burghley, 3 yrs, sst 21b. Handicap Sweepstakes, T.Y.C. Cosachia, 5 yrs, Bst 71b; Ulysses, 5 yrs, Bst 21b; Franciscan, 4 yrs, Est 91b; Sagacity, 5 yrs, Bst 31bs; Paultons, aged, 7st 101 b; two paid •forfeit. The Craven Stakes did not fill. Colonel Peel receives forfeit for the Hinchinbrook Plate. There has not been any betting, but it is said that Peep-o• Day Boy has been backed in town at the Turf and St. George's Clubs for the Metropolitan Handicap for some hundreds at 8 to 1. THE NEWMARKET RAILWAY. —According to the present arrangement of the trains on this line, it is necessary for parties who wish to see the races, and return the same day, to start from Shoreditch at six o'clock in the morning, and return by the three o'clock (the last train up) in the afternoon. There are later trains, but they can only be made available by posting —a loss of time and money which the railway was, very naturally, expected to prevent. It is to be hoped that the directors will see the propriety of timing their passenger trains so as to meet the requirements of the season and the place. The inhabitants had the accommo dation of a day mail until the opening of this railway, since which it has been done away with, and from all that we can hear, there is no prospect of its being re stored. ANTICIPATED RESULTS OF THE NEWMAR KET CRAVEN MEETING. BY THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. MONDAY. Stake. Probable winner. rlinehinbrook ... Colonel Peel. 00 Soya., Cam. C. Sobraon or Red Box. 50 Sovs., D.M. Escalade 1, Quinine 2. 50 Sovs., D.M. Nina 1, Legerdemain 2. Match, 200, D.M. St. Rosolia 1, Galata f 2. Match, 150 Diplomatist 1, Queen Mary 2. TUESDAY. Riddlesworth, D.M. Indus 1, Champion 2. 100 Sovs., Cam. C. Knight Errant or Cracow. 50 Sovs., D.M. Puffy 1, Letitia 2. Newmarket Handicap Tisiphone,Fernhill, or Sagacity. 50 Sovs., A.F. Flambeau colt 1, Clarissa 2. Match, 100, D.M. Brother to Evenus 1, Grass hopper f 2. Match, 200, A.F. Strongbow 1, Gardinia 2. WEDNESDAY. Column, R.M. Tad mor 1, Nutbou.rne's dam e 2. 50 Sovs., A.F. Retail I, Midia 2. 50 Sovs., T.Y.C.Saddle 1, Wanota 2. Match, 200, T .M.M Cauezou 1, Big Jerry 2. TIIIIRSDAY. 100 Sovs., D.M Nunnykirk 1, Sir Lancelot 2. 50 Soya., D.M.Bon-Mot or Octave filly. _.. 50 Sovs., T.Y.C. St. Rosolia l, Grace 2. FRIDAY. 100 Sovs., Ab. M. Honeycomb 1, Flambeau c 2. Port, T.M.M Flatcatcher 1, Blaze or Dover 2. The starters for the Newmarket Handicap will proba bly be Canezou, Sir Peter Laurie, Sagacity, Hornpipe, Mirmillo, Valentinia, Tisiphone, Cockermouth, Fernhill, Sesostris, Keratin, Paladin, Retail, and Burghley; and for the Column Stakes, Tadmor, Champion, the colt by Venison cut of Nutbourne's dam, Turban, Queensberry, and perhaps the Sister to Arkwright. 38 9!,'2 132 1114 36 1 / 2 15t 4 52% 122% 38% 17% 4M 133 A 19% 24% 15% 2% 22% 0.11.•• 1 • 22% 16% 6% 41 20% 8% 41 . E 8 x. 11 — la i 4% 11M WRESTLING. THE MATCH FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.—The inter esting struggle for 501. and the premiership of the wrestling ring, between Robert Atkinson, of Sleagill, and Thomas Longmire. of Troutbeck, both in Westmore land, took place on Saturday at Copenhagen House. The contest was for the best of five falls, Atkinson giving his opponent one fall. The men have often before contended with varied success, their last struggle being near Win dermere, in 1848, when Atkinson proved the victor. The disparity in size between the athletes was striking; At kinson stands six feet two inches, and weighs seventeen stone and a half. Longmire, a fine wiry man of 5 feet 101, inches, and balancing over thirteen stone. In the first bout Atkinson lifted Longmire and threw him cleanly, by the first hold, in a minute and a half. Again Atkinson tried the hoist, but Longmire put on the stop, shifted and threw the Goliath a clean back fall ; the cheers were ear-splitting. The third round was a repe tition of the first, and the fourth and deciding one a clever shift was made by Longmire, after his opponent had made the forward lift ; Atkinson struck with his right foot but Longmire slipped by his knee, when At kinson made the gripe, and brought his adversary to the ground with as much skill as strength. His success was loudly applauded, as independently of his wondrous strength and size he exhibited first-rate science. The bouts stood thus:— Atkinson ..• ••• 1 0 1 1 Longmire ••• ... 0 1 0 0 Four small prizes were afterwards wrestled for, the successful competitors being :—1 st, Anth on y Daw son; 2d, J. Pearson; 3d, Thom a s Long m ir e; 4th, J o h n Dick son, senior. NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) The llinchinbrook Plate. Indus walked over. Handicap Sweeps. D. M. Beauclerc Retail Handicap. T.Y.C. Sagacity ... . ••• ... Franciscan ... ••• ••• ••• ... Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each. D.M. Firefly colt Quinine Escalade ~, 2 ... 2 Match. D.M. 500. St. Rosalia received forfeit from Galata filly. POLY TECHNIC INSTITUTION. Dr. Bachhoffner has been engaged during the past week in delivering a series of lectures on astronomy. The Pro fessor chooses as his theme a consideration of the word universe, which he says is misapplied by us when we speak of it as meaning our earth, which in truth is but an atom, as it were, in one large universe of planetary system, of which the sun is the centre. He called the attention of his audience to the fixed stars, described as being heavenly bodies like our own, only at such an in finite distance from. the earth as to appear, when beheldh by the human eye, mere little twinkling . stars. principal stars, he said, were Ursa Major and Ursa e Minor, and near it is the North Star, which for so long a time served as the naariner's guide. the curious phenomi tna of shooting stathrsesae philosophers The Learned Professor than proceedendd ttohedensucrrnibrae borealis. With regal :d to the former o s f ed 0 5 , f mall particles are determined that- they were come caused ward by a commoti on m t d he rendered them incandescent, of matter, that bec :ame unitehdesavendsr tuhseedratpoidsittayrtwfeitrh which they were and so giving to tb ,em the P a r pearance of shooting stars. borealis to be the effect of He described the aurora. ect *al action on the skies. sun wi c centre, L e t e h o e n ir si . d a e t r te e n d d t a h n e ts a te l it. e a s n , and revolving t opelle el ThO ri lecturer cc included. by describing the planetary va riousrsoyustnedmp.liat.nTeht.sekLUZ,l 3rous diagrams, exhibited after the views, were introduced to illustrate manner of dissolvt ng the subject. The Right - 1 ion. the Speaker of the House of Commons and It I . .rs. Shaw Lefevre, and the Misses Le fevre, have left t own for their seat, in Hants. The Right Hon. Gentl ,, )man returns to Eaton-square on Sa turday next. ST. STEPUEX"/ 5, WALBROO/L.—W. F. Rock, Esq., has been unauimo usly elected as guardian of the poor, instead of Mr. Al( Lerman Gibbs, who has hitherto acted as chairman of tt ,e board of guardians of the city of London Union qf Cannon-street. DEATH OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIMATE IRELAND. DUBLIN, SATURDAY.—The Most Rev. Dr. Crolly, the Roman Catholic Primate, expired yesterday, in Drog heda, after an attaek of cholera of nine hour duration. The deceased prelate was highly esteemed by men of all countrymen,fr Chri s t i an an li d ber lo a v li e t religious and p o liti ca l persuas i ons, b e i ng ever remar k a bl e yoftopweatteredsanhdisorddiesys.entDingr. Crolly fellow was a warm supporter of the national system of educa tion, and, indeed, of every measure which tended to the progress of enlightment. He was one of the Commis sioners of Charitable Bequests, and in accepting that office, in conjunction with Drs. Murray and Denvir, in curred a large share of odium, from which, however, he never shrank, notwithstandin g that the opposition against him was led by the late Mr. O'Connell in person. As soon as the announcement of his death was made public the shop inDrogheda were nearly all closed, and the ship ping in the river had their flags raised half-mast high. He was about seventy years of age, but from active habits and strong constitution looked to be much less advanced in age. OPENING OF THE COMMISSION. The commission was opened this day before Mr. Jus tice Jackson and Mr. Justice Moore. The former learned Judge, in the course of his charge to the grand Jury, very briefly referred to the case of Mr. Duffy, merely stating that as the bills had been already found they had nothing whatever to do in the matter. No day has been fixed for the trial, but it is generally believed that it will not commence before Tuesday morning. Mr. Duffy's health has been materially benefited by his transference from the gaol of Kilmainham to the Richmond Bridewell. Mr. Corry Connellan, private se cretary of Lord Clarendon, has been served with a sub poena to attend the court on Tuesday next. Lord Clarendon is not expected to arrive in Dublin until the week after next. The amended report (as pub lished in The Sun of Friday) of his Excellency's inter view with the deputation on the part of Mr. Duffy has cleared away a cloud of misapprehension, which, naturally enough, arose out of the account furnished to the Dublin papers. It certainly would be well if, upon such occasions as the one in ques tion, gentlemen would take care to avail themselves of the services of a short-hand writer, who would be re sponsible for the accuracy of official conversations. Secondhand information, always of little value, is fre quently a source of inconceivable mischief. THE WRITS OF ERROR—THE QUEEN v. SMITH O'BRIEN AND OTHERS. About the 10th of May William Smith O'Brien, J. B. M'Manus, and Patrick O'Donohue, convicted of high treason at Clonmel, will be removed to London, for the purpose of having the writs of error, taken on their behalf, argued before the House of Lords. No doubt an earlier day w ould.have been selected, but there has been an unwillingness to fix any time for the purpose during the ensuing Easter term, because such an arrangement would necessarily withdraw the English Judges from the busi ness of their respective courts. An early day in the short vacation, between Easter and Trinity term, will be named for hearing the cases. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY. The Royal Family took their accustomed airings. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gentle men of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. Yesterday afternoon her Wiest) and Prince Albert took a drive in a phaeton. Colonel Seymour, Equerry iu Waiting to the Prince, attended on horseback. The Royal Children walked and rode as usual yes ' terday. The royal dinner party yesterday at the Castle in cluded her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Leiningen, Lady Augusta Bruce, and Baroness de Speth. Mr. Thomas Brigstocke had the honour of submitting to her Majesty and Prince Albert the full-length por trait of his Highness Mehemet Ali, painted at Cairo for the Oriental Club. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and their Serene Highnesses the Princesses Amelie and Elise of Hohen 'oho Schillingsfurst, attended Divine service yesterday, at the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the lessons by the Rev. J. H. Thomas. The sermon was preached by the Bishop of Oxford. The anthem was, "If we believe that Jesus." Sir George Smart presided at the organ. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager received the Sacra ment, which was administered by the Bishop of London. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester went to Kew on Saturday, and visited their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Royal Duchess returned to town in the afternoon. Mr. Bancroft, the American Minister, has left town for the holidays. The Marquis of Lansdowne left town on Friday after noon for his seat, Bowood Park, Wilts. The Earl of Carlisle left town on Saturday for Naworth Castle, Brampton, Cumberland. BANK OF FRANCE. The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France up to April s: ASSETS. Cash and ingots ... Ditto in branch banks Bills past due •• ••• ••• Bills falling due in Paris, of which 15,393,738 f. 31c. are from the branch banks 51 095 883 86 Bills in the branch banks ... 85,915,167 09 Advances on coins and ingots... ...: 17,558,976 00 Ditto on French public securities ... 29,899,149 95 Ditto by branch banks... ... ... 1,504,337 00 Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... 50,000,000 00 Ditto on the loan of 150 millions ... 10,000,000 00 Rentes of the reserve fund ... ... 10,000,000 00 Rentes, disposable funds ... ... 42,581,488 13 Investments of the new branch banks in the public funds ... . ... 12,779,541 39 Hotel and furniture of the Bank ... 4,000,000 00 Real property of the branch banks ... 2,283,787 00 Loan of 10,000,000 f. to the city of Paris 8,000,000 00 Interest in National Discount Bank ... 200,000 00 Ditto branch banks ... ... 230,000 00 Bills protested at Paris ... ... 7,151,080 36 Ditto at the branches ... ... ... 4,220,554 00 Expenses of administration of the Bank 393,469 53 Ditto of the branches ... ... ... :276,137 00 Miscellaneous ... ... ... ... 690,391 94 Advance to the department of the f. 198,630,663 97 . . 133,333,098 00 171,054 19 Seine ... ... ... Loan of 3,000,000 f. to the city of Mar seilles ... ... ... ... 3,000,000 00 1,000,000 00 f. 715,174,779 41 Capital f. 67,900,000 00 Ditto of the Branch Banks 23,350,000 00 Reserve fund ... 10,000,000 00 Ditto of the branch banks ... 2,990,750 00 Reserve-immobiliere 4,000,000 00 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... ... 413,650,000 00 Ditto of the branch banks ... 23,578,500.00 Ditto to order (post-bills) ... 989,920 35 Account-current with Treasury creditor 28,318,100 81 Various accounts current 94,772,80$ 25 ... 25,669,365 00 4,533,800 00 375,164 00 Ditto in branches Bills payable at sight ... Ditto at branches ••• ••• ••• Bills of the branch banks payable by the Bank ... ... ... ... 6,610,972 92 Ditto of the Bank payable by branches.. 2,720,050 00 Dividends payable ••• • • • 271,011 25 Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 207,459 04 Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 2,507,819 70 Ditto branch banks ... ... ••• 1,309,709 00 Re-discounts of the last six months ... 246,109 85 Ditto in branch banks .. ... ... 460,661 08 Miscellaneous ... ... •.. ... 222,478 04 f,715,174.779 41 The metallic reserve at last shows a diminution, though not a great one, the decline being somewhat less than half a million, the Paris Bank giving about 800,000 f. less, and the country establishments upwards of 300,000 f. more. The discount accommodation has fallen off about 300,000 f.; the amount of bills protested at Paris is 330,000 f. less, and the branch establishments 38,000 f. less. The overdue bills have increased 80,0001. On the side of the liabilities, the amount of notes in circulation has increased about 4i millions, three millions in Paris and le in the country. The account-current of the Trea sury has fallen off 13i millions, the whole sum now being 28,318,100 f. The amount of the metallic reserve is at present 3321 millions to 437 millions of notes in circulation. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and family are to leave Dalkeith Palace the week after next, for Montague House, Whitehall, for the season. Lord Walter Scott is expected home by the next packet from Madeira. THE ADULTERATED FLOUR AT STOURARIDQZ. We regret to have to announce that the numbers in juriouslypoisonous. mixture have been ill in °l:Wailingly increased of affected by partaking S r i e n fe c r e re T d h t u o rsd in ay 7r an l dasthhaatvesevveerryal cases are likely to fifteen prove fatal. As many as six or seven families, number ing seven, tan, an d . me mbers, consequence of the poison hav i ng been absorbed into the system. The danger only becoming apparent when the symptom s were at their height , in many cases medi cal aid was not obtained till the parti • es were in a very dangerous condition. The following are the numbers of patients suffering severely from the deleterious com e pound who are under th gentlemen of th e tow treatment of the medical n:---150 Messrs. Freer, 70 Mr. Thomas Baneks, 60 M Mr. Thomas Cooper, 50 Messrs. Betts and Giles, 50 Mr. and 90 Mr. Henry Wilson, 30 Mr. Norris , Norris, jun., making a total of 500 cases. The greatest excitement prevails in the town resp ectin g the matter, a n d no ti ce has been given that a meeting will be held to investigate the su bject.—iiddermixster Messenger. Lady Ann Beckett has left Stratford-place for Bath, where her Ladyship purposes to sojourn about a month. EASTER HOLIDATS.—In consequence of the fitful state of the weather yesterday, the number of persons who visited Greenwich was comparatively few. Scarcely any addition to the population of this pleasant suburban resort was made up to three o'clock in the afternoon, but afterwards some few arrived; still the numbers were but small indeed, as compared with former Easter Sunds. The stall-keepers appeared quite de j ected; the park was almost deserted, and the houses of public resort were very thinly attended. In the fair there is a superior col lection of shows, and the amusements promised appear to be abundant. We understand that Sir John Dodson, the Queen's Advocate-General, will receive the appointment of Vicar- General, vacant by the death of Dr. Burnalls _ _, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, 1849.