The Sun. — London, England, 1856-03-29 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—MoNmouTH, MARCH 27. (Nisi Prius Court.—Before Mr. Baron Bramwell.) DAVIES V. PHILLIPS. This was an action for false imprisonment ; Mr. Keat ing, Q.C., and Mr. Gray for the plaintiff ; Mr. Whateley, Q.C., and Mr. Whitmore, Q.C., for the defendant. Mr. Keating, in stating the case, said plaintiff was a small farmer and licensed horse-dealer, and defendant a wealthy farmer, who, in August last, had a mare stolen from a field in his occupation. About that time plaintiff left his home on business, but was recalled home by the death of his father. He returned on the 3d Oct., and was present at his father's funeral, and, whilst engaged in the interment of his parent, the defendant, accompa nied by a constable and an old woman named Elspeth Plumber, inquired for Edwin Davies, the plaintiff. The old woman was called upon to point him out, and first pointed out his brother, who has only one eye ; and she subsequently pointed to two wrong parties, plainly showing that she knew very little about the mat ter. The plaintiff was, however, then and there arrested by the grave of his father, and dragged about from place to place, and when at length he was taken before the magistrates at Blaisa no one appeared against him, and he was discharged. He instructed his attorney to pro ceed against defendant, and a writ was accordingly served on the 9th of October. The next day defendant again wont and made a declaration before the magistrates, one of whom was his brother-in-law, a nd obtained a fresh warrant against plaintiff. As plaintiff was in Pontypool fair on the next day, pursuing his avocation of buying cattle, he was_ again arrested. The constable persisted iu handcuffing him in the midst of the fair, and a brother of the defendant seized him by the threat, and in that way he was dragged through the streets of the town. After being again dragged across the country, he was at length taken before some magistrates on the charge of stealing the defendant's horse, because the old woman, Elspeth Plumber, gave a description, and afterwards said he was the man whom she had seen near the field from which the horse was stolen. The magistrates dismissed the we without calling upon plaintiff for a defence. He lost a considerable amount of money by being kept from his business, and also suffered great annoyance from being pointed at as the thief of the defendant's mare. Upon these two counts he claimed damages. A number of witnesses were called to prove the above facts. • Mr. Whateley, for the defence, said that he should submit that a mistake had arisen in consequence of the information which defendant received, and upon which he acted. He was instructed to say that the defendant did not now impeach the character of the plaintiff, and not only believed him to be entirely innocent of the theft, but was extremely sorry for what had happened. Ile should call witnesses to show that the defendant had reasonable ground to proceed upon, and having done that, the defendant would be entitled to their verdict. The defendant was examined at great length, and con tradicted many of the statements made by the other sile. After a consultation, Mr. Whateley offered 1001. da mages, and a fully apology, which was accepted by Mr. Keating. His Lordship expressed his concurrence in, and satis faction, at the verdict. (Crown Court.— Before Mr. Justice Cresswell.) ATTEMPT TO POISON. Wm, Smith was indicted for having administered poison to Richard Totithins, in the parish of Dixton, on the Bth of February last, with intent to kill, &o. The prosecutor was a shepherd in the employ of Mr. Wanklyn, of Haddock, and during the lambing season he resided in a cot near the farmyard. On the Bth of February he had a bottle of cider in his cot, and when he drank of it in the morning it tasted as usual. In the even ing, however, he found that it had a nasty taste, and he caked other men to taste it. On emptying the cider out of the bottle six pieces of blue stone, or sulphate of cop per, came out of it. He then taxed the prisoner, with whom he had had a quarrel, with having put the poison into the bottle. The prisoner denied the charge, but upon the prosecutor being determined to search him, he admitted that he had " a lot more of it ' in his pocket. Mr. Wooilett, surgeon, of Monmouth, deposed that on the Bth of February the prosecutor came t , ) him, and said he felt great pain in his bowels, and had vomited three times on the road. Sulphate of copper or blue stone is poisonous, and the quantity that came out 41 the cider bottle was sufficient to destroy human life. The prosecutor was not in danger when witness saw him. By the Judge—Sulphate of copper is used by farmers to steep wheat in, and also for sheep. Ido not think there is a general understanding of its deadly qualities. Mr. Somerset addressed the jury for the prisoner ; and the judge said that, if the jury were satisfied that the prisoner had put the poison into the cider, it was a question for them to decide whether he intended to poi son the prosecutor, or placed it there from any less felonious motive. The prisoner, who was only 18 years of age, received a good character. _ The verdict was that he had no intention of destroying life when he put the poison into the cider, which the judge said was a verdict of not guilty. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LIVERPOOL, March 28. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) James Monaghan, aged 26, Terence M'Loughlin, aged 18, Edward Dunn, aged 25, and James Keefe; aged 4 ), were indicted with having forged and uttered a will of one John Monaghan, at Manchester, in August last. Mr. Ovens prosecuted, and Mr. Fernley defended the prisoners. It appeared Irons the evidence in chief and the cross• examination of the witnesses for the prosecution, that an old man, named John Monaghan, died at Manchester in August last, after having been for some time ill. He was a varnisher by trade. The prisoner Monaghan was his son. A son-in-law of his, named King, saw him make his will before he died, and that will was attested by the" prisoners Keefe and Mefsoughlin. The son-in-law King had insured old Monaghan's life in the Wellington In surance-office, at Manchester, 14 months before he died, for 101. 16is., and the will had been prepared the week before his death, and purported to bequeath this sum of 101. 16s. to King. It also appeared that Monaghan (the primmer) had - insured his father's life in the Dindein In surance Company for 3001. about three months before his death. About three weeks after old Monaghan's death the will was on a table in King's house, when Monaghan took it up and altered it in pencil, and then get a Mall named O'Neil to copy the will with the peneil alterations; and with these alterations the copied will purported to bequeath to the prisoner Monaghan the policy in the Diadem Insurance-office, effected on the lite of the testa tor by the prisoner Monaghan, his son. This will was at tested by the prisoners M`Loughlin and Keefe, and was attempted to be proved before the surrogate by M`Lough lin and Monaghan, Keefe swearing to the truth of the attestation. The surrogate was not satisfied, and an at tempt having been made to obtain payment of the po licy in the Diadem Insurance Company by 'Monaghan, that company set on foot inquiries into the matter and into the circumstances attending the death of the testator, which resulted in the prisoners Menaghae, Dunn, a person named Barry, and the surgeon who had attended the testator, being taken into custody on a charge of having administered acetate of lead to the deceased, and thereby caused his death. The body wa, exhumed, an inqs est, was held upon it, and also an in quiry was set on foot before the magistrates, which hael ended in the charge being dismissed. It was shown that the prisoner Monaghan, shortly before his father's death had borrowed 101. on the security of the policy on his father's life in the Diadem Insurance Company, and that sum had been repaid ; and it was also shown that tee prisoners Dunn and Monaghan had been to a young woman, named Margery Hudson, arid had asked her to go out to Australia with them, telling her that they were going is get 300/. on a policy of insurance. They after wards toll her they could not got it. The witness King, the son-in-law of the deceased, had been paid 81. by the Wellington Insurance Company, part of the 101. 16s. in sured. The balance the insurance office had refused to pay. This was the case fur the prosecution. His Lordship was of opinion that the evidence only affected the prisoners Monaghan and M'Loughlin. For the defence it was contended that there was no intention to defraud by the prisoners. The insurance in the Diadem Company had been effected by the prisoner Monaghan, and the only object of the prisoners had been to get paid that insurance which the prisoner Monaghan had effected. The whole charge was said to have been got up by the insurance company to avoid paying the amount due on their policy. A part of their charge against the prisoners had been that they had murdered the old man, but tlat had failed ; and now the preseat case wag got up against the prisoners. His .Lordship, in summing up, said, the present pro secution was got up by the authorities at Manchester, and very properly. It was a case from which much might be learned. In the first place, people would learn from it that insurances effected by persons on the lives of others, in whose lives they had no interest, were utterly void. Here they had the witness King effecting an insurance on the life of the deceased for so small a sum as 10/. 164. That policy was utterly void, and the insurance-office had only chosen to . ply 8/. on the policy. Another thing people would learn from this case was that uttering a forged document was an offence, even if there was no intention to defraud in so uttering it, as if a man forged a name upon a bill in tending to pay it when it arrived at meturity, and to defraud no one. That was a cr i me. In lihe present case the first will was no will in one sense ; it was merely a document to enable King t o get the amount of the policy on Vie test.4eor ei life, which King had himself effected. So the second will had been foreed to enable • the prisoner Monaghan to obtain payment of the policy for 3001. effected by him on the life of his father in the Diadem Insurance Company. There was not the :slight est ground for supposing that he had any design on his father's ; but, on the contrary, there was evidence he had been a kind son. The policy for 3001. had been probably effecteal in the name of the deceased, in order not to be void on the face of it, and the only person who could compel payment of it would be the legal represen tatives of the old man, and it was probably to effect this object the prixoner had forged the will. In the eye of the law it was a fraudulent set ; but it was not a frau dulent act in the sense that it was made with the intent to defraud. The will had been proved to have been made 3 weeks after the old man's death, and there could he no i doubt, therefore, that the prisoner Monaghan had forged this will, and the signature of the deceased. The worst 1 part of the case was his geetling Keefe to swear before I the surrogate that the will was a genuine one. The jury found Monaghan guilty, and acquitted the Other prisoners. llis Lord-hip sentenced the prisoner to ba imprisoeed for 6 calendar months. THE .SUPERANNUATION BILL.—We u litlEntand that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has collie to Vie rei•o- Dillon to withdraw the age-limiting clause of the new Superannuation Bal.—Civil Service accetee. tA. I . t, ..a~6Ai++Ml POLICE INTELLIGENCE—March 27. MANSION-HO 4 SE. —John Hall, who has bee n so TT frequently under examinall upon suspicion of having been concerned in the gold-dust robbery committed in the transit of the property from London to the Conti cent was brought before the Lord Mayor for final exa mination upon that charge, and also upon the charge of having absconded from his bail in the year 1841, when accused of having received stolen goods. Mr. Bodkin appeared as counsel for the Seuth-East ern Railway Company, by which the prosecution was instituted, instructed by Messrs. Rees and Co. ; Mr. Ballantine, instructed by Messrs. Lewis, appeared for the prisoner. Mr, Humphreys appeared to sustain the second charge. Mr. Bodkin stated to the Lord Mayor that since the last examination every effort had been made upon the part of the prosecution to obtain the necessary testimony to perfect the evidence in the case, but without eff,ct, although the rigid inquiry made had elicited a consider able amount of facts tending to show that the accuza• tion was far from ground:eis. He considered himself bound, therefore, to leave the matter as it now stood in the hands of his lordship, feeling, as he certainly did feel, that it assumed the appearance of a case of very serious suspicion. Mr. Ballantine said, the prisoner bad been from time to time remanded in order that the prosecutors might avail themselves of every opportunity to collect the evi dence which Mr. Bodkin promised to bring foi ward in proof of the charge of participation. Hie client felt that it was a great hardship to be incarcerated for so long a period, especially as a session had intervened since he had been apprehended. The Lord Mayor said, he had considered the whole of the evidence with the greatest care, and he felt the ut most willingness to grant all the time that might be ne cessary in the investigation of a case of such uncloubte‘i importance to the public ; but after the statement just made by Mr. Bodkin he could not see that he should be justified in detaining the prisoner longer on the charge brought forward by the South-Eastern Railway Com pany. He had, he plainly saw, but one course to pur sue, which was that, as the prosecutors had failed to connect the prisoner immediately with the commission of the offence imputed to him, the prisoner must be dis charged as to that case. Mr. Bodkin said, he the more readily consented to the discharge of the prisoner in the case alluded to, as he was aware that Mr. Humphreys was about to estab lish a charge against the prisoner which would, in all probability, have the effect of a further detention in prison, and in the meantime such evidence might arise as would complete the case about which such pains had been already taken. The Lord Mayor then discharged the prisoner on the first case. Mr. Humphreys then proceeded against the prisoner under the following circumstances, and submitted to lordship the propriety of committing Hall without bail, as he had already broken faith with his previous sure ties whose recognisances, as well as the prisoner's own recognisances, had been estreated. Jas. Brett, the detective officer, produced a certificate which he had received from Mr. John Clark, the clerk of the Central Criminal Court, a week ago. It stated substance as follows: " These are to certify that at the general sessions of Oyer and Terminer, hoiden on Monday, the Ist day of March, 1841, John Hall, of the parish of Greenwich, in the county of Kent, lal.ourer, was and stands indicted for feloniously receiving of an evil-disposed person a watch, of the value of 181., of the goods and chattels of George Atkinson, well knowing the same to have been feloni- , en3ly stolen. And these are further to certify, that a' the same session a certain recognisance was returned, whereby the said John Hall and sureties were bound for his personal appearance at the said sessions to an swer and plead to a certain bill of indictment to be pre ferred against him for febny ; but ha did not appear according to the recognisance, whereby the same became forfeited, and was ordered to be estreated into the Court of Exchequer. And these are further to certify that a. the same session it was ordered that process should is,ue against Hall, and that, when apprehended, notice thereof should be given to Mr. W. C. Humphreys, of 119, New gate-street, solicitor for the prosecution. And these arc further to certify that the said John Hall bath not been arraigned or tried on the said indictment." Thomas M`Gill said—l was formerly in the metroie, litan police force, and am now retired, and residing at 1, Belmont place, Greenwich. I was in the police force in 1841. I have looked at the certificate produced, a , el was the officer having charge of the case therein men tioned. The prisoner is the person who ie ruentiooed in the certificate ? The Lord Mayor then asked the prisoner, according to the usual form, whether he wished to say anything. The prisoner—No ; I leave it to my solicitor. John Hall was then commiteed for trial on the second charge. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Jeremiah. Rees was brought before Mr. Hard wick for re-examination, claargei with embezzlement. Mr. Solo►nons appeared for the prisoner, and Mr Lewis for the prosecution. Jarnes Kenneth, 121, Bond-street, said he was assist ant to his mother, who carried on the business of a fi-h -monger. Tue prisoner was clerk, and it was part of hp, duty to take the money to the bankers. In the cast.- bock there appeared an entry on the 31st December t,f 191. Gs. 3d. as having beer paid to the bankers. On the 15th January an entry of 641. 19e. 6J. was in the ca-h book as having been paid into the bank by the prisoner. The prisoner actually paid only 541. Oa the 19th January 241. 4s. 3d. should have been paid in. Oa the 9th February the sum of 251. 164. appeared as if pain in ; on the 13th February 39/, 19s. 2d. ; and on the 29 t;, February, 291. 18s. 2d. This last sum was made up in packets. All the entries in the book were in the pri sonar's handwriting. When the prisoner went to tie bankers', as witness supposed, on the last occasiln, aske I him for the bankers' passbook ; the prisoner re plied that the passbook was lost, and the bankers were making a new one. Cross-examined—The prisoner used to post the books conjointly with witness, and when he (witness) wanted any money he used to take the amount he required and placr a ticket in the monepbowl. Had seen the prison( r the House of Detention, out of sympathy, but did n-,t say, "If prisoner could raise the sum of 401. he would do all he could to settle the matter." Had not been to prisoner's friends to make an offer to settle the business f.r 201. Re examined—All the money he took from the bowl for businesr; purposes he afterwards replaced, and r. - ceived the tickets from the prisoner. Sometimes borrowed money from the bowl for his own use, but he always returned it. Mrs. Kenneth saki, she employed her son at a salary of 1001. a-year to manage the bu•ines3. Henry neatly, in the service of Mrs. Kenneth, recol lected that the prisoner had lots of sovereigns in hip Porte-rxionnaie on the last day he was at the shop.' Jones Champion, cashier, at the London a❑d We'd minster Bank, knew prisoner as coming to the bank t • pay in money. The witness proved that on the sevPral dates referred to by the first witness the sums paid were short of the sums named, in one instance to the extent of 15/. ; and that the last amount, about 301., hail not been paid in at all. The prisoner was fully committed, and, under the a I. vice of his solicitor, reserved his defence. RETIREMENT OF MR. HARDWICK. Mr. Hardwick, one of the oldest metropolitan magis Irate, having been 35 year.; on the bench, yesterday re linquished his public duties, his resignation, it is under sto.d, having been reluctantly accepted by the Hoeft - office. Mr. Hardwick, in addition to hi 3 sound ju iicia: qualifications, was an excellentllinguist, an advantage particularly serviceable iu this court, where a consider ahle portion of the business ha; reference to foreivers. Mr. Hark wick, as a magistrate, was honourably di, inguished by the inflexib e uprightness of his judgments, in no instance allowing himself to be swayed in his d - eisions by the rank or influence of the parties before. him ; his decisiobs being also remarkable for a clear per ception of the real merits of the case. The casual poor, whose claims more particularly came out in police courts, will lose a discriminating friend, the funds of the poor box having been always freely resorted to in meritorious cases. SOUTHWARK.— IVill:am, Chapman, a pswerfu' looking young fellow, 20 years of age, was charged with committing a violent assault on his mother, an elderly woman. Directly the complainant entered the witness-box the prisoner in a threatening tone, with his right hand ex tended towards her, exclaimed, "Remember Till are my rcother. You must not swear my life away, or ven geance he upon your head !" Mr. Combe asked the complainant what he son war, and whether he was in his proper sense ! She replied that he was a sailor, and had not long been in London from the Crimea. He was quite right in his head, but he behaved badly towards her. Oo the previous evening he went into bad company, and, hear; ing where he was, she went after him to get him away, As soon as he saw her he knocked her down and swore he would murder her, and she believed that he would have done so had not a constable came up and taken him into custody. Mr. Combo asked her whether he had Mused her before ? She reluctantly replied that he had. Every time he came fro:n Pea he squandered his money away, and then found his way to her for more, which she always gave him as far as she could, and as soon as that was gone he Mused her. The prisoner, in a dogged manner, said ho had no re collection of beating his mother. Some one must have drugged his ale, which took away his senses. Mr. Combo told him be was a cowardly ruffian, and he should not be doing his duty unless he committed hiM to the House of Correction for three months with hard labour. The Prisoner here turned round to the aged woman and exclaimed, "Remember, mother, I'll ha►e vengeance for this. I'll make you remember this." Mr. Combo told him he would have three months t,) cool his temper, and most likely the punishment would make him remember assaulting his mother. Ho was then removed from the dock, when the old lady actually tried to beg him off, but Mr. Combo was resolute in sending him for three months. LAMBETIT.—Mr. Jonathan &trade and Mr. John Ilciisby, vestiymen, belonging to the parish of St. George the Martyr, Southwark, attended before the Hon. G. C. Norton, to prosecute a man named Black. well, in a case of gross outrage, for Which a sum m ,, ns bad been granted on the day before. From the statements of the complAnahts it appeared that on Thursday, about mid-day, they, in discharge of their duty as members of the vestry of the garish, and acting under the authority of the Nuisances Removal i Act, proceeded to a house a'ljoining the George public house, in the Waterloo-road, to view a nuisance which I they had been informed existed there, for the purpose of its removal. They reached the top of the house without much obstruction, and discovered a nuisance of the most abominable description, 'and, in fact, the whole house was in so filthy a state as to be unfit for human habita tion. At the top was a nook to which the ashes, slops, and filth of the inmates were carried and emptied, and this accumulation was in itself sufficient to create disease and nausea, and required to beseen in order to formany idea of its abomination. When returning downstairs, after witnessing the scene they had but faintly described, they were beset by the inmates, who assailed them with all sorts of abuse, said the landlord (Mr. Morris) was an honest and respectable man, and should not be robbed by such thieves as they ; and, in fact, their situation at that moment, and for some time, became one of consi derable danger. Among those by whom they were as sailed was a furious-looking Irishman three parts drunk, who occupied an apartment on the 2d floor. This man placed himself on the stairs before them in such a po sition as prevented their passing him, and though they remonstrated with him, and told him who they were and the object of their visit, he obstinately resisted their pro grsss. On the contrary, he continued to abuse them, and whistling a ferocious bulldog, of considerable size, as soon as the animal reached him he deliberately set it on one of them, Mr. Emmett, and attacked Mr. Hensby him self, and ea= assisted by his wife. Fortunately for him self, Mr. Hensby possesses much muscular power, and to this, and this alone, he owed his preservation from serious injury. The object of his savage assailants ap peared to be to drag or force Lim into the room, in the centre of which appeared to be an open trap or hole through the floor, and doubtless to drop him through it; but fertunaitely he was enabled to disappoint them, and ultimately made his way out of the house. Mr. Emmett in the interim had his work to do, for the dog, being set on him, at once made a rush at his legs. Fortunately for bins he was fortified with a pair of stout boots, and as the savage brute approached him within the proper distance, he succeeded in giving him a kick under the jaw, which turned him right over. He, however, soon returned to the charge, and for eight or ten times he succeeded in kicking him about the same spot and turn ing him over, and at last the brute became so cowed and exhausted as to show his tail and slink away. Mr. Hensby assured the magistrate that his position way anything but ple.asant,,but that of Mr. Emmett he considered to be much worse, and, as far as he had an opportunity of witnessing it, he never saw anything more extraordinary than the way in which he managed to kick and throw over his savage assailant. Mr. Emmett—l had not much to spare your worship, fie. I don't think I was ever more exhausted in any effort, and never, certainly, did I witness anything with greater delight than the exhaustion of this furious dog, and his walking away from me. The name of the defendant Blackwell was called, but he did not appear, and Lockyear, the officer, having deposed to serving the summons on him personally and also to having a narrow escape from the attack of the bulldog while doing so, Mr. Norton at once granted a warrant for Blackwell's apprehension. IN THE ICE. ( Prom the New York Times.) At a meeting of the passengers on board the United States Mail steam-ship Arago, held on 29tk Feb., at the clo - se of her fifth voyage from Havre to New York, the following paper, expressive of their feelings and view of the facts therein detailed, was adopted, and ordered to be printed in two or more of the New York newspapers : " The steam-ship Arago left Havre on the 13th inst., and Cowes at about 2 o'clock on the following morning. Weather as favourable as could be expected in a winter passage enabled us to make a prosperous run, without any remarkable incidents, to the morning of the 22d inst., when, at about 6 o'clock, icebergs were dis covered in the northern and southern horizons. _The usual interest was excited, though the surprise at so unusual a sight at this season of the year was less, from the fact that the ship had encountered ice in her outward passage, and had suffered some trilling damage in the contact. Yet none were pre pared in the slightest degree for the formidahle and dangerous obstruction that lay in our westward path. In the course of the morning, however, fragments and detached masses of all shapes and magnitudes began to appear, and so rapidly in creased in number that only by quick operation, skilful management of the helm and engine, were the dangerous encounters avoided. After running the gauntlet of these swarming enemies for several hours a clearer sea appeared before us, and we in dulged for a moment the hope of having passed the clinger. But very soon it was again discovered directly ahead, and a nearer approach showed it to be closely packed and utterly impassable. The ship e-as then headed to the north, with the hope of finding the end of the pack and doubling it. But after steaming upon this course 30 miles, the most powerful glass could discover no limit to the bar rier. The attempt to find a passage in that direc tion was therefore abandoned, and the ship returned to her former position. The weather during the day had been broken, and the afteruoon looked gloomy, with occasional snow squalls, which added temporarily to our discouragement. Night closed in without the prospect of release from our embar rassing position. A moon, however, enabled us to feel our way in search of au escape, but with little succuF, and morning found us still in the icy neighbourhood. A south-easterlycourse had teken us slowly along the broken edge, which was inter rupted . by occasional bays - coact indcntatitis. During-the 24 hours thus passed we had, with every favourable circumstance, made scarcely any west ward progress, and had but little if at all improved our position. Ice still enclosed us on every side, and the clear water in which we were working was but one of the deep bays which had at first the ap pearance of an open way to the westward. After steaming for some time in that direction we were again stopped, as upon the previous morning, by a close pack ahead. The view presented to the eye during this morning was truly magnificent, and, dissociated from the sense of peril which oar position so well justified, the mind mid fancy could d well upon the scene with the intensest pleasure. A vast icy territory passed in review before us in our sou' herly course, which was now resumed as the only hope that seemed left of deliverance: Ice bergs of varied shap:,s and sizes, that required but little effort of the imagination to convert into archi tectural forms, and bring to the eye the illusion of scattered hamlet', ruined cathedrals, columns and arel►es,—the be tutiful and grotesque forms of the floating masses added new details to the scene of which the ensemble, was at once awfully grand and charmingly picturesque. But the mind was little disposed to such contemplations under the heavy anxieties that began to weigh upon it as time wore on without bringing any relief. The weather during this. day, though still broken and unsettle], ores inure favourable than on the previous day, and was watched with intense solicitude, inasmuch as it wes as important to our safety as it was unusual in that locality. Its continuance was, therefore, de voutly prayed for as our chief dependence under God. Had a fog shut down upon us or a gale arisen, and we had then become enclosel in the ice, we should have found but little room for hope but in the especial interposition of a kind Providence. Our course continued throughout the day to the south-east, with an occasional attempt to make way to the westward. As evening closed, the ship was hove to and remained quiet until 10 o'clock, when a full moon shed its clear, soft light over the sea, revealing the smallest object, and enabling us to get under way and move with comparative safety. Another night thus passed and Sunday morning found us 180 miles to the south from our course, and attempting to double what at last seemed to be the southern cape of the icy region. As we rounded it and took a north-westerly course, a new but more scattered field lay before us, through which we finally threaded our way in safety, and a clear open sea once more revealed itself. Three or four hours passed, however, before cur minds wore reassured, or our faithful commander relaxed in the least degree his vigilance. A fear that we might again, and for the third time, find ourselves em bayed, kept suspense alive for several hours, until night returned, without bringing new difficulties, and finally hid from our eyes those we had so happily passed. Rfty-four. hours had thus worn away in danger and embarrassment, daring which-time we had sailed 220 miles from north to south before the great barrier, and penetrated it to the westward a distance of 30 miles, to meet it again, densely packed as far as could be seen. From the extreme point of our northing no glass could discern a pas sage beyond, and immense icebergs were seen stretching from the extreme southern point, where we finally passed the pack. It is, therefore, within the truth, to measure the extent of this enormous icy barrier at 250 miles in length, and 50 miles in breadth, stretching over more than three degrees both of latitude and longitude." PRISONS IN SCOTLNND.—The 17th report of the Gene. 11 , :ard of Directors of Prisons in Scotland ie pub lihul the shaper of a blue-book, of 100 pages. It ap pears that in 1855 the total number of prisoners admit ted into the General Prison amounted to 568, of whom 334 were male, and 234 female. This makes a total number of 1,134 confined in the course of the year. 323 male prisoners were liberated by expiration of sentence, and 254 were removed to England. At the close of the year 513 prisoners remained on hand in the General Pi is6n, of whom 303 were male and 240 female. The rep,rt is very meagre with regard to points of general interest. One curious feature is the difficulty experi ence.; in obtaining the services of persons willing to in flict the degrading punishment of whipping our juvenile ma'() effe-nders, owing to _the inadequacy of the reran ni r itinn fir the duty ; and it has been found necessary to au'horise the sheriffs to grant small annual salaries 'from 2/. to Si) to induce officers to undertake the re vAting task. , EVENING, MARCH 29. 1856. Sporting Intelligence. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-FRIDAY. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 2to 1 apt Fly-by Night (taken) sto 2 agst Yellow Jack (taken) 10 to 1 agst Porto Rico (taken) DERBY. • 7to 1 agst Ellington (taken) Bto 1 agst Fly-by-Night (taken) Bto 1 agst Wentworth (taken) 100 to 6 agst Vandermeulin (taken) 18 to 1 agst Rogerthorpe (taken) 1000 to 15 apt Canobie (taker) Not one bet made on any other event. BIRMINGHAM STEE Weights fur the Grand A at lb Escape " ll 7 Cu pbearer Peter Oliham Jean de Quesne lO 0 Maid of the West Garlan.l Franc Picard 9 10 Janus 9 9 Weights for the Know st lb Ploughboy lO 12 Goodlad Louis Napolton 9 10 Soho Tamworth The Painter 9 6 MALTON RACES, -APRIL 24 AND 25. PLECHASES.—APRIL 7. : nnual Steeplechase. Four st lb Rosa British Sailor 9 6 Prenez Garde 9 4 Parchment 9 2 Bluebeard Goodlad 8 10 The Doctor Innkeeper The Minor 8 6 Le Plate. Three miles. Ft lb The Minor 9 5 The Grinder Evington Lass Pelerine The Farmer FIRST DAY. Acceptances for the Mahon Handicap. One mile and a half. Age st lb Vindex Alonzo Ivan Ei ierm ire Braxey blarchioness The Assayer GrsaculusEsuriens 4 7 0 Cardsharper 5 6 12, Gamekeeper Pa'etut SECON Acceptances for the Convil Age Et lb Viudex Toe Mosquito Honeysuckle 5 7 4 GrculusEsuriens 4 7 3 Gamekeeper Paletot Bracken 5 6 12 Vandal Age st lb Alston . 4 610 Bracken 5 6 9 Vandal Mary Hope Cossey 4 5 12 Louvat The Courtier Gathercole 3 5 0 Midhope Maid of Derwent 3 4 12 D DAT. -tat Handicap. One mile. Age st lb Young Hack a 6 10 The Medway 4 6 8 Angelo Hanover 4 6 2 Squire Watt Maid of Der went 3 5 2 fby lago—Chloria 3 5 0 HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. (Weather permitting.) STAGIIOUNDS. • Tues. Twyford Station Fri. Stoke Common Kent (Mr. Roberts's) Tues, Penshurst Sat. Otford FoxIIOUNDS. • Mon. Barton in the Beans 10 0 Wed. Arbury 10 0 Fri. Shilton ... 11 0" Sat. The Black Swan ... 11 0 Beaufort's, Duke of Mon. Llnsdown ... 10 30 Wed. Lacock ... 10 3 ) Fri. Hawkesbury Upton 10 30 Sat. Hullavington 10 30 Her Majesty's .. 11 30 11 30 .. 12 0 .. 12 0 Atherstone ... Berkshire, Old (Mr. Morrell's) ... Tues. Bradley Farm ... 11 0 Sat. Loekinge ... 11 0 Berkshire, South, . NV hoble's Tues. Burgh field Bridgo 11 0 Fri. Burnt Hill 11 0 Bbekinoor Vale Mon. Cly Hill Farm.,. 11 0 Thurs. Yarnfield Gato 11 0 Sat. Bull Inn, Hardway ... 11 0 Bramham Moor Mon. Pool 11 0 Wed, Harrogate ... 11 0 Fri. Peekfield B.r ... 11 0 Sat. Bramham Park 11 0 Burton Hunt (Lord H. __ _ Bentinek's)... Mon. Thonock ... 12 0 Wod. Linwo by-Rasen 11 0 Thurs. Stapleford Moor 11 0 Sat. Blankney 11 0 Cheshire ... Mon. Minshull Vernon Station 11 0 Tues. Beeston Castle 10 30 Sat. Bolesworth Castle ... 10 35 Cottesmore (Sir J.Trol lope's) „. Mon. Grimsthorpe 11 0 Tues. Aystou 11 0 Thurs. Witham Common 11 0 Sat. Leesthorpe 11 0 Craves:Mr. H.P.Best's) Mon. Hare and Hounds, Lam bourne Woodlands... 10 45 Crawley and Horsham Mon. Hohnbush Lodge ... 10 45 Wed. Cuek field Park 10 45 Fri. Peas Pottage 1) 45 Durliain County Mon. Rainton Bridge 10 30 Wed. Twizell Bridge 10 30 Fri. Esh ... 10 30 ESS3X, the (Mr H. Greave's) Tues. Rayleigh Street (by per. mission) 11 0 Essex, East (Mr. Marriott's) Tues. Bulmer Plough 11 0 Thurs, Brasted Park ... 11 0 Sat. Terlin.. (Rayleigh Arms to breakfast) 10 0 Thurs, Clock Ho., Little Bur stead ... 11 0 Sat. Stubbers, North Lodge 11 0 Wed. Danbury Griffin ... 10 30 Sat. Carpenters' Arms, Raw roth 10 30 Essex and Suffolk Tues. Bradfield-street ... 11 0 Fri. TattinstoneWhite Horse 11 0 Fitzwilliara's, Earl Mon. Gidding Windmill ... 10 30 Wed. Bulwick 10 30 Fri. Monk's Wood ... 11 30 Garth's, Mr. ... Mon. Piukney's Green 10 30 Wed. Eversley Green 10 30 Fri. Greywell Hill ... 10 30 Halsdon Mon. Huntsham Wood .. 10 30 Fri. Jackman'sDown,Hather leigh 10 30 Halal() lon (Mr. Wall's) Mon. Wickham Gate ... 10 45 Fri. Soberton Down 10 45 H. H. Mon. Selborno Village 11 0 Tues. Medsteml Green 11 0 Thurs. No Man's Land ... 11 0 Sat. Candover Village ... 11 0 _ _ _ Essex, South Essex Union Herefordshire (Mr. Stubb's) Tues. Fifth Milestone on Froome's Hill-road 10 30 Fri. Pontrilas ... 10 30 Heythrop Mon. Great Tew 10 30 Wed. Barton Gate 10 30 Sat. Cornbury Park ... 10 30 Hurworth „., Tues. Ravens Scar Leven Baukslo 30 Fri. Moor Bank .. 10 30 Kent, East ... Tues. Trinley Park 10 30 Fri. Sweech Gate .. ... 10 30 Ledbury Mon. Chance's Pitch ]0 30 Fri. Dymock Villag .. e . 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 Ludlow (Mr. Sitwoll's) Tues. Munsloe Gorse ... 10 30 Fri. Kinsley Lumley's, Mr. Mon. Stainton ... 10 30 Wed. Swinnow Wood ... 10 30 Monmouthshire Mon. CrowfiAd 10 30 Fri. Castlefield ... 10 30 Oakley Mon. Deer Park, Yardley Chase 10 45 Thurs. Dun ge Corner 10 45 Sat. Podding,ton Hays 1 1 J 45 Pembroke (Mr. L. Phil lips's) Mon. Woodstock ... ... 10 30 Tlaurs.Minwear , 10 30 Pytchley Tues. Dodford • 10 45 Wed. Rushton 10 45 Sat. Oundle Wood 10 45 RAY, Duke of Caere laud's ... Mon. Harforth 11 0 Rutland's, Duke of Mon. Hose Grange 10 30 Wed. Boothby ... 10 30 Fri. Easton Hall . 10 30 Sat. Scrimshaw's Mill 10 30 Xinningtou Tues. Harum ... 10 0 Fri. Gillamoor 10 0 Smith's, Mr. A. ... No account received. Somerset Subscription, Tues, Charcott Wood 11 0 _ Fri. Radon, near Crocoisbe 11 0 Southdovin (Mr. A. Do RO van's)... ... Mon. Alfriston 10 45 Southvrold (Mr. G. Cook's) Mon. Tathwell 11 0 Wed. Thornton ... 11 0 Fri. Hainton Hall ll 0 Staffordshire, North ... Mon. Weston Coyney 10 30 Wed. Stoke. Heath 10 30 Sat, Seighford 10 30 Stamford's, Earl of ... Tues. Summerhouse Inn ... 11 0 Thurs. Huunington 11 0 Sat. Belbroughtou 11 A) Suffolk Tues. Honington Fos 10 45 Sat. Risby Toll-gate 10 45 Susses, East Tues. Robertsbricige ... 10 30 Fri Hare and Hounds, Pair light 10 30 Thomson's, Mr. A. Tues. Shelswell 11 0 Thurs. Ham Green ... 11 0 Sat. Farthinghoe ... 11 0 Tickham Fri. Lees-court ~. 10 30 Tiverton ... Moo. Huntsam Castle ... 10 30 Thurs. Dulvertou ... 10 30 United Pack Tues. Shepard's Well, Radnor Forest ... 9 0 Fri. Herdcrly Turnpike 9 0 V. W. 11. (Lord Gif ford's) ... War wick sh ire.. ... Thurs. Highworth . ... Tues. Traitor's Ford ... 11 0 10 45 Thurs °shill Toll gate ... 10 45 Sat. Oversley Wood ... 10 45 Warwickshire, North Mon. Cubbington 10 45 Wed. Haywood ... 10 45 Fri. Alcester 10 45 Wheatland, Mr. Lloyd's Tues. Oldbury 10 30 Fri. Mr. Davies's Patten 10 30 Willoughby's, Mr. Mon. Dalby ... 10 30 Tues. Mr. Gofton's house, Thirtleby 10 45 Wed, Aldby Park ... ... 10 30 Mon. Shrawley Wood 10 30 Wed. Shakenhurst ... 10 30 Fri. Radford Gate 10 30 Wynn's, Sir W. W. Mon. Llangedwin ... 10 30 Tues. Llwydiarth ... 10 30 Penylan 10 30 HARRIERS, Tues. Doles Ash Clump SCOTCH. FOXHOUNDS. Mon. Kinmount .„ HARRIERS. Tuit'e, Mr. A. A. Wed. Cairulaill „, „, 10 30 Worcestershire B. V. DumfriessbLv.. • 12 0 10 30 Galway Blazers Kildare IRISH. FOXHOUNDS. ▪ Mon. Newtown 11 0 ▪ Tues. Newtown, near Enfield 11 0 Thurs. Stratton Bridge 11 0 Sat. Blessington ... 11 0 ▪ Mon. Woodsgift 11 0 Wed. Coclagn-road 11 0 Fri. Club Houso 11 0 Linanriok Tues. Friarstown ' 10 45 Louth Tues. Hilltowa 11 0 Fri. Crewbawn 11 0 Meath Mon. Clifton Lodge 11 0 Kilkenny ... ... 11 0 Queen's County ... Tues. Timooney Sat. Deryfore 11 0 Westmeath Tues. Clanhugh 11 0 Fri. RochfoA ... 11 o HARRIERS. Prlmorstown Mon. Twelfth Lock, Grand Wicklow Canal 12 0 Tues. The Kennel From the London Gazette of Last Night. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, .Maßcii 13, Notice is hereby given, that her Mijosty will hold Drawing-Rooms at St. James's Palace, on the following days, at two o'clock : Thursday, lath April next. Tuesday, 29th April next. REGULATIONS TO BE OBSERVED AT TIE QUEEN'S DRAWING-ROOMS, AT ST. JAMES'S PALACE. The ladies, who purpose to attend her Majesty's Draw ing-rooms, at St. James's Palace, are requested to bring with then- two large cards, with their names clearly writ ten thereon, one to be left with the Queen's Page in At tendance in the ante-room, and the other to be delivered to the'Lord Chamberlain, who will announce the name to her Majesty. Those Ladies who are to be presented are herCby in formed, it is absolutely necessary that their names, with the names of the ladies who are to present them, should be delivered at the Lord Chamberlain's OffiTo on Tuesday the Bth of April next, by 13 o'clock, for the first Drawing room announced, and on Saturday the 26th of April next, by 12 o'clock, for the second Drawing-room, or on any earlier day, between the hours of eleven and four, in order that they may be submitted for the Queen's approbation ; it being her Majesty's command, that no presentation shall take place, unless the name of the lady presenting, together with that of the lady to be presented, shall appear on the card to be delivered to the Lord Cham berlain' whose names shall correspond with tho se p rev i ous ly sent in to the Lord Chamberlain s Office. It is particularly requested that in every case the names be very distinctly written upon the cards to be de, livered to the lewd Chamberlain, in order that that) may be no difficulty in announcing them to the Queen. The State apartments will not be open for the reception of Company coming to Court, until half-past one o'clock. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MARCH 13. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold Levees, at St. James's Palace, on the following days, at two o'clock : Wednesday, 16th April next. Wednesday, 7th May next. REGULATIONS TO BE OBSERVED AT THE QUEEN'S LEVEES AT ST. JAMES'S PALACE. The Noblemen and Gentlemen, who purpose to attend her Majesty s Levees ' at St. James's Palace, are requested to bring with them two large cards, with their names clearly written thereon, one to be left with the Queen's page in attendance in the ante room, and the other to bo delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, who will announce the name to her Majesty. Those gentlemen who are to be presented are hereby informed, it is absolutely necessary that their names, with the name of the nobleman or gentleman who is to present them, should be delivered at the Lord Chamberlain's Office, before twelve o'clock, on the Mon day previous to each Levee above announced, or upon any earlier day, between the hours of eleven and four, in order that they may be submitted fur the Queen's approbation ; it being her .Majesty's command, that no presentation shall be made at the Levees but in conformity with the above regulations. It is particularly requested, that in every case the names, bo very distinctly written upon the cards 'o be delivered to the ✓ Lord Chamberlain, in order that there may be no difficulty in announcing them to the Queen. The state apartments will not be open for the reception of company coming to Court, until half-past one o'clock. Notice is hereby given, that all persons having petitions or addresses to present to he: MAjesty at the Levees, are to deliver a card (having on it their names, a statement of the object of such petitions or addresses, and the names of the persons from whom they com-), to the Lord Chamberlain's Office, before twelve o'clock, on the Mon day previous to each Levee above announced, and that two other cards, having on them precisely what is written upon that sent to the Lord Chamberlain's Office, are to be taken to the Levees ; one to be delivered to the Page in the Ante-Room, and the other to the Lord Chamber lain, who will read its contents to the Queen ; and on these occasions, no other statement is to be addressed to ber Ma esty. A deputation to present an aldress is not to exceed four persons. CROWN-OFFICE, MARCH 26. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of New Ross —Charles Tottenham, Esq., in the room of Charles Gavan Daffy, Esq., who has accepted the office of Steward of her ➢lajesty's Chiltern Hundreds. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MARCH 27. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despach from her Majesty's ➢iiuister at Naples, en closing a copy of a Neapolitan Royal Decree, permitting the exportation of wheat and corn to foreign countries until the 30th of April next, on payment of the following duties : Wheat, 2 ducats per canter. Indian corn, 1 ducat 20 grains per canter. Oats and barley, 1 ducat 20 p• r canter. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MARCH 27. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Venice, stating that the free exportation of rice from that port, to foreign countries is prohibited. WAR DEPARTMENT, MARCH 28. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Acting Assistant-Surgeon Frederick Pratt has been permitted to resign his appointment from 25th July, 1855. MEMORANDUM.—For Quartermaster John Dwyer to be Ensign, without purchase, and Adjutant in the list Foot, vice Cross, who resigns the Adjutancy only, which ap peared in the Gazette of the 25th inst., read Quartermaster Serjeant John Dwyer to be Ensign, without purchase, and Adjutant in the 46th Foot, vice Cross, &c. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD -LIEUTENANTS. Sir William Dunbar, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant of Wi;;townshire. Royal Montgomery Rifles.—Ensign Jas. Sebastian Gill to be Lieutenant, vice Johnes, appointed to the 56th Foot. Bedfordshire Regiment of Militia—Lieut. Henry DMus Smith to be Captain, vice Browne, resigned ; Ensign Welbore Ellis to b© Lieutenant, vice Swinhoo, appointed to Rifle Brigade. Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Militia —Ensign F. John Shortis to be Lieutenant. Forfar and Kincardine Militia Artillery—Peter Dugnid, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Anderson, appointed to a Commission in the Regular Army. Royal Sherwood Foresters or Nottinghamshire Regiment of Militia—Alfred Selby, Gent., to be Ensign. 2d Regiment o f Ki ng ' s Own Staffordshire Militia—En sign F. A. A. White to be Lieutenant, vice Iver, pro moted ; W. Woodward, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Chinn, appointed to 49th Foot ; A. Pattisou, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Whyte, promoted; R. H. Caldwell, Gent., to be Ensign ; H. Hind, Gent., to be Ensign. 2d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia— W. B. Gardner, Gent., to bs Ensign. 4th or Duke of Lancastet's Own (Light Infantry) Royal Lancashire 'Militia -Ensign Jas. Campbell to be Lieuten ant, vice Boyce, appointed to the 16th Lancers. • Royal Lancashire Militia Artillery—G. Hilton, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice &Aileron, promoted. 90th Regiment of Militia, or Highland Borderers—W. Cleland to be Ensign, vice It. E. "Taxan], appointed to a ammission in the Line. Ist Royal Lanarkshire Militia—William Townley, Gent., to bo Ensign, vice Rouse, promoted. 2d Royal Lanarkshire Militia—Williain Benjamin Wil kin, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Beg;, promoted; Edward John Clifford, Gout., to be Ensign, vice Smith, promoted ; Richard Austin Herbert, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Thos. Carter Thompson, resigned ; John Court Ferguson Grier, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Robert Pollock, promoted. 2d or North Durham Regiment of Militia—J-hn Pye julian, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Bland, le signed. ERRATII3I.-Ist Durham Regiment of Militia—The Christian names of Capt. and Adjutant Agnew, late Cap tain 3lth Foot, are " Elward Freder;ek, ' and not " Ed ward" only, as gazetted on the 21st inst. Her Majesty' Court of Queen's Bench, in Ireland, has appointed Charles Wilkin, of No. 10, Tokenhou,e-yard, in the city of London, solicitor, a commissioner for taking affidavits in the Queen's Law Courts at Dublin, for the cities of London and Westminster, and also for the coun ties of Middlesex, Essex, Kent, Surrey, Bucks, Herts, Hants, and Berks, in England. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Henry Pring, baker, Old Market, Bristol. BANKRUPTS. Henry Ermanni Fellinger, flour merchant, formerly of Red Lion-street, Holborn, late of Regent-square, to sur rimier, April 8, at eleven, and M a y 8, a t one , a t th e Court of Bankruptcy. Johnscn, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Chapple, Great Carter-lane. Maximilian Lasker and Gustave Bitter, merchants, New Basinghall-street, April 10, at two, an i May 13, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Alder manbury ; La,wrance, Plews, and Boyer, Old Jewry chambers. John Buck Toker, manufacturer of malleable cast iron, Manchester, April 8, at half-past two, and May 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court ; J. and J. H. Liuklater and Hackwood, Sise-lane. James Bailey, merchant, Wood-street, Cheapside, April 4, and May 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Can nan, official assignee, Alderrhanbury ; Reed, Laugfurd, and Marsden, Friday-street, Cheapside. Jonathan Thomas Owen,rmathematical instrument seller, Swansea, April 8 and May 6, at eleven, at the Bristol Dis trict Court. Acraunan, official assignee, Bristol ; Hobbs, Bristol; Abbot and Lucas, Bristol. Robert Lincoln, licensed victualler, Mortimer Arms, Tottenham-court-road, April 9 and May 7, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official as signee; S. Smith and Son, Barnard's-inn, Holborn. Thomas Evans, umbrella and parasol manufacturer, Wood-street, Cheapside, City, April 4 and May 9, a t twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Caunan, official as signee, Aldermanbury ; Lawrence, Plows, and Boyer, Old Jewry. James Cooper, grocer, Hyde and Wootton -bridge, Isle of Wight, April 7, at twelve, and May 17, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basing hall-street; Sewell, tFox, and Sewell, Old Broad-street ; Johnson, Hyde. Win. Barker Moss, butcher, Stamford, April 22 and Gth May, at half-past ten, at the Birmingha-..::. District Court. Harris, official .assignee. NotLingbain Law, Stamford; Hodgson and Xlen, Birmingham. Richard Potter, shipbuilder, Haven Banks, Eider, April 10, and 30, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Fryer, St, Thomas, Exeter. Henry Collins, carpenter and builder, Ashford, Kent, April 11, and May 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Canuan, official assignee, London ; Venour, Gray's inn-square ; Furley, and Co., Ashford. Joseph Hipkiss, ironmaster, Tipton, April 9 and. 30, at half-past 10, at the Birmingham District Court. Whit more, official assignee, Birmingham ; Smith, Tipton; Mot teram and Knight, Birmingham. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. W. Humphrey, Barnes, Surrey, journeyman carpenter— T. W. Spooner, Sidney-square, Stepney, linendraper —T. B. Dinn, Newington superannuated police officer—T. Down, Walworth, loclismitli—J. Bremner, Old Change, City, hosier's assistant—J. B. Davies, Holton Old-town, and Bond-court, Walbrook, wine cooper—J. T. Softley, Camden-row and Hamilton-street, Camden-town, journey man plumber—J. Fisher, Boston-place, Marylebone, cab riolet driver—W. H. Walsh, W(nhip-street, solicitor— J. Styles, Putney, Surrey, waterman.—T. Webb, Leigh street and Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, dyer—J. R. Ross, East Dulwich, late clerk in an insurance office—P. Maas, White Hart-yard, Borough, foreman in a seed ware house. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. H. Kay, R. Kay, and W. Kay, Heywood, cotton spin ners—lst div. of 98. Bkd., April 1, and any subsequent Tuesday, at Hernanaan's, Manchester. S. M. Barton (separate estate), Manchester, smallware n3antif,:ctarer-Ist dividend of 2s. 3d., Ap r il 1, and any subsequent Tuesday, at Hernaman's, Manchester. T. Allen and T. C. Cockson, Manchester,' Italian ware housemen-Ist dividend of 65., Aprill, and any subse quent Tneiday, at Hernamau's, Manchester. R. B. Fletcher, Shaw Edge, Crompton, cotton spinner, —lst dividend of ls. 4d., March 25, and any subsequent Tuesday, at Hernaman's, Manchester. J. Richardson, Manchester, umbrella manufacturer— Ist dividend of Sd., March 25, and any subsequent Tuesday, at Heraaman's, Manchester. A. P. Dresser, Manchester, machinist-Ist dividend of 4d., March 25, and any subsequent Tuesday, at Ilerna man's, Manchester. J. Kenyon, Blackburn, painter-Ist dividend of Ss. 41d. April 1, and any subsequent Tues Jay, at Hernaman's, Manchester. DIVIDENDS. April 15. A. MiCarroll, Brighton, seller of musical in struments—J. P. White, Mark lane, City, merchants— April 18. G. Hart, Strand, ironmonger—April 22. J. Plumbe and J. Plum be, jun., Southport, Lancashire, plum bers—May 3. W. Horton and J. Horton, Wednesbury, Staffordshire, timber merchants—April 19. W. Horton (separate estate), Wednesbury, Staffordshire, timber mer chant—J. Horton (separate estate), Wednesbury, Staf fordshire, timber merchant. CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED. April 18. J. Woodroffe, Leather-lane, licensed victualler —J. Bond, Ludzate-hill, shawlman— C. Williams, terrace, Mile End-road, tea dealer--J. T. Murray, Lower James-street, Golden-square, pianoforte maker—H. Crick mar, East Donyland, Essex, shipowner—J. Page, Chelin ford, coachbuilder—April 22. D. J. Vaughan, Fishgard, Pembrokeshire, malster—April 24. T. Heslington, Bir mingham, straw dealer. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. _ E. Clisby, jun., and G. Kershaw, Hitchin, Hertford shire, chemist—W. Roberts and J. Pilling, Bury, Lanca shire, carriers—J. E. Brooksbank and J. Brooksbank, South Crosland, Yorkshire, butchers—W. B. Birch and Mary•Blitikhorn, Bolton, Lancashire, joiners —J. Pater son, R. Owen, and H. Meggett, Kingston-upon-Hull, litho graphers—J. Evans and W. Evans, Haverferdwest and Merthyr Tydvil, curriers—R. Barren and J. Barrel), Keynsham, Somersetshire, smiths—W. Paine and E. Paine, Longwick, Buckinghamshire, mealmen—S. A. Cai l and W. Atkin, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, mathematical in strument makers—R. Peeilcss and J. Davey, jun., Taunton, millers—W. Quayle and J. Cunlitf, Rochdale, builde• s —J. Hennessey and J.iPelly, King-street, Soho, cabinet makers -P. Hudson and W. Clark, Liverpool, brass founders—W. F. Peacock and J. Peacock, Manches ter, starch manufacturers—J. E. Einsou and F. Emson, Saffron Walden, grocers—E. Smith, Preston, and R Smith and E. Smith, Manchester, soap boilers—J. Cook and T. Linnell, Milton Bryant, Bedfordshire, farmers— G. IL Deed and J. Buckland, Lisle-street, Leicester square—J. Smith and R. May, Tees T.lery, Yorkshire, builders—T. Deller and E. Wedge, Newbury, Berk shire, brewers—B. Brookman and T. R. Bence, Pearl street, Spitalfielels, pork butchers—J. Bennett and C. L. Kelly, Lower Belgrave-place, and Belgrave-street South, Pimlico, auctioneers—T. Lewis, J. Lewis, and G. H. Banks, Newport, Monmouthshire, wharfingers—E. Lees and J. A. Booth, Manchester, coal merchants—T. Barton, H. P. Barton, and C. Wright, Tildesley, Lancashire, cotton spinners —W. F. Bonsai! and J. Rushton, Man chester, auctioneers—J. Reid, G. Whitehead, and J.,lteid, jun., Lawrence-lane, Cheapside, silk manufacturers, so far as retards G. Whitehead—G Nussey, B. Nussey, J. Nus sey, and P. Nussey, Leeds, dyers, so far as regards B. Nussey—C. Rich and S. Leak, grocers—J. B. Kingsbury, sen., J. B, Kingsbury, jun., and W. J. Kingsbury, Ring wood, Hampshire, so far as regards J. B. Kingsbury, jun. —G. Binns, D. Bothwell, and E. Stock, Sowerby-bridge, Yorkshire, machine makers, so far as regards G. Binns— T. Yates, Shiffnal, Shropshire, builders— GP: Snell, E. Snell, E. S. Snell, and W. Ash, Albemarle-street, Picca dilly, cabinet makers, so far as regards W. Snell and E. Snell—W. Fleming, T. Mallinson, M. Cowen, J. Ellison, J. Window, T. Mills, J. Madders, M. Saul, W. Turpie, D. Taylor, D. Crombleholme, W. Crombleholme, R. Cad man, B. Hardman, T. Driver, and H. Jones, Manchester, machine reakers, so far as regards D. Taylor and W. Crombleholme—W. King, J. B. Lillie, and S. Macfarlane, Glasgow, merchants, so far as regards W. King. Co entry: LIVERPOOL—MAReit 28. At this day's market there was a fair attendance of town and country trade, and a moderate retail deres was experienced for wheat and flour, at about Toes& rates. Oats and oatmeal, with a slow sale,. remsU without alteration in value. Barley and peas were 0 able in retail at late rates • whilst beans were the tt dearer. As th e l a t e arrivals of Indian corn for the to, pat t have not been yet sampled, there was less ()MITI than was expected, and holders were consequently snob to get rather more money, yellow selling at 30.4.6 4 1. to 3' and mixed and white 30s. to 30s. 6d. per quarter. WAKEFIELD—MARCH 28. The wheat trade NY,S firm, at last week's prices, with fair business. Fine barley maintained its bat otu l sorts were rather cheaper. No change in other artidelh EXETER—MARCH 28. CORN.—In our market wheat may be quoted from to 83 61. Malting barley, 4s 61 to 4s 9d ; grinding ( I °l Od to Os Od. Oats, 3s 4d to 3s 6d. Beans, Os Od Od. Peas, cos 01 to 00s Od. I FLouu.'—Fine, 00s Od to 50s Od ; seconds, 003,0 d O P Od per sack. CATTLE.—Fat beef was sold at from 93 6,1 to 103 3 41 score ; fat calves, 54d to 6d per lh ; barrenners, 6s to 64 0 1 per score ; cows and calves, 121. to 171. —s ; butetb calves, to —d per lb., rearing calves —s, to — 0 Sheep, ewss and lambs, 21. to 21. 5s per couple • sweez iA to 6id ; wafters, qd to 6/ I ; lambs, 11 £s Jl6j large size, 45s to 5 ; second size, 24s to 30s ; slips, l to VOs ; suckers, Gs to 12s. Rough fat, 30 Per Pork carcases from 9s 6,1 to lOs 6d per score. BRISTOL SUGAR-31)01m 28. The demand continues good, both for refining and rt , eery purposes, and a fair amou n t o f b us i ness is repo T i week at again rather higher prices. litore exter l transactions could have been effected had importer* bog disposed to sell, but the market is very badly supplied n i samples. Refiners' produce sells free!y, and th e mani l A .,' turers are now enabled to keep the m s e l ves cl ea r of stoc , ' at improved rates. Rum is still d u ll, b u t p r ices are We supported. COAL MARKET Prices of Coal per ton at s. d. Tanfiald door Butes 14 ( Derwentwater Hartley 17 3 Byass's West Hartley l7 Longridge's Wst Hartley 17 3 1 Tanfield Moor l4 01 Walker Primrose l4 0 Holywell l6 West Hartley 17 f Xerthyri.. - 22 ( Wallsend, _ Haswell 17 9 Eden Wharneliffe l5 6 Northumberland l5 I) Eden Main 16 0 Ships at market... i 5 —Maitea 28. • the elose of the raertot Wallsend, Jta. s. " 3tewart's 1 1, 16 Hough Hall ' Lambton ll' Pees 15 Pensher Hartlepool Gosforth '' 16 Kepler Grange '' .1 6 Kelloe • '' ~5 West Ke110e.... .......... 6 Russell's Hetton ....... ll South Hetton l6 Harton dedley Plummer .............. • I Sold • COURSE OF EXCHANGE. - YESTERDAY. kmsterddm ........... 12 Gibraitar ...• .• 7..• •• 3 it Ditto, three months .. 12 2'4 Leghona ..... , g 9, Rotterdam ............ 12 2 Genoa • ... kntwerp 2h 67 1 4 Milan .....• •• .• •• •• Brussels •• •••• •• •• •••• 25 67 tiamburgh •• •• •• •• •••• 13 11% Mtona •• •• •• •••• •• •• •• Ditto. three months .. 25 85 NiarseiDes ....... ...... 25 85 Venice.....••••• •••• Naples • • • • • • •• • • • • • • •• 131 Palermo .••• • ... • * •• •• Messina .. • •" Lisbon ... Bourleaux • . ........ Frankfort-on Maine •... 12.3( Berlin •••• 941 • • • • •• • • •• Vienna •••• 10 32 Trieste•••••••••••••••• 10 34 Petersburg •••••••••••• 35% Madrid .... 49% :.:adiz•••••••••••...,.. 50 Barcelona •• •• .• .• • • •• 443Vilie•• • • •• • • •• •• •• Rio Ja.neiro ..... Buenos Ayres New York,6o days' sight , Philadelphia ... PRICES OF ROLLICK, nig°, Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 0 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 ". $ Mexican Dollars 0 1 New Dollars 0 0 1 Silver in bars ...... 0 0 SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General F. wq the hicht—and M by the morning—despatch.) Day when ni &le o_ Fr o m ~, Wa it o w COUNTRIEL In General Post- Port " 10 / ' Office, London.* Dispatched. Et 1 1..... .;„/ ---- A ril l imerica(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday •• • • Liverpool ... -P America (by United Ste. packet) ..........N •• • • ••• •• • • Liverpool ... America (by U. States packet) •• ••••.. • • N •• •• • • • Southamotet. Australia (via Bouth-, Ditto p ( via ) Marseilles) Nf .......... M i I ••••• -• •• • • Southampton ! Ditto (via Cape of Good. ijl Hope) •• •• •• •• •• .• NI I und o Africa (West Coaat)..l . l 23d of the month.. Plymouth ..1 Alexandria ..........N, B , 9, 24,& 30 of n , ~Dover .... Alexandria ........ ~ m 4th & 'loth of mon.lSouthampton , Bahamas ........... M : 17 th of the mon ti.lSouthampton' ~„ Belgium ........ - .. N Daily.. • • • • • • • • • • • • 'Dover ...... Dal; es Brazil ..............M 9th of the month.. Southampton Apru., ,6 0 .. p . e ....N :5 i, 1 9th of the month.. Sc,uth.tmt.ton Aprolo,, Various pot% Una , B c uen ape os of A u yLes d . H . i Cape of Good Hope .. N I . 4 Cape de Verde ......1; 9th of the month Southampton' Ceylon (ace In lia) ~ Ceylon .............. N Channel Isles.. .... .. N Mon ~Wed..,&Fri Southarui, L., TU.S O Chi1i................ ‘ 1 ; 11 t ' l7l h nf ;omit , Southamp ,, ! ~ i China Once a month.... Apn. Dover pova ...... • i Two " .:6nstantinople ........, 4 th & 20th of mon. Southstopto,' , ':".!; rgypani n , s t t e.t a eo n (f ;in e.u o .iro p j.2 l . : e.i.. . )m . 74 . . 4.t .. : s I , ,l 2 7,T , ww lll ii , cc t : B 6 : : 3 ll , ll A yy .2 ... 8 . . o .. 1 .0.. Dover .. .. Tw i 0.00 i Gibraltar ..........1.4' 4 , 7, 17, 20, 27 • fn , Southampto:•.' Greece (see India) ! 3roytown ........ 4 , 7.,4 .2nd & 17th of mon SouthamptoH Flsmburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday London ... 0 1 Tavannah .......... M !2nd of the mono Southampt , AP .. .- '! 'Tolland ...... - ...,. 3,1' DallY ••.•••. • • • • . Dover.. 4. Da' . 0 1 ' 1 - londuras ... .. .... 31 17t 1 4 ;the month. S out h ampte . 160 0 .01 . 1 !ndia (viaSouthampt.)M i4th ~- 20th of moe. Plym o uth .. 4 & Sy n di a (v i a marmil es , DA '9th&26th of month Dover .... - ! lonian Wes (see Ind a)'7, 17, & '47 of tnon 'Dover.— .. • Ireland ..,...... Id* li, 'Twice daily .. ....'Holy head Twice ',,, o o l f m th on e th mo . n . t . h . lSo tiv ti e t rp haz.a . o . :i Idatran. . i a vi d te e a l r r( a as 8..0.. India) d .... 1 4.. i . ..... 7. 15 1. ! .2 9 3 t d h I Malta ............ 1. 8.18, &28 of mon.Dover _ ~,,. 4, . 20e Mauritius (see India) ?Jammu ~„ „ .. ~,, s ,14th of the month M ex i co ............Nll2nd of the montl . Sonthatnpuo, 4 p-- All ! Nap1e5.....,........ F' sthl.sth2rlthofraer. !Dover . ......1 New Granada ......N l 2 1 & 17th of root! Southamptth,' New Zealand,..... ...., ( By private slip .. ;Various port Unow m ip o .. n..: v So ari nt o lz poiu pton' uncao ll papal States ...::...It sthlsthZ s thotinon.lDover .... 4.i Peninsula .........-.N Ithi7th27thormon.Southainptonl :1 4( y i it pri 9 v 7 a t t h c o s f h Z i t N . ;t . a . C.................. :M N Sicily ~...........;z; stlllsth2sthoim 3 n,Dever ..; Tuscany •• .• •• •• •• •• N • Sthl s th2. s thormon.lDover ..... : ! ~_•.! Venezuela ..........1! 'ld & 17 th Oftnonth i Southampto i l 1 a is , can Diemen's Lan d (aa! ' _ Australia) ........ . I a 0 1# woe . TTIMP. ..2. Vi IC 17 th 0; M9f,Pi gonthimin: I & I.- SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Robert Latta, commissioa and iron merchant, Glasgow, and Ballycastle, Antrim, April 4, at one, within the Globe Hotel, George-square, Glasgow. John Cron, blacksmith, Glasgow. William Rosenthal, bookseller, stationer, &c., Glasgow. John Henry Archer, insurance broker and dealer in sharos, North Hanover-street, Edinburgh. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending March 25, 1856. exclusive of the Duties of Custoais paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : From the British Possessions in America......... 255. 3d. Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius . 255. 7A.1. Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 265. 03d. Average of the three foregoing descriptions 255. 4d. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap 32, fo, the Week ending on Saturday the 221 day of March, 1856. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes Issaei ...• .... 24,221,325 Government debt.... 11,015,10 Other securities ...... 3,459,9^Q Gold coin and bullion 9,746.825 Silver bullion.. - £24,221,825 £24,2:1,825 MARSHALL, Chief Castiler Dated the 27th day of March, L RANKING DE ,Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest 3,813,664 Public deposit (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and r Dividend Accounts) 5,633,865 Other deposits 12,107,u43 seven Day and other ........ . 726,362 :penTMENT. Government securities (includg.Dead Weight Annuity) 11.951,000 Other securities...—. 18,425,297 Notes .• .......... 503 ~ 745 gold and silver coin.. 625,886 £36,836,934 k 36,533,934 M. MARSHALL, Chief cashier. 156. Dated the 27th day of March, l& POISONING BY COMMON 11018ERA.DISII.—There are some cases of poisoning by accident ei Mich it would be in the power of no law to prevent. Such eases are those which have lately associated a melancholy interest with the town of Dingwall, ir. Scotlan.l, where the root of the aconitura napellus was easten by several persons in mistake for the common horseradish. This error is by no means uncommon ; other instances, we believe, are on record besides those enurnerat , A by Dr. Headland in this. day's Lancct. What renders substitution of aconite for horseradish more remarkable is that, on comparing the two roots, there is not the slightest resemblance be tween them. The only hope of preventing such acci dents for the future is to place prominently before the public the means of distinguishing the roots from each other, and to enforce such cautions as the circumstances naturally present —Lancet. [AbVEHTISEMENT]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills, incomparable remedies for sore wounds and ulcers.—Mr. James Newman, residing near Einyvale, was a drew - 1(11 sufferer for four years from running ulcers in his leg, he tried all means without effect, he had been in an hospital three months, - and turned out incurable, he then had recourse to Holloway's Ointment and Pills, and by steady perseverance in their use for a few weeks he ob tained an effectual cure, and his leg is now whole and sound, to the astonishment of his friends. Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world, at Professor Holloway's establishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane, New York; by A. Stampa, Constanti nople ; A. Guidicy, Smyrna ; and E. Muir, Malta. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Only to be known to be valued.—Dr. Roberts's celebrated ointment, called the " Poor Man's Friend," is confidently recommended to the public as an un failing remedy for wounds of every description, a certain cure of ulcerated sore legs, if of twenty years' standing, cute, burns, scalds, bruises, chilblains, scorbutic eruptions, and pimples in the face, sore and inflamed eyes, sore Leads, can cerous humours, &c., and is a specific for th ose af fli cting eruptions that sometimes follow vaccination., Sold in pots, at ls. 1 I. and 2s. 9d. each.—Also his " Pilulre Antiscro phulm," confirmed by more than forty years' experience to be, without exception, one of the best alterative medicines ever compounded for purifying the blood and assis ing nature in all her operations ; hence they are useful in scrofula, scorbutic complaints, glandular swellings, particularly those of the nec k, & e . They form a mild and superior family aperient that may be taken at all times without confinement or change of diet. Sold in boxes, at ls. 14d , 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., Hs. ; and 225. each.—Sold wholesale by the proprietors, Beach and Barnicott, at their dispensary, Bridport; by the London houses ; retail by all respectable medicine vendors in the United Kingdom. Observe.—No medicine sold under the above names can possibly be genuine, unless "Beach and Barnicott, late Dr. Roberts, Bridport," is engraved and printed on the stamp affixed to each box. [AnyzarisamEX . r.]—Medicine always aggravates chronic dis eases, such as dyspepsia (indigestion), flatulency, habitual con stipation, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, &c., but Du Barry's delicious RevalentaArabica Food invariably cures them in a very short time. We extract two out of many thousand expressions of gratitude from invalids :—From the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart. Curo 52,612.—Rosstrevor, County of Down, Ireland, December 9, 1854. The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart feels induced, in the interest of suffering hu manity, to state that Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food has cured her, after all medicines had failed, of indiges tion, bile, great nervousness and irritability of many years' standing. This food deserves the confidence of all sufferers, and may be considered a real blessing. Inqu'rl,s will be cheerfully answered.—Trevagler, Gulval, near Penzance, Feb. 20, 1551.—Eighteen years' nervous debility, violent palpita tion of the heart, throbbing of the temples, violent pains on the left side and back, shortness of breath, cough, numbness of the extremities, cramps, spasms, flatulency, retching, and such general weakness, that I was consequently fearful of fall ing when on my legs, all these symptoms have beau removed 1 y Du Barry's excellent Re valen ta Arabica Food. —Maar GELBIRT. In canisters, 51bs. lls.; 121b5., 225. The 12Ibs carr.age free, on receipt of post-office order. Barry clu Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, Loudon ; Fortnum, Mason, and Ce., • Purveyors to her Majesty, Piccadilly ; also at 60, Grace • church-street ; 33d and 451, Strand ; 4, Cheapside ; 63, Ceruhill ; 49, Bishopsgate-street ; 55, Charing -,;toss; 51, Upper Baker-street; 63 and 160, Oevrdlikreet, BIRTHS. Of A SON. On the 27th inst., at Halfod, Cardiganshire, the wife 0( Sir Godfrey J. Thomas, Bart. On the 28th inst., at Richmond, the wife of E. 4 1. ° Bevir, Esq. 37 A TUTIGTITICEI On the 27th inst., at Cowes, the wife of W. C. Jo.° — meister, M.D., surgeon to the Queen. On the 27th - inst., at Thonock-hall, Lincolnshire, ler'' , Hickman Bacor. IDover ......1 • L .O t i Southampion 1 k Sontharapian lko WheL any of these dates fall on a Sunday- the malls .011 4 , t 1 Spatched cm the following lay, with the ezeep len of the 9 1 Southampton), and the malts, both of whlco will be despatch"' preceding day. • 811A.RE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 28. srnex ExcHANQE.—A marked advance in all tiesot o i tions of securities h as t a k en p l ace t o -d ay; an d a goo d siness has been transacted. Lancashire .and Yorkli 851—London and Black wa ll, 71—L on d ox i an d No, Western, 10 1-I, , lanchester, Sheffield, and Lincolns; 27a—Midlands, 72k—North ,hP Eastern,. Berwick, 1 90 0 South Eastern, 214 1 4—North Union. A, 228—Da Rhenish, 18s. 9d. p. MANCHESTER,' Mina( 28, bo l l STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been inactive, prices were maintained. Rochdale Canal, £3o—Sbef6 o : a t 27 !,—Ditto 61. pref., 7.16 prem.—G rea t N or th ern , 6 r cent. pref., a prem. —Rovers, 217-16—Great Luxemboti G'—London and North-West ern , 10G i—Great Non hell 3 44 per cent., 10A. BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 28. STOOK EXCHANGE.—This market was steacly to' , (11 „/ ' ; Great Western Birmingham Guaranteed Sock was a.„ ° :;., at 734—London and North-W es t erns at 1004—and PI mingham New Union Mills at 3—Midlands closed 724. DUBLIN, MARCH 27. o q -d STOCK EXCHANGE.—Three per Cent. Comm, L New 3 per C en t . St oc k (shut), 91i i—Ditto for Accon9: Bth of April, 94—Hibernian Bank of Ireland, (251. Pti 303—Royal B a nk o f I re l an d (101 . pa id) , 19i d—Bu`dk and Irish (501. p a id) , 32—Consumers' Gas'Company (1¢ paid), BA,—Mining Company of Ireland (71. paid), —Cork, Blackrock, and Passage (201. paid), and Belfast Ju nc ti on (paid in full, 502.), 41—Gro g Southern and Weste rn (501. p a id), 523 — Di tto Eightbov_ . ; per cant. prof (61. ss. paid), 7i—Ditt o 4 per cen t. Pr y ' (paid in full, 20 1 .),181—Midland Great W es t ern a nd Ro1P" Canal (501. paid), 50. MARRIED. On the 27th inst., at St. Paul's, Herne-hill, Allin Tho' mas, only eon of Thomas Shepperson, Esq., o f Du hi I, Surrey, to Florence Mary, eldest daughter of WI Liam Hinkes Cox, of Brockwell-hall, in the same county On the 27th inst., at Hor s f or d, N or f o lk , the Rev. ll' H. Winvrood, M.A.,of Exeter College, Oxford, and 1 41 : lingten, Hants, t o nna Cecilia Mary Day, only daugbt" of James Day, Esq., of Horsford-house. DIED. On the let inst., in Camp before S e b as t e p o l, Crime Henry Whichcote Turner, Captain Ist Roy a l . Regime' son of the late Li eu t enan t-G enera l Ch arles Turner, 190 1 Regiment, of aneurism of the heart. aged 26. On the 24th inst., at Bryansford, William S. Hill, Ball J.P., formerly of Streamatown, county Westmeath, 73. On the 24th inst., at Shepherd's-bush, Charles 'iv l ' Liam Lancaster, eldest son of the late Charles William Henry Howell, surgeon ' Stratford, Essex. On the 25th inst., at 5, Glocester-square, Hyde-park , Margaret Sophia, the wif e o f Al ex . Mackinnon, -Esq'' daughter of the late Francis Willes, Esq., aged 35. On the 2 - Ali inst., at Richmond, Miss Elizabeth Chris' tiana Fanshawe, last surviving daughter of the late John Fanshawe, Esq., of Shabden, Surrey, aged 78. On the 27th inst,, at Addison-road, Kensington, Janer relict of the late William Fynmore, Esq., of Craven-streetr Strand, and Kensington, aged 93. LONDON: Printed and Published by MITADO TM:WC r . of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sus Office, No. 1 12, i Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. 14 the mint' IP Middlesex, Saturday, liaroh 29, , 1850. NM , 4..%a a