The Sun. — London, England, 1856-04-10 00:00:00

WNW MONEY 'MARKET COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CiocK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed flrsaly at fully previous prices for all kinds and at an advance of 1-161. per lb. ; on American be tvveen s;d. and 6id. per lb. The sales were 12 ,000 bales, 1,000 for export, and 4,000 on specu lation, comprising 300 Egyptian, 60. to Bd. ; 2 ,500 Surats, 4id. to 41d. ; and 60 Sea Islands, 11d, to 91. per lb. The Railway Share Market Was without any feature, but a better tone pre vailed. The quarterly statement of the particulars of vessels trading within the limits of the East India Company's charter has been published by the East India and China Association. From this it ap pears that, from the Ist January to the 31st March, there was an increase of 5,452 tons entered in wards, as compared with the corresponding period Of last year. The clearances outwards this year showed a decrease of 8,285 toles. The instalments of 15 per cent. on the New Loan, and 20 per cent. on the finding of Exche quer Bills are due to-day, but as they have in Most cases already been provided for, the demand for accommodation in Lombard-street is not exces sive. As there is also the settling-day in the English 8 tock market, however, full employment is found for Capital, and full rates are current. On the 24th inst. the Loan will be fully paid up, and some anxiety is felt to ascertain what course the Govern- Mont intends taking for the obtainment of further Pecuniary assistance. _ _ At a meeting of the creditors of Mr. W. 0. Young, held to-day, a statement of the probable assets and liabilities was read. This gave liabilities to the amount of 65,7501., and assets of 25,2491. A long conversation took place with regard to a partnership which was supposed to subsist between the above gentleman and Mr. Beckwith, of New castle ; and it was finally agreed that the meeting should be adjourned until an investigation had taken place in this matter. Mr. Pitcairn and Mr. Stevens consented to act as inspectors. The market for Public Securities is quiet, but the quotations have advanced per cent. Consols for money are 931 to 931, and for the Bth prox., The New Threes are 931 to and the deduced 92k to 1. Bank Stock is 213 to 2131. Exchequer Bills, March, are ls. premium. The market for Foreign Securities maintains yes terday's quotations, but there are few important transactions in them. Turkish 6 per Cents. have declined about 1 per cent., to 991 991, ex dividend ; and Use 4 per Cent. Guaranteed Stock has risen I, to 1021. Russian 4i per Cents. are now 95k 96. Spanish New Deferred 3 per Cents. rule at 25, for , Izoney and account. Dutch 2i per Cents. are un altered at 63/, and 4 per Cent. Certificates at 94. cluador has been dealt in at 151, and New Brazi lian Bonds 98. _ _ _ The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 71 8 ; Mexi ean, 224- 3} ; Peruvian, 78 80 ; ditto 3 per Cents., t 4 6 ; Portuguese 4 per Cants., 48 50 ; R ussian 0 per Cents., 104 6 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 94 96 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 45i 6t ; ditto Deferred, 24i Oi ; ditto Certificates, 5i 6 ; ditto Passive, 7i I. Railway Shares are in demand, especially old and preference stocks, and prices are Irm with an upward tendency. Midland have risen ss. ; Great 'Northern H Stock ss. ; London and Brighton 103.; Lancashire and Yorkshire 19s. to 15s. ; and the great Western of Canada 10s. Foreign shares are without variation. Mining, Banking, and Miscellaneous Shares are dull. ERITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. ( Prom the Official List. ) lumina. , done. Balk Stock 3 per cent. Redxeod Annuities.,. 92A i h , 4 ~..3 Per Coat Console Annnitiew 931 A 1 =low 3 per Cent. Annuities .... ........... -levr 24 per Cent. Annuities ' 14 4 Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860... ~ 1 3.16 Ditto n Years, expire 10th Oct., 1859 2t Ditto 30 Tears, expire sth Jan , 180 3 5-16 Ditto 30 Years, expire stle April, 1685 164 I India Stock 227 India Bonds, £lOOO .. • — Ditto under 21000 8 3 d co Isola for Account (May 8) 93i i Exchequer Bills, 2d. March. June £lOOO ,— 1 p 1 3 d £560 Small 2 1 p Ditto Bends, 1858, 3i per Cent. 9B/1 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian B on d s, 5 per C en t.. _ Ditto New 5 per Cent., 1829 and 1839 100 x d Ditto New, 1813 9 %Mau Bonds, 6 per Cent lO3 x d Equador Boucle , Ditto New Consolidated. Grenada Now Active, 1i per Cont. Ditto Deferred 7s lilAxican 3 per Cent '^ • •. Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds 4i per Cent ... Ditto 3 per Cent..... Ditto Account s4i Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1822, £ 5t.... . _ Ditto 4i per Cent. by tIF I, BoAds 3 per Cent Ditto Yew Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account 25 Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun si p c &ark la' Bonds, 6 per cent — Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account 10: Dividends on the above .ayable in Lononn. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cont., 12 Gail 631 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ___ THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, m one y 93} 931 Ditto Aecount (Kay 8) MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Apri110,1956, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors In the different Cities and Towns In England and Wales Per Imperial Quarter. W,REar. OATS. I /TS. I SEAN& I PEAS. Q9i 5d 13i 2 11.1 23s 61 4.11 7d 40s 71 393 7d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WU/M. I BAlLty. 1 OATS. 1 RIE. i BEANS. 1 PEAS. 69B pd 36s 10d i 23s 7d f 455 3d 1 40s lld I 39 10, QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WERK. Wheat, 48,09; Barley, 5 ,456; Oath, 12,828 ; Rye,l23 ; Beans 6,631; Peae, 659 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATIC AND LEADENHALL.—Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; Lamb, 5s 2d to 6s 2d ; Veal, 3s 10 ( 1 to 4s 10d; Pork, 3a 2d to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. Trade dull. SouTHALL, April 9.—To-day's market was well supplied with each kind of stock, which sold heavily, at drooping prices. Beef, from 3s 0,1 to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 10d ; ' , Arab, 5s 6d to 6s Cd ; Veal, 4s Od to 59 Od ; Pork, 3s 2d to 43 $d Der 81bs, to sink the offal. Roltroup, April 9.—The trade was very dell, as fol lows :—Beef, from 3s 01 to 4s 4d ; Mutton, :is 2d to 5s Od ; Lamb, 6s Od to 7s 01; Veal, 4s 01 to 58 21 ; Pcrk. 3s 6d to 4s 6d per 81bs. Quarter-old Store Pigs, 21s to 28s each. Shr. 5 5 20 10 HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 4/ Os to 51 15s ; clover do., 41 108 to 6/ 158; and straw, 11 4s to 11 8s per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 4/ 2s to Si 15s; clover do., 41 10s to 6 10s; and straw, 11 5s to 11 9s per load. .oth hay and straw sold slowly, at our quotations. WHITECEIAPRL.—Meadow hay, 4/ Os to 5/ 15s ; clover do., 41 10s to 6/ 15s ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 88 per load. A. fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. STATE OB TRADE.—NOTTINGHAM, Wed esday.---Tbq lace trade is in a very healthy condition. Manufacturer& are very sanguine as to its future prospects, and are busily engaged preparing for the expected demand. The transactions this week are sati s f ac t or y, an d as th e spring advances the demand will be more so. The operatives are exceedingly we ll emp l oye d a t goo d wages. I n hosiery the home demand is quiet, but as more genial weather prevails we shall soon have a more active trade. S ime buyers from th e U n i te d S tates are i n the market. Raw material is still very dear, with little prospect of a decline in price. THE GREAT SHlP.—it the Liverpool town council yesterday, Mr. Hodson, one of the members, stated that he had recently had a conversation with Capt. Harrison, commander of the leviathan ship which is being built at the yard of Mr. Scott Russell, in reference to the accom modation to be provided for the Great Eastern at that port. In his (Capt. Harrison's) opinion it would be quite impossible to swing her in the Sloyne, the usual anchor age ground of the American steamers, as she would there soap all the ropes that could be attached to her. The accommodation suggested was a landing stage, to which she could be moored. Mr. Robertson Gladstone (brother of Mr. J. Ewart Gladstone), speaking as an ex tensive shipowner, expressed a belief that another vessel would never be built of the same size ; and it was there fore scarcely expedient for the local authorities to pro vide special accommodation for the Great Eastern. Mr. Tyrer (also a large shipowner) was of opinion that the Great Eastern would ride safely at anchor in the river. The subject then dropped. SHARE MARKETS. TjiiS I.)A Y. r.AILw kYS. RAILWAYS. ... ... krnbg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. %%net... Icloirast & rallymero.. Binning. Wolverh Stour Valley iiriteand. Lanesh. 6 1- Cheshire Tunct )0. Cherh. & Birk. £5O and £25 04.ns ...... • tlyth &Ty 9 ori gina £25 (ised. at 3ristol and Exeter... Caledonian. Carm. and Cardigan 'Mester & Holyhead 'jerk and Bandon... jork, Black, la PUP Cornwril Do. A Do. B l'rie LT Junction DaNin&Belfastane Dun. P. & Ab-•r, Jnc. East Anglian - Eastern Counties ;last. Union, A RI De., B, Meet Do., New East Kent East Lancashire Edinburgh & °bag° Edinb. and Peebles Edin. PAIL & Durr(l,- Forth & Clyde Jun Furness no. Extension.. Glasgow &S. WAst Great N. of Scotlnd Ureat Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock. Bth. &West Are Great Western.. . .. Stour Val ... (lna. Stk. Erich South-Easters: E.:lnvader & Carlipl, Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds i..ncash. and York. . Do. Wet. aidine , . l Ltv:Creiv.&Sonth t tiondon & Black vsal 1 r.ond. Bright &S.Cpt Lond. and N. West 7, Do. Fifths D0.101.13h..M&8... ( Do. Eighths.. London and S. West - , Do., £5 • Do., £4O. Ludndrryds Col oral n • tandiadrr , . & EnniAt gancb.S . hef.k Linek At an. & Lin. Un 4etropolitan Midland Do. flirmng. & Derhs ld. G. West. (I 1 - 6, Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Nwpt.Aberg. &He: Newry &Enniskillei• Newry Warrenpoin+ and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Counties UnL North British._ Nth Devon & Dock Stock Do., A Stock— B Stock Do., B Guarantoe N. astern—Bervric Do. do. Extension .. Dodo. G.N.E. vturch Co. Leeds I Do. York North London .&S.Wstrn.,Hami - stead, and City Jii.. North Staffordshir , North Western N. & S. Westrn. Juno Nuneaton, Hinckl. y, and Leicester )x, Wore., & Wolv ts:nouth IS( ottlsh Central .., 'Scottish Midland Shropshire UT i)n South Devon South Eastern 'youth Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dui Do qtaines,Wk k. &Wo'r Stockton & Darli Stu I , kton d Flartlepi raff Vale Do. Pref., No. 1 1"-ATnes Hay. D.& R. Ulverstone & Lams Vale at Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenn Water forl ArLimer et West Cornwall. West End of Londry and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B. .., West London. Wimbledn&Croydov Closing Prices this day 27i 28 4.1 - 4i 8k -- 9 17i - 180 15i - 1' 121 - 134 90 - 92 614 - 62 -17 • v., ..... .... 17. —1 8 i 10k 10d 3E 38 24 26 76 - 78 61 - 63 29 io 88 - 92 6i - 7 94 95 79 81 123 125 104 1 06 64f 65 58 60 70 i 5 6 7p 6 7 881 89 ••• - 7f -- 7i 103 101 1014 102 Par PI par - p 4 95 96 •' - ' -.1 .1 , ••• 1 ., ... i • •• 28} - 29 - +4 741 - 43 - 45 •01 • •• ... ... i 4 - 16 53 55 3 i Sid 31 .... 354 • es "..... • • 78i - 794 5i - 34 - : ,- 15i 584 174 88 - 92 Gi - 6 6 - 10} - 103 28i -29 i, 1(6 74 - 76 47 - 49 15 5.3 72i - 73 70 - 72 4 - 2 - S 5 - 37 s• ••• 20 - 21 5i - 6 6i - 7i ••• -- ..dl ... - .. p Business done this day. 4j I 61i z d 161 17i 101 it .1 t" Y '~,~~'. all I. 0 ;8? F'!:1) • '7' *U7AL, 10 10 St 10,) ltd too tot) 100 100 101 all 100 all } 100 100 100 100 100 100 Compan , ' FOREIGN. W klatwerv&Rott r.t m A 9 81 / 40 40 Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con. in Sh. at par till '64 par 2 v 20 10 Ardennes 5 si, 5 all . 3eiglan Rasta. Ju ne 2 '1 2i 20 14 .(eziers to Gra , 88, sea 2 241 18 4. nombay, , Raroda, an Central India,Scri , 1 1 18 all Do. 17e all D emer ara ... • 20" 11 Dutch Rhenish ll 2 p 12/ to all Eastern of France 10 13 Do. New ........ . .... 12 —l4 10 all past Indian , g. 5 p. ,. 22i 23 20 15 De. Evtensiort.. 22 224 221 100 all D0.44p.c.8 ud5.,'57 lW s' (ho. do. do.. '59, dr — 20 16 Gee ong Melbourne guar. 5 per c nt.. 20 all Do., Lou. allot., do. ... 25 226 Gd.Tkof Canadtais 8 7'd 14j 25 -• pi Do. ..................... 16i —17 t 100 90 Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till'6 7 75 77 100 all Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do 85 3 / 4 86?, 861 20 14 Gt. Ceutral of F rance 6 641 204 20 all Gt. Indian Peninsula 21i 22/ 211 26 14 Great Luxembours Cons tit u t e d Shares 7i —.. 71 7i 1 4 all Do. Obligations... .. 31 3a 20 11. Do. re-is. forftd. Sh. 61 1 204 all Gt•WosternofCanaea Shares . 25 1 25/ 61 1 6 204 54 Do. New 3 311 ' 84 1 100 all Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 99 100 100 all Do. do., '62, p.'56 l2O- 125 122 100 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O l2O 125 120 100 all Do. do., '73, without option lO7 109 1084 20J all Hamilton Sc Toronto 25 20 d 25 x (00 all Do. 6 per cent. 20 17 Lake Const. & Basle 20 all Lierre and Turnhout 5 all Lucca &Pist. sp. c.p pm 20 16 Lyons and Genova 20 14 Lyons & Mediterran 20 all Yfsdras, gua-. 4 t p.c 20 204 20 10 De. New do., sp. o 2 , 1 6 1 20 10 Do. 41 p. c. Exten § p 314 all Maria Antonia 10 all Do. do. New 20 all Namnr & Liege (aritl• interest) 7l 73 - 7i 20 all Do. (ex interest) 6 7 16 all Northern of France 4ll 41/ 411 20 all D0.20/.Shs. l2 12 Do. 20/.3 p. c Ads (fmy.B. & Ams. She. , . 10 all NorwegianTrunkPre 8 10 20 all Paris and Lyons 531 40 all Ditto Bonds 20 all Paris and Orleans. t 3 55 10 5 Rome and Frascati.. • • ••• 10 all Royal Danish 194 20.! 20i 5 all Royal Swedish 4 all Do. Obligations ••• all Sambre and Meuse_ 141 —14 i 1 1 10 all Do. 54 p. cent. Pref. " 91 2 1 5 Scinde, guar. sp. c 14 2 j 7 20 all Do lc. all Southern of France— pm 20 16 St. Andrew's an , ' Quebec (A)— 8 .11 West Flanders 4l 5 le All o n 5,k Fret_ 20 l 8 W. &N.W. of rrstnet 36 37 20 ell West. of Switzerland ... .•• 6 all Wiesbaden . 20 all Zealand Loudon & N. Fret. L. &N. W. C,alodon G. Un. & E. C Gt.rirtf - .n ! E. Count Caldonian 1 Do Gt. NI osu Yk. New Berw Y.&NM Do.. Do S. Esstorr Do Peto St Co. Norfolk... D 0... ...... L.& N. W. & Midld. rDekton & arlingt. Midland.. En. Coun. E. Count Do i L.&N.W. I Gt North': TAncash& Yorksh. T. Brassoy M. MClean Stoat. & Darlingt Do `ltWeetn. DI 1 :I, 4r Cart 7 I,TCP this day 95 - 97 94 - 98 11 - 13 4i ... 5 ••• .. 104 lEs fit : iii lib —lis 2i - 21 94 94 - iP 55 - 57 134 = 136 7 i - 3f - 201 fii =. 32 PREFERENCE S HAR Eh. Aberdeen i)o. N 0.2, 7 p. a... Do. Debentures Myth aud Ty n: lope' a. pref. (lead_ at 501 Brio. & Ex. 4 p. a. St, Do. 4 p. c. Shares dalodonian £lO 'hes. St go. Cln. 5i pc Do. do. Pref. No. 2. Do. do. Pref. No. 2 7ork dtrlanclonslp.e Dun.Prth .& A her. J. R. Anglian Cls. ASh Do. do. Cls. B 6 p.c. Do. do Cls. C 7 p. c. gas. C0...F,x, spcNo. Do. No. 2 . Do. New 6 p. o. Si last tin., G. 6 p. Do. 51., 10 per cent 10. Dcbentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent . last Lanca-1. 6 p. cts R. tr W. York. J. sth.' Gl. 5 p.c. sh. Prth.&Dun.4p.c Furness '4las. St S.W. G. 5 p.c Cheat Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem. , Do. 4 z p. e , De. 5 p.c. Scrip, Red At 5 p. c. pm... Gt.N. of Scot. 1 st Pre lit. S. (Ireland, Do. 4per o. Prof. S W.(B. oß.Exspo Do. con. red. 4.i p.c. 09. eon. red. 4 p. c. Do. irre(l. 4p. c, 1 Do. 5 p. c. red. prof Do. 010. do. 118 - 122 116 120 84 90 V 5 96 --• 98 16! -16 i - 6k 19-5 1 - 1 - lit ... -- Do. firm. Pref.-3h... Do. Chester 8 p. C. Do. do. 5 p. c. Do. Bum. Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Gua. Sh.. Do. do. do . • •• '"'" '''''' 69 - 71 6'6 107 - 109 102 --- 104 4P 10 Do. do. do Lan. &Tork. F. £2( Do. 6 p. c. Stock Lon. &Brigh. 0.5 p.c. Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. New Guar.6 p. c. Do. do. 5 per cent . Lon. &N. W., Coy. d, guneaton 5 p. et Lon. & S. W. 7 per ct Londy. & Coler. Sh. Londy. & Ennis. L.,N0w,1.0/ Do. £6 Warypt .& Carl. 4 p Do. 41 per cent 6 - 6A 94 -• 96 F 6 - 58 88 - 90 98 • 100 9A - 10 161 - 171 10 - 101 74 -76 191 - 201 9 - 10 14i - 151 - 36 138 Consol.6 p.c.St Do. Con.Br.Bir. 6 pc Do. 4i p. c. Pref. S 1)o. Pref. 4 per col" Do. 5/. Pref. 4 p. c. Ditto L. &H.Pref. New., Aber., dm, pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p c. pm. Norfolk Deteature• Do. Prof. 5 p. 0. St ck Do. 5 p. c. Ext 'no. 5i per ct . pref ; 'Do. Way. Val. 5 p North British Y. E. Perw, 4 p.c P !Do. do. do Do Leeds fi p.e Do. do. Quarters ... Do.YorklL& -4 Pnr 'North Staffordshire. 135 - 140 •N ~' •r ..• ..' .•.1 ' : f OX, WO. '7 W . 15/ gipc Do R. Prof. 101. Sh. Scot. Cent. ,New Pre ISouth Devon Do. fixed, 44 per cent S. Eastern (Readi , ,, , Ann.) of .f.l Os. 6d. Do. 44 per cent._ . Do. Fixed 4i p c sh., IS Wales Gua. 4p. 0. 1 Do. (10. 4. p. S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. 'Stock .8; Dar. , 5 p. c. po. do. do. Stock. & Ifartl. g. 5 p. a. till July 1, 'sf. W sten& & Kilk. 6 p c 115 - 137 95 - 97 • ..• ..... ••• 1... ... ... 102 -104 93 -94 Si - 51 id 97 99 it i ""- iii 1(X) 100 100 all all all 22/ - 231 98 - 100 9/ -- 10 Lf pm this 'a, 117 I CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day.) OLD COURT. (13efora Mr. Justices Cresswell and Crompton.) TaE ISLINGTON MURDER. This morning at the sitting of the court Celestine Sont mer, 24, married, was placed upon her trial upon an in dictment charging her with the wilful murder of Celes tine Chri4tina=, upon the llth of February, at Islington, she was likewise charged upon the Coroner's warrant. The prisoner, who appeared very much dejected and looked very pale, remained seated during the whole time of the trial. She scarcely ever raised her eyes whilst the evidence was being given, but kept looking down, and, beyond occasionally weeping, did not seem to pay much attention to what was going on. She was dre,:sed in a black gown, over which she wore a fashionable Looded black cloth cloak, and her hair was tastefully banded over her ears. _ _ Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clezk prosecuted, and Mr. Bal- lantine defended. Mr. Bodkin, in opening the case to the jury, said ail that he shoul I feel it his duty to do upon this occasion would be to lay before them a brief outline of the cir cumstances by which the prosecution sought to bring home the crime to the prisoner, and those circumstances would require their most anxious consideration. The prisoner, who is a married woman, at the time of this occurrence lived with her husband at Linton-street, Islington ; and upon the 16th of February, from some information that was given to the police at Islington, thsy went to the prisoner's house and asked the prisoner, whom they saw there, to allow them to search the cellar of her house. She said what for? and they told her. They then did so, and found the body of a female child apparently abut 14 years of age, with a number of wounds about the throat. The prisoner was then taken in cu-tody, and also her husband, but the magistrates, thinking there was not the least evi dence against him, ordered his discharge. The learned counsel then went into a brief detail of the evidence, and having done so, called Riche' Muntz, a girl about 14 years of age, who said that up to the time of the occurrence, and for some time previously, she hasl lived with the pri soner, and her husband at No. 10, Linton-street, Islington. They occupied the whole house. Witness was servant and used to sleep in the kitchen. One Saturday night about the middle of Feb., the prisoner went out at about 10 in the evening. Witness was at that time in the back kitchen. • Prisoner before she went out said, " I am going into Murray-street, and shall be gone about half an hour, and I shall expect you to be in bed and asleep before I come back." Witness did not go to bed, but sat up to make herself an apron. In about half an hour she heard the prisoner at the door with the latch key. Witness directly g.t int ) her bed, which was in the front kitchen. Prisoner then calm to the top of the stairs and said, " Ara you in bed, Rachel." Witness made no answer, and she then heard prisoner go up stairs into her bed-room. Before she went up witness heard her say to some one whom she brought in with her, " Wipe your feet and go into the parlour," and she then heard some one overhead in the parlour. After prisoner came down stairs from the bed-room she came into the kitchen, and then witness saw that she had on another gown. It was an old black one. She had gone out in a black dress with flounces and bugles upon the sleeves. Prisoner came down into the kitchen and pulled the blind down. She had no light, but the stae being on the opposite side of the way there was light enough to see. Sho then went up and came down again with a candle, and the child following her. Witness knew the child ; she had seen it before. Prisoner went across the kitchen and the child stopped at the door. Pri soner said " What are you stopping for, come in—what are you afraid of I" The child said, "I am not. afraid ma'am. but tit is a strange place to me— I have not been here before." Prisoner then went into the cel'ar, the one opposite the kitchen door ; that is not the one in which the coals are kept. She then took the child into the cellar; and witness heard the child say "Some one was going to cut her throat," and pri soner said "she was." The child then cried out " You are going to cut my throat." Prisoner said " I am going to kill you." The child said " You will go to the devil, the devil will have you." Witness then heard the child say, " I am dying, lam dying." Prisoner then put out the candle and came back into the kitchen. She walked about in a very quick way and several times sail, "You ---, I will kill you, I will kill you ; I will teach you to tell any more lies about me. You are a liar, you are a thief." Whilst this was going on the child was groaning in the cellar. Prisoner then came up to the match box, and, taking out a match, lit the candle and went again into the cellar. Deceased did not make any more noise. Alter a short time pri soner came out again, and said, "There, you —, you must be dead by this time ;" and she then but toned up the cellar door. She then came and tapped witness upon the shoulder and said, " Rachel " twice. Witness then turned round as if she was just awoke, and prisoner asked her if she had been out to get some soap. Witness said she bad. Prisoner then said she had been down several times to get some soap from the cupboard to take into her bedroom ; and also said that she had been to the greengrocers to get change for half-a-crown to pay her her wages, and asked if there was any hot water in the boiler, as she wanted to wash her hands, and was going t) bed. She then went into the back kitchen, and was engaged about half an hour washing, and then went up to bed. At about two in the morning the prisoner's husband came home ; he had gone out early in the evening. Witnesss got up the next morning and looked into the cellar, where she saw the child lying upon the floor near the cellar door ; the face and hands were covered with blood. Witness shut the door again. At about 11 o'clock witness's sister called upon her. Prisoner told her not to ask her sister down into the kitchen, as she was busy. Witness, however, managed to tell her sister something of what had taken place, and about four o'clock she came again, bringing with her some policemen. Cross-examined—l was afraid to get up during the night, and laid awake during the whole time. Master was not very kind to mistress. He used to beat her, 1 and she cried and seemed very unhappy, and said master was kind to her, but mistress was not. It did not occur to me to tell my master of what had taken place. I had been about four months in their service. Re-examined—Master used to beat the prisoner for not getting his dinner ready. I do not know of any other cause for their quarrelling. 99 8 • •• ... 4, 1 - 2p ••• ••• 2i.— 2id 21 f PM Pm MINES. 1 all iglu" Fria 1 all time° Austria. Gold ... ... 10s all , Anglo Californian 20 7 , Xustralian l4 2 1i I 1 all instralian Cordillera ... ... 1 all Ave Maria. •• ••• 1 all Raden (Gd. Duchy of ... ... 50 all DIMWIT. Iron & Coa; .. , 20 14 British Iron 3 i 35 26 Brazillanimp.(issned at £5 pm.) 30 all Do. Cocaes Sr Cuiab 3.:' 31 31 20 15 Do. St. John Del Re) 24 26 26 1 6 Clarendon cowl. min. i Co. of Jamaica k 1p 1 43 1 all Cobra Copper 65 68 66 6 7 5 ! 1 Colonial Gold — St. I all Copper Min. of Eng 34 38 25 all Do. Pref. 7i p. cent 26 27 ... i le Copiapo lB 20 2I 14 Fortuna ••••• $ id 20 all Genczal l4 —l6 1 i all Gt.NuggetVeAnßeg. # 41 all Great r olgooth .... 1— 14 5 all Gt Wheal Vor United 1 - id 1 all Liberty ... 3 all Linares 74 8 5 li Lusitanian i— i 1' 1 9 11 Nlariquita. - i i 1 all Now Granada 1 all Nouveau Monde 20 all Pontgi•Sil. & Le. Min lO 12 5 1 Port Philip 1 all quartz Rock 50 all Rhymney Iron 2O 22 15 all Do. New 6 8 x d 30 13i Santiago de Cuba.. 3 —34 31 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 24 3 21 I 1 all south Australian.. , k _ 1 all Do. Scrip i ' § 1 Do. 10 per cent Prof ... 44 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. 24 i ••• 10 9 rin Croft . 28is all united Mexican . Si 41 1 all .Waller i : I 1 all Vest Mariposa 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia 1 all f uht. • .... MISCELLANEOUS. 1C 3 9 2. 3 l I I ' 1 3 1: 33 110 2 9: 2% 19 Australian Agricalt. lU all Berlin Water Works 63 7i al !00 32 , Canada 140 45 30 al r i ° A ) Americanl: .1 ayi Mail 1 : (11 St. 1.00 Do. 6p. c. Feb & Aug ,107 109 St. ;100 Do. 6p. c. Mar & Sept 'lO6 108 5 , to 'ATMs ) Palace.. 23 21 21 5 all Do. Preference....., 51 —. 5 1 1 4 mil Crystal Pal. of Franca 1 3 Duston Iron Ore 20 13 gastern Steam 5 all En.eaus Cop Sm Co 11 2 11 2 St. 1.00 Electric Telegraph 89 91 89 21 1 all tfilectric Teleg. of Ir 6•• 5 all Gen. Iron Sc Collier ••• 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 18 all Generirl Screw Steam • 163 151 4 all Loud. Gen. Omnibus 33 33 2 ! 10 Magdalena St. Navig , 10 all Aediteran. Elec. Tel. 8 —f() 10 9 Aexican&S.Americn. 51 61 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 5 ATetherlauds Land ' 1 2} 10 all Do. Do. 5 2 Do. 8p c P iss at I d 3 3 p 21 3 100 80 New B. & N.S. Land 18 22 1 all N. B. Australasian — 4 4 20 15 NAIL of EuropeStaam 11 . 1 31 1 all Oriental Gas ll 13 11 3 1 2s. Do. " New Shares" 3 /la b all Peel Er. Ld. & M inrl. 21 33 3 r 50 all Peninsular& Oriental ..• 66/ 50 10 Do. New 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. •13 11 1 3 Ditto New ........... ! I 4P 25 all South Austral:Land 37 39 al; 3ubmar. Tel. Scrip... 13 20 all 00. Regibtired . 1; 5 I‘rist.is L. Co.U.Can. 100 28i vas Diemon'a Ulna 16 -- 17 I ... V.Oo.6p.c.Jan&July ... Edwin Townsend, a sergeant of police, proved going to the house of prisoner upon Sunday afternoon, the 17th Feb. He saw prisoner coming up stairs from the kitchen. She met the police at the top and said, " What do you want 1" Witness said, "To search your cellar. ' She said, " Look into my cellar—good God, what for 1" The husband came out of the parlour, and we all went down together. I got a light, and upon going into the cellar, the door of which was partially open, found the dead body of a girl lying upon her back with the face partially to the right. There was a large wound upon the neck and a quantity of congealed blood underneath the neck and upon the ground. I said to the inspector "It is all right, the body is here and cold. The prisoner must consider herself in custody for causing the death of the girl." She said, ' Me ! I did not do it, adding to her husband, I did not tell you as I did nit wish to make you timid, but I heard a noise outside of the area railings last night." The husband was taken, but discharged by the magistrate. Upon searching the prisoner's bedroom, a black gown stained with blood was found under the bed. There were also marks of blood upon the lucifer-match box. Rebecca Donavan, the searcher at the station, said that she found marks of blood upon prisoner's petticoat. Sho said it came from bleeding at the nose, and her hus band knew that. She added that a girl had been found Istabbed in her cellar, but that she kn e w nothing about it. She said it was the cellar that had no coals in it. Another police-constable produced a pair of stockings belonging to the prisoner stained with blood, and also a knife, which was in a cupboard by itself. This was stained with blood. The knife produced was a large sharp carving one. It further appeared that when at the police-court she said the child was her bro ther's child ;he had left it her to take care of. This was after she was remanded. She also spoke about Richard the Third and Hamlet, and she had done it. She did not know what to do for the best, and spoke of the children murdered in Richard the Third. Further evidence was then given to prove that de ceased was 10 3 ears old and prisoner's child. Prisoner fetched her away from Mrs. Harrington. with whom it t had been from its birth upon the 6th of February, and then took it to the house of a Mr. Groves in Mur ray-street, and it remained there until the even- - 1 ing of the murder, when she took it away, and said she was about to get it a situation at a green grocers. She used to pay 24. 61 a week for its keep and had paid 53. The child bore prisoner's maiden name. The medical evidence having been gi ven , Mr. Ballantine, in a brief address, commented upon the evidence, and urged that the ill usage prisoner had received from her husband had so preyed upon her mind as to render het not a responsible agent. Mr. Justice Crompton then summed up, and briefly commented upon the evidence, and said it would be for THE StiN3 LONDON, THURSDAY NYE IN APRIL 10, lel6, them to say whether they thought she was conscious -of the act she had committed. The jury almost immediately found her guilty. Mr. Justice Crompton then passed the usual sentence of death, telling the prisoner not to entertain any hopes that her life would be saved. The prisoner wa then taken out of the dock in an al- most senseless state. FIltE INSURANCE COMPANIES. The following letter is understood to express the feeling of all persons interested in the subject of fire insurance with respect to the bill proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer for preventing the competition of foreign offices. The expectation is that it will fall altogether short of its object, and that a large portion of the business will be gradu ally transferred to foreign companies by means of correspondence, in the manner at present adopted for effecting marine insurances at Amsterdam and Hamburg : " Sir,—There is nothing in the bill now before Parlia ment relating to fire insurance duties to prevent any persons or firms corresponding direct with,n.ny of the foreign insurance companies, and effecting policing from loss or damage by fire which would not be subject to the duty, as if issued by an. English office,-or or through any representative of a foreign company - in England. "The third clause states that the duty shall extend to and be payable and paid for arid in respect of every in- , surance of property within the United Kingdom from loss or damage by fire, whether the same shall be made by any company or society within or out of the United Kingdom, or whether the policy or other instrumentg relating to any such insurance shall be made, signed, or issued in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, and whether there shall be any such policy, instrument, or not. "The bill does not say in what manner the duties on insurances or policies so effected are to be payable and enforced. Is the insurer to be held personally liable for the duty? and to whom liable? alo what penalty for non-payment of the duty ?—I remain, Sir, yeur obedient servant, "April 9. " INVESTIGATOR." JOINT-STOOK BANKS. 10 Al i A. , :str,;a..ns ... .. ...... 0 97 9 25 5 Bank of Egypt - 1/ 161 .... 100 50 Bank of London 40 3,1) Fri. Col. Bk.& Ln. C ~,, 50 & I, nritish N. American _ ..: 25 5 Chart& Bank of Asi!. ... _ ... 20 4 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, A; Chins . .... A 100 50 City a - 66 100 25 Colonial ... -- ~.. 100 20 Commercial of Lond 20 all Eng.eot.SzAus.Cht. 16 -- 14 16 20 all Loud. Chart. Bk, o! Australia l6i 174, 171 17 2G 5 nitto New . . - 2,..2 1 . 50 20 Loudon and County. ... ••• 331 41 100 50 Lna.&E.Bnkg.Corp. par 2p 50 10 London Joint Stock. ... -- 100 10 London and Paris 3 -- 2 d 100 20 Lond. & Westanin-itel ... ... 47 100 35 National Pro.of Eng ... •••• 7 1 20 10 Do. New 29 50 22. National of Ireland. ... -- y r; 20 all New South Wales 4/3 sz 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation - 44 47i 31 20 5 Ottoman Bank li -- 2ip 7 10( 50 Royal British . ". 25 all south Australia . -- 25 All Union of Australia 7O - 72 Tim Do. We, 7i 8 i 50 10 Union , f London .. 271 i li 1 30 Western Bk of,,Lon • ..3 ' id 27 95 4i 79} 121 104 641 54 17 831 f 101 3 102 li i 744 5 444 48 15i 73 2i 70i SUN OFFICE, SCCCII. o'Clock. EPSOM RACES—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) GREAT ME rROPOLITAN. Winkfield Thirteen ran. CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP. H.)spitality - Fisherman Eilermire Twenty-five ran. Won by half. a-length. RAILWAY PLATE. Jane Shore Hartley Back - Professor Airy - Nine rau. TMYVEAR-OLD -STAKES. „ . Apathy Tinwald Cara Fatima Thirteen ran. INKERMAN PLATE. Flacrow King of Trump IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(This Evening.) The LORD CHANCELLOR t)ok his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE SCOTCH JUDGES. Lord CAMPBELL said that two of the Scotch judges —the Lord Justice General and the Lord Justice-Clerk —had been summoned to give evidence in a commit tee of their lordships' house now sitting upon the appellate jurisdiction of the house of Lords, and be wished to know where the oath was to be administered to those learned judges. The English judges were sworn on such occasions at the woolsack, but he was much afraid, unless a special motion was made for the occasion, the Scotch judges would be sworn in Westminster-hall. Re wished, therefore, to move that the Lord Juetiee- General and the Lord Justice-Clerk be sworn at the woolsack. Lord REDESDALE said the Scotch judges were not :iable to be called to that house as the English judges were, and he thought the oath should be administered in the usual manner. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the Scotch judges could be sworn nt the woolsack without any vio• lation of the forms of the house. The Earl of EGLINTON could see no difference between the English and Scotch judges, and, therefore, he thought they should be sworn in precisely the same way in which these learned judges were. Lord MONTEAGLE hoped that whatever rule was adopted, it would be made applicable to the Irish judges. (Laughter.) The motion was agreed O. SECOND READINGS. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the Knottingly Gas, the Lonion Docks, the Colonial Bank, and Da w• son's Estate Bills were severally read a second time. ST. JAMES'S PARK. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE rose to move that a message be sent to the House of Commons, requesting them to communicate to this house the report of the se lect committee upon St. James's-park ; and to ask if her Majesty's Government had come to any decision upon the adoption of the recommendations contained in that repor'. The noble marquis then referred to the proposed alterations that were to take place, and expressed an objection to the removal of the York column, which removal would materially affect the value of the houses in Carlton-house-terrace and other places in the neighbourhood. He then pro ceeded to pass a high eulogium on the late Duke of York, who for a period of 32 years had performed the most signal services to this country, and expressed an opinion that such a removal in effect would be treating hie memory with the greatest disrespect. When public monuments were erected to perpetuate the memory of distinguished persons he did not think they ought to be moved about like lamp-posts. The aJvantage to be gained by the pro posed alterations were infinitessimal, while the cost and inconvenience that they would occasion were enormous. He hoped that no such extravagant and ridiculous out lay would be made, and that the report would be re scinded. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE had no objPetion to the motion of the noble marquis. No determination had been c , me .to by her Majesty's Government in re spect to the alteration ,!,ugested by a committee of the House of Commons. He concurred in the opinion that the proposed alterations particularly that respecting the removal of the Duke of York's Column, were of too seri ous a character to be hastily acted upon, but would receive the serious consideration of the Government. Tue Earl of ABERDEEN concurred in the opinion of the noble marquis who had just sat down. He felt greatly pleased to hear that no positive determination had been made on the subject by the Government. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Evening.) The SPEAREII to )k the chair at the usaal hour. NEW MEMBER. Mr. R. P. NESBIT took the oaths and his seat for Chippecham. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Dundee Harbour Bill and the St. Ives and West Cornwall Junction Railway Bill were read a third tiula and passed. Mr. SCOBELL presented two petitions against the Abjuration Bill. Mr. Dilwynn, Mr. E. Ball, Mr. Horsfall, and Mr. Hadfiel3 presented petitions against State education. Mr. PHILLIMORE presented a petition from Lei• ininster against the compulsory education of young per sons. Mr. CRAWFORD presented five petitions in favour of the medical bill. Sir J. SHELLEY presented petitions, signed by up wards of 9,000 persons resident in the metropolis, in favour of opening the British Museum on Sunday. Mr. DILLWYN gave notice that on the 17th inst. he should move an address to her Majesty, praying that she would be pleased to direct that public executions might be abolished, and that for the future all executions of criminals might be performed within the walls of the prison. _ Colonel DUNNE begged to ask the Secretary for Ire land, if it was intended during the present session of Parliament to introduce any measure regulating the salaries of clerks of petty sessions in Ireland. 11011SNIAN said a bill with that object was in preparation, and would be shortly laid on the table of the house. _ _ TPA NSPORTS. Mr. LINDSAY moved for a return of ships engaged as regular transports, with the names (stating whether steam or sailing), from the Ist day of Jan., 1855, to the Ist day of April, 1556 ; the date of engagement, with a list of the ships in the service at the latter date, their register tonnage, rates of freight, and mulcts or deduc tions from the same, and why made ; in steam ships, the horse power, the time occupied in their passages, and, where information has been received, the quantity of coals or fuel consumed per hour. COMMISSIONS. Mr. LOCKE KING moved for a return of the num ber of Commissions of Inquiry appointed since the year 1830 ; distinguishing each, and, if expired, the date thereof, and the expense of each, &c., to the present period, in the same form as Parliamentary Paper, No. 720, of Session 1850. RUSSIAN TRADE. Mr. J. ENVA.RT asked the First Lord of the Trea sury whether it would be practicable to endeavour to make arrangements with the Russian Government for the removal of vexatious restrictions imposed upon British Traders in Russia ; more particularly the regu lation of the Guilds as to the buying and re-selling of imports and exports. Lord PALMERSTON said he was quite aware that the internal regulations of Russia were very unfavourable to commerce, and jhat they had given cause of com plaint to foreigners. (Hear, hear.) kier Majesty s Government would, however , t ake every opportunity of pressing for the establishinent of a more liberal system of commerce in Russia, but at the present time when negotiations were going on it was not, he thought, the most fitting moment to enter on the subject. The hon. member might rest assured that the subject should not escape the attention of Government. DUCATION. Lord J. RUSSELL said that the hon. member fur the West Riding of Yorkshire was unable to attend the house, from a domestic affliction, to proceed with his , tion t h a t " on the motion that Mr. Speaker do leave the chair, to go into committee on Lord J. Russell's re• solutions on education, to move that, in the opinion of this house, the erection and maintenance cf schools for teaching the various forms of doctrinal religion, to be supported wholly or in part out of local rates, will not be deemed a just or satisfactory system of education by the people of this country." He (Lord J. Russell) proposed that the Speaker do leave the chair, fur the house to go into committee on this question. Mr. HADFIELD rose to present a petition from a society embracing the supporters of the voluntary system of education, but was stopped by The SPEAKER, who said the hon. member was out of order. He should have presented it before the mo tion was put. Lord J. RUSSELL said he would withdraw his mo tion, with the consent of the house, to allow the hon. member to present his petition. Leave was accordingly given, and the motion was withdrawn. Mr. HADFIELD, in a lengthened address, stated to the house the purport of the petiti on, and called of the , house to refuse its consent to the resolutions about to be proposed by the noble lord the member for London. The house having resolved itself into a committee, Lord J. RUSSELL, having so fully addressed the house on a former occasion with reference to the subject, sim ply moved the first resolution, viz. :—" That, in the opinion of this house, it is expedient to extend, revise, arid consolids.to the minutes of the Cammittse of PA Council on Education." Mr. HENLEY said his first impression was that these resolutions should have been taken in detail ; but on considering them he found it would he impossible to get over the first resolution satisfactorily. He wanted to know in what manner the merits of the Committee of the Privy Council on Ejucation should be extended, and that being so vague he thought the house would not consent to it. He should consider these resolutions as a whole, and, therefore, instead of asking the house to negative the proposition, he should adopt the safer course, that the chairman do now leave the chair. This scheme was divided into six grea branches, that of inspection, the formation of cliff tricts, charities, religious teaching, and the mode of forcing masters to pay those whom they employed under a certain age. He objected to the general power of in spection these resolutions would give the inspectors, and he doubted if many of the schools would submit to it. He could consider nothing so inimical as this house to pledge itself to what they could not afterwards carry out. It was riot to be expected that private property would submit to public inspection. The people of this country may be led, but they did not like to be driven---(hear, hear)—and the sending of 80 sub•inspec tors over the country would be likely in his opinion to fru hate the objects--he had-in-view. If the object was to get information, might it not be obtained in a more extended manner by returns from the schools. containing full details of what they taught, &c. They would thereby get that information earlier and better than by Government Inspection, because there were many who would not have it, and who shut their doors against it. The next point was the power to be given to the Privy Council behind the backs of Parties, and on the report of the sub-inspectors to dietriets. The inevitable result of the forma• tion of districts would be in small parishes to break up the existing parochial school system and sever the clergymen from these schools. The present value of bringing clergymen to the schools was to be found from Mr. Kennedy's report. Every one must, however, be impressed with the necessity of the religious element of these schools—(hear, hear) — and he congratulated the noble lord with having on this occasion gone further in that direction than on any former occasion. To destroy that must have a mischievous effect. The next point was the power to en large the power at present enjoyed by the Commissioners of Charitable Trusts to apply the funds now useless or injurious to the community to the education of the mid dling and poorer classes. He thought this subject should have been dealt with substantially, and not in these resolutions. The noble lord, it should be recol lected, was one of the commissioners, and what was done by them might come under the notice of this house. Had that resolution been introduced by any other person, he should have thought his object was to have obtained the quasi sanction of that house to some most important matters under their considera tion. The hon. gentleman then referred to the Charity Commissioners' report that had recently been published, and analysed the man nerin which the funds had been admi nistered bythem,and contended none of these charities were useless or injurious, and ought not to be diverted from their original purpose. The next question was that of the mode proposed for the settlement of the religious differences existing on this important question, and which he wished had not bee❑ introduced for their con sideration then, and on so vaguely worded a resolution. It appeared to him (admitting they could not carry on education without religious instruction) that by this resolution they woul i be shuttirg out many children, and the system would be brought down to a secular one, which would be a great misfortune. The rating system, as proposed, was bad, because the powers for deciding that a district should be rated were to be vested in the Committee of the Privy Council, and it was equally ohjeetionable to give the powers of imposing the rate to the quarter sessions. This branch of the scheme he thought would produce as much discord and ill-feeling as existed now in many districts with regard to Church rates, and from sectarian feelings. He now came to the pro position that the erephyers of labour should send chil dren employed by them under a certain age to school, and pay towards their education. These no doubt had been founded on the factory system, but the two cases were not strictly analagous. All the school inspectors complained of children being removed from school at a certain age, especially in 1854 and 1855, and Mr. Cooke's report bore extensively on that subject. In the years 1854 and 1855 high prices occarred, and he thought it was that pressure on the poor that had in duced many of them to remove their children from school to put them to remunerative labour. [LEFT SPEAKING.] TIP LATE LOCOMOTIVE EXPLOSION ON THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. In The San of Tuesday was published a telegraphic account of this accident, which was substantially correct. Besides the engine driver and stoker being killed, three gentlemen were injured, and some other passengers met with slight bruises. Among the first named was Mr. Isaac Walker, drysalter, of Manchester, who bad his left shoulder dislocated. Mr. Page, surgeon, at tended him at the County Hotel, and he is recovering as speedily as can be expected. Mr. Lloyd, also a drysalter of Manchester, received a contu-ion in the bead, but not of a serious nature, and it is said that he was so far recovered by Tuesday night as to be able to proceed on his journey. Mr. Beale, of Carlisle, head of the travelling post-office department, likewise received severe contusions, and was very much shaken indeed. He, too, is progressing as favourably as can be ex pected under the circumstances. It is somewhat remarkable that this gentleman should have been injured by the accident which occurred at Motherwell about a month ago. Mr. Ellwood, farmer, of Kingmoor House, was speedily on tha spot, and at once despatched a servant on horse back to Carlisle for medical and other assistance. Drs. Steel, Evans, Carlisle, and Rae were promptly in attendance, with Mr. Page, surgeon, on behalf of the railway company ; and all rendered every assistance in their power. The bodies of the engine driver, Thomas Musgrave (who leaves a widow but no children) and Isaac Sessford, stoker (who leaves a widow and six children), were removed to the Central Station. The rails were torn up and much damaged, the telegraph wires broken, and one of the sustaining posts crushed down. The rails were repaired without delay, and (with the exception of the composite carriage), the carriages were replaced, and the mail train proceeded northward, after a delay of two hours. It is estimated that the damage will exceed 4,0001. The engine was a comparatively new one, hay- In , ' been in use only about 7 mo n th s . Th e un f or t una t e Musgrave had never driven it before, and it is said that he observed something peculiar about it before he left Carlisle that morning. This was likewise observed by others ; and when crossing the road at Kingmoor the peculiarity was more observable than before. In another minute the explosion took place. About 3 o'clock on Monday afternoon, the inquest commenced before Mr. William Carrack, city coroner, at the Coffee House Hotel, Carlisle. The jury pro ceeded to the station to view the two bodies, which were frightfully mutilated, and most of the clothing torn away. The jury then proceeded to the scene of the explosion; The tender, composite carriage, and engine, were still on the ground, literally smashed to pieces. From measurements taken by tpe coroner and a juror, with a measuring line, it would seem that, the train proceeding northward on the left or westerly line of rails, when the explosion took p:ace: Sessford was hurled to a distance of 111/ feet due east. The composite carriage and tender were found nearly together, left or west of tie line, 206 feet north of the spot where the boiler exploded. The engine seems to have made several somersaults in the air, and to have first struck the ground some 3i feet beyond where the tender rested, or 230 feet from where it exploded ; and then rebounded four times, at distances of 20 to 23 feet each, before it finally rested, 421 feet north of the spot of the explosion, and a little distance westward of the line. Musgrave would seem to have been carried up with the engine in its aerial flight and to have remained upon it after one or two of its bounds ; for his body was found (an a little ironmonger,west o f the line, an 340 feet north of the sp ot of explosion. M r . Richard csoonn,vetrhsaentfowreamh maanoefhile jury y examining the fire after box said he had no doubt the explosion had arisen from want of water. Culonel Wynne, one of the govern ment inspectors of railways, happened to be in Carlisle when the accident occurred ; and that gen tleman attended upon the ground between ten and twelve o'clock in the forenoon, took a survey of the wreck, and notes of its chief features, which will, no doubt be reported in the proper quarter. At the request of the coroner, Mr. Addison, general superin tendent, undertook that the engine should be laid down in the shed at Carlisle, in precisely the same condition as it lay on the ground. On the jury re assembling at Carlisle, it was agreed that scientific and practical men should examine and report on the boiler, &c. Mr. Taylor and Mr. Wm. Rawlinson, engineers, were appointed, and it was agreed that they should at once inspect the debris on the spot, and not wait for the removal of the engine to Carlisle. It was decided to summon the following witnesses—Thomas Graham, who was near to the spot when the explosion took place ; Mr. Brittain, locomotive superintendent, to speak as to the state of the engine ; the front guard of the train ; the man who lighted the engine fire on the morning of the accident; and the man who drove it on its previous journey. The inquest was then adjourned to Tuesda y morning, the 15th inst., at had( past 10 o'clock.—Man chatter Guardian. A prospectus has been issued of the Metropolitan Field Bleaching, Washing, and Scouring Company, with a capital of 30,000/. in 10/. shares. The prospectus has been issued of the North and South \Vales Steam Fuel Company, with a capital of 30,0001. in 101. shares. The abject is to carry on and extend certain works already in operation near Liver pool for the manufacture of a patent fuel which has re ceived the approval of the Admiralty. PEOPLE'S PARK AT EIALIFAX.—A piece of land at Hahfax has recently been purchased for a people's park by Frank Crossley, Esq., M.P. for the borough. The land is in a very pleasant situation, near the mansion of 'Mr. Crossley, and not very far from a number of alms houses vow being erected by the hon. gentleman. The park is to be laid out from designs to be furnishect by Sir J. Paxton. CORPORATION REFORL—A meeting of the inhm;hi tauts of Coleman-street Wa.rd was held yesterday, unt ler the presidency of Mr. Alderman Hunter. when a sec lee of resolutions were agreed to against the Government bill for the reform of the City of London. 121 20 119 LAW OF PARTNERSHIP. Mr. Lowe's new bill on the law of partnership has been printed to-day. It is unclogged by any of those restrictive attempts to " protect" the in terests of creditors which, by discouraging the exercise of vigilance, could operate only as a sti mulant to fraud and litigation, and comprises simply the following provisions, giving freedom to the public to lend money upon such terms as bor rower and lender may mutually deem expedient : "Whereas it is expedient to amend the law relating to partnership : be it therefore enacted a, follows : "1. This act shall not apply to the bu , iness of a hanker. "2. The term trader's . hi . ill include any person, part nership, company, or body corporate carrying on any trade, business, or undertaking. "3. No person nv,king -a loan to any trader shall be deemed to be a partner of, or to be subject to any liabi lities incurred by, such trader by reason only that he receives as a compensation for such loan a portion of the profits made in any bu-iness carried on by such trader. " 4. No person, being an agent or servant or person in the employ cf any trader, shall be deemed to be a partner of, or to be subject to any liabilities incurred by, such trader by reason only that he receives as a re muneration for his services as such agent or servant a portion of the profits made in any business carried on by such trader. "5. No person receiving by way of annuity or other wise any portion of the profits made by any trader in his business shall by rea,on only of ouch receipt be deemed to be a partner of, or to be subject to any incurred by, such trader." TEIE BILEFTING SYSTEM". TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sru,—l was not aware that soldiers were billetted on private families until reading the papers of this day. What particularly struck soy attention was what Mr. Ellice said about what he called " little grievances." Place a soldier in the midst of his family, and we should then see whether he would really feel it to be a " little grievance." The remarks of Lord Palmerston were also worth attending to. According to him it would take more than a year to abate the nuisance. I would ad vise my. Lord to remember the canduct of the House of Commons a short time since, when the question was to give the Gin and Beer people one hour more on Sunday evening. That matter was considered so important that, although the house had within a few days closed its business, an act was framed and carried through both. Houses, and became the law of the land in a few dap. And so it would in the present case of billetting were one or two of these little grievances placed within the circle of my Lord Palmerstou's family, and those of the homes of members of the House of Commons.—l am, &c., Church street, Shcreditch, April 8. J. M. ADELPHI THEATRE. Last night a new two•act drama, entitled "Like and Unlike," was produced here. The plot of the drama is exceedingly simple, and turns upon the exact similitude of two sisters, one a sen.rpstre - ae ' and the pattern of modesty and simplicity ; the other a courtesan and opera dancer. Mr. Harry Mowbray, a Yorkshire squire, becomes acquainted with the French sempstress, pro poses and is accepted, but at the same time the danseuse Fiorette is exciting a sensation on the stage, and her Jikeness to Lisette, the sempstress, is great, that Mr. Peter Potter, a Manchester cotton spinner, who had dangled after Florette for months, declares Lisette to be the danseuse, as does a dandy fied coasin of Mowbray's. All this works on Mowbray's mind, who, on the day intended for the marriage, convinced that Lisette is no other than the danseuse, repudiates the engagement. Iu the next act Florette ap. pears ; she has by this lime become the wife of a German count. She turns out to be the sister of Lisette, which la , t encounters Mowbray in her sister's house, when the mistake is kept up, until by the vio lence of Mowbray Florette faints away, and Lisette enters to clear her character. The two being together under Mowbray's eyes, the mistake is cleared up, and the pair made happy. The parts of Lisette and Florette are both sustained by Madame Celeste, and aff rrds her ample scope to die. play those great ilities that she is acknowleged by all to possess. Her changes from the different cha racters were remarkable, and elicited immense applause. Mr. Webster, as Harry Mowbray, acquitted himself to the admiration of the audience; and his portraiture of the maddened lover was both natural and touching. The other parts were capitally supported by Wright, Paul Bedford, and Selby. The piece, which turned out a regular Adelphi hit, will attract all London to the theatre. NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE. The experiment of reviving the " legitimate " drama in the east, which was commenced at this theatre in the holyday week, has proved eminently successful. The last revival is that of "Antony and Cleopatra," in which Miss Glyn sustains the part of the heroine with her usual ability and success. Marc Antony is ex ceedingly well played by Mr. Marston, who represents with great force a gallant, genial nature, certain that he is on the road to destruction, and recklessly, not blindly, adhering to the fatal path. The mist en scene of the piece is highly creditable to the manager, Mr. Douglas ; indeed such hieroglyph spangled decorations would, 30 years ago, have been looked upon as archaeological marvels at theatres of much prouder pretensions than the National Standard. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—{This Day.) LONDON, April 10.—Wind this day at noon, W.S.W.; light breeze with occasional showers of rain. PORTSMOUTH, April 9.—Wind W.—Arrived—Trent (s. tpt. No. 91), from Malta, having in tow H.M. floating battery Meteor. PLYMOUTH, April 9.—The packet Dart, of Jersey, is aground on the rocks at Cutwater, and fills with the tide. FALMOUTH, April 9.—The ship Boomerang, of and for Liverpool, from Mobile, was dismaeted in a hurricane, and was abandoned, 27th March, in 41 N. long. 49, by the crew, excepting the mate, carpenter, and four seamen, who wore left on the wreck, unable to be rescued, by the He len R. Cooper, from New Orleans to Havre. Arrived— Bangalor, from Moulmein and Mauritius ; Arno, Buenos Ayres. Sailed—Prospero, for St. Thomas ; Ocean, New foundland. JERSEY, April W.S.W.—Arrived—Charles, from New York. CARDIFF, April 9.—Wind W.N.W.—Sailed—Meander, for Monte Video. WATERFORD, April B.—Wind S.S.W. —Arrived—Ca pella, from St John's, Newfoundlan.l. SHIELDS, April 9.—Wind S.S.W.—Sailed—Nieholas Jane, for Canton ; Alabama, St. Stephen's, N.B. (PER ELEOTBIO TELEGRAPILI SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Arrived—Courier (s.), from Jersey; Minerva, Shields; Laura and Active, Newport ; Sportsman, Plymouth. Sailed—Alliance (s.), for Havre ; Wonder (s.), Jersey ; Le Coq, Cherbourg ; Sportsman and Alphea, Sunderland. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Mcrning. Wind S.E. Arrived—Refuge, from New Orleans. Sailed —Taurus (s.s.), for Constantinople ; Mary Woods, Valparaiso ; Brazilian. Newfoundland ; Shark, Para ; Owego, New York ; Heiu3dal, La Guayra ; Theodor Bell rend, Dantzic • Penelope, Cape Verde ; Alcymone, Qaebec Ellen Bates, 'Melbourne ; Scipio and Davidist Marys, Newfoundland; Alice, Naples. QUEENSTOWN, April 8. Wind W. Arrivod —Lamorna, from Norfolk. Sailed—Sesostris, for Barcelona. HOLYHEAD, April 9. Wind, W. Sailed—Pastinita, for Havannah. (BY {suuniauiNt Asti tsRITLEIH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thurs.lay, 10.25 Wind W. ; tide 5 hour's ebb, fresh, with rain. Arriveol—Doris, from New York; Providence, Guern sey ; John Spence, Demerara. Sailed—Shelburne, for Jamaica ; Pearl, Montreal. DEAL, Thursday, 10.16 a.m. Wind W., fresh. Passed—Storm Cloud and Jacob Badge, from Calcutta ; Lotus, Tvinidad ; Juanita, Trieste ; John Spence, Deme• rara ; Choice, Porto Rico; Pacific, Leghorn; Cataline, Port Lonis—all for London. Anchored—H.M. gunboat Mackerol, from River; John Sidney, from Savannah, for Elsinore ; Agathe, front Bre men, for Newport; Siesson, from Hamburg, for Liverpool. 1 , x4 N t .4 4 0 ,?* I I of ,an ;ho ere a. to .2th c of ring very rince )s in 3111gg COI' b hi lioit er 0 )(we ;pore tiou, a for last )0 --• 35 --- 30 - '0 -- _ _. 10" Moo Chad with a LIOS arch )ral- SOU' WO 1, 8 4 few and 151 hal O. 1 an ea. °yet %Hot the TO' ,437 !Paid 10%.1 F 100 100 61s. ail all 100 100 3i 100 100 21i 100 ,3[ It 1.7 al all 1 111 I,X) all 3 all all 54 } 57 6.1