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PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. EXCISE ON MALT. Abstract of a Bill to alter and amend an Act of the Seventh sad Eighth Years of his present Majesty for consolidat iag and amending the Lawe of Excise on Malt made in the United Kingdom, and for amending the Laws re- Iltiug to Brewers in Ireldnd, and the Malt Allowance cm Spirits in Scotland and Ireland. Clause I. Enacts that One Room may be used for keeping Malt and for keeping Grain, if sepa ratA by a partition. 11. Provides that. Raw Grain may dried on the kiln. M. Cisterns and Couch-frames may be used, alt:rough not constructed in the manner directed by the Act. LV. }acquires Officer of Excise to give a copy of hip chs:go, if demanded at any time by the Molester, V. Ccwains regulations relating to keeping a Barley Look, arid making entries therein, repealed. VI. Prev;sion for notice of wetting Corn or Grain, repealed. VII. Tv%anty-four hours' notice to be given of wetting Corn at a Malthouse situated in a city or market -town, and Forty-eiglit hours' notice else where. Tull. A Book to be•delivered to every Maltster, in which the quantity of Corn wetted is to be entered. JX. Provision that Molesters giving notice to steep for Sixty-fire hours, shall begin to wet at Eight in the evening, and Eleven at night, repealed. X. Provision that Corn shall be kept in the cistern not exceeding Fifty-five, nor less than Forty hours, repealed. • XI. Provision that Maltsters having given notice to steep for Sixty-five hours, shall keep, grain in steep for that time, repealed. XII. So much of Act as allows water to be once drained, repealed. XIII. Maltater to keep the Grain in the cistern covered with water for at least Forty hours. XIV. Water may be once drained during the steeping, on due notice having been given, provided the Corn be again covered within an hour. XV. Provision that Molesters,. having given notice to steep for Sixty-five hours, shall empty their cistern only between One in the forenoon and Four in the afternoon, repealed. XV I. Co:n may. be emptied from the couch frame at the expii ation of Twenty-six hours, but to be deemed in couch for Thirty hours. XVII. When any increase shall be found on turning out any grain from the couch, such increase not to be deemed conclusive of treading, unless such increase shall amount to six bushels and one quarter in every one hundred bushels. XVIII. •Grai❑ which has been steeped Fifty hours, if there be no other grain in the house which has been steeped for any less time, may besprinkled. XIX. No penalty for the outward edges of the floor not being in straight lines, if so pieced as to be conveniently gauged. XX. Allowances on charging Malt, repealed. _ . XXI. Allowances to be made on charging Malt by gauge. XXII. Allowance on unscreened Malt measured tom the kiln, repealed. XXIII. Entry required to be made monthly, rc- pealed. XXIV. So much of the Act as requires Maltsters to clear off their Duties within Fourteen days after. entry, repealed. XXV. Officer of Excise to make a Return of Duty charged on the Maltster every six weeks; the amount of such Return to be paid in six days, un less security should have been given. XXVI. Maltsters in Scotland and Ireland, who shall make Malt to be consumed in distilling Spirits f r om :Walt only, to clear off the Duty in six days, whethtr tho y have or have not given security. XXVII. .“(gulations relating to Certificates, re pealed. XXVIII. Daily Entries of Malt sent out, re pealed. XXIX. l',•ovision that entry shall be made of every builds .g used by Malt Factors. XXX. Regulations regarding Malt Factors, re pealed. XXXI. Regulations for taking Stock of Malt, repealed. XXXII. Penalty anti forfeiture for removing Malt without Certificate, repealed. XXXVII. Provision that no person shall be en titled to relief for Malt destroyed, unless notice be Oven in mannar therein specified, repealed. XXXIV. Notice to be given on application for relief, in case of Malt destroyed or damaged. XXXI'. Former Act to remain in force where Abt repealed. XXXVI. Former Act and this Act to be con ttreed together. XXXVII. This Act to commence and take effect from a day to be hereafter appointed. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 17, 1880. THE KING'S HEALTH. Up to the time ofour going to press no official intelligence has been received of the state of his MAJESTY'S health. We have, however, been informed from private sources that his MAJESTY is improving. Despatches svere received at the Foreign-office this morning from Lord PoNsoNzY, our Am bassador at the Brazils. Despatches were also received from the British Minister at Buenos Ayres. The French Papers of Thursday have not come to hand. The following was the state of the Funds on Wednesday : FRZI4CH FvxOe.—FARlS, APRIL 1 4. —Five per Cents., 100 f. 30c. 25c. '2oc. 25c. ; Four and a-half per Cents. 1051 60c. ; Three per Cents., 8441 35c. 30c. 25c. 20c. 25c. • Bank stock, 1,915 f. ; Reates d ' e Naples, 94f. 10c. 94c. 931 95f. SOe. 931. Ssc. 90c.; Itentee ' d'E.ipagne, 15 14N 15 14%; Royal Spanish Loan, 91 90Tc ; 74, • R :tes Perpetuelle d'Esixirne, 80 79% % 3‘l. 79; Haytian Loan, 5501—Exchange on London—One month, paper, 251. 65e. ; three months, paper, 261. 50e.—Coars Alitkeutivte. The following are extracts from the Diario Fluminense to the 20th inst.:-- RIO DE JANEIRO, FIR. 19. On the 6th inst. the Portuguese residing at Rio do Janeiro caused solemn thanksgivings to be celebrated, on account of the happy recovery of his Majesty the Empe ror and of her Most Faithful Majesty, in the church of M. S. da Gloria, which was decorated on the occasion with great splendour. The diplomatic body, the Court, the prelates, and the most distinguished persons of the ecclesiastical, civil, and military classes were invited, so that the company was most brilliant and numerous. All the Portuguese subjects were present. At six in the evening the ringing of bells and the discharge of sky rockets announced the arrival of her Most Faithful Ma jesty ; immediately the band struck up the national hymn of Senhora d'Maria 11., who on entering the church was re ceived with all the form obsert ed towards crowned heads. Her Majesty, as she withdrew, was pleased to give her royal hand to kiss to the distinguished persons of the Court, and to her Portuguese subjects. FEBRUARY 15.—His Majesty has appointed Brigadier . General F. J. de Souza Soares de Audria, Military Co vernor of the province of St. Catherine, to the post of Military Governor of Para. He is succeeded at St. Catherine's by Major-General Joao Chrisostomo Callado. The German Papers, received this day, con tain no news of moment. The following are extracts : MATENC2, APRIL 3. The Fre , :e% Plenipotentiary in the Committee for the Navigation of the Rhine, has lately received the instructions of his Court relative to the final regulations proposed by Prussia and the Netherlands. France accedes to the plan, but requires fur the advantage of commerce and navigation a diminution -of the duties on the navigation of the Upper Rhine. The Committee sat the day before yesterday, but the Prussian Plenipotentiary being absent ou account of iliners, nothing could be de cided, ar.d only communications made : these, it is said, were not very satisfactory, and rather give reason to fear that the much desired conclusion of these discussions may yet meet with great obstacles, and be long delayed. It cannot be too often repeated that the dasired result will not he attained, or the commercial interests of the inhabi tants of the banks of the Rhine secured, till the States convened lay aside all local views, and regard only the genet al advantage. • VIINNA, Arita 3. The aurae Litherto coutributed fur the relief of the sufferers by the inundation are estimated at half a million convention money. The first distribution of 150,000 florins was made the day before yesterday, in the Leopold stadt, under the personal direction of the Crown Prince. There is only one voice respecting the behaviour of the Archdukes, and especially the Crown Pi ince. No hou,e was too mean, no danger too great, for him to convince himself, by personal inspection, of the distress of the suf ferers. He has acted entirely in the spirit of his august father. Letters from Naples state that some differences had arisen between the Courts of Naples and Rome, in consequence of a claim preferred by the POPE to renew the acknowledgment of feudal supremacy claimed by the Holy See over his MAJESTY'S dominions. The demand seems to have been resisted, and it was reported a Bull had been privately fulminated from the Vatican. The following is an extract of a commercial letter from Trieste " The Ordonnance, declaring Venice a free port, cannot fail to be prejudicial to Trieste, because the situation of Venice for fr ee trade is much more favourable than our city. The transport of merchandise is much more easy and ex tended there, and its produce much more considerable and varied than ours. The environs of Trieste are mountainous and rocky, r‘nd yield but few, and these unimportant, ar ticles of commerce; while the fertile plains of Lombardy present the Venetian merchant vast supplies for exportation, and all that grows in the environs of Trieste is to be found at Venice. Thus Trieste must sink its proportion to the progress Venice shall make. The latter city is indebted for its prosperity entirely to England, - who never relaxed her endeavours to induce the Court of Austria to grant what it at length obtained, and which was, it is said, fol lowed by a commercial treaty that will shortly be pub lished." If the clamours of the opponents of Mr. flys- KISSON'S commercial policy could be silenced by facts, none would be more convincing than the accounts of our exports an.l imports lately iAid before Parliament on the motion of Alder man WAITHMAN. They afford us a proof that within the last nine years, the period during which the liberal system has been in operation, the exports of British produce and manufactures have increased by more than three-fifths, having been in 1820, according to official value 37,820,2931., and in 1829 55,465,7231. — In the same way the exportation of cotton goods was ii, 1814, 17,655,3781.; in 1820, 18,282,292/. ; and in 1829, 37,269,3951., being nearly in the same proportion. This in crease c, , Ald not possibly have taken place if the continuance of the restrictive system had excited foreigners in general, as it bid fair to do, to restrict the admission of our ships into their ports, and may therefore be fairly attributed in a great degree to the relaxation of our commercial code. We do not however agree with Lord ELLENBOROUGH that the merits of the free system of trade ought to rest alone on the fact of the increase of our commerce and shipping since it came into operation, because such an assertion implies a doubt of the soundness of the principles on which that system is founded, and would warrant its condemnation, if adverse cir cumstances, with which it had r►o connection, had unfortunately depressed instead of raised our commerce. There were facts enough in the history of trade to induce Parliament to conclude that the prohibitory system was mischievous to the country, and it was altered as it ought to have bee►►. To say, therefore, that the experience of all history and observation, on which the so called theory of free trade is founded, can be shaken by the subsequent experience of eight or nine years, is to impeach " Hoyle's Rules of the Game of Whist," because one rubber played ac cording to his advice may have led to an unsuc cessful result. Those who, like Alderman WA uritmAN, talk about the falling off in the declared value as compared with the official, and set it down as a mark of the downfall of our commerce, labour under a greater delusion even than those who advocate restriction. The increasing cheapness of commodities is the best proof of the steady progress of commerce, and the best security for its permanent prosperity. The cheaper we can afford to sell our manufactures, the greate r quantity do we export, and by consequence the more abundant is the supply of those articles which are exported in return. The people of this country are decided gainers, by being able to sell in 1829 nearly twice as much of their ,pro duce and manufactures for 35,212,8731. (the declared value), as they could in 1820 for 35,569,0771., (the declared value for that year,) and for this plain reason, that the quantity of the importations must be, and are increased in pro portion. It is not high prices that are wanted, but an abundance of the necessaries and com forts of life—let Mr. Alderman WAr - rum AN say what he will to the contrary. As to the necessity of a change in the manlier of keeping the official accounts of exports and imports, Mr. COURTENAY said unfairly, that the Government were not so particularly attached to the present mode as to adhere to it, if any better could be pointed out. But until this is done, it is the language of ignorance to say that the official value is a delusion, because it was fixed so long ago as 1696. It is no delusion at all to those who will take the trouble to under stand that it presents quantity only, and not price, and that it would be impossible to com pare the state of the trade of one year with that of another, if the current value were alone taken as the standard. Fixed rates are therefore ne es year to year, and it II cis,ahr,y,fit; immaterial"d,hefrtrer in such rates the value a yard of cotton cloth is fixed at a shil ling or a sovereign. The declared value began to be stated when Mr. PITT Put the ad valorem duty on exports. This ad valorem duty is so very trifling in amount, that it is not worth the collection, and the best thing would be to repeal it at once, whereby the declared value might cease to be taken account of, and all quibbling about the two different kinds of valuation would be set at rest. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE , -(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 16.—Wind W.—Arrived off port the Valley6eld, Johnson, from the Mauritius ; and the Union, Airtb, from the Canaries. PLYMOUTH, Amu. 15.—Wind S.—Arrived off poxt the Matchless, Nicol, from Pernambuco. FALMOUTH, APRIL 15.—Wind W. to S.W.—Arrived the Rinaldo packet from Rio Janeiro, sailed Feb. 20. Off port, the Amity, Willor, from St. Jago de Cuba. I..avKamm, APRIL 15.—Arrived the Gipsey, late Quirk, from Bombay, sailed Dec. 19 ; and the St. Cruz, from Honduras. CLYDE, Aram 14.—Arrived the Mary, Laird, from Demerara; the Emma Zoller, Aberdeen, from New Or leans ; and Amulet, from Virginia. DZAL, Aram 16,—Wind W. S.W.—Arrivea the Royal Mail from Terceira. Arrived from London the Sir Joseph Banks, Fraser, for Ceylon ; the Magnet, Watkins, for the Cape ; the Meanwell, Morgan, for Rio Janeiro ; the Cyrus, Dawson, for Genoa ; the Ellen, Maughan, for Trieste ; and the Coquette, for the South Seas. The Edina, Douglas, from Leith to Corfu, was driven on shore on the island of Stroma during a gale, Bth inst., but expeeted to be got off. The Helen, Robinson, from Hull to Quebec, struck and sunk off Stroma, 9th inst. The Ursulle and Anna, Johnson, from Arindahl to the Isle of Man, wes wrecked at Stroma. Crew saved. OLD BAILEY.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. In consequence of the absence of witnesses, this morn- Lag, considerable delay was occasioned in the business of he Court. Mr. Sergeant ARABIN said, that none of the parties who had been called, and were not present, should be allowed their expences. Thomas Juxx and James Plummer were indieted for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Mary Car penter, and stealing property to the value of 801. The facts of this case, which have lately appeared in the police reports, clearly proved the prisoners' guilt, and the July returned a verdict accordingly—Death. John M.Donakl (aged 26) was capitally indicted for uttering a forged cheque for 751. 103., he well knowing the same to be forged, and with intent to defraud Messrs. Gosliu and Sharpe, bankers. The case being fully proved, the Jury found the prisoner Guilty, but recommended him to mercy on account of his good character. SALE OP BEER. .A.:";Stfilet a a Bill to permit the general Sale of Beer by Retail in England. The Preamble sets forth that it is expedient for the better supplying the public with Beer in Eng land, to give greater facilities for the Sale thereof than are at cresent afforded by Licences to Keepers of Inns, Alehouses, and Victualline-houses. Clause I. Enacts that all persons licensed tinder als Act may sell Beer by retail. Parties desirous of retailing Beer shall take out license. License to be granted in London by the Commissioners of Excise, &c. ; elsewhere in England by the Collector of Excise.—The power of site license to he hereafter determined. No license shall ire granted to Shsiiff's officer. 111. License Duty Mtail be under the manage ment of the Commissioners of Excise; and carried to the Consolidated Fund. IV. Prisons already licensed to retail Beer to wee time beyond 10th October may have license wnder this Act on paying belatice of the amount of duty so as not to exceed in the whole a sum to be hereafter determined.—Persons who, previous to sth April, 1830, had taken out licenses liable to l/. Is. duty filial! pay only 11. le. for the licenses under is Act; but to be applicable only to the house forraerly licensed. V. Persona licensed to retail beer shall cause to be painted in letters one inch at least in length, in white upon a black ground, or in black upon a white ground, publicly legible, upon a board, to be placed over the door of the house in which such person shall be licensed to sell beer by retail, the Christian and surname of the person mentioned in such licence, at full length, together with the words 'Licensed to sell Beer by refoil;" and every such person shall preserve and keep up such name and words so painted during all the time that such per son shall continue so licensed, upon pain that every person in ney respect making default herein shall forfeit and pay for every such offence the stun of ten pounds. VI. Persons licensed shall not sell beer after the expiration of licence. Licence may be renewed yearly. Penelty on selling withowt license from 10/. to 201., et the discretion of the Justices of Peace. VII. Proviso for partevere. License shall not extent to any other house. VIII. House to be closed by order of Justices in eases of riot, &c. IX. Licensed persons to use standard measures in Salt of liquors, under a penalty of 40s. and costs. X. Penalty of from 21. to 5/. for first offence on retailers permitting drunkcemess,&e,, in their houses; for second offence, LI. to 10/.; third offence, from 101. to 201., and incapacitated to sell for two years, and of the house not to tie licensed. Penalty on mixing drugs in beer, or deteriorating beer, from 10/. to 20/. for first offence ; for second offence, in capacity to sell, and penalty 20/. to 501. Penalty on selling during incapacity, from 201. to 50/, P e _ nalty on selling in premises incapacitated, to be here after determined. Xl. Penalties recoverable before two Justices in Petty Sessions, within three months after offence ‘:oininitted. U. Admits of 'appeal to tla Quarter Sessions Recognizance by the convicted party appealing. Recognizance by the party occupying. Trial to be at Quarter Sessions. Penalty on verdict of" guilty," 1001., or to adjudge the license granted to and held by or on behalf of such offender to be forfeited and void, or to punish such offender ,by such fine as aforesaid, and to adjudge such license to be forfeited and void ; and if such license shall be adjudged to be forfeited and void, it shall thenceforth be void accordingly. XIII. Proceedings at the Session in certain cases to be carried on by the Petty Constable. Expellees of the prosecution to be charged on county rates. XIV. Penalty of 101. on witnesses not attending. XV. Directs how penalties are to be levied. XVI. Penalties to be applied to the use of the poor of the wrish. XVII. When in liberties, &c., two Justices do not attend, the County Justices may act. XVIII. Powers hereby given to the Justices of the County, not to extend to the Cinque Ports. XIX. Act not to affect the two Universities, nor the Vintners' Company in London; nor any law of Excise ; nor to prohibit the sale of beer at fairs in certain cases. XX, Contains rules for the interpretation of this Act. TAICIES OF STOCKS THIS DAT AT tNZ O'CLOCK. aA3S Ztoa • ir 3 pec Cont. Red. 0 2 1,4%101d Annuities ...... ............ 3 per Cent Coca. 93% 3 INew Ditt0........-....-.- .... . 3% pa: Cent. — Ex. Bills, .£l,OOO 241. SO 79 pm. Ditto Red. 90% 1 4 i Ditt0............... lid. SO 79 pm. t per Cent. Ann. 102% 2 % (Ditto ~;04 id. SO 79 pm. Ditto. 11i2e. 104% j Ditto... .. lid. 90 79 pm. 2..nk f.. Ann. Ditto no years Ditto b 0 years — Bank for Acc0unt.......... Itdia Stock ............».... 24,3% ;India for Account Ditto 80nd5........_.. 83 pan. (Cons. for May 25...93%14% 21i PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Brazilian Bonds 73% 4 Sa?! , Peruvian Bonds — Buenos Ayres Bonds.— .... . !Portuguese Bonds — Chilian Bonds .... ..... ........ !Prussian, Old Colombian Bonds — Ditto, New — Ditto, 1824 Danish 'SM Spanish. :821 17% IEN Greek 80nd5............ ......... —l 19Z3....... ........... ... Ditto, 1 1.35. 15344 6 5M ;French Rentee, sp. a —f. Cluatiznala. Exchange —f. Mexican Bonds - 3 per —f. —c. Ntto, 182.5 — -- Exchange —t. PRICES OF SNARES TNIS DAY AT 014.1 i O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. 416 Bolanos Mining Co. £SOO Brazilian Mining Company 5 Brazilian Imp. Win. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £2,n 79 78 Ditto National lO 25% 2656 25 Ditto St. John Del Rey .., 5 9 U Roll del Monte Mining Co £lOO Ditto Subscription (Thirds) ..... 5 Palladium Assurance Co 2 Protector Insurance Comp ... 2 Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 Al 15 6 41 13 6 47% PRICIS 0i IRISH STOCI Bank Stock - Consols, 3 per cent. Gov. Stock, 334 per cent - Ditto, New 4 per Cent lOO% , G ov. Deb. Si per cent $.) , N 'loyal Canal Stock -, Grand C:uial Stock 2.% City Deb. 4 por cent . -, Ballast :Mice Deb. 4p. e. - :3, 3111111.114, APRIL 14, iSt. Patrick Insur. (per sb.) I Royal Irish Ditto i!qlationcl ........ Patriotic Ditto 'Hibernian Bank ..... Provincial Ditto ,P.oyal Irish Mine !imperial Mine......... wining Co. of Ireland 7% Connnorcial Buildings rrivod. Due. 0 Ar.nerlea ..... •••• ..S & 1 1 Brasil 0 • Buorloci .kyrom. • Clut hageua. 0 1 D 1.11,1111 0 O Flanders .........» 0 O France —.. 0 U Ouecusey &Jeriey.. • .NOX YESTKUDAY. COUItSZ OF T:XCH, A Inetercharn C.F. 12 S Ditto, Lt sight 12 7 Botterdnin 2 U 12 8 Antwerp 12 8 Fliimburg M.B. 14 2 AI tdina l4 2i Pari,, 3 clays' sight 25 75 Ditto 26 0 Bordeaux .s 3 5 keriin Frank fort cdi Maine, Ex. NI. i.`,6 Petersburgb, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, 11. 2 M. 10 18 Trieste do 10 19 Madrid 36 Cadiz 26% Pithca. Barcelona 3SN Seville 35% Gibraltar 47N, Leghorn 47!,g Genoa 4.6 0 Venice 4714 Malta -19!4 Naples . °.9q, Palenno per ea. 113 Lisbon Oporto 43% Rio Janeiro Bahia 25 IBuenos Ayres D ' Dublin, 21 days' sight , 1% (Cork - 13,', I:ULLION, PER OZ. d. Portugal Gold, coin U 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silver, bars, standard 0 0 0 Arrived. Dre. o Hamburg 0 U Holland U 0 0 0 Leeward islands 0 0 0 0 Mexico 1 0 Sweden ....... 1 1 Waterford lED3II WATER AT LONDON BRIDWE TO-11ORULOW. Manila; 4.1 minuted after 9. Ea. - nag-19 minutes after 10. 4-4k r , Ll,j)Jb , Ejr,. _ _44 , 14144 •i NEW COURT. no:n(1s Davis, a young man in the employment of Messrs. Sewell and Cross, Knightsbridge, was indicted for stealing, on the 26th of March last, 26 yards of silk and other articles, amounting in value to the sum of 41. 10s. and upwards, being the property of the above-named gentlemen. Verdict—Guilty. Thomas Ryder was indicted for stealing three pints of brandy, on the Ist of March, being the property of the St. Katherine's Dock Company. ThN Jury returned a verdict of Guilty.—Sentenced to be transported for seven years. Mr. C. PHILLIPS said there was another indictment against the prisoner for stealing a quantity of Nankeen, the property of the Company, but he did not think it ne cessary to press it. THU FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TIFIEL TR 0' CL 0 Cr. A Brazil Mail has arrived by the Rinaldo, sailed from Rio Janeiro 20th February, Bahia 27th January, and Pernambuco 22d January. The exchange on Loudon 24. We have seen the papers of the 16th February, they do not contain any information of consequence. The Gipsy has arrived from Bombay at Liverpool, sailed on the 19th December. Captain Works died on the passage on the let March. No papers have as yet come to hand. The General Brown, a steam-lighter, with 350 bales of cotton, was totally cGasnmed by fire at Liver pool on the 14th April. Accounts from Tampico of the Bth February state, tha t a law had passed Congress prohibiting all foreigners from retailing throughout the Republic goods. It was also in contemplation to take measnres against smuggling, and in future every vessel that introduced contraband articles was to be confiscated, and those engaged therein severely punished. Letters from Toulon state that the port and roads were encumbered with merchaut vessels, freighted for the expe dition. At the date of the letters there were 450 ships there ; more are expected daily. TUE rUNDS. Great dissatisfaction is manifested this morning by the public with regard to ❑ot being favoured by Government with a bulletin of the state of his Majesty's health. fritill they rejoice to learn that the King is not in that dangerous state as at the time when the doctors caused so great an alarm by the puldication of the first bulletin. Console opened this morning at the same price they left off yesterday, 93 fur the Account, and 92 93 for money ; at present they are 981 to 1, and for money 93, with little doing. In the Foreign Market business is languid at present ; prices nominal. ENGLISH FONDS. Bank Stock, 216 17 per Ct. 99a India Stock, 2421 31 New 4 per Cent., 102 S per Cent. Cons. 93 4 per Ct. 1826, 104 i a Do. for Account, 931 India Bonds, S 2 3 Ditto Reduced, 9 2 i 1 1 , Exclisquer Bills, 79 SO HALF-PAST ONE. The private letters by the Brazil Mail morning state, that a loan has been contracted for there at 62, and got up to 651. Exchange 24 to 1. No political information; but the accounts received from Chili were very unfavourable, and this State promises to be one of the worst organised of all the South Arnerie►n Republics. Consols have been fluctuating during the morning, from 93 i f to 93-, for the account, at present they are 934 sellers, and for Money 93. We have no further commu nication in regard to his Majesty's health. tip to this hour we do net hear of auy Express having arrived from Paris. In the Foreign Market, Brazil Bonds, which Improved in the early part of the day, are not so good at present. Greek Bonds have fallen about two per cent. since which they have somewhat improved. In other Foreign Seeuri t7es there i little doing. TWO 0' CL 0 CX. This moment the Consol market hat given way, from 98i to 921 for the Account, owing to a report that a Bulletin has been iwued, according to which his Majesty ii worse. LAW INTELLIGENCE.--(VIS DAY.) COURT OF KING'S BENCH. BREACH OF PROII/SE OF 2119.83L1AGE-COX v. AIt(WELL. The Arroartier-GerenailL (with whom was Mr. Rtoxanns) stated, that this was an action brought by the plaintiff, who was a young lady, daughter of a gentleman who formerly carried on business at Leicester, to recover a compensation in damages for a breach of promise of mar riage. Mr. Cox had, with that regard that a kind father evinces for his children, expended a considerable sum of money on the educatio❑ of his daughters, and they were very accomplished young ladies. In consequence of these accomplishments, and the personal attractions they pos sessed, Mr. Cox's daughters became the general con versation of the neighbourhood ; the eldest Miss Cox had married a Major in the East India Com pany's service. The defendant was the son of a Cler gyman, and carried on business in London in partnership with another gentleman, as a silk merchant ; besides which, he was likewise interested in a large establishmens in the cotton trade with a Mr. Evans. Mr. Amwell undertook the country department, and travelled to obtain orders.— He was likewise entitled to a considerable fortune at the death of a relation in Wales. The plaintiff's connection with Mr. Cox's family conuhenced in the following manner. In September, 1529, Mr. Cox went into a public room at Leicester, and enquired whether any gen tleman was going to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, as he should feel obliged, by his makirg enquiries respecting a ship called the Albion, in which he had some interest. Mr. Cox happened to be goiag, and undertook the com mission, and bearing that the defendant was a gentleman of great respectability, he invited him to his house, where he met the plaintiff, whose amiable and agreeable manners soon engaged his affections. He soon made proposals of marriage to the plaintiff, who referred him to her father. Mr. Cox had no objection to the match, but observed, that as he had expended a considerable sum upon the edu cation of his daughters, be had no fortune to give with them worthy the acceptance of the defendant; indeed, the sum he could give would be very small. The defend ant replied, that his object was not money, that his circumstances were now such as to enable him to maintain a wife in respectability and comfort; and that shortly lie would be in a situation to live in a very superior style, and even to keep a carriage. In consequence of this conversation the defendant was received as the avowed admirer of the plaintiff, and he continued to pay his addresses for a considerable time, and a number of letters which would be produced in evi dence passed between the parties, the that of which was dated, Sept. 1, 1928. In that letter he communicated to the plaintiff that the result of his interview with her father had been most satisfactory, and that he had con sented to their correspondence. He expressed himself in warm terms of affection. He entreated a long letter in That letter . fioished with the following poetical answer. postscript :—.. " When night and morning, on thy beaded knee, " Then, dearest Susan, think of me." This epistolary correspondence continued for a long time, the defendant occasionally paying visits to Leicester. In consequence of an accident and severe illness the plain tiff was frequently bled in the right arm, which, through the unskillfulness of the Doctor became slightly , contracted, which rendered it painful for her to write ; previously to this she wts a beautiful penwomen. Her sister, knowing this, and being in the confidence of both parties, acted as her amanuensis, and wrote theta at her dictation. Of this cir cmnstance they supposed the defendant was perfectly aware. Upon all occasions be mentioned her sister (Miss S. Cox) in the most affectionate terms. He also said that he had apprised his father and sister of the engagement he had formed, and that they were most anxious for its completion, and ready to receive his future wife with epen arms. Ile then pressed her to appoint au early day for their marriage. At the appointed time the plaintiff and his family came up to London, where, in an interview that followed, the defend ant, for the first time, complained of suspicions of disin genuousness, in not writing her own letters. She declined answering the question that day, but promised to do so on the following occasion. At length, the 7th April was fixed upon for the celebration of the nuptials, and the defendant directed the plaintiff to make every preparation, and to order her bridal dresses, in the shortest possible time. On the 17th of February, how ever the defendant wrote to say that in consequence of unfavourable accounts he had received of his father's health lie should be obliged to go into Wales, where, it was possible he might be detained for some weeks, and he expressed a doubt whether business would not prolong his absence for more than a month. On the 27th of Feb. another letter was received, in which lie repeated his eom plaints of her not having written her own letters, and stating that the dangerous illness of his father would again call him into Wales. From this period his attentions very evidently relaxed, until at last on the day that had been appointed for the wedding be addressed a letter to the sister, renewing the complaint he bad previously made. In consequence of this letter Mr. Cox accompanied his daughter to London, and insisted on an explanation, when the correspondence was renewed, and the marriage was appointed to take place in two months from that period. This engagement the •!,..fendant alto gether refused to fulfill, and this action was rendered ne cessary to clear the plaintiff's injured feelings and reputatiou. Miss Sarah Cox, a very interesting young lady, wag examined at great length. Her evidence proved the facto stated in the Attorney-General's opening speech. Mr. DENMAN appeared for the defendant. The Jury retired, and, :after a short consultation, ro• turned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 5001. THE MARKETS,-(THIS DAY). COVENT-GARDEN MARKET. There was a good supply at this morning's market, and the prices of every thing was much the same as on this day se'nnight ; yet vegetables, especially those in bunches or otherwise by tale, are become cheaper, on ac count of their increased size and improved quality. s. d. s. d. s.d. s.d. Potatoes (cwt.) ...... ... 2 6 to 5 C Spinage (half-sieve) 0 4 too 6 New ditto (per lb.) .... 1 0 1 9 Oni,ns 1 6 3 0 Cabbages (12 heads)... 0 0 0 0 Apples 1 0 4 6 Ditto Red 1 6 3 0 Sweet Oranges (1(0)... 3 6 10 0 Ditto Savoy 0 9 lli Seville Oranges 8 0 12 0 Horse Itadish(bundte) 1 6 3 6 Lemons 4 0 12 0 Brecoli 0 8 1 6 Asparagus 1 6 3 0 Celery Rhubarb 0 8 1 0 French ditto Turnips (PI bunches).. 1 0 2 0 Spanish Hazlenuts Coleworts or Greens... 1 6 3 0 French Walnuts 4 0 6 0 Radishes Young Onions 3 0 4 6 Sea.kail (pnmmet) .... 1 0 2 0 Leeks 0 9 1 6 Small Sallad (basket).. 0 2 0 4 Carrots (per bushel) 2 0 4 0 French Beans 2 0 3 0 Parsnips (dozen) 0 4 0 8 Strawberries (tliumb).ls 0 31 0 BrocoliSprouts (bush )0 9 1 0 Cilzumbers (brace) .... 2 0 3 0 Turnip Greens 0 6 0 0 HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusees.)______ ST. JAMES'S. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay .£2 5 to .£2 15 New Meadow Hay . 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 0 5 0 Clover Hay 3 10 5 5 Oat Straw £2 4to£2 8 1 Wheat Straw... 210 2IA An overwhelming supply of Hay, and of Straw abundant tr_ido dull, and prices as but quoted. . . SMITHFIELD. C,oarso heavy Lowland Meadow Hay ........ ..... AI 5 to £2 15 New Meadow Hay U 0 Q 0 Useful Oki Ditto 3 8 2 IS Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay ...... Clever Hay (extra fine)...£3 10... Generally Oat Straw Xi 2to £2 61 Wheat Straw 2 6 2 8 A splendid fine is in preparation for the open ing of Apsley-house, which will take place in the course of the present month. The programme is said to exceed that of the magnificent entertainment recently given by Lord CHESTERFIELD,— Court Journal. ROYAL EXPENSES.—A. calculation has been made of the expenses paid by the nine principal nations of Europe to support their Sovereigns respectively, includ ing the families of each. The gross amount cf their ex penses are stated at 180,470,000 of francs, which are divided as follows : —The Emperor of Russra,4s,ooo,ooo; King of Faexer, 42,600,000; Emperor of AUSTRIA, 7;7,500,000 ; King of ENGLAND, 25,000,000 ; Sear's, 13,750,000; PRUSSIA, 10,927,500 ; NETHERLANDS, 6,500,000; NArr.e5,5,250,000; PORTUGAL, 3,232,500. These: expenses, when divided betweee the subjects of each Monarch respectively, amount to the following ratio : Russia, 88 centimes (not quite nine.-tenths of a franc) ; France, 1 franc 86 cents. ; Austria, 1 franc 34 cents. ; Spain, 1 franc 20 cents. ; England, 1 franc 20 cents. ; Prussia, I franc ; Netherlands, 1 franc 20 cents. ; Naples, 80 cents. ; Portugal, 73 cents—Court Journal. On Friday, the 2d instant, the grave of the Abbot ALEXANDER was found, with the effigy upon it, walled in between the first and second pillars on the north west of the choir of Peterborough Cathedral. When the effigy was removed, and the lid from the stone coffin, there appeared the Abbot in his robes, with Ids crosier by his side, his boots (which were evidently made right and left) on his feet, and his corpse in a state of comparative pre servation ; but alter it had been exposed to the air a quarter of an hour, the figure was little else than ashes, like those of wood consumed. On a piece of lead found inside the stone coffin was the following inscription in Saxon capitals—." ABBAS ALEXANDER." This Abbot had been buried 604. years. The remains of the Abbot, together with the stone coffin, are removed into the new building at the east end of the cathedral. ASSIZES.-(RECEIVED THIS DAY). CHESTER, THURSDAY, APRIL 15. CUTTINQ Alen MAIMING..--EXTRAONDINANY CASt. James Gleaves, aged 20, a spinner, _stood *fisted for,, having, on the 6th day of September last, at Hyde, in this ,:.,,• county, cut and wounded, with a sharp instrument, Ma- , ., tilde Arundale, with intent to kill and murder her. The second co Int laid the offence with intent to do her some grievous I odily harm ; and the third count laid the offence with intex.t to cause abortion, she (prosesutrix) being deal quick with child. The prisoner, in a firm tone of voice, pleaded " Not Gui!ty." The ATTORNEY-GENERAL and Mr. JOHN H. LLOYD conducted the prosecution, and Mr. CoxrxxcktAla up- - peared for the prisoner. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL hating shortly stated the , case, and explained the law upon the subject, called the following witnesses :r.. Matilda Arundale (a young girl apparently not more than 16 years of age) examined by Mr. LLOY D.—l am A weaver, and live at Hyde, in this county, and have known the prisoner upwards of five years. I have kept cora pan), with him about four years. I was pregnant by the prisoner, and was brought to-bed the 22d of September last. The child is still alive. I told the prisoner I was preg nant, as .10011 as I discovered it, the second month of my pregnancy. He then said he doubted his being the father of the child. I swore the child to him previous to the„ month of September last. On the 6th of September be came to my father's house, and said to me he believed I had been with another man, and that if he could find it -• out he should not stand at shooting him. Between eight and nine o'clock the following evening (Sunday) he came , to my father's house, and asked me to go to the • Wakes with him, and I said I would rather , go on the following Monday. He then said I mud go with him up the street, for he was leaving the town the next morning, and I very likely should never See him again; I walked with him into a field, and be and- ' denly put his left arm round my waist, and right under my petticoats; I can't say how I felt, but I found myself • in great pain ; I was not able to speak fur five minutes, but as I recovered and screamed out, the prisoner asked me what was the matter, :I said " enough, you have fitted (done) me some nasty trick." He said, he had not, and that if any thing was the mat ter with the I must have been with other men. He agaiu attempted to put his hand under my clothes, but I prevented him, and he caught me by the wrist. He then pulled me about very much. When I returned home' I found there was blood on the sleeve of my gown where he had laid his hand, and also my under dress covered with blood which was flowing from my body. He walked home with me and left me at my father's door without • saying a word to me; I felt great pain in the lower, part of my body, and lay down upon my About two o'clock in the morning my mother came into• , -' my room, and seeing that I was in great pain, eked ins.. what was the matter with me ; I said I must hare got hurt with my scissors ; I said this, because James acted in such a way that I could not for shame tell my mother ; I did not for two days tell how the thing oc curred. I first told it to the doctor on the Tuesday fol lowing. Before I went out that night with the prisoner I was quite well. I went my full time. Cr3ss-examined by Mr. Corristurrax—l persisted in sayiLg• for two days that the injury (lane me was done by my hcitsor4. I told different persons that it was so done. I told T.-lantlah White and Martha Holt so. What I told them was, that I was hurt by my own scissors s ebil , t stooping down to tie my shoes, about three hours before I left the house with the prisoner. My mother had n ot the scissors in her hand when I told this to Martha Holt. My nt.tther did not say it was wrong in me to f s o walk ing with the prisoner after such an accident had hap pened. When the doctor came to see nae nest day, I did not tell him hr,w the thing happened, but I afterwards told him the trath ; I don't know that the scissors with which I said it was done were shown to the doctor. I think die field where this happened must be about half a mile troll , my Ether's house. The prisoner behaved very well to ma up to this time ; he appeared to be very fond of me. I never heard that my friends were anxious& that the prisoner should marry me ; I never asked him to marry me. I swear that I have not been pregnant more than once. When the prisoner called on me that evening, a man natnel Daniel Shepley was with him. I fetched them a pitcher of beer, and, after they drank it, Shepley left ale and the prisoner together. The prisoner never said that he was going to America next morning. After I was hurt by the prisoner, a woman named Ellen Glover polled by, but I did not tell her what happened. There are houses at the end of the field, and that part of it where this injury was done to me is a public thoroughfare, I never rave my mother shew the scissors to Mrs. White; I won't swear that my mother did not shew them to Mrs. White ; many persons called to see me to enquire how I was. Its-examined by Mr. LLOYD—I never told my mother hove it happened until after I told the doctor. Ellen Glover proved having seen the proseetetrix and the prisoner in the field together, between nine and ten o'clock of the night in question. • Cross-examined by Mr. COTTINGHANI-The Hyde Wakes were going on at that time, and many persons were iu Cie habit of passing through this field. Charlotte Arundale, the mother of the prosecatris, proved that the prisoner called for her daughter on the nigllt in question, and that her daughter appeared to be then in good health, and did not complain during the day of having been hart. I was at home when she returned, about eleven o'clock, and I then observed that she could not stand up, but leaned forward whilst walking. At two o'clock in the morning, my husband awakened me. I went to my daughter's room. I found bet sitting at the foot of the bed, leaning against the bed-post. I said, " Matilda, art thou poorly ?" She said " No." I then asked her what was the matter, end she said she was hurt with her scissors, whilst she was tying her shoes. I found that her clothes were very bloody, but I did not particularly examine her person, es I blushed quite as much:as my daughter did. After the destor saw my daughter she told a different story. My daughter did not, until Tussday, tell the doctor that it was the prisoner who hurt her. Cross-examined—The seiss.ors were pointed, but I did not %hew them to Mrs. White, to spew her bow far they entered into her body. I won't swear that I did m t say to Mrs. White that I many times warned my daughter about wearing these scissors; I think I may have told ,hat to Mrs. White; I never said to any one that. I wished the prisoner would marry my daughter. I think it a ? iv/ Ceat lie did not marry her, considering the state one etre ; I heard from my dauglitae that the pri.:oner wag about to leave the country. Chailes Knowles-.... 1 am a surgeon at Hyde, and was cent for by Mrs. Arundale to see her daughter ; I forma the daughter in bed, and having asked what was the mat ter, she said she had received a hurt by sitting on a pair of scissors; I then examined her, and found the lcr.vel part of her body covered with blood—the labia were bloody and discoloured, and there was a wound i n the vagina, which appeared to have been inflicted by A sharp pointed instrument. 1 examined her clothes. 1 could not discover any cut made by the scissors. On the following day I saw her again, and found her very feveri I then asked her in what way she had sat on the seissers, but she gave me no answer. I repeated the question several times, but she gave rue no answer for near au hour. She at length told me that it happened in the w:ty that she has stated here to-day. On the Friday introduced a ptobe into the wound, which found 'o be two inches deep in an upward internal and about half an inch wide. I do not think it probable that such a wound could be inflicted by sitting on a pair of scissors; a long-bladed pen-knife might have inflicted such a woand. By the CDC c—The wound was in the direction of the womb, and leached within two inches of the womb. If the womb had been punctured, I think that miscarriage or premature labour would follow, and in all probability the death of the mother (prosecutrix) would be the consequence. The wound WAS not healed for a fortnight. Cross-examined—l did not examine the wound until the Friday, when Dr. Tinker was called in to see a"' presecutrix. I have been ten years in practice, hnt I boa nevi known a woman attempt to deliver herself by wing an initrumeut. I should think no one, except a proles- t sic)r a, man, could procure a delivery by introducirg a Q instri.ment into the vagina. 1 won't swear that it isrni- , possihie such a wound could be inflicted bye P 4l * . 01 ' scissers, but I think it very improbable. The prisoner, I understand, went to Liverpool the Monday after this wound was inflicted. He came to my house ors Thutsday the 10th of September, and inked very kindly ln..v the girl was going on. Ile also wisbc.l to go nod act 1 . , .er, but I believe Ire was immediately taken into cus tody. He appeared very anxious about the girl. John Tinker, a surgeon at Hyde, corroborated the tes timony of the last witnezo, as to the nature of the wound• In soy judgment such a wound could not have been dieted by accidentally sitting upon a pair of scissors. Cross-examined—l believe it impossible that the round (Tull have been inflicted by a person sitting on azoliztir is' the usual posture upon a pair of scissors. 'l he gown that the promeentrix wore on the day in g oo tion was produced, awl 11451 a mark of Wood on 'lto 1401 7 HREE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols 92-1. - - FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 92i Danish 7.4 Do. for Ac 93 Greek, 1825 45 Brazilian Bonds 73} Mexican, 18'25 35 Buenos Ayres Peruvian Chilian Do. Russian Columbian, 1824, 23i Spanish 18 FRENCH PLAYS.—HAYMARKET.--These amusing little pieces, in which PoTrait distinguished him self; were played here last night to a full and fashionable house. SONTAG.—We are enabled to state, on the authority of a letter from a lady of the first distinction in Berlin, that Mademoiselle SONTAG has been undoubtedly married to the Count de Rossi; but that suspicions of a most unfounded nature, on the part of the Count, have caused a temporary separation, which it is probable will, after all, be of short duration.—. Court Journal. Wt(ra i in it. 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