The Sun. — London, England, 1856-03-20 00:00:00

THE DESTRUCTION OP COVENT- G.ARDEN THEATRE. VERDICT OF THE JURY. [The following appeared in our late edition yesterday evening :—] This inquiry, adjourned from Saturday last until to day, was resumed this afternoon at three o'clock, before Mr. Bedford, the coroner for Westminster, at the Piazza Hotel, adjoining the amphitheatre entrance of the un fortunate building. ' The list of jurors having been called over by Kebble, the summoning officer, the investigation was proceeded with. The first witness caked was Benjamin Dallaston, jun., who stated he was out of employ, but he had been at work for two days previous to the fire at Covent-garden Theatre. On Tuesday he was assisting his father, strik ing the pantomime pieces on the stage, the whole of the day. The last thing he did was to light his father up stairs to the step ladder, who was gohag to the carpen ters' shop to get their clothes. He used a composition candle, and it was in a chamber candlestick. He re mained at the foot of the stairs until his father returned; his father had no light with him, as the carpenters' shop was light enough for him to see to get what he wanted, as there was a large skylight in the shop. His father was not absent above five minute:. He was not aware that his father had any Lucifer matches with him. When his father returned he put out the candle ; he did not remember how he put the candle out, and they returned in the dark down the stairs. By the Coroner—The Fght was not put out till they got to the end of the dark staircase. The candle was lit in the property-room. There was a quantity of wood and shavings in the property-room. He believed the candle was lit in Lhe property-room by a man named Proulton ; he struck a wax taper on the top of a box. Tie did not see what he did with the match after he had lit the candle. • By the Vestry Clerk—His father got the cvidle. He was not aware that the 'use of candles was prohibited in the theatre. By the Coroner—Boulton got the candle and gave it to his father. By a Juror—His father was only in the carpenters' shop for about five minutes, He had been in the car penters' shop on Tuesday morning to take some things out. By a Juror—The gas was not alight when he west into the carpenters' shop. By a Juror—There was no gas in the property-shop. His father told him, when be left him to go to get the • clothes,.to wait for him, as he knew the way. By a Juror—His father merely told him to stop at the end of the •-stairs ; there was nothing said about fear of fire. By Vestry Clerk—He held the candle during the whole of the time it WWI alight, and he was sure no sparks flew from the candle. By a Juror—There was no wood or shavings about the place where the match was struck. The Coroner—You seem to contradict what you have said before. You say, first of all,the candle was lit in the property or carpenters' shop, and then you say it was lit in the property-room. Witness—He meant the property-room, not the car penters' shop. By a Juror—He did - not know how Boulton got the candle. His father asked Boulton for a lamp to go up stairs with, and he asked Boulton for one, and he then told his father the lamp was not trimmed, and he gave him the candle which .he had in his hand. He could positively swear that the candle was not taken into the carpenters' shop. George Boulton, 121, Drury-lane, a property man, employed by Mr. Prescott, the property-master of the theatre, stated that he bad been employed by that per son about eight years. He was engaged on the day ix fore the fire helpiitg to_ clear the things away ready for the pantomime. The things were put in the painting-room over the stage, and he left the theatre at half-past 9or a quarter to 10. The last thing he did was to put out the gas in the "governor's " room and the property-room. the " governor" went up after him to see that every. thing was right. He had no candle that day, but he heard that Dallaston took one that day out of the pro perty-room. He *did nut use either candle or match that day. He was too well acquainted with the rules of tie theatre to do that. Ile saw Dallaston enter the shop, but he did not see the boy there. The last time he saw the boy was when be was engaged on the stage near the orchestra. He could not recollect if he spoke to Dallaston, but he heard him say "There's no oil in the lamp.": The Coroner—You. said something about a candle. What was it ? Witness—l don't thinklsaid anything about a candle. The Coroner—You said there was a candle used. Witness—There was a bit of candle in the shop in the property-room where he ground his colours. Coroner—What was the bit of candle for ? Witness said he didn't know. Coroner—Nothing further was said about this candle on Tuesda4r niglkt ? Witness—Not tbat -he was aware of. When he saw Dallaston he had his tools on his back, and he had no light with him. He was Bare there was no other person but himself in the.property-room. By a Juror—He - did not know to whom Dallaston addressed_hinaself when he said there was no oil in the lamp. He had the charge of the property-room, but he did not know who placed the candle in the property roolll. By a Juror—lf the candle had been used at the stage it would have been kept down stairs. Candles had no business to be found in the property-room. It was the duty of the oilman to trim the lamp. By a Juror—He thought it was Dallaston who men tioned about the. candle after the lamp had been found without nil, •-, 't a Juror $e could swear he did not light it him- Bt. ?with a luoifer match. By the-VeatzySlerk—lt was a b ou t 20 or 30 f ee t f rom the shelf of 40 Wperty-room in which the candle was to the mi14n, 14 By 4:ati .( the W o 'nu keep lueitire or wax tapers in 13Fli, Juror—Did you keep lucifers in any place or abouecyniffir7l 4 Witness— es, I Itept my tapers in a tin-box about me. By a Juror—The only way a candle could be lit was from the gas, but when the gas was out he could light a candle with the ',milers he carried in his pocket. When he left the property room he hung the key upon a nail, but the firemen kneW where to find it. Benjamin Dallaston was recalled, and, in answer to the Coroner,. said the candle used by his son to light him up stairs to the carpenter's shop on the evening previous was got from the property-room. He took it off the shelf in the room—it was in a chamber candlestick. He lit it himself from a candle which was on a chair near the Bedford staircase, where one had been kept burning ever since the gas had been 'removed. His sap was with him when he lit the candle, and after he had been done with it he put it back in the property room. He never saw any lucifers used in the theatre. He never used any himself. He did not know that Boulton had lucifers about him. He never saw him with any. He did not notice any lucifer struck that night. By a Juror—After he had lit his candle from the one near the Bedford staircase be left it burning as it was usual. The reason that the candle was placed there was in consequence of the removal of the gas from the proscenium box for the purposes of Mr. Anderson. By a Juror—He did not know he was doing any ir regular thing in using a candle. He thought it was just as sale to take a candle as a lamp into a carpenters' shop. Where he put the candle out was a light place. It was a composition candle, and it would not give off sparks. By the Coroner—There had been some dispute about the " lamp business." He believed about the expense, but he did not know that any person had been discharged in consequence of the dispute. Frederick Vial's, a lad about fourteen, residing at 29, Grove-place, Marylebone, stated that he was employed at the theatre, and was there on Tuesday night, when he was told to go home, but he went down stairs and fell asleep. He was awoke by hearing the people call out fire. He jumped up, took his coat and apron, and ran out of the theatre. The Coroner said he was sure he did not know what the witness was summoned for. Theophiles Cooper, connected with a weekly reli gious newspaper, stated that about three or four weeks before the fire he saw a van loaded with carboys of vitriol standing by the stage door in Hart -street. There was a tackle from the top of the theatre with a pulley, and p art i es were evidently engaged in taking it to the top of the theatre. He saw one taken up. He went to the front of the van to see whether it was vitriol, and saw on the front of the van, "Electric Power and Light Company." Another person was looking at the cart, and he asked him what it was for. The Coroner said the person whore he spoke to in the street might have been misinformed, but he was quite right in coming forward. The witness proceeded to say that he was informed it was to be used in. the Professor's experiments. The carboys had all the appearance of containing vitriol. The Coroner said he thought it would be possible to investigate this fact further. The person who was en gaged in putting the carboys to the top of the theatre could he summoned. The evidence of the witness stopped at that point. .facob Henry Burn, residing opposite the theatre, said he saw the fire break out at 20 minutes past four. He heard a conversation below his bed-room, which he thought was the maskers going home. He got up and pulled aside his window curtain, and he saw a rush of flame from the carpenters' shop. It was a smokeless ame. He had. .no doubt that the flame was gas. He believed that the gas had been turned on too full, and had set fire to the scenery. Peter Fi'alayson resided at 30, Bow-street, and WAR employed by Mr. Anderson. He had not done •any work since the Thursday previous to the fire, but he had been to the theatre on the Tuesday. He went there., by appointment to see lir. Anderson about the model theatre he had been m aking for him in the property carpenters' P Lop• It was made of bits of pine and screws. He used glue a week before, but no varnish. He had never worked by or saw a candle in the theatre. When he was at work he was close to Lenning. He never saw any vitriol in the theatre. The Coroner wished to ask Mr. Anderson a question respecting the vitriol. Mr. Anderson, in answer, stated that at the Lyceum Theatre he had the electric light on the pediment of the theatre. and the company applied for permission to exhi bit the light on the top of Covent-garden. Sulphuric EAST INDIA COMPANY. The .. • uarterly eourt of the prnprietors was held yes the East India House, Lead enlaall-street , rid 5 naughton in the chair. Mr. J pOstpo 'his motion relative to the ap pointment of a cormilitite to the obtaining a more suitable governing body for India than at present existed. Mr. JONES brought under the notice of the Court the case of the late General Sir John Maccaskill, relative to the amount of remuneration to which he was entitled to fo 's services in Affghanistan and Cabal, where he was app iirigado by General Sir George Pollock, and a divielorll commander. Lord Auckland, when Governor-General of India, was in favour of the deceased being paid the full amount of pay to which commanders of divisions were entitled, but Lord Ellen borough bad decided that the pay should only be thai, -- Of a brigadier of the second class. He moved that the documents connected with the subject of Major-General Sir John Maccaskill's claim (belonging to the home de partment) be brought into Court, and that they be printed. - Mr. LEwIN seconded the motion, which was negativcd after a few remarks from the Chairman. The meeting then adjonrned. Sporting Intelligence. COVENTRY SPRING MEETING.-MARCII 24 AND 25. FIRST DAY, Handicap Plate of 401. Three-quarters of a mile. Age st lb Age st lb Humboldt Little Tom 6 8 2 Vestige Plausible Redemption Lady in Waiting a 7 3 Phillip Usurer , 4 6 12 Flom Shon Catti 4 5 6 Questionable 4 6 9 1 Speculator 2 4 9 SECOND DAY, Handicap Plate of 501. One mile. Age st lb Le Juif Assayer DukeofLanea,ter 5 7 10 Aladdin 5 7 7 Bolton Joshua Noisette 6 7 5 Flagelot 4 7 3 Lady Godiva 5 7 0 j Age at lb I I Kate Hardcastle 4 6 10 I Freckle Engleinere 4 6 7 Miss Hatch Little Bird 3 6 2 General Windham 3 5 12 Mark Foulis Curious Phillip AN AVALANCHE ON THE ST. GOTHABD.—On the 23d ult. a train of 10 sledges was overtaken by an avalanche on the St. Gotbard. Five of the sledges were driven down a precipice with all their passengers, only three persons escaping —Prince Lebkowitz, his servant, and one of the drivers. M. 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Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., Purveyors to her Majesty, Piccadilly ; also at 60, Crace• church-street ; 333 and 451, Strand ; 4, Cheapside ; 68, Cornhill ; 49, Bishopsgate-street ; 55, Charing-cross ; 51, Upper Baker-street; 63 and 150, Oxford-street. acid was used in the production of the light, but it had not been used since the second week of the pantomime. He .never saw the sulphuric acid in the theatre. Every article belonging to the company ought t) have been removed from the theatre at the expiration of the time for which the engagement bad been entered into. Did not know hew the sulphuric acid was used. If any tackle had been necessary to convey the acid to any part of the theatre it would have been the duty of Min;-Sloman to erect it. His servants had nothing at all to tio,with the electric light. He did not even know in what part' of the theatre the gas for the electric light was generated. The gas was removed from the proscenium to make way for his galvanic bat tery. The wires used by him in his experiments were removed before the ball. The Coroner asked whether any directions had been given about lamps ? Mr. Anderston stated that no directions were given by him. A person was under contr....ct to supply every lamp that was required, at a weekly contract. Mr. Sloman, recalled—The electric light was on the portico in Bow-street. He did nothing to that ; it was done by Mr. Anderson's carpenter. He had nothing to do with raising the carboys, neither had any of his men. The firemen knew that the vitriol was going to be used, as they went to Mr. &man and told him about it. The witness here again repeatcd his evidence respecting the first crutbreak of the fire. By a Juror—When the electric light was done with he saw the men removing the things, but he did not know whether they removed the whole of the articles. Wm. Harrison recalled, and, in answer to questions, said he recollected some carboys being pulled up from the outside to the top of the theatre on the day before Christmas•day. They were brought in a waggon. The carboys contained sulphuric and nitric acid. As near ag he could recollect there was about half-a-dozen carborys. They were placed on the leads at the top of the house, against the wall of the top flies. He was sure the top of the houe was clear of the car boys in a few days afte: the arrangements with the company terminated. He never knew the carboys taken to the carpentars' shop. The carboys were taken to the top of the house from the outside. They were never in the inside of the house. The wires from the outside of the theatre had no communication with those of the interior. They never had more than a Canter. bury quarter of sulphuric acid in store for magical expe riments. Castles was again called, and stated the carboys were taken to the top of the theatre from the outside. He did not see them taken up, but he saw the whole of the car boys taken away. After the waggon had left the theatre he examined the roof, and found it quite clear. He had seen a, carboy in the ball of the theatre ; but he was told it was empty. It had no cork in it, and had been taken away soon ar.er the others had been re moved. Mr. Thomas Grieve, the scene-painter, residing at Palace-ma-1, knew well the construction of the theatre. He had been engaged in the theatre nearly 30 years. He always considered the little property-shop highly dangerous. On one occasion he returned to the thratre after a short absence; he found a little heap of rubbish in the shop, which be ordered to be removed. When it was being cleered away the heap began to smoke ; it was composed of the sweepings of the paint;ng room. Mr. James Braidwood, superirtendent of the London Fire Brigade, stated that he had inspected the ruins, and could gain no knowledge as to the cause of the fire. He had heard all the evidence that had been adduced. He thought that the firemen having been engaged con tinuously for forty hours,was too long a time for men to be so long engaged, and without imputing drunkenness, or any other improper act, it was certain that persons so occupied were not capable of carefully watching pro perty. The fire could be supposed to have occurred in two or three ways. It might have been occasioned by spontaneous combustion. If such had been the case there would have been no smoke with the flame. If the gal had escaped in the manner in which it had been described it would have escaped up the venti lating shaft. He believed the gas had nothing to do with the fire, further than helping it on. He had been over Drury-lane Theatre, and from inspecting the battens he should think that the supposition of Dallaston as to the fire being caused by the " battens" was the correct one. By a Juror—lie did not believe the candle which had been spoken about caused the mischief. By a Juror—Suppose, Mr. Braidwood, you were asked the cause of the fire ? _ . Mr. Braidwood—l should say it arose from sponta neous combustiomitisl say opinion is that the whole of the people engagoil iwthe theatre were so worn out that they did not know .- whitt they were about. The Coroiih said that that was the whole of the evi dence. They met for the purpose of ascertaining the origin of the it would be for the jury to say from " thi*Vid4peeithat had been placed before them whether they could arrive at any satisfactory con clusion. He thought that the inquiry had been conducted in a very able manner by the parish and police authori ties, and also that it wag one of a very proper descrip tion. The jury then deliberated for a short time, and re turned a verdict to the following effect : "That there was no evidence to show how the fire originated." The proceedings did sot terminate till a quarter past six o'clock. , THE SIUN, LON THE MISSING NTEAMAR PACIFIC. , _ (Prom tlap New York Herald of March 5.) The Baltic brings' no tidings of the Pacific. It is now 42 days since she left Liverpool on her return to New York, and up to the present time nothing of a reliable character has been seen cr beard of her. Al though her - painful protracted absence is undoubtedly a serious cause for alarm in regard to her fate, stilt we entertain strong hopes of seeing her again. The Atlantic, it will be remembered, was not heard of till 49 days aster leaving England, and it may be still longer before any news of the safety of the Pacific can reach us. For three weeks, at least, we should not give her up. Various rumours are afloat concerning her, the most probable of which is that her machinery is in a dis abled condition, and that she is now slowly making her way under sail to t:-.le nearest port. Some are of opinion that while on the Banks of Newfoundland she was damaged by the ice, and that she may still be surrounded by it and unable to extricate herself. In such an event no apprehensions need be felt in regard to want of provisions, as she is furnished with a sup ply for three months. S'ie had 45 passengers, of whom about 15 had taken passage in the first cabin, and the rest in the second. cabin. The following is a correct list of all : J. Figuerias Mr. Wilson H. C. Shildon Mr. Lieden A. W. Atwater' M. M‘Douged Mr. Pauchet and lady G. N. Cutler R. K. Haight H. Getz Mr. Steers I. Barbour, lady, and child H. Dutilh James Glen A. Erving and lady. Mr. Kershaw Mr. Ridgway A. K. Carter Mr. Hopf Mr. 'Reilly-. Mr. Augustus Erving is United States' Secretary of Legation to St. Petersburg, and belongs to Hartford, Connecticut. He is accompanied by his wife. Mr. A. K. Carter was in England as the agent of Wood worth's planing and spoke-making machines, Newark, New Jersey. Le Grand Smith is well known as a theatrical and musical agent, and had gone to England to engage a company of actors for kir. Marshall, the lessee of the Broad way Theatre. Mr. Wilson is the agent of the Perry Arms Com pany, of Newark, New Jersey. Mr. Ridgway is on& of the firm of Howland and Irving, owners of one of our lines of Liverpool pack9ts. Mr. It. K. Haight, the proprietor of the St. Nicho las Hotel, is also among the passengers. Mr. H. Dutilh is a brother of the well known im poster of South ,William-street, and is a native of Aance. The Pacific's Atom and crew numbered 141, all told. Their names are as follows : t• . Asa Eldridge, eaptstin" '- Hugh Lyre, Ist, mate Chas. P. Lears, 2d do. Jahn Webster, 3d do. Edgar C. Dean, 4tll'dii t J. W. Terry,- sar4bon• John C. Faulkneki.iintser 4 Wen. Bowles, ear*** . 0 Peter Leonard; be* J. Wilson, boatswi Peter Ball, hel David Donnell., Robt. Graham t ,t4.4.4..,.:t Jas. Bowfin, d _ - - rn" Thos. Cummings, seaman Robt. Bell, do. Richard Haifison, do. John Douglass, do. Wm. Frazier, do. G. Peter Bolin, do. Chas. Harrison, do. Thomas Brown, do. John Horn, do. John Flannerey, do. Michael Currey, do. Thomas Donnelly, do. John Malony, do. Charles Powell, do. George Marshall, do. John Washington, do. James Riltionwds, do. Michael beGutal:Aoc- John Kellyt. Joseph Darber, do. Lucius Flannerey, ordinary Henry Bentour, do. William Edgonton, do. Cornelius Kennedy, boy Samuel Mathews, engineer Win. C. Russell, st assist d• Thos. Jeffries, Ist do. Martin Parsons, 2d do. Samuel Havens, 2d do. Stephen Jeffries, 34 do. Dennis Sherman, 3d do. John Ball, oiler Ph. Cornelius, do. Alm. Warm, do. Owen M'Dermott, fireman Thomas Dowling, do. Michael Gauping, do. Andrew Middermas, do. Richard Leo, do. John Hughes, do. Isaac Elliott, do. James Flogan, do. Thos. Riley, do. Michael M,:_Dowell, do. John Clnik; do. William JiVidsle, cl C". - Michael Wright, do. John M'Coy, do. John Kiegan, do Mr. Charlesworth Mr. Charrinaud W. B. Symmons and lady 'W. Topiing S. B. Berridge, lady, and child Miss Jordan W. Peel Reilly H. Trimmer Misses Heck R. Espie Mr. Lapps G. Jordan W. Whittaker Mr. Codosa Mr. Doriaana Mr. Wilson A. Moore Le Grand Smith Joseph Small, fireman Way. Dawcett, do. Wm. Knight, do. James Can, coal passer Edward Collins, do. George Gorman, do. Diedrich Smith, do. .John Gray, do. Pames M`Guire, d o . atrick M'Ginby, do. a. Croother, do. es Fox, do. Carver, do. ck Horn, de. Michael Dalton, do. Wm. Dowling, do. Peter Savage, do. Hugh Garrey, do. Thos. Bogan, do. Ralph Aird,do. Mathew O'Connor, do. James M'Vay, do. Edward M'Keever, do. Alexander M'Lean, do. S. W. Fairchild, steward T. AVG-Lure, 2i steward E. I. Sornllette, saloon cook C. Chablette, 2d cook Louis Ogelby, 3d cook Charles Peckell, 4th cook John Brown, sth cock Jacob Kohl), pastry cook John Mills, 2d cook John Oakly, ship's cook E. Fletcher, 2d cook John Dolan, porter Philip C. Smith, 2d porter James Hayden, 2d porter James Delon, 11 porter P. C. Smith, storekeeper John Brown, messman John Mitchell, do. James Murray, pantryman Ph. Smith, 2d do. Js. Luttrell, 3d do. F. Campbell, chambermaid Elizabeth Smith, do. John Farran, butcher D.Arnold, firemen's messman J. 3l`Allister, cl. passengers' do. J. Finnigan, boatswains' do. John Brown, let waiter Patrick Nosey, de. David Jacquin, waiter James Daley, do. Patrick Hayden, do. John M 'lntyre, do. James nosey, do. Thomas M'Gibney, do. Patrick Mohan, do. E. Conroy, do. James M`Graham, do. Lawrence - Connell, do. Patrick Monoghan, do. Morgan Keogh, do. P. Faulkner, do. • Duncan MlGrimes, do. John Collins, do. Frank Gray, do. Conrad O'Brian, de. James Green, do. John Hosey, do. Michael Burns, do. Albert Sweezey, do. John Gardiner, do. John Bess, do. John Stearns, do. • Conrad Smith, do. The insurance on the Pacific, is very large, and the amount on the ship is 600,000 dols.—half iu the United States and half in Europe ; the freight money is in sured for 40,000 dole. Her cargo consisted of 600 or 700 tons, valued at 1,500,000 dole. ; most of this was insured. The total insurance amounts to over 2,000,000 dole Naval and Military Intelligence. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Ripon, Captain Cooper, transport No. 25, arrived at Southampton yesterday from the Mediterranean, with the officers, troops, &e., previously enum era t e d i n Th e San,. The Ripon sailed from Smyrna on the 4th inst., Malta the 9th, and Gibraltar the 14th, and on leaving the latter port passed the Peninsular and Oriental Co.'s steam-ship Tagus, with the outward Peninsular mails, entering the bay. The steam transport Foyle, from Spit head, with store-, officers, &c., arrived at Gib raltar on the Sth instant, on the way to the East. The steam transport Berwick, having taken on board 172 horses and mules, &c., sailed for the Dardanelles on the 6th inst The British paddlewheel steamer Gun. Paltssier left Gibraltar the same day, for Constantinople, where she is to be employ e d i n convey ing passengers from that city to Scutari. Lieut.-Colonel C. E. Law, of the 66th Regiment, who had been absent in England on leave, returned by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's mail steam-ship Euxine on the 9th inst. H.M. paddlewheel steam-sloop Tartarus, Comman der Mansell, left Gibraltar on the evening of the sth, for Malta, whence she will proceed to the Sea of Azoff, to be employed in surveying the intricateinlets of that •.ea. The British screw steamer Victor Emmanuel, six and a-bamf days from Liverpool, arrived at Gibraltar on the 6th, and the Albanian, six days from Liverpool, arrived on the 11th. The steam transports Sarah Sands, from Liver pool, and the Norman, from Woolwich, with Royal Artillery and horses for Balaklava, reached Gib ra lt ar on I the night of the 13th inst. The Sarah Sands lost seven horses during the voyage, and 14 others were reported in a bad state, owing to the rough weather she expe• rienced. The Prince Arthur steam transport sailed for Deptford on the morning of the 14th. The British brig her Majesty, which arrived at Gibraltar on the 12th inst. from Deptford, bound to Constantinople, was on the night of the 9th, while lying-to, struck by a heavy sea, which stove is the boats, main hatches, forehatch, and water casks, carried away a portion of her bulwarks, studding sails, and washed other articles from the deck. The British brig Coquette, Forbes Watt, master, put into the bay at noon, on the 9th inst., having been in collision at 1 a.m. that morning, close to the Morocco coast in the Straits, with a bark called Barthia or Mer thew (or some such name), of 400 tons, belonging to Dantzie, bound front Alexandria, for Liverpool. In the collision the bark struck into the larboard aide of the Coquette between the fore and main rigging. The shock was so dreadful that Captain Watt, fully ex pecting his vessel would sink before he* could get time to lower a boat, went on board the bark with all his crew. As soon as the latter vessel cleared the brig Captain Watt requested the captain of the barque to put out a boat, which he consented to with the great est reluctance, when he, with his mate and three men, returned to the brig, leaving the remainder of his crew on board the barque. He found her with eight inches of water in the hold, besides having suffered considerable damage; and, while securing the rigging, &c. the barque bore down to inquire if the brig was making water. Capt. Watt replied in the affirmative, and requested the captain of the barque to take his vessel in tow to Gib raltar ; but his request was unheeded, and the barque sailed away, having on board part of the brig's crew, and leaving the brig in a disabled condition. An express from Madrid arrived at Gibraltar on the evening of the 13th inst., with a despatch from the Bri tish Embassy- for Lieut.-Col. Maberley, conveying in structions from her Majesty's Government to suspend throughout Spain the purchase of horses and mules for the British army in the East. The British steam-transport Earl of Durham, eight days from Plymouth, with Government stores for Malta and Constantinople, arrived at Gibraltar on the 14th inst. ; also the British steamer Eglinton, seven days from Liverpool, for Constantinople. The British steamer Prince of Wales, seven days from London, bound fur Constantinople, arrived out on the 13th. Rear-Admiral the Right Hon. Sir M. F. F. Berkeley. K.C.8., Senior Naval Lord of the Admiralty, visited Portsmouth yesterday, and went over the dockyard, and nut to Spithead and the Motherbank, to inspect the gun boat division under Captains Codrington and the Hon. 11. Keppel. The Admiral embarked in the eteam•yacbt Vivid, Master Commander N, W. Allen, R.N., and he returned to the df.c'Ayard w;th Capt9.in Codriogtom abort half past t tt.e!, :afternoon. Other rur::nbcrs rf the Board of Admiralty are exp••eted at Portsmouth to day, and the Queen and Court on Tuesday next. Her Majesty's ship Orion, 91, Captain Erskine, arrived at Spithead on Tuesday evening from Plymouth, and joined the fl,et. The Pearl, 21-gun corvette, Capt. Sotheby, having been undocked, after repair of a little defect. went to the coal ing bulk yesterday. The Ringdove, 6, new despatch gun boat, Commander Sau'ez, was undocked ye4.rdav after noon at Portsmouth, and moved into the steam-basin for the attention of the engineer department. The Fox, 42, being fitted for a steam-transport, was undocked at Ports mouth yesterday, and will move into the steam basin to ship her machinery, which has been landed from the steam tender Rhadaruanthus. Two new mortar vessels arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from Liverpool, in tow of :he steam-tug Tartar. The steam-transport East Anglian, No. 162, left Portsmouth on Tuesday night with Ord nance stores for the Crimea. The sailing transport Clif ton, No. 106, arrived at Spithead yesterday. The Eagle steam-transport, No. 171, arrived at Portsmouth yes terday: Tne two last gunboats building at Pembroke dockyard have been launched—viz., the Drake and the Janus. They were launched at the same time, having been built in the same slip. The following arc their principal dimen sions —viz.:—Length between perpendiculars, 110 feet ; do. for tonnage, 85 feet ; extreme breadth, 21 feet 11 in.; do. for tonnage, 21 feet 8 inches ; depth of held, 64 feet ; and of the, barden-br2l2 tons. No relaxation of acti vity is ♦isible, and the other vessels on the stocks are being brought forward with all despatch ; the Aerial will be launched in the course of April. The steam-transport Imperatriz, Captain H. Cox, was yesterday morning ordered up from Woolwich to the docks, to be examined preparatory to future service. His Imperial Majesty's sailing transport Marsoein ha been towed down to Gravesend from Woolwich. Th Mate )uin is laden with engine gear for the French Go vernment. The Admiralty yacht Black Eagle left Woolwich yes terday morning for Portsmouth. Four other gun-boati, named the Thrasher, Spanker, Leveret, and Mackerel,' hra nearly completed. The first two were built at Moors. -Green's, at Blackwall, and the latter by Messrs. Pitu,ker,' of Northfleet. They are to be manned in the ordatury manner of that class of Fun-boats—lamely, with one 68 and one 32 pounder. Their measurement is 233 tons re sister, and they are to be supplied with 60-horse power engines. These ves sels are to be launched on Saturday. The following lieutenants were yesterday appointed to the command of Run-boats :—Lieut. H. W. Brent, to the Daisy ; Lieut. F. P. Doughty, to the Pert; Lieut. F. T. Thomson, to the Bullfinch ; Lieut. H. M. Bingiam, to the Delight ; Lieut. G. L. Sullivan, to the Thrasher ; Lieut. G. S. Bosanquet, to the Spanker; Lieut. W. Cod rington, to the Leveret; and Lieut. Hewett, to the Onyx. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty ; Lieut. J. W. East, to the Tartar ; Lieut. E. Drury, to the Sanspareil ; Lieut. J. E. Hunter, to the Retribution-t-Lieut. E. J. Brooks, to the Rodney; W. S. Lake, master, to the Euryalus ; A. N. Phillips, master's assistant, to the Impregnable ; J. Rose, acting surgeon, to the Flying Fish • C. W. H arr i s, paymaster, to the Waterloo ; W. M. Shanks, paymaster, to the Vi gilant; A. Ovey, paymaster, to the Surprise ; F. Burns, assistant paymaster in charge, to the Assurance ; G. M. Blyth, assistant paymaster in charge, to the Osprey ; G. B.!Brown, assists ,_ ' arge, to the Alacrity; W. H. Whichelo, clerk; ; H. B. Rowe, clerk, to the Centaur; S. temporary eerk, to the Hawke ; Victor I* - 0. assistant clerk, to the Arrogant. ON, THURSDAY EVENING, { ARCH 20, 1856, ASSIZE' INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—KINGSTON, MARCEL 19. (Before Mr. Justice Coleridge.) John Beauchamp, 30, deecribed as a publican, was in dicted for the wilful murder of his wife, Emma Charlotte Beauchamp. The prisoner was charged by a coroner's inquisition with the offence of manslaughter only. Mr. Robinson and Mr. Sumner conducted the prose cution ; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Parry. From the opening statement of the learned counsel for the prosecution, it appeared that the prisoner, who is well known as au expert cricket player, kept a public house at Chertsey, called the Coffee-house. He and his wife had been married about seven years, and they had two children ; and it would seem that they lived very unhap pily on account of the deceased being addicted to habits of intemperance, and that frequent quarrels took place between them on that account. On the lst of February the deceased went to visit her mother at Guildford, tak ing with her one child, and she returned home on Sun day, the 3d, bringing with her a child that had been stopping at her mother's, and leaving the one she had taken with her in its place. It appeared that an arrange ment had been made between the prisoner and his wife to go out to visit a neighbour in the afternoon, and the prisoner went out some time about three o'clock, and returned soon afterwards for the purpose of fetching big wife. At this time there was no one in the house but the prisoner's child, a little girl, who acted as servant, named Taylor, and the deceased wife. The latter was in the bed-room of a lodger, and it appeared that the prisoner went up to her there, and some little alter cation took place between thorn in the presence of the girl above mentioned, The latter went down stairs, and almost immediately afterwards she heard a scuffle in the bed-room, and the deceased exclaimed twice, " Don't, don't," and then all was quiet. Very soon after this the deceased was found lying on the bed in an insensible state, and she continued in that condition unti! 10 o'clock at night on the following Tuesday, when she died. Upon a post-mottem examination it was found that the deceased had received a severe blow under the left ear, and on the opposite side of the heal there was a bruise, from which it was inferred that she had been knocked down, and these injuries bad, according to the opinion of the surgeon, burst a blood-vessel, and occasione t an effu sion of blood upon the brain, and this was the cause of death. Mary Ann Taylor said—l was in the service of the prisoner arid his wife. The prisoner kept the Coffee house public-house at Cherrsey. On Sunday, the 3d of February, I was in the bed-room with my mistress, help ing her to make the bed, about 3 o'clock in the after noon. The prisoner had gone out, and he returned shortly before 4 o'clock, and canto into the bed room where I and the deceased were. The deceased and I were talking when the prisoner came in, and he could hear what was said. My mistress was com plaining about some woman coming to the house, and she said she would not have her there, and if she did Come she would go back to her mother's again. When the prisoner came into the bed-room, he asked his wife what she had been doing all that time, and complained that she was not ready to go out. The deceased replied that she bad been washing glasses in the bar, and the prisoner said that could not have taken her so long. I then left the bed-room and went down stairs, and when . I get as far as the tap-room, I heard the deceased call out, " Don't, dont." The taproom is under the bed room. I went into the yard and returned to the tap room, and then I heard a scuffling noise in the bedroom where I had left the prisoner and the deceased, Ina few minutes the prisoner came down stairs, and he asked me, arid his child also, if we had, either of us, seen the de ceased drink any spirits, and we both told him we bad not. I had not seen the deceased drink any spirits that day, and she appeared to me to be the same as usual, and not at all drunk. The prisoner then told me twice not to go into the room where the de ceased was, and I went into my own bed-room, and, while I was there, I heard a gurgling noise, which ap parently was made by the deceased. The prisoner than went into the bed-room, where the deceased was, and ho remained there until Mr. and Mrs. Breakepear, two persons who lodged in the house, came home. I went to bed in my own room with the prisoner's child, who usually slept with me, and, about 11 o'cloek at night, the deceased was carried into my room by the prisoner and Mrs. Breakspear, and the child was taken away, and the deceased was laid upon my bed. She was per fectly insensible. I was told to watch her during the night. Mr. Breakspear asked the prisoner to send for a doctor, but he refund, and said, "Oh no, she will be better to-morrow." The deceased never spoke, but the gurgling noise continued in her throat. When I went down in the morning, the prisoner asked me how his wife had been during the night, and I told him that she had been insensible, and about the gurgling in the throat. Crose•examined—The noise I heard in the room ap peared to me like people fighting. It was not like the noise of a person falling from the bed. A mug with some gin in it was found under my bed on the Mon day. The mug was one that was used by the de ceased The woman the deceased and I were talking about when 'the prisoner came in found the mug and the gin. Mr. Breakspear, the person referred to, gave evidence of a similar kind with regard to the condition of the de ceased when she canoe home. Mr. Withell, a chemist at Chertsey, proved that about 4 o'clock on Sunday afternoon, the prisoner went to his shep and asked him to go to see his wife, and he accom panied him home for that purpose. Ho found the de ceased lying on the bed on her back in a state of perfect insensibility. Witness ordered hot water bottles to be applied to her feet, and advised the prisoner to send for a medical man. In cross-examination, the witness said that the pri soner appeared very much concerned at the state his wife was in, and was very anxious that he should do what he could to!relieve her. He had no authority to pre scribe for her, as he was only a chemist, and he reeom mended him at once to send for a medical man. Several other witnesses having been examined, Mr. Ballantine made a most earnest and able address to the jury on behalf of the prisoner. Mr. Justice Coleridge having summed up the whole of the evidence in the most careful and impartial manner, the jury, after a very short deliberation, found the pri soner guilty of manslaughter. The learned Judge, on passing sentence, said that the jury bad come to the only conclusion it appeared to bins they could have arrived at in finding the prisoner guilty of manslaughter, and he felt it his duty, under all the circumstances, to order hire to be kept in penal servitude for four years. Thomas Tames Quick, 15, and Charles Henry Quick, 12, two notorious young thieves, whose case has been very recently reported, were found guilty of house breaking. They were sentenced to be imprisoned for a month in the House of Correction, and to be once fl egged, and then to be sent to a reformatory school for five years, 1-.)oj ICE INrEtilIGENCE—March. 19. , . MARLBOROUGH -STREET.—Mr. Rendall, corn cutter, Regent-street, was summoned before Mr. Bing ham for assaulting Mr. Bernard, another corn•cutter, in Regent street. Mr. Sleigh for the complainant, and Mr. Lewis for the defendant. Mr. Sleigh said, on account of the serious nature of the assault, he wished the magistrate to Fend the case to the sessions. Mr. Lewis wished the case to be disposed of sum marily. Mr. Bernard said be was a chiropodist in Regent. street, living a short distance from My. Randall, who was is the s one business. Each had a large brass plate indicating his name and occupation. On Tuesday the defendant came to his house armed with a whip, and after a short parley, seized him by the hair of his head, tore out some of his hair, and struck him repeatedly on the head and body with the whip. A person by whom the defendant was a cornpanied prevented complainant's wife from coming to his assistance. His hand was cut by the whip, and his wife i❑ attempting to assist him was flogged unmercifully. Knew of no cause for the assault. Cross -examined—The defendant was a cornmutter in the Quadrant. Before he set up business there, persons sometimes called at his house, mistaking it for the de fendant's, and he had invited them upstairs to the con sulting•rootn. A person called the previous day, and inquired for a Mr. Renda►.l ; and he replied that the scamp did not live there.. Had also told people that Mr. Rendall had gone to Scotland. There was another Mr. Rendall in the street, who had gone to Scotland. The offensive remarks were applied to that Mr. Rendall. When the defendant called, he said, " Where is that scoundrel?" and then knocking his wife on one side, he rushed upstairs to get at him. He was nearly stunned by the violence he was subjected to, and be had not re taliated on the defendant. It was the butt end of the whip with which he was struck. Mrs. Bernard gave evidence similar to that of her husband. Cross•examined--Did not Nee her husband kick the defendant. But all three rolled down stairs together. Mr. Morgan, surgeon—Examined the complainant, and found severe bruises and a serious internal injury. Mr.:. Bernard was also very much injured. Mr. Lewis said in such cases there was always consi derable exaggeration. It was in fact but another illus tration of the accuracy of the old adage, "Two of a trade," &c. The parties lived near each other, carrying on the same business, and this occasioned frequent mis• takes on the part of customers, which led to the subse quent events. - Oa behalf of the defendant, Mr. Gowan, surgeon, said he fund an injury of the leg on examining the defendant, which injury had apparently proceeded from a kick. A. witness proved that when be called on Mr. Bernard and asked for Mr. Rendall, the reply was, "No such --- scoundrel lived there." Went with the defendant to Mr, Bernard's house for an explanation. Saw Mr. Bernard kick Mr. Randall, and then Mr. Kendall struck com• plainant with the lash of the whip, not the butt end. Did not see Mr. Bernard struck, but saw Mr. Bernard strike Mr. Rendall. Mr. Bingham thought that the defendant had been re. ceived with a kick, and had reOrted by Om; the kicker a too severe horse-whipping. He should send the case to the sessions. LAMBETH. —Lucy Contsablc, who had been in cus• tody for upwards of a fortnight on a charge of wilfully inflicting a Wound upon her throat and hand, under cir cumstances already reported i❑ The Sun, was brought up for final examination. Sergeant Coppin informed lfr. Elliott that he bad no more evidence to offer, and the prisoner was ordered to be discharged. She seemed delighted at being restored to liberty, and hurried out of the dock to join her friends, who were present for the purpose of taking her back to Tunbridge, to which she t , elongs. Owing to the reluctance manifested by the prisoner to give a minute deecriptiou of the young man whom she MANSION HOUSE. —Charles IVileox, a powerful ru.m, about 38 years of age, was brought before Alder man Wire, charge,' with having deserted from three dif ferent regiments, the last regiment being the Royal Ar tillery. The defendant said he was a deserter from two other regiments, but he was merely absent frzma the Royal Ar tillery without leave. H® was ordered to be handed over to the War Office, according to the usual form. James Allcott, a man of respectable appearance, was brought up charged with having threatened to stab his wife with a dagger. Mrs. Allcott said her husband came home drunk, and after using strong language to her and to her son, pro duced a large knife like a dagger, and threatened to use it upon her. He then broka two mirrors which were in the drawing-room and smashed the chain; and tables. The defendant said he was jealous of his wife, in con sequence of her unjustifiable attachment to a young man, and he felt v(ry much annoyed at the preference she gave that person. Alderman Wire said the defendant and his wife were rather too old to be affected by the passion they spoke of. The policeman 'who apprehended the man said the couple had been married only 6 weeks. (A laugh.) Alderman Wire—l hold you to bail in two sureties of 50/. each. Defendant—l never meant to hurt her, and she knows it. - _ Complainant—You know I would not hurt you, but there is no possibility of standing such dreadful treat ment. The defendant wal.then sent to prison. The dagger was quite enough to frighten anybody when in thlYtancie.a..a4nan drunk either with liquor or with jealousy. POW-ST kpray alias Hawkins, an Irish basket-wom, § Charged by Johanna Conway (also an Irishwom n) with stealing a basket containing 100 oranges. It appeared that the complainant, wbo keeps a fruit stand in Conduit-street, Grosvenor -square, had been to Covent-garden to lay in a stock of fruit. Having pur chased a hundred oranges, she left them at the Britannia public-house, in James-street, while she returned for some other articles. In her absence the prisoner entered, and seeing the basket with no one taking care of it, she hoisted it on her head and waled;off with it. In a few minutes prosecutrix returned, and missing her property set up a great outcry, upon which a bystander informed her that a woman had just taken it away, and had been seen to turn into Hart -street with it. She started in pur suit, and in Hart -street overtook the prisoner, who in sisted that she (prosecutrix) had employed her to carry it home for her. Prisoner, in defence, pretested that this was the truth, but the magistrate, giving no credit to the story, remanded her that due inquiry might be made as to her character and antecedents. The clerk to the Senate of the London University, Mr. Henry Moore, waited upon Mr. Jardine, in consequence of a communication from his worship, to give his opini of the genuineness of a document purporting to be a cer tificate or diploma of the University.• This instrument, whicli was very carefully written on parchment, and professed to confer the degree of M.D. on " The Count Gustavus Paul Charles de Beaufort," was presented . t this court on the previous day by a well-dressed .• ) r sniel by an interpreter. The foreignet- 7 % . • - .6;',0f the officers wrote the name "C. NelEen,'. l " a memorandum to the effect that the signatures to,the body of the certificate were genuine, and his purpose was to have this declaration counter signed by the . magistrate. The form of the instrument, however, excitect suspicion, and it wa; detained until inquiries could be made. Mr. Moore, oil. seeing the "diploma," said it did not in any way resernle the genuine diplomas of the Uni versity ; nor were any of the names attached to it tho , e of officers of the university, or of persons in any way known to hire. The genuine diplomas were signed by the Chancellor, the Earl of Burlington Mr. Jardine observed that the document bore marks of falsehood on the face of it, but still he had no doubt that if his signature, and the seal of the court, could have been obtained, it might have been made use of abroad, where it would pass for a real English diploma. " The Count Gustavus Paul Charles de Beaufort" did not, of course, return to claim his diploma, which still lies in the hands of the clerk. WORSHIP-STREET.—John, Stuart and Thomas Hopkins, the latter of whom was stated to be a ticket of-leave convict, were placed at the bar for final exami nation, charged with having broken into and plundered the premises of Mr. Robert Marshall, a silk manufac turer, in Spital-square. The prosecutor stated that shortly after one o'clock on the afternoon of Wednesday, the 20th ult., he left his warehouse for a short time, according to his usual prac tice at that hour, after carefully locking the outer door, which appeared in the same state of security on his re turn in three-quarters of an hour, but, on admitting him self with the key, he discovered that the premises had been thoroughly ransacked during his absence, all the drawers and boxes havi ng b een f orce d open, and that a quantity of manufactured silk and velvet, of the value of 4001., had been carried off by the thieves. A reward of 50/. had been subsequently offered for the detection of the delinquents, which ultimately led to the apprehen sion of the prisoners, but not the slightest vestige of the stolen property had since been traced. Thomas Levesque, a warehouseman employed at a manufactory in Spital-square, stated that about ten minutes before two o'clock on the afternoon in que,tion, he saw two men stealthily emerge from the prosecutor's warehouse, each of whom was carrying a bulky bag, with which they proceeded to the corn, r of an adjoining street, and having deposited the sacks in a light cart which was waiting there in charge of a third man , th ey drove rapidly o ff w ith th e b ooty. Three other persons, named Thomas Bowler, John James, and Robert Dyer, gave corroborative evidence, and positively identified the prisoners as the two men referred to by the last witness, which they were en abled to do without hesitation, from having seen them loitering about the neighbourhood at the same hour for three weeks previous to the commission of the robbery. Sergeant Jackson, of the H division, stated that, in conjunction with Whicher, an active detective officer, he succeeded in apprehending the prisoners in the Kings• land road, and after lodging them in the cell at the station-house, the prisoner Stuart was deteoted in the act of tearing up some paper, the fragments of which were collected and put together in the presence of the prosecutor, who at once recognised it as a ticket bear ing the private mark, which had been attached to a por tion of the inis , ing property. The prisoners, who reserved their defence, under the advice of Mr. Wontner, their solicitor, were ordered to be committed for trial. admitted into rler ma , ;ter's house, and also the friend who accompaaied hire, the plice have not been able to wake any arrests in connection with the robbery. PRICES OF SHARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUEIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1856, GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMP,UfIES. Dividend i Amount Name of Company.— - per 1 of Paid. Price, If . • Annum. , I Share. ,r !s X s. d. X s. d. British • • •.! •••• •• ••• . , Ditto Frovincial •• .; - 71. i2O 0 0 20 0 0 1 24 Brighton .. • • •• • • •• 5/, '2O 0 0 20 0 0 15 City of London .. •• .. 41. Os. ,100 0 0 100 I 0 j Continental (4th Cap.) . 50 0 0 20 0 0 i Equitable . •• ...... 21.105. 150 0 0 all 38)4 Great Central ...... • 81. per cent. 1 10 0 0 all 12L Imperial ............ 101. & bonus. 50 0 0 all 85 Independent ... —.. •• 51. 40 0 0 9 I London • ............ ; 50 0 0 Do., Parl. Preference 61. per cent. 1 25 0 0 fit 24% I' rio3nix ............. 4!. per cent.: 60 0 0 52 0 0 'latent/ .... . .... • 51. 100 0 0 16 0 0 16 United General ...... 2/. 10s. 50 0 0 all 20 Westminster Chartered 41 per cent. 50 0 0 „ Ditto . - N - ew . . —• • ............. .—___ i5O 0 0 10 u 0 . . , 41 , - . • - ' ER-WORKS. , - '''' ' .. Dividend Amount Name o ompany. per of Paid. Price. Annum. I Share. X s. d. £ a. d. East London Grand Junction .....• 4r. per cnt. 50 0 0 all 704 Kent—. .. Lainbeth Newßiver Company 21.105. Southwark &Vauxhall 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 894 West Middlesex ...• BRIDGES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X a. d. X a. d. flunzerford — 12 Southwark .... — 110 0 0 Ditto New of 7% p.c. 1/. per cent. 30 0 0 tVaterloo — 100 0 0 Ditto Old Ann. of 8L 11. 14s. Bd. 60 0 0 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. 10s. 4d. i4O 0 0 23 Vauxhall DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. X s. d. Commercial .... •..... 51. pr cent. Stock. Stock. east arid West India.. 61. pr cent. Stock. East C.antry.. 2os. per sh. —..— London ... • ... Ditto Aonds 4l. per cent. St. Katharine .... • 4 per cent. Stock. 83 , , onthampton Victoria l5l. per cent. '2O 0 0 10 0 0 so 0 1 10 0 0 • 7"tr, Xiarkets:. EDINBURGH GRAIN.-I4lLunt 19. COAL MARIE' .—MAncii 19. Prim of Coal per ton at Paid. I Price. I d. Byass's West Hartley l7 9 Pelton Main 15 6 2 I Taufield Moor Butes 14 6 Wallsend, &o Hedley .15 6 — 25 Riddell l5 6 20 •?.‘ Eden Main 17 01 Haswell 18 as Ships at market... 3: 13 I Sold OBABORNE MAILS. COUN'I'RIZO. ,imerica(bylirit.pack)ll America (by United Sta.] packet) ...... !Every Friday .... (Liverpool !Liverpool Ainerica . (by 11. States [ce. packet) .........N Mistrals (via South _ ampton) Ditto (via Maree) N, _ Ditto (via Cape of '640 Isouthautpu. Southumptor , Dover .. - &frica (West Costa) 1 9 Alexandria ........ ..N Idexandria M t€ Bahamas .•• •• 14 Belgium 14 a ; Brazil ••.•• • • • • .• 31 9 " Buenos Ayres .... .;.; M I 12k Cape of Good Ilope - Cape of Good hope ..N Cape de Verde .. ...Nj fik td t: the month .. 118, . 40 of [,4th 8c 20or of mon. [,llth•of the ;ROMA. ...„ [,9th of the mouth..; 11 , 9t11 Or the Itonth .. IPlymouth • • (Dover Southampton , Southaraptor. (Dover ..... • iSoutlamptoi. 'Southall - Ono Various port:l .. . 9th of th month ISouthsunptor • 13 on ~Wed.,&Fril. i2d gc 17th of montt Once. a Month.... 01,13,18,23,&23 of Y: 4th ND•2oth of mon. Twice daily ...... lgouthampto , ,Southampto !Dover fioathxmptoii IDover ,Twice dai1y...... ;4,7, 17.20, 27 cf m Dover .... Southampton 2nd & 17th of mon. Tuesday i Friday 12nd of the month !17to litho month. ;4th 5 1c 20th Of mon. '9th& 25th of month! i 7, 17, & 27 of mon !Twice daily ;7,9,17,&270fm. ;9th of the month 23d of month ....; !Southampton London Boutharaptob Dover ..... Southamp to, Plymouth • • Dover ...4 . - Dover,. , Doty head • Southampton: Southampton !Liverpool 1 2 .18, & 28 of mon :Dover 14th of the month 2nd of the month. . sthlsth26tholmon. 1218 c 17thof month By private el ip Sth sth2Sthofmon. Ithl7th27thoitnon. td & 27th of men., private ship...j sth Itith2sthoimon,l St l ll s th2sthofrnon. 2d & 17th of month• 'Southampton Dover ...... Southampton Various port Dover Southampton Southampton !Various ports (Dover Dover ...... Southampton [2d& 17thoi montk tea fall on a Sunda' g day, with the ei Nita, both of whirl a:ales of all kinds of grain were rather hear Wheat and oats up, while there was a decline on and Leans. Wheat, on the top, 4e down, and on the average up. Barley, on the top, 3s Od up—and on the AT, 3d down. Oate on th e t op 2 s 8d d own — on the ave rec up. Beans o n th e t op 2 8 d own — t h e average, le 5dG AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat £3 12 10 8-12th' Do. new Barley Oats ll3 4 6-12th g ' Beane , 2 6 9 10-12tIA EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET—MAriciil B ' Then were in the market to-day 14 sacks oatmol , weighinligisebillingsriutfthich sold at 435. Od. ' EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARYJ' , MARCII 18. • Supplies I all kimatitese last six days again 15111 • Oat straw, from 8s Od to 10s 6d per komple of 1 6 ; 1 34 tron; wheat do., Ss 6d to Ils Od; barley do.. 7s 0 I , Si Od. Hay from 10d to 15d. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—M aßci 11. TO Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. imperial Barley - meal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto Pot-barley, per ditto —s Od s Od -'4 DUBLIIT—Meats 18. , e . We bad rather a quiet market to-day. Wheat ws s :l is dearer, in consequence of very short supplies, b 5 ley, oats, and Indi an corn move d o ff s l ow l y, at &WIl currencies of Friday. White wheat, 38s Od to 42s ; red ditto, 36s 04 to* barley, 145 Od to 195 6d ; oats, lls Od to 14s Od ; rats —s Od to —s Od per brl; oatmeal, 14s Od to 15s 6d ; flow, 21s Od to 27s Od per cwt ; Indian corn, 32s 01 t" . per 480 lbs. the dose of the =sae" 1 Walloend t ko• Kepler Grange ~.,....• :0 Lanibtou ll Stewart's. 0 Hough Hall •x•''ll South Yellse.— ...........,. Tees Whitworth Dersrentwater Hartle,' (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General ra t by the nlght—and Id by the morniug—despatch.) Daywhpn male li From ws a la General Post- p ort ells v. , 1 Office, London.* Dispatche '3kfitt' Paid. 1 Prii A s. 41. all 20 . o 0 25 0 e 25 0 0 all 0 11 20 0 0 a 20 0 0 4 , 10 0 0 2! 25 0 0 5 22 10 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 210 o to 0 0 CANALS. , . Names of J E Dividend ft,. Names of r * Dividend Companies. A per " Companies. ti per i 5 ,404 iU. Annum. , .= Alumni. A. , -- , X 1 .£ A shtn &Oldh 98 71. p. ct.' 145 Macclesfield. 100 21. 10s. 51 Barnsley.... 160 ', Neath .. •• • • too 161. BrknkSDAbrg 1501 4/. 1 Oxford.. •• • • 100 104 Birmingham 1 401 41. 1 91% Peak Forest. 78 W. Os. 76 Coventry.... ,100 25 T. Regent's •• • • 30 11 143, Derby ••• • • !100 6/. 15s. 84 Rochdale.... 85 11. 10s. 76 Ellsmre&Chs, 69 2% p. ct. Sornrset Coal 140, GrandJunctn , loo 3/. pr. ct. 34 Do. Lk FdSt 121 Do., 6 pr.Ct.l 10 61. pr. ct. 115, Stard &wore 140 281. 420 Grand Purrcy i 1001 41. , Shrewsbury.. 125 Grand Union ' 100 1/. Os. Stonrbridge.. , 45 121. 290 Kennt & Awl' 39 6s. Od. 6% Severn and 1 ' i . 21 Lancaster .. 100 , — Wye R a il. j v 6 • Leeds &Livrp' 100 251. 470 Warwick & 25 Leicester ....It 00 51. 49% Birmi ng . 5 1001 21 . Lcicstr &Nth 83 , Warwick & - 1 Lought.rogli 1421 701. 550 Napton...l 1001 21 ° 10 Moninouthsh 100! Worcstr &1 1 Mntgmerysh too Birming ., 78 1 21. 21 sleltnMwbry 100' —•— Wilts & Brks , —' 109. Od. ................. INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per I of I Paid. I Pile( Annum. Share. X s. . S s. d. Albion .... • • ....•• -3/. 103. 500 0 50 0 0 83 Alliance Bri:. and For. 71. 148. 6d. bs 100 0 11 I 0 171 1 Ditto Marine ....... 51. p. c .& b s . 100 0 25 0 0 40% Anchor .............. 6 per cent. 5 1 0 0 - Atlas - - 153. Od. 50 0 515 0 171, krgus Life .... ....... 4/.per cent. 100 0 25 0 0 - Is cabal Commercial .. 7i. 10s. 50 0 5 0 0 - Clericl..qed.& Cien.Life spr et. & bs. 100 0 10 0 0 21 County •• •• ... •• .., •• •• 41. 100 0 10 0 0 120 Crown .........• .... 17s. Od 50 0 J 5 0 0 18! Eagle Equity and Law...... 4% per cent. 100 0 5 0 0 5% Europein Life I/. 20 0 all liiM Gen era 1............ Globe ••. •• .... 51. per cent. Stock. ~ 104 Guardian ............ V. per cent. 100 0 i 47 5 0 52 Imperial Fire......... 12/, per cent,f 500 0 50 0 0 340 Imperial Life Indemnity Marine - - I'. 31 & 3/. 100 0 '2O 0 0 82 Law Fire .......... • • 25.& 2s. bs. 100 0 210 0 3% Law Lite.- .. ........ - 100 0 . 10 0 0 61 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 5% London London Ship.... Marine .. ••• lBs.per share 100 0 0 28 0 0 40 Med.lnvlid& Gen. Life 4% 1. per ct. .50 II 0 2 0 0 314 Minerva ........ •... sp. ct. & be. 20 0 0 2 0 0 6 Monarch ......... - 5 0 0 1 0 0 - National Loan Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 - Palladium Life... Pelican ...... • • - - - 45 Phcenix - - - 1783. P-ofessional Life ...... 51, per cent. 5 0 010 0 - Provident Life........ I/. ss. & be. 100 0 0 10 0 0 38% Rook Life .........• .. 7s. 6 3 0 910 0 8 Royal Exchange ...... 101. per cent. Stock. a ll 228 Sun Fire ...... Cl 10s. - It 248 Ditto Life ..... 11 14s. - - United Kingdom .... 41. p. ct. & bs. 20 0 0 40 0 5 Universal Life . - Victoria Life - 412 6 54 MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of ( Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. I X s. d. Assam Tea .• ........ 57. 50 0 0 20 0 S Auction Mart.. •• .• .. 24 per cent) 50 0 0 I Australian Aericulturl 1/. Is. 100 0 0 17 10 0 Australian Trust .... 81. pci cent 25 0 0 Austra/ian Royal Mall 51. 10 0 0 all Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 all British American Land Iss. 40 0 0 Canada ... —••..•• .. 61. por cent. 1 100 0 0 32 10 5 147 Do. 5 per cent Bonds Si. per cent. Ditto, 6 per cent. .• 61. per cent. • I08)i City Nt•vlgation Bonds Electric Telegraph .. 6 per cent. 25 0 0 24 0 0 20% Ditto ............ Equitable Reversioury 71 pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0. Date New ........ 50 0 0 17 10 0 Oen. Revers. & Invest. sp.c. & bs, 100 0 0 100 0 0 Gen .Steam Navigation 10 p. et. 15 0 0 14 0 0 Hudson's 8ay........ -- Stock. 202 Hungerford .......... 2/. ss. 100 0 0 100 0 0 London Institution ... --•— London Reversionary 51 per cent. 15 0 8 all _ Russell Institution.... 12 10 0 Price's Patent Cand. Co 101. per cent. 20 0 0 17 10 21), Reversionary Int. Soc. 4)41. Pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 _ Royal Mail Steam.... 41. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 79)i South Australian Land 6/. per cent. 125 0 0 I all 35)4 Trust and Loan Comp. Upper Canada .. •• 1 20 00i h n • b 0 0 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Name of Company. Dividtud per Arnortnt of Share. Annum. Paid. Rank of Scotland ... British Linen Company Caledonian Bank City of (41asgow Bank Clydesdale Bank .... C inmercial Bank .. Eastern 8ank........ 71. per cent. 81. per cent. 81. per cent. 51. per cent. 5%1. p cent. 71. per cent. 61. per cent. 3341. p cent. X 3. d. 100 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 500 0 0 25 0 0 S 0 0 I£ a. 1. 100 0 0 100 0 0 2 10 0 10 u 0 10 0 0' 100 0 0 10 0 0 0 .0 ;0 0 0 2 10 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 II 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 0 0 3 5 0 1 10 0 # 1 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 1 70 0 2 1 0 0 Edinb. & Glasgow.... Exchange Bnk of Scet.. National Bank ...... North of Scotland Bank Royal Bank of S cotl. Union Bank of Scot. .. Western Bank.... •• •• Alliance Fire and Lite.. British Guarantee . Caledonian Fire Incur City of Glasgow Lite . Co onial Life • • .... Edinburgh Life Insnr. Eng. & Scot, Law Life Life Assoc. a Scal..and Nations; Fire and Life North British insur... Scottish Union Insrne. Standard Life .. •• •. United Dop Assurance 634 per cent. 51. per cent 51. per cent. Cl. per cent. 71. per cent. 8341. pr cent. 41. per cent. 10,. per cent. 61. per cent.' 5/. per cent. 6/. o r cent.' 51.10 r cent. /. per cont. 61. per cent. 71. per cent. 7%1. prcent. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 1 100 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 ,100 0 0 50 0 0 100 t 0 10 0 0 :00 0 0 Co 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 200 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 1 NEW PATENT FOR PAPER -MAILING.--The North Bri tish Daily Mail states—" Capt. Brown, of the Rob Roy steamer, obtained a patent for the manufacture of paper from the plant known throughout the Highlands gene rally as the fern or breachan. Such of our readers a , have rambled much amid the Highlands of Scotland wil be fully aware that of the plant in question there is suet an abundant and spontaneous crop annually, amongst grass, that the graziers and crofters would give a, good deal to get quit of them. In Ireland also the plant is very abundant. We have had a specimen of paper manufactured from this plant left at our office. One of the most extensive of our paper manufacturers has al ready had the material tested. When this matter shall have been somewhat more matured we shall be able to furnish the particulars ; meanwhile we may remark that the saving in the manufacture into various kinds of paper will be very considerable, but especially in such qualities as are used for printing purposes." Southampton Ly, tho motto will 1 1 tception of the Tn Will be deepetob" G• T , r REAT Indat 7E.4SsaFR., BRISTOL.—A tnl.. and Bath at r 45 1.. Nolu ggav 4 . 4l dlngt ...._ on. tetaltable up 6------ N - DON to and !so WAY.— 1 . oed on TRIM S' ~_u n Good Friday rn of th e 9.15 a.re 4 ' 01 1 Week days, e General Manage] L o NDoN 1 LA.ND tICSETS, FIIST A Lincoln Collin gh Newark Niekerton T hurgarton ordinary trg ilndays, to MON l uit Zr return by 1 Marcl r +Press day tick' ettun by expret DAY tickets will g t s t;) t on;t D atio o n,; RAILWA v v kg ~ T l G.—A SI ort,,DNESDAI T,"araPton at a -- ".aYi March 2 FAI class ........ trr nt ßeturn Tic] /tChlit,!ral t,s• second Manager ma tarn 'tickets fa k,, re ", by the 9.15 a . — " either d TUE TIM] vet —*ti Assurance,,.. 1 ed by these ,PLATE - G Pop r eakage of 1 4% ' Ludgate D ed at this °Mc by ; 1 1 43 e done by I' o pl_ e °/ 11 12 , any's efpr)m Btoußiry lust' ' e yuers. Collect° -th‘dfate-hill , afford "vest possible tt4tTROP re" ,GENERA , n'aterloo-pli It e t e; l ll , r i„. - • Pencer H.' y Pe ter Fuller, Assaranee bi b . ,' The bonus '" cent. en all I ALLADII ix:,°tiee is hereby C i ': Or Proprietors i;Z.lit this 01lice of i selY, to reeeis 'eatber last ; at WE thpe 'Way. (e ntrance 1 etfull y inform' It. ALB tee' ock TO-NIGH NU ; mut Tuese s• area, 23. ST. A.R' trku CONCERT.; 4 tit f Mr. Jc ks 4 '.areh 29,. at "1.8 Sr m s o Nts •Sim s S Qreilestria"ist— s. ('‘ Irift „,Y inst -ostu f '..et coßel Ntt tails °eery Sat may he s( c hall, KIT; tXTENSI( Or. tli th tlit ill)l ic that, in *I D •srol un ,, 11 9 Clo's"r of t, At are4 e 2 ( 4 dur ,„i ARGYLL 4 1 hn o p, X OW OP ' 4 4 n ';, , N. Bonlco new Var. AE Comm t 41). Yard i.neso Dear et instanthp ea atbrifild 'as 2,l l and, 1)0 11 Yard ata;rmooT A lr' b ar ° tel, der b )11 41 will all ' b (1 117 :e ni liS Z 4 lll- - 24 411 Kier mu 'Jere- to the left 4t mu st 4 ' 4s t also be °l a by D'reo k t a re e t o , itrae ndenn ki • ten on bas the f 11 eep leClf t all Gas b ele Cart be ea that of "a on ce —1 151,4 whether t 14 ; ' % 5 Zh b t e ;)ei b - S,, a — eaithy 7, Of n..` 4' 'vying of ltri 4 ; IS obtai 'at -- ‘'Arrao 2, 1 1 rno - o zs i otl _oi n ure tils t '' a ' It li r t " ° a flat !lab 14 .‘er itself l' n Ate Ter ❑mg f„.7rt i , utee, 33 , 7h. r eet, Londc ZNitPsuLzs, , 0 4. ..... i5 eet ' of ,q•11/ 0 , rice per tiwhz4r LJOZZA • JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Name of CI Australasia... 201. per cent. British North American ; 61. per cent. Commercial of London. , 10/.per cent. Colonial .........: 5/. per cent. ... . Lond. Char. Bk. of Aus. London and County lOl. per cent. Londe 40d Westminstr 141. percent. London Joint-Stock ..• 121. per cent.; Provincial of Ireland 81. per cent. 1 Ditto, New.... Bl.per cent. Nationt.l of Ireland 61. per cent. Nat. Provincial of Eng j 81. per cent. Ditto, New .... • . 8/. per cent. Orientui Bank Corpora. V. p. ct.&bs. South Australia l4l p.ct.& bs. Union of Australia 301. per cent. Ditto .. Union of London ..... '.201. per cent. Union of Madrid ... • • ' Dividend Amount per of ft*ramen. i Share. s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 ,100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 j2O 0 0 1 50 0 • 1100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 • 40 0 0 Ceylon (see India) • Ceylon ..............N k , Channel Isles ........N 0 China .......... Constantinople is, Constantinople Cont. of Europe M & N, Egypt (see India) France •• •• •• •• 3I do 1 4, 1 Gibraltar Greece (see India) • Graytown •• •• •• •• ••M . Haniburgh .........N Havannali ..........M' Holland Honduras (ndia(vlaSonthampt.)M India (via Marsollies)M, Lonian'lsles (see India) I , Ireland ..........lf & N sdadelra ............2.1 Madeira &!alta (see India) Malta Nlr Mauritius (see India) fain-Ulu' •., • • • • •• • • N Mexico •• N.Taples•• •• .• •• •• • • •• N !Tow Granada Flew Zealand •• •• •• Papal States Peninsula •• •• •• • • •• Di Pent •• •••• •• •••• ••114 Port Natal ..........N Sicily 3, •••• • •• Tuscany •• •• •• •• •• ..N Jenezuela •... • • • ••111 an Dlemon'sLan d (se , Australia) •• •• •• •• •• vcst Indies When any of these dal patthod on the followin outhampton), and the 1 ?receding day. SHIRR MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 19. bel STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the marker. ..• steady to-day, and prices have been at the full rist i yesterday. L on d on an d North-Western, new 1130 d.—Eastern C oun ti es, 9 l — Lancashire and York,r9 33 / 1 i—South East ern , 2(4 - - Midlands, 71?--P t i / I Eastern, Berwi c k s , 19I—Di tto, York capital stock, a Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 26/ I. MANCHESTER, MARCH 19. . fee STOOK EXCHANGE . — The mar k e t h as been doing - moderate business to-day, and the prices were ate ' tern,L e o d s , 6 t3l—Sh n e d ffi o e u lds s , n 22 i North—Black b uersnt,e Western, —it 101# - D's Eighths, / die.—Cheshire Junction, 173—Dovers, 2Q —Manchester A ssurance, 1 0 pus.—Great Northern, L ' i cent. Pref., j pre. BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 19. ro t STOCK EXCHANGS.—The tone of the market was ~ ho-day, and the prices were without alteration, oi r 'Locks generally in fair demand. Great Western di naingham Guaranteed, 72--Old Birmingham Canalt —London and Nort h Westerns closed at 10• E lt iv Aridlands, 71i 71g. DUBLIN, MARCH 18. 911 1 1 STOCK EXCHANGE. —Th ree per C ent. Console, Ditto for Account, Bth of April, 92 - New Throe Cent. Stock, (shut), 92 A—Ditto, for Account, Bth 4 1 1,/ 94—Dublin and Wicklow, s —Hibernian Bank. 31. Great Southern and Western, 52—Ditto, Eighth/. ", Midland Great Western and Royal Canal, 49i—Da b os •Ind Belfast J unc ti on, 44—D u b lin and Liverpool Steal ship Building Co., 44—Ditto, halves, 21i—Lackibr 1 Copp'. Mining Co., 25 . —Waterford and Limerick, 201' BA ILWAY TRAFFIC .RETURNS. _-.--- tY GREAT NORTHERN R----llLWlL—Traffis return for week ending March 9, 1856 £20,684 ,? 1 Corresponding we e k l as t year 19,679 j u LANCASHIRE AND YO RKSHI R E RAILWAY. Traffic 0 1 „ f turn for the w ee k en di ng March 16, 1856 k 20,055 ; 7 , 11 Corresponding wee k l as t year. 18 , II 0247o 247 v f CHESTER AND OLYHEAD RAILWAT.—Tra ffi o return f the week ending March 16, 1856 £4,830 1 . 9 Corresponding week last year 43 2.27.......1496 18 hackie in 1856 . ~ A 2 re LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANT.—Trawo turns for the week lading March 16, 1 856—(Average g ulj g ber of omnibuses working daily, 364) £6,231 3 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Traftle i g ; tarn for the week endin g Maroh - 15, 1856 £5,683 9 corresponding week last year 5 176 lir , Increase in 18541 £so6 13 _; .... BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the ISth i ns t., th e w if e of Mr. George Walla, et Adelaide-charnbers, city, and tho Regent's -park. On tho 19th inst., at Derby-road, West Croydon, l b° wifo of Mr. Henry Britton. aP A DAUGHTER. On the 18th inst., at 15, Upper Gower-street, Bedford' square, the wife of Stephen Temple, Esq., Q.C. On the 19th in s t., a t Kentish-town, Mrs. Thomas 8 ' Pattison. MAlt RIE D. On the 13th inst., at WiLesden Church, Charles Latt er ' of Kensall House, Harrow-ro a d to Matilda WhittingstJl' second daughter of William Bean, Esq., of Mountpleasen" Hampstead. On the Ilith inst., at Fittleworth, Sussex, Froderii Williams, Eeq., of osham, Hants, to Priscilla, sib !laughter of the late Wm. Frederick East, of Abbpy• House. Bexley, Kent. DIED. On the 18th inst., at Noel-street, Islington, Mr. Alexo ll4 ,ier Bowen Hopkins, aged 61. On tho 18th in 4., Mrs. Mary Ann Laurie, wife of Frolnies Laurie, Esq., Fleet-street, aged O. On the 18th inst., at 47, Upper Albany-street, Rog" e d park, Captain Charles Charnberlayne Irvine, R.N., *I 85. Oa the 18th inst., at Edgbaston, near 13irminghsub John 'Milian]; Esq., of th• Friary, Handaworth, Coriishire, aged CO. On the 18th inst., at Kensington, at an advanced are, Afary Giornovichi, daughter of the late Giornovichi, the violinist. On the 17th inst., at Southend, Essex, Sarah, widow o f the late Rear Admiral Bingham, of Grove-house, Lyini° l : on, Hants, an d d aug h ter of the late Vice-Admiral Si t' Wm. Parker, Bart., aged 82. On the 13th inst., at 33, Upper East Smithfield, John Gowans, Esq., Naval Instructor, R.N., aged 48. .onDon: Printed and Pnblishod by MURDO YOUNG, No. 112, ( 3tranfl, Printer, at The 'Sun Offica, N",-). 112, Straw', in tha Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of IfidJlesex, Thursday, March 20, 1856. 18511( 220/N 31. I 8 11113► 12 12 223/1, 1 1 3s 41. 14, y ..n. e r' ~ ~- , , ' rest.' l Apr o v? 0 ,• 116th '4 &I- !Tviict' l A PO I t Price