The Sun. — London, England, 1863-04-11 00:00:00

THE ATR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, April 11, for the: 3s2 d time in London, I PEEP O'DAY. Mes•rs. Henry Lorraine, Wslter Lacy, C. Verner, Addison, J. Graham. G. Spencer, T. Neville, ac. ; Misses Cleveland, Clara Weston, M. Hudson, ezc. To conclude with MAGIC TOYS. Valentine, Miss Lydia Thompson. Commence at 7. T HEATRE -ROY AL, HAY MARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Ruckstone. THIS EVENING, TETE BELLE'S STRATAGEM : Doricourt, Mr. Howe ; Letitia Hardy, Miss Louisa Angel ; Lady Frances Touchwood, Miss Ellen Terry. After which, an apropos Dramatic Sketch, introducing a Panorama of the Tour of the Prince of Wales in the East. To conclude with BORROWING A HUSBAND. Pamela Miss Maria Harris. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM OPEN, under the Sole Management of Mr. FECTITE R. THIS EVENING, at 7, to commence with an Original Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, H. Widdicomb, Mass Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter to Eight, a New Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Prilogue, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Feehter, sun ported by Messrs. G. Vining, J. Brougham, H. NV MS combe, W. M'lntyre, P. Charles, Garden, Raymond, 121- Butler, Dawson ; Misses Carlotta Leclercq , Ka te Terry, E. Lavenue, and Elsworthy. Stage-Manager, Mr. G. Vining. Acting - Man a g er, Barnett. Mr. H. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Lease( s, Yess s. Llndu and Vining TIIIS EVENING the drama of AURORA FLOYD. Miss Amy Sedgwick. Miss Henderson, and Mrs. Simpson ; Messrs. Roxby, G. Melville, G. Belmore, C. Seyton, Wallace, and Cathcart. After which, KILLING TIME. Mr. Gel. Vining, Mr. Seyton, and Miss Amy Sedgwick• To conclude with a new cc himsical Extravaganza, entitled BEAUTIFUL HAIDEN; or The Sea Nymph and the Sallee Rovers. Misses M. Oliver, Helen Tloward, Hudspeth, Hen derson, and Murray ; Messrs. C. Seyton, G. Belmore, Fitz- James, Moreland, and Cockerill. NEW TEMAME-ROYAL, ADELPHL- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING (21st time) AURORA FLOYD. Miss Avonia Jones, Miss A. Simms, Mrs. Billington ; Mr. Benj. Webster, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Billington, Mr. Stuart, Mr. Sefton, Mr. Romer, Mr. C. J. Smith. After which, THE TRIAL OF TOMPKINS. Messrs. J. L. Toole. Paul Bedford, Sefton, Miss Kate Kelly, and Miss A. Seaman. . _ Commence at 7. rip RE THIRD EDITION OF THE sUN," I. Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of _ G. R. GLENIE. NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—S - an Office, April 11, 1863. THERMOMETER. Highest since Noon yesterday 6l Lowest during the night This day at Noon . Wind—S.W; cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tam DAT.—Morning, 7h. 9m.—Afternoon, 7h. 45m. To-uoußow.-Moraing, Bh. 21m.—Afternoon, 9h. 3m. If Zt 4, "N N ' 11 It 1.34,414',, LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1863. The protracted length of the American struggle has made all classes regret the infatuation which induced our merchants and manufacturers to neglect every other source of cotton supply save that which any sudden turn of events might cut off without notice. They are now forced by the pressure of circumstances to turn their attention to those other districts which, if they had been cultivated years ago, would now be yielding a plentiful crop, and be sparing Lancashire the evils of distress and pau perism. Unfortunately, this is one of those mistakes that cannot be remedied quickly. A supply of cotton sufficient to keep the mills of Manchester in action cannot be grown in a day. Nature will not hurry her operations to atone for the imprudence or per versity of man, and the warnings so fruitlessly uttered in the days of fancied security are now heeded too late to avoid the misery of thousands, although not too late, we may hope, to hasten some mitigation of the distress. Had the capacities of our colonies been earlier developed, we should never have been left whollydependent on one source ofsup ply, and that a foreign one, for the staple ofone ofour principle manufactures and chief branches of com merce. Had Lord CANNING'S wise and enlightened measure for the sale of Waste Lands in India been carried into effect some years ago, instead of being obstructed by the self-willed ignorance of Sir CHARLES WOOD, vast tracks of land in our Indian Empire might now be under cultivation and ready to supply our pressing need. Had the resources of Queensland, Jamaica, and other of our colonial pos sessions been earlier inquired into the Americans would never have reckoned on our being driven to take part in their internecine conflict by our own needs. In the island of Jamaica, according to the accounts furnished by eye-witnesses, tree cotton grows to unexampled perfection in the hill dis tricts, while the specimens received from Queens land, notwithstanding all drawbacks, have satis the most sceptical. It is now many years since some enterprising individuals undertook to cultivate cotton on a large scale in that colony, provided the Government of New South Wales, which then had authority over Queensland, would assist them by a temporary grant of land. In accordance with the libe rality and foresight which has distinguished our rulers in every phase of this affair, the proposal was refused, and another chance of avoiding the present disaster thrown recklessly away. We referred the other day to the testimony in favour of our Indian resources given by a thoroughly unprejudiced wit ness—an American of the Southern States. He warned his countrymen not to trust exclusively to the cotton culture, for if the English ever really turned their attention to the capacities of their Indian possessions America would have no chance. Bad the resources of the Southern States never been more developed we should scarcely have been able to draw our immense supplies exclusively from thence. To sit down idly and say that improvement is im possible, without making an effort in favour of the contrary opinion, is not mach like English enter prise ; but, in truth, the false security En couraged by the plentiful supply of American goods was seconded by the indifference of our Government, which has persistently slighted any attempt to open another source. It is only within a very few years that English activity and capital has be en allowed any scope in India, and even now the Indian Secretary refuses to provide th e means of water communication, so necessary for the cheap and easy transit of heavy goods. In excuse for his neglect of so important a means of benfiting India, Sir C. WOOD endeavours to prove that the xestr'lt would only profit Lancashire, and takes ?refuge in the sounding aphorism that he must rule India for the Indians. This is quite a new axiom in political economy, it being generally thought that large commercial transactions conduce to the benefit of both parties; and it scarcely needs a professedly political eco nomist to perceive that a thriving trade which would give a source of profitable employment to the natives and identify their interests with those of Englishmen would be productive of the best re sults. Now that public attention is once thoroughly aroused, however, we may hope for a different Policy. The increased and incre:sing price of all the 'various goods manufactured from cotton brings the want hom e there aye 4. t0 the doors of th e most selfish, but few Englishmen who do not feel most urgently th e presence of that gaunt spectre in the North which is turning one of the busiest and most prosperous districts of England into desolation and ruin. But however great the dis tress, there is no cause to fear for the future, pro vided only the requisite measures are taken with promptitude and spirit. The results of the various experiments already made have been most encour aging. The great drawback is that the cultivators cannot feel certain of the manufacturers' support. They fear that in case of peace the supply would immediately be drawn from the old quarter, and the new field find no customers. Surely, however, our mercantile men can hardly be so infatuated as ever again to place their whole depen dence on a foreign source of supply. We trust that English enterprise will take the risk, and secure ns against such another national disaster. Another field, recently opened, which is full of pro mise, is to be found in Western Africa: A com pany has been formed for its cultivation, and the prospects are most encouraging. The climate, the soil, and the populaticn ready for employment, offer every advantage, and we learn from a circular recently issued to the sharehoiderr, by a gentleman who is himself largely interested in the success of the company of which he has for the present undertaken the preliminary management, some very satisfactory particulars. He tells us that he has long been interested in the development of the resources of Africa, having had an establishment at Aro, nearAbbeokuta, which the company in question has recently purchased from him. He has, there fore, considerable experience in the matter, and in forms ns that in 1851 he could only get one bale of cotton from the Yourba country, but that in :859 he received 3,447 bales from the same place—a more rapid rate of increase than ever took place in America, when it commenced the cultivation of cotton. During this time, he adds, his agents never paid more than from -Id. to ld. per lb. in the seed, or from 21d. to 4d. in the clean state. He refers to a recent num ber of the African Times to prove that cotton re cently consigned to him from the Niger district, costing £4 18s. 61d., had realised a net profit of £4O 4s. 11d., and that another consignment from the same quarter, costing 6s. Bd., had yielded £2 9s. sd. net profit. Such figures as these are more convincing than argu ments, though it would be difficult to prove why countries whose soil, climate, and other condi tions are favourable to the culture of cotton, should not enter into successful competition with America. There is another consideration brought forward by Mr. CLEGG, the gentleman in question, which affords an additional attraction to the West African scheme. He says justly that the establishment of large commercial companies which will give employ ment to the Africans at home will strike a deathblow to slavery. When there is a profitable market for labour, life will grow more valuable in the eyes of the savage tribes, both among the rulers and the ruled ; and the gradual introduction of some other object and interest besidestheir eternal wars will be in the words of Mr, CLEGG, " the most effectual aid in civilising and christianising the vast population of Africa." The Russian policy at present appears to be to take umbrage at everything that can possibly be construed into an offence, and for its Govern ment to be as arbitrary snd dictatorial in regard to foreign Powers, as it is tyrannical and crush ing in its relations with those immediately under its control. In pursuance of this scheme we find that Sweden has come under the notice of that aggressive nation, and stands arraigned under the charge of having committed nets which were highly offensive to Russia. " The Russian Ambassador at Stockholm has peremptorily demanded explanations from the Swedish Government. The Ambassador re quires to be satisfied regarding the attitude of Sweden on the Polish question, and threatens, in the case of not receiving a satisfactory reply within the twenty-four hours, to demand his passports.' These are the latest accounts, and certainly most unsatisfactory ones, After all this tirade, what do the Russians gain by such a persistent course of enmity to the Poles. The bitterness that is engen dered against that unfortunate land is manifested in all their dealings, and is revealed in all their communications with other countries. They ap pear to think that they have a complete monopoly of the subject, and possess a divine right to exclude all the rest of humanity from partici pating in it. It appears, from the various reports that have been circulated, that the vessel, the Ward Jackson, that is the original cause of all this disturbance was fitted out by the Polish National Government, and the reason of its arrival at Malmo was, that Russian cruisers were in the Baltic and Sound. Still it is said that the expedition would have proceeded further if the conduct of Captain WETHERBY had not , been so extraordinary. Indeed, the arrangements of that gentleman have given so much offence that Colonel LAPINSEI, the commander of the expedition, and some others have forwarded a protest to the English Consul at Malmo, wherein they state their grievances, and declare that Captain - WEATHERBY broke the plain and distinct conditions of the contract, that ever since their arrival at Helsingford, "giving proof of the most flargrant unwillingness, he had recourse to all sorts of stratagems to impede their progress." They goon to statethat on theirarrival at Copenhagen he said he would not stop more than two hours, to supply the ship with water; he suddenly left, with the whole crew, except three hands, declared that he would go n 1 further. Therefore the expedition was forced to disembark at the nearest port that was indicated by the agents of the company at Copen hagen. Hence, their arrival at Malmo, which was purely - accidental, and does not appear to have deserved, in any quarters, the vehement diatribes that have been fulminated against it. it is uncer tain what course the Swedes will adopt in reference to this complicated affair, but it is to be hoped that they will stand firm, and not yield to the arbitrary And ur,just interference of Russia. In contradis tinction to that country in its independence, we find rapid strides to assimil a t e it se lf he North. The Mini s t er o f withw. Prussiaar atth Be in in tyrants of t has issued a rescript regarding the Polish insurgents wh o ma y be found on the making Prussian side of the frontier. They are to be treated in accordance with the convention that was concluded between the Cabinets of Berlin and St Petersburg in 1857, so that they are either to be sent back to Poland or else imprisoned. Finally, they are all to be handed over to the Russian Go vernment, if it is shown that they have committed any offence, political or otherwise, against Russia. As if this was not enough to cover any country with ignominy, and its rulers with disgrace—we find that still further arrangements are contem plated by the Government. They intend to quit their so-called " passive attitude," and " while proclaiming that the Chamber of Deputies has the right to vote 'the budget, they are determined to dispense with the authority of that body, and con tinue to levy the taxes without the sanction of a law of finance." Surely, this conduct is about as impolitic and dangerous as it is harsh and unjustifiable. Dark da3 a are in store for Prussia if her King and his Ministers pursue this head strong course, and follow this misguided policy, They seem to be determined to carry out their own views, and, like the deaf adder, to hear and heed nothing that can check their mischievous course. In this passage referred to a double blow is struck at the cause of liberty at home and abroad. Tho principles of a constitutional government are violated at home, and as regards other countries misrule and oppression are to run riot because it suits the views of the authorities to support other governments in their exterminating purposes. A day of reckoning will surely come for all who thus play false with the destinies of a great people over whom they have influence, and trifle with the momentous interests of a country that Providence bas entrusted to their care, STEAM ACCIDENT TO THE JAPAN. PLYMOUTH, Saturday Morning. The steamship Alar, Capt. Back, of and from Newhaven, for St. Malo, put in here this morning, and landed 17 men belonging to the steamship Japan, Capt. Jones, 600 tons, which left Greenock on the 28th of Marcb, for a trading voyage in the China Seas. On arrival off the coast of France she lay to for three days, it is supposed to take in more cargo. On April 4, at 11 a.m., one of the condensers of the steam engines, which are about 200 horse power, exploded, and two firemen in the stokehole were scalded, viz., Alexander M‘Duff, of Edinburgh, and William Hamilton, of Downpatrick, seriously; they were taken immediately into the captain's cabin, transferred to the Alar on the 9th, and are now in the Devon and Cornwall Hospital here. The other 15 are seaman and firemen, who took advan tage of the proximity of the Alar, and are said to have " backed out" of the voyage to China. They left by train this morning for Liverpool, Ports mouth, &c. The Japan, which had a complement of 80 men, has proceeded. The Alar had to lie to in the Channel on Thursday and Friday, in conse quence of some trifling damages. A TRANSATLANTIC VISION OF FIITURITY.—You do you not know the Southern or the Yankee char acter as well as I do. They never knew or dreamed of their immense strength before, and notwithstanding the ocean of blood spilt and all that sort of thing, you will see them consolidated before a year and waging war with both France and England—in the one case, to drive the French out of Mexico , and the war with England will be mule to vent their exasperation on some one, and to keep the immense armies employed for a few months, and to drive the English from off this continent. We want to pension a million or two of soldiers with land warrants of 200 acres of land. To carry out this grand idea we shall re quire the vast tracts known as the Hudson Bay Company's possessions. In the prospect of a war with England of Fiance we are having a gay time of it,—Manhattan, AMERICAN ICE CROP.—The question of a supply of ice for the coming spring and summer months is beginning to assume a phrase of no little interest and im portance, as the moat extraordinary winter that ever visited America is gradually drawing to its close. If the ice king goes off without treating us to another sharp and de cisive " cold snap," the good people of New York, and all who depend upon her for supplies of ice, will have reason to regret the extreme gentleness with which he has demeaned himself this season. For, by all calculations, the supply of ice this year will fall far short of the necessities of the ordi nary domestic consumers, to say nothing of the tens of thou sands of foreign ones. One large ice-exporting house in Boston ships to foreign ports no less than 80,000 tons a-year. New York and Boston are the great ice emporiums for the Western World. All the cities, towns, hamlets, and set tlements south of these latitudes are kept in icewater by the indefatigable companies established in these two cities. No less than 400,000 tons of ice are annually got in for this market, and stored in houses built for the purpose at Rock. land Lake, Hudson River, and other localities. Of this large quantity, it is strange to say that only 200,000 tons, or one-half of the whole supply, go over the scales, and into consumption. The other half is wasted in the process of dividing the blocks in the ice-stores, in cutting, shaping the blocks, melting, and other ways. Rockland Lake, in this State, is 200 feet above the level of Hudson River, and abounds in fish, but is chiefly valuable for its pure, clear, and beautiful ice. The village of Rockland Lake is almost entirely occupied by people employed in the ice cutting business. At the time we write, it is not im possible that we may yet have some days of severe cold, and in such a case the Rockland villagers will be able perhaps to make up for lost time. If not, then not more than half a crop may be expected, at least from this State. The intense cold which produces ice is, as a general thing, a very rare occurrence so late as this, but in 1861 the Hud son River was closed by masses of impenetrable ice as late as the 21st of March. In 1858 the River was thoroughly frozen over in March, Pic-nic parties were held with a good deal of freedom, and music and laughter frequently resounded where now we see nought but a wild waste of waters. A well-known preacher of Brooklyn has good reason to bear this season in mind, for having, with a party of friends, got out on the ice for purposes of amusement, a mass became suddenly divided, and the reverend gentleman, with several of his asscciates, was swept out to sea by the power of the current, and in all probability would have gone to the bottom had it not been for the vigorous exertions of the boatmen and other citizens of New York.—New York Times. DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—Yesterday a fire broke out in the extensive premises belonging to Mr. R. Branam, cabinetmaker, carrying on business at No. 25, Skinner-street, Bishopsgate-street. The flames when first discovered were raging in the workshops at the back of the dwelling-house, which was filled with partially finished work, adjoining which was a timber-yard belonging to the same person, filled with rosewood, mahogany, and other expensive goods. The moment the discovery was made in formation was despatched for the Royal Society's escapes and the engines. Meanwhile the police exerted themselves in arousing the inmates of the adjoining houses. Fortu nately they were enabled to effect their escape in safety. Three engines of the parish, under the direction of Engineer Barton, quickly attended, closely followed byseveral manual power engines of the London Brigade, under the charge of Mr. Foreman Bridges. Next came two land steamers by Shand and Mason, with powerful bodies of firemen and Captain Shaw, the superintendent. By that period the workshops of Mr. Branam were on fire from end to end, and the flames were rising high into the air, lighting up the whole district, They were attacking the building of Mr. W. Button, in the same street, and another let out as a lodging house, No. 32, Skinner-street, as well as one numbered 44 in Primrose-street, belonging to Mr. J. Foster. Fears were entertained that it would break into the premises of Slr. D. Noble, 78, Long-alley. To avoid that, under the judicious directions of Captain Shaw, the hose of the engines were carried through Mr. Noble's premises, whence the fire men were enabled to attack the conflagration, but they were unable to get the flames extinguished until Mr. Branam's workshops were burnt down, and the contents consumed. The costly stock of timber in the yard was also severely damaged by fire. The front house, occupied by Mr. But ton, is also severely burnt at the back, and the contents damaged by fire and water. Similar damage has been done to the premises of Mr. C. Champion, No. 32. The roof of Slr. Foster's, 44, Primrose-street, and those of Mr. Noble, 78, Long-alley, are also injured by breakage, fire, and water. .....,... The correspondence lately published with regard to the proposal for a railway of 50 miles across the narrow strip of Siamese territory which separates the Indian Ocean from the China Sea (known as the Isthmus of Kraw) has tended to confirm the general opinion of the desirable ness of the work. By this line transit of mails and passen gers from sea to sea would occupy about two or three hours, while by the present route, through the Straits of Malacca and Singapore, the time required for a sailing vessel is from three to six weeks. A canal was at one time recommended, but considerations of economy are greatly in favour of a railway, and it is for a work of that kind that a concession has been granted by the King of Siam. According to a report from Captain Fraser and Captain Forlong to the India Government, the line would probably cost less than any railroad in India. In the steam service to Ceylon the saving would be 56 hours in time and £50,000 in money, apart from the indirect advantages that would probably prove more important. For these and other reasons, the report expresses an opinion that the construction of the railway would be profitable, and that the communication could be established for one-third of the capital the interest of which is being expended yearly on mere fuel and the establishment of running steamers. Finally, it is observed, " holding in view that the line from Ceylon to Cochin China is nearly straight, we are convinced that if Great Britain does not take it in hand, France mast, with every chance , • of a probable opposition to the Peninsular and Oriental Company in their line with Europe to Calcutta, via Madras." At the last date, however, the India Govern ment had signified that, although desirous of obtaining. as much further knowledge of the scheme as may transpire from time to time, they do not feel at present justified in incurring any expenditure upon it. A WOMAN BURNT TO DEATH.—Yesterday even ing Mr. Largham held an inquest at Charing-cross flospital touching the death of Anne Burns, aged 27, the wife of a labourer, residing at IS, Prince's-row, Newport market. It appeared that on Saturday evening last the de ceased was undressing cne of her children, when, in turning round, her dress, under which she wore a crinoline, came in fi contact with the fire in the grate and was instantly in happened street, a screamingt moment to loudly co e u f p o , r a h n e d lp u . y ru m sh e e s a . i nSthoe the with some difficulty opened her room door and Husband pull ing off her clothes and wrapping was extinguished. She was put ' rug Charing-cross Hospital. medi cal officer, said he saw the deceased She was severely burnt abou head. She never rallied, but died on e I, back, five o'clock from the shock to the ay burns. The jury returned a verdict iler a around her the fire William3ltt into a cab and taken to Travers, resident ttu when she was admitted. legs ; arms, and atelonday evening about m occasioned by the of accidental death by fire, THE SUN, _LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1863 LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE POLISH INSURRECTION. CRACOW, APRIL 11. The insurgents, under the command of Mork], stationed in the district of Maryampol, have suc ceeded in establishing a communication with the insurgents in Samogitia. Conflicts have taken place between the Russians and the insurgents at Mingos, in Pod]achia (?), Kulwarga, in Masovial (?), and at Lodz. The Czas publishes a proclamation of a very in cendiary and sanguinary character, asserted to have been issued by the Russians, and to be in course of distribution by them among the peasants, in order to incite the latter against the insurgents. The same paper announces that M. Swiderski, a landed proprietor, and his wife and daughters, have been murdered by the Russians. _____- PRUSSIA AND DENMARK. BERLIN, APRIL 11. The '.Fortschritt" party held a meeting yester day, in which, upon the proposiV.on of Herr Twes ter, it was resolved that in a future sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, the Government should be asked whether it considers the recent acts of Den mark as a fulfilment of the engagements entered into by that country after the negotiations of 1850 and 1852 ; and also whether the Government still considers itself bound by the said negotiations, see ing that Denmark had evidently violated its en gagements. POLAND. PARIS, APRIL 11. The Moniteur, in its bulletin of to-day, says : " The insurrection in Poland continues to spread, especially in the Government of Augustowo. The news of the check experienced by the Russians at Koslawanda is confirmed. An imperial decree has been published to-day, proroguing the Corps Legis latif to the 30th April." SPAIN. MADRID, APRIL 10. In to day's sitting of the Congress the Minister of Finance requested authority to collect the taxes until the Ist July next, and declared that if it were not granted the Government would withdraw the bills for reforms in the customs tariff presented by the late Government, To-morrow Senor Rivero will put a question to the Government in reference to the late ministerial crisis. FRANCE. BOURSE, April 10.—The market has undergone a sudden change, and Stock has been offered to-day, causing a retrograde movement in prices. Threes, for the Account, are now at 69f. 90c. Ot her Secu rities have also declined. The Railway Share Market has been heavy, and some of the lines are ewer. The market closed as follows : Italian Loan 72 75 Do. end month 72 50 New ditto Do. end month 73 50 Russian Austrian Spanish Threes 52 50 Home Debt . . 5O It per Cents. 96 85 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 85 Credit Nobilier 1427 60 Do, end month 1427 50 Bank Shares 380 Credit Foncier 1505 - $A IL' 'AYS. Cash. Account. Orleans lOl3 73 .. 1015 Northern - ~ 1050 -- New ditto . Lyons and Mediterranean 1210 .. 1210 Geneva .. 426 25 .. 432 50 Southern 767 50 .. 767 50 Western .. Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lorebard North of Spain Saragosqa . Ditto to Barcelona THE WEST AFRICAN MAILS. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 11. The mail steamship Athenian, with the above mails, arrived here this morning. She brings 33 passengers, 880 ounces of gold dust, and 15 lumps in specie. Her dates are—Benin, Feb. 24; Fernando Po, 28; Cameroons, March 2; Old Calabar, 3; Brass River, 7; Nun, 7; Bonny, 7 ; Ligos, 10; Accia, 12 ; Cape Co as t C as tl e , 14 ; Cape Palmas, 16 ; Sierra Leone, 21; Bathurst, 26 ; Teneriffe, 31 ; Madeira, April 2. The trade in the rivers was very dull, but a good season was expected. The yellow fever had en irely disappeared. At Lagos trade was dull on account of internal wars• Th e Ki ng o f Dahomey was threatening Lagos with a large army. A steamer had been captured off Sierra Leone on the 26th of January, and 532 slaves were found on board. FEARFUL SCENE IN AN INDIAN COURT OF JITS T. ICE.—The Times of Indic; supplies the follow . mg details of the tragedy briefly mentioned in our Indian news of Monday : " On the 25 th ult imo, a horribly tragical occurrence took place at Rae pore, the particulars of which are as follows : At 10 o'clock in the forenoon of that day a powerfully-made man of the Brinjaree caste presented a petition to Lieut. Faber, th e ass i stant comm i ss i oner , w ho directed him to fil e his plaint in court at 4 p.m. At the hour named the man r,e turned, and presented his plaint, in which he pr!ferrea a charge of assault, by which ho stated he had s ustained loss of char ac t er , an d f e l t hi mse lf seriously aggrieved, Lieut, Faber gave an order that the case should be investigated by the Tehseeldar of Droog, and returned his petition to the complainant; b u t th e l a tter came stly begged that the case might be tried by Lieut. Faber himself, who however, re fused to do so, when the man de clined to receive back his petition. On this the Misl Khwan, or ver nacular reader, directed the complainant to leave the court. Finding that entreaties were of no avail, the man left the court, but soon afterwards returned ; and notwithstanding the presence of numerous policemen, peons, and others, he managed, without being noticed, to walk close up to the Misl Khwan, whom he deliberately stabbed twice with a dagger which he had concealed about his person. After this, he made an attempt to stab Lieute nant Faber, but in doing so, fortunately missed his aim, and fell. He, however, soon recovered himself, and jumping up, flourished his dagger in a most frantic manner. The crowd of persons at the time assembled in the court house cleared out as quickly as they could; but before they could get away he stabbed one of them, who, like himself, came there with a petition. Lieu tenant Faber and Messrs. Wrottesley and De Lang followed him, calling out b the crowd to disarm him; but all to no purpose, as everyone was panic-stricken at the furious conduct of the assassin. A Madras sepoy charged him with his bayonet, but the Bunjaree warded off the blow with his dagger, and felled the sepoy to the earth. One of the policemen hereupon struck him a blow on the head with a stick, when the fellow, after ripping open the side of ano ther policeman who happ en ed to come in his way, placedhim him completely body what h4a:had de stabbed himself twic e i n the stomac h. At this juncture orders were issued to s h oot h i m d own , a nd a bullet was sent askingthrough h which combat, woundedinduced a hn t i h dm e o s nt p o i ne. act in Thisthet Faber manner h e had do ne , h e rep li e d th a t th e Mi s t Khwan had received a bribe o f two t h ousan d ru pees from the opposite party to prevent justice being meted out to him. This was all th a t could be elicited from him, as he was then in a sinking state, and died within an hour of re ceiving the fatal wound. Th e po li ceman w h ose s ide was ripped open is considered to be out of danger; but the Nisi Khwan, and the other man whom h e s t a bb e d, are mortally wounded and dying, if, indeed, they be not already de ad." EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF JEWELLERY, Yesterday morning information was received by the police of a most extensive robbery, by b rglary , in the Cit y . The premises in que s ti on arc those occupied by Mrs. Low land, and are situated No. 5, Leadenhall-street, where the business of a jeweller is c ar ried on. The burglars entered by forcing the front door an d being undist urbed t h e y made the best of their time , and carried off a large quantity of property, including 78 ladies' gold rings, 28 gohamld.s, guard rings, 64 gentlemen's gold rings, 70 gold Albert chains, gold guard chains, 70 gold seals set with various stones, 30 gold Albert keys, and 50 watch keys of different descriptions; and beyond this several other articles and som e m one y we re stylou. A reward of £lOO has been offered, Court,,''*W.:-.. (Insular. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, April 10. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal High ness the Princess Helena, walked and drove in the grounds this morning. _ _ _ Her Royal Highness Princess Louis of Hesse and the infant princess continue to make most satisfactory progress. Frances Ann, Marchioness of Londonderry, has arrived at Holderness House, Park-lane, from Wynyard Park, Stockton-on-Tees, foa the season. The Duke of Newcastle intends to return to town on Monday from Clumber Park, Notts. Th© Marquis of Hastings has arrived at Long's Hotel. The Earl of Dartmouth has arrived in Paris from London on his way to Italy. The Earl and Countess of Stamford and Waning ton have been entertaining a select party at dinner each day during the Newmarket Meeting. The Countess cf Clonmel and the Ladies Scott have arrived at Farrance's Hotel, for the season, from Bishop's Court, Ireland. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston return to town on Monday next, and not to-day, as was expected. Lord Courtenay has returned to town from New market. The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer is going on favourably, nothing but a discoloration of the face showing any ( - fleets of his recent accident. He left town yesterday with Mrs. and Miss Gladstone, on a visit to the Duchess (Thwager) of Sutherland, at Cliefden, Bucks. Mrs. Gladstone has issued cards for a reception on Wednesday, the 22d inst. We are requested to state that in consequence of recent domestic affliction the Lord Chancellor will not hold his usual Levee on the first day of Easter term. DEATH OF LORD SANDYS.—The Right Hon. Arthu'r Marcus Cecil Hill, Lord Sandys, better known to many of our readers as Lord Marcus Hill, died yesterday. He had been indisposed during the last five weeks. The deceased peer was the third son of Arthur, second Marquis of Downshire, and succeeded to the Barony of Sandys on the death of his brother, General Lord Sandys, in 1861. He was born Jan. 28, 1798, so that he had only attained his 65th year. The late peer married April 12, 1837, Louisa, youngest daughter of Mr. Joseph Blake, by whom he leaves a large family. Lord Sandys, prior to his elevation to the House of Lords, was a member of the House of Commons and a very zealous and active supporter of the Liberal party, being for some years one of the active whippers in to that political body. The deceased lord gra duated at the University of Edinburgh, and was created a D.C.L. of Oxford in 1834. In 1816 he was made an attache to the British Embassy at Madrid, and afterwards acted as precis•writer in the Foreign-office. Subsequently he was attached to the British Legations at Verona and Paris in 1822 and 1823. In 1824 he was under-secretary of Lega tion at Florence, and served sevcral diplomatic appointments till 1827, when he was sent to St. Petersburg, and was ap pointed to the Embassy at Constantinople in 1830 as secre tary, but declined the office. He was M.P. for Newry from 1832 to 1835, and latterly represented Evesham in the Commons. The late lord was comptroller of the Queen's household from June to September, 1841, and from July, 1846, to July, 1847, and was treasurer of the royal house hold from the latter date to February, 1852. Since his ac cession to the Barony of Sandys he has taken but a minor position in politics. The late lord's eldest daughter is mar ried to Sir Edmund Filmer, Bart., M.P. The Right lion. Lord De Saumarez, son of the celebrated Lord De Saumarez, died at Cheltenham on Thurs day in his 74th year. DISCOVERY OF AN ORATORIO BY SCHUBERT.—A letter from Vienna states that much excitement has been created there among the musical public in consequence of the first performance of an oratorio entitled " Lazarus," and composed by Schubert. It is a work not only inedited, but unknown up to the present day, and everybody is astonished at the grand character and the beauties of the work. THE GHOST LAID.—A correspondent of the Times makes what certainly appears to be a very unnecessary exposure of the " dodge" whereby Professor Pepper produces his now celebrated Polytechnic ghost. The poor ghost is henceforth a mystery no more, and must be relegated to the limbo wherein repose the remains of the Cock-lane ghost, Mr. Forster, and other detected humbugs. The plan adopted is just that which any sheet of plate glass in a shop window might have suggested to a passer by on seeing his image reflected from the flat surface of the glass. When the curtain rises at the Polytechnic behind Mr. Pepper, it discloses an inner apartment apparently open to the audience, but really divided from them by a large sheet of plate glass. The audience in the darkened theatre cannot detect the glass, but they can see the ghostly figure which is projected upon it by means of the lime-light and from an arrangement which is really in front of the glass. Mr Egg, the late eminent Academician, was a wealthy man, and wealth makes an artist slow and fastidious. He painted little, but what he did was excellent in its tragic gravity. He was not a colourist, yet about the colour of his pictures there was a sombre depth ths.t suited them; and the tone, though sombre and tragic, was never hard, coarse, or flimsy. We remember the little dark yel - low man, so like a Jew, was busy and absorbed at the Man chester Exhibition, and humorous and pleasant in the luxurious and picturesque rooms of his own house. Although an amateur comedian of great talent, Mr. Egg's genius in art was almost too saturnine and melancholy. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. —Monday—Geographical, at 81— " Frobisher Straits proved to be a Bay," Captain Hall ; "Visit to Red River," Dr. Rae, Tuesday—Royal 'natl.• tution, at 3—" Animal Mechanics," Professor Marshall ; Actuaries, at 44—Council ; Syro-Egyptian, at 7—Anniver sary; Ethnological, at 8—" Antiquity of Man," Mr. Craw furd ; Statistical, at 8; Engineers, at 8—" Structures in the Sea," Mr. Miller ; " Scinde Railway," Mr. Bruton, Wednesday—Horticultural, at I—Azalea and Rose Show; Meteorological, at 7—Council ; Society of Arts, at 8— "Auto-Typography," Mr. Wallis; Society of Literature, at 81—" Ancient Ruins, Missolonghi," Mr, Colnaghi. Thursday—Royal Institution, at 3—" Relations of Geology with Allied Sciences," Professor Ansted ; Numismatic, at 7; Linnean, at 8 ; Chemical, at 8—" Derivatives of Naphthylamine," Messrs. Perkin and Church ; Royal, at 81; Antiquaries, at 81. Friday—Philological, at 8 ; Royal Institution, at 8—" Culture of Fish," Mr. Buck land. Satuiday —Royal Institution, at 3—" Science of Language," Professor Muller.—Athencum. THE ,GUNBOAT ALEXANDRA.—Since Thursday afternoon nothing has taken place of a public nature relative to the Government seizure of the screw steamer Alexandra. Previous to having been boarded by the custom house officers the vessel had been masted, and her spars were up. Up to Thursday afternoon no further steps were taken by the authorities beyond keeping the vessel under surveillance, and the processes of fitting were pursued as if nothing had taken place, and some progress was made with the fitting of her engines. About 4 o'clock on Thursday, however, the Custom-house authorities gave instructions that the work should be stopped, that the workmen should leave the vessel, and that she should be given up to them. To this some demur was made by the workmen, who did not relish the idea of being sent on shore. Mr. Miller, however, being at hand, was appealed to. On his request the men at once came on shore, and the Custom-house officers were left in possession of the vessel, and yesterday afternoon two of them might be seen traversing the deck in the undisputed sovereignty of possession. It is said that the Government authorities have called upon the builders to prove that the Alexandra is not intended for a Confederate :gun-boat ; but of this rumour there is no confirmation. A ROMANTIC LOVE MATCH.—A correspondent of one of our contemporaries, writing from Rome, under date the 30th ult., s.ys :—A little romance has been enacted here lately. Some two years back a Yorkshire baronet, Sir G—, and his family spent the winter in the Eternal City, and one of the young ladies made the acquaintance of a young French lieutenant, and they be came mutually attached. As her parents naturally ob jected to their union, Miss G--returned to England with her family at the close of the season here. After this long lapse of time, both continuing in the same mind, Miss G— reached the mature age of 21, and she sat, watch in hand, counting the minutes till the hour should arrive at which she was stated to have been born. The moment leitag come, she at once started, free from parental control, for Civita - Vecchia direct, where her young lover met her, and she placed herself under the care of our consul there until preliminaries should be arranged. Now, however, arose a serious difficulty; the colonel of his regiment would not hear of a marriage taking place, since, according to an ex cellent law of the Code Napoleon, no officer can marry an ent i re ly portionless bride, the exact a mount of dowr y being fixed by this inevitable law . The spirited young lady a t once wrote home word of the quandary in which she found herself, and her father, evidently a philosopher, made the best of the matter by enclosing to her £ 1 , 5 00, a trifle m ore than the sum named in the imperial edict. SERVED HIM RIGFIT.—A short time ago a ticket of-leave-man, named Hibbert, Was convicted by the Nottingham magistrate of using threatening language to Mr. llindley, a clerk in the employ of the Nottingham Gas Company, and was bound over to keep the peace. The Secretary of State ordered the man to be again apprehended, and on Wednesday last he was sent back to Millbank to complete the remainder of his sentence, which does not ex pire till July next, Prophecies for the City and Suburban and Metropolitan Handicaps. We quote the following iFom the various sporting papers of this day:— OBSERVER -71a CITY AND SUBURBAN.—If I take Adventurer, Glenochty colt, Summcrside, and Gardener to beat the field, I fancy I shall not be far wide of the judge's return. METROPOLITAN.—The winner, I think, will be found in this lot, viz., Harlequin, Bedouin, Sappho, and the best of William Day's lot. Bell's L. CITY AND SUBURBAN.—We shall take Adventurer and the Glenochty colt from the front rank, and Summerside, Gardener, and Buckenham from the outsiders, to furnish the winner of this well-constructed handicap. METROPOLITAN.—GoIden Pledge is the only one for which we have the slightest fancy, and should he figure in the fray it is our belief he will make both Harlequin and Bedouin make haste to get home. AUGUR—Sporting Life, CITY AND SUBITREAN.—I may thus early select Bucken ham, Gardener, Adventurer, and Argonaut, my chief de pendence being placed on the first and last mentioned. METROPOLITAN.—I may at once state that on the prin ciple of adhering to public form, I see no two so well wor thy of confidence in the Metropolitan as Bedouin and Asteroid. ToucHsToNE—Era. CITY AND SUBURBAN.—Good money has undoubtedly been entrusted to Adventurer and the Jacqueline colt, and we hope to get the winner in the pair, the first named hav ing our preference, as his stable is in such excellent form. METROPOLITAN.—We must record our preference for Harlequin, Bedouin, Adventurer, and Asteroid ; and if Bedouin and Harlequin cannot win between them, there is not much in public running. FLY •BY• NlGHT— Weekly Times. CITY AND SUBURBAN.--I have been assured that the City ar:d Suburban Handicap is as near a certainty for Ad venturer as a race of that description, where so much de pends on the start, can be relied on. As the Jacqueline colt will be T. Taylor's horse he must displace Polynesia, and if I substitute Argonaut in lieu of Beachy Head my choice will not be found far out at the finish. METROPOLITAN.—Mr. Saville's (Buckenham or Harle quin) will prove very troublesome. BEAcoN—Sporting Gazette. CITY AND SUBURBAN.—Adventurer and Oberon having such an immense advantage in the weights, I confess to having the most fancy for, and taking with them Argonaut and Umpire, 1 think the winner will be found among the quartette, and, from what I hear, I give the preference to Oberon. MEntoroLmor.—The race lies between Asteroid, Alerte, Bedouin, and Bryn Gwyn ; and as we last week aaw Fair • water carrying 381 b. more than Mr. Ten Broeck's horse, and run within a couple of lengths of him, Asteroid is bound, according to last year's running, to beat the Newmarket Stakes winner, to whom he only gives 351 b; and I expect Alerte will prove Sir Joseph Hawley's most dangerous opponent. VATICINATOR—Sunday Times. CITY AND SUBURBAN.—We should advise our readers to back Adventurer, with Summerside thrown in, though to make a definite selection we must place them thus—Sum merside, 1; Adventurer, 2; the Jacqueline colt, 3. METROPOLITAN.—We shall sum up in this manner— Adventurer, 1; Bedouin, 2 ; Harlequin, 3, Sporting News. CITY AND SUBURBAN. — According to the preseut state of the market, and the certainty as to what is meant, we think that Oberon and Adventurer are the best to stand for places. N ETROPOLITAN.—As Haddington will doubtless be kept for the Chester Cup, we can only recommend Asteroid and Adventurer for this, though danger must certainly be apprehended from Bedouin, Valentine, Citadel, and tht best of William Day's. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING—FRIDAY. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas; 3-yr-olds, 7st 31b; 4- yr-olds, 9st 71b; 5-yr-olds, lOst 41b; 6-yr-olds and aged, lOst 81b. R.C. Sir J. Hawley's Asteroid, 5 yrs, lOst 41b (Wells) 1 Mr. R. Ten Broeck's .Aniy, 5 yrs, lOst 41b (Fordham) 2 Betting -8 to lon Asteroid, who made all the running, and won in a canter by six lengths. Handicap Plate of 60 sous for 3-yr-olds and upwards. New T.Y.C, Mr. G. Bryan's Welland, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Custance) 1 Mr. W. Robinson's Stockowner, 3 yrs,7st alb (E.Martin) 2 Lord Uxbridge's Erythia, 3 yrs, 6st .. (A, Woodehouse) 3 The following also ran :—Ellerton, Fig, The Prophet, Trumps, Lady Love colt, Speedy, and Princess Charlotte colt. Betting--5 to 4 agst Erythia, 3to 1 agst Welland, and 10 to 1 agst any other. After one failure the horses left the post in admirable order. Speedy on the ditch side, in company with Stock owner and Erythia, made play, with Ellerton and the Pro phet lying up on the right, the others, headed by Welland and Trumps, following in close order to the plantation ; Welland then came out, at the cords took a clear lead, and won with great ease by three lengths; Stockowner beating the favourite by a length for second ; Speedy was fourth. The Prophet fifth, Trumps sixth, and the Princess Char , lotte colt next. The Bennington Stakes of 50 soya each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds. D.lll. ; 4 subs. Lord W. Powlett's St. Anne filly, ist 111 b (E. Martin) w.o. Match, 300, h ft, Bst 7!b each. T.Y.C. Mr, Saxon's Water Kelpie, Bst 71b, receives 100 soya from Mr. Fleming's Jemima filly. Sweepstakes of 100 soya each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Sat 51b. D.M. 3 subs. Mr. Merry's Escape L or d Glasgow's Beauvale (Aldcrott) 2 (J. M ann ) 3 Lord Stamford's Cerintha The betting opened at 6 to 4, and closed at 2 to 1 on Ce rintha. Escape jumped off with a strong lead, which he held to the end, and won very easily by a length. The favourite, who ran unkindly throughout, was beateu by three lengths by Beauvale for second place. The Port Stakes, a sweepstakes of 100 sous each, h ft, for 4-yr •olds; colts, Bst 101 b, fillies, Bst nb; the second saved his stake. T.M.M. 10 subs. Count F. Hawke'sde L Lag range's Marquis, g St r deBllsat 1 , 8 0 1 b 7lb .... ((.3h W :ll lk on in e s r ) ) 2 1 Mr. S. Lord Glasgow's Minie, Bst 101 b ........ (Aldcroft) Betting-2 to lon the Marquis and sto 2 agst Stradella. S t i d n e i l e l a lying m at hisadeplay at a steady p ace , w i t h th e f av ourite and quarters to the entrance of the cords, where the latter was beaten. The French mare then some what increased her advantage, and won rather cleverly at last by three parts of a length. IViinie finished a bad third. Sweepstakes of 25 soya each, 10 ft, for 3-yr-olds; colts, 881 121 b; fillies, Bst 81b. T.Y.C. 121 b. Mr. Bowes's The Old Orange Girl, Bst 81b.... (Aldcroft) 1 Lord W. Powlett's St, Anne filly, Bst 81b (E. Sharpe) 2 Baron Niviere's Colombine, Bst 81b (A. Watkins) 3 Betting-- 5 to 2 on The Old Orange Girl, who made play for the first 200 yards, when she was pulled back, and Co lombine indulged with the lead, which she retained to the top of the hill, whore she was beaten, and the lead was one more left with the favourite, who carried it on to the end and won in a canter by two lengths; a length and a half between the second and third. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, for 2 and 3-yr. olds. Last half of R.M. 5 subs. Lord Stamford's Livingstone, 3 yrs, Pat 6113.... (Rogers) 1 Mr. C. Rayner's Yates, 2 yrs, 6st (A. Woodhouse) 2 Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Curie, 3 yrs, Bst 41b.... (Fordham) 3 Betting—Even on Curie, and 6 to 4 agst Livingstone. Curie, with Yates at his girths, was first off, followed by Livingtone into the dip where the latter shot in advance, and won in a canter by three lengths; alength between the second and third. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY. After the news of the success of Stradella. over The Mar quis, nothing else was talked of for the Chester Cup. For the Two Thousand Guineas, Hospodar and Brick were in great force ; all the money that could be obtained at 7 to 1 was taken about the latter. For the City and Suburban Handicap, Argonaut and Buckenham were in most re quest ; and the layers of 50 to 1 aget Catch'em Alive, although not so numerous to-day, were tired out, and offers were made to take 100 to 6 about him for the Metropolitan. Closing pricetr CITY AND SUBURBAN. 6 to to agst At e v r e o n a tuj off er er ( o o d ff ) ered) 14 16 to agst 13oken t Argonaut a (tak ta e k nfreely 20 to freely) 20 to 1 aast Weatherspy (offered) 20 to 1 agst Merry Maid (offered) 3 2 3 5 t t o o agst l a 8 a t G u a m r r d r n e e (k (offered) t e a re (taken) ) 40 to 1 agst Interduca (taken) 50 to 1 agst Catch 'em Alive (taken) 50 to 1 agst Waterwitch (taken) 100 to 1 agst Joey Jores (offered) GREAT METROPOLITAN STAKES. 100 to 6 agst Catch 'em Alive (wanted) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS, 9 to 4 agst Hospodar (taken) 5 to 1 agst Saccharometer (taken) 7to 1 agst Brick (taken freely) 14 to 1 agst Maccaroni (offered) CHESTER CUP. 4to 1 agst Stradella (taken and offered) 11 to 1 agst Plover (offered) 16 to la+ st Amelia (offered) 20 to 1 agst BuCkstone (offered) DERBY. 7to lon the field (offered) 9to 1 agst Hospodar (taken) The death of the venerable Thomas Kaye Bon ney, M.A. archdeacon of Leicester is announced. The deceased was 80 years of age, and was appointed to the archdeaconry in 1831. It is somewhat singular that this is the third death which has taken place in the family during the last four months, his brother, the Archdeacon of Lincoln, having died on Christmas Eve, and his sister, Miss Bonney, on the 11th of February, THE MU: GILES'S. Up to two o'clock this afternoon nothing further had been discovered relative to the murder of Ellen Jackson. The police hare not succeeded in apprehending the man with whom the deceased was in company on Thursday. The inquest will be held this evening by Dr, Lancaster. POLICE INTELLIGENCE,--This Day. BO W. STREET. STEALING A. CLOCK..—Richard Sullivan was charged with stealing a clock from the shop of Mr. Sharp, in the Strand. The prosecutor said—This morning the clock (produced) was standing safe on the counter, and in a short time after wards missing it he went into the street, when on turning up Bedford-street he saw the prisoner standing in a door way, stooping down over the clock, endeavouring to conceal it. He collared him, and a struggle ensued, when a con stable came up and the prisoner was secured. The value of the article is about C. Prisoner—Will you swear you saw the clock in my hand ? Prosecutor—Yes, positively. Prisoner—Well you aint particular then. (Laughter.) How could I have the clock in my hand when you said I was standing over it ? Prosecutor—You were stooping, and had one hand on the clock, and with the other you appeared to be getting a handkerchief to cover it with. Prisoner—How could I be feeling for that I hadn't got • (Laughter.) Your worship, he never saw it in my hand. Mr. Corrie—l don't think that point of much importance. The question is, how did the clock come in the doorway ? It could not have walked there. (Laughter.) Prisoner—Well, clocks sometimes goes wery fast. (Laugh ter.) I say he did not see it in my hand. The police constable who took the prisoner into custody said he saw the prisoner and prosecutor struggling, and when he found a robbery had been committed he seized the prisoner, who resisted capture very much. Prisoner—Because they said I'd stole the clock. Mr. Corrie—You were indignant at such an accusation. Well, what have you to say to the charge. Prisoner—Well, I'm a poor man, and I try to get my living honestly. (Laughter,) I'll be obliged if you'll settle this here. Mr. Corrie—ls that all you want to say. I shall not dis• pose of the case here. Prisoner—You won't ? Then, in course, I says nothing if you're going to send me to the sessions. Committed for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CARRIAGE THIEVES,--TWO lads named George Allen and George Williams, both living at a lodging••house in Artillery-row, Westminster, were charged before Mr. Knox with stealing from a Hansom cab in Regent-street, a lady's cloak. From the evidence of Mark Stokes, a shoeblack boy, it appeared that while in Regent. street the previous afternoon with his box, he saw a Hansom cab witk two ladies drive up to No. 240. He opened the door of the cab for the ladies, and they got out, and having moved a short distance off he saw Allen put his hand into the cab and take out a cloak belonging to one of the ladies. He pursued the prisoner Allen, crying " Stop thief," and saw him drop the cloak, And a constable then took him into custody. Ewer, 166 C, said that hearing cries of " Stop thief," he joined in the pursuit of Allen, and took him into custody in Saville-row. Williams interfered in Allen's behalf, and he then took him into custody, believing he was a companion of Allen's. The first witness said the two prisoners were near one another before the robbery. Inspector Silverton said one of the ladies attended at the station, and although he explained the matter to her she declined to sign the sheet. There had been numerous rob• belies of the kind lately, and there was every reason to be lieve the prisoners were regular carriage thieves. They were remanded, WESTMINSTER. THE PREVALENCE OF SMALL •POH AT PIMLICO.—RE FUSAL OF A MOTHER TO HAVE HER CHILD BURIED.—. Immediately after the magistrate had taken his seat on the beach this morning, Dr. Aldis, of Chester .place, Chester square, who is the officer of health appointed for St. George's-square, addressing him, said "I have felt it my duty sir, to apply to you on public grounds for your advice and assistance. It is with respect to the interment of a child, three years of age, who has died of small-pox, and is now lying at 12, Spring-gardens, Pimlico. The child is there exposed in a small back room occupied by its father and mother and three other children, and there are not only 26 souls in this six-roomed house, but it is situated in a very crowded locality in which the small-pox is very prevalent amongst the humbler classes. Under these cir cumstances it is most highly essential for the sake of the public health and safety that this child should be removed and interred, to prevent the influence of contagion. Efforts have been made to effect this, but in vain. Mr. Badderly, overseer of the parish, informed me that although the father of the child was anxious that the child should be removed and buried, the mother positively refused to allow it. Mr. Badderly sent Osborne, who has charge of the funerals of the parish, to take away the child. He placed it in a coffin for that purpose, when the mother took it aut again, and restored it to its cradle or cot, and several Irish persons of the neighbourhood having collected, in timidated him by their threats, and he felt compelled to re tire. 1 myself subsequently went in with Mr. Grant and tried to persuade the mother to let the child he removed, out she refused, although her husband pressed the remo val. I must only repeat that it is of great importance that the child should be immediately interred." Mr. Selfe was of opinion that the father had the power to order the removal of the child, which was, as Dr. Aldis had said, highly necessary, and he thought that there could be no impropriety in the police accompanying the parish officers and see that there was •no breach of the peace upon the removal of the child. THAMES. HOUSE-BREAKING AT WOODFORD.—CharIes Jones, a very tall man, described as a carpenter's labourer, who has Seen a burglar and thief for many years, was brought up on remand before Mr. Partridge, charged with breaking into the residence of Mr. William Groves, a surgeon at Wood'ord, in Essex, and stealing therefrom two :pistols valued at two guin-as each, two lenses worth £l2, and other articles. On Sunday afternoon last the residence of Mr. Groves was entered, and a mahogany case, containing two pistols, two lenses, and other property, wet e stolen from a room on the ground floor. The police did not trace the property or dis cover the thief, bat on Monday last the prisoner offered one of the stolen pistols in pawn at a pawnbroker's shop. The pawnbroker's assistant saw at once that the pistol was a valuable one, although the prisoner asked for a loan of 60. only upon it. The prisoner was questioned, and he gave so many contradictory statements of his possession of the pistol and the way he came by it, that he was given into custody, and Mr. Woolrych remanded him for the unlasv ful. possession of the pistol, which, was now identified by Mr. Groves, who detailed the circumstances of the robbery committed at his residence on Sunday last, and said as there was still another pistol missing and other valuable pro erty stolen which had not been traced, he hoped there would be anofuer remand, Police-sergeant Blackwell, of the II division, also pressed for a remand, and said the prisoner had been convicted be" fore, and was a dangerous character, The poisoner declined saying anything, and Mr, Partridge said the case was no longer one of unlaw ful possession, but resolved itself into a charge of house breaking and robbery in the day time. He remanded the prisoner until Thursday next. THE NEW MAGISTRATE.—This was Mr. Partridge's second day since his appointment, and he promises to be an invaluable magistrate. He is shrewd, a good lawyer, and dispatched the more trivial charges with great celerity. He is well acquainted with all the Aws of Parlikment which confer extensive summary power o on Justices of the Peace, and is very cour teous to everyone. Mr. Partridge's previous training as a stipendiary justice at Wolverhampton has-well qualified hira ter the duties of a police magistrate, but if he would inta' tate the conduct of his predecessor, Mr. Selfe, and now mence business at 10 instead of 11 o'clock he would confer a great boon on the public. Some consideration is also due to the reporters, officers of the court, and others attending the court. Mr. Partridge, after being one hour only in the court yesterday said it was very close, and ordered the . windows to be opened. This day he again complained 0 1 the tainted atmosphere of the court. If Mr. Partridge wishes to preserve his own health and the health of others he will cause better ventilation to be adopted in the court. SHIPPING—This Day, (BY MAGNETIC TELEGIIAPII.) GAAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived—llma, from Alexandria. Sailed—Asia, steamer, for Calais. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Pas3ed—Dartmouth, from Calcutta, for London; Forest Fairy, from London, for Falmouth; Rosean, from Loudovt for fit. Vincent. Anchored— Zetland, from London, for Quebec, The general annual meeting of the shareholder o of the Credit Mohitier Company was held on 'Thurs' day. The report was presented by M. Isaac Pereire, pre" sident of the board. The meeting, on the proposition of the board, fixed the dividend for 1862 at 125 f.; 25f. of which were paid on the Ist of January last. The considerabl e extension which has been given to the business of the corn' pany renders indispensable an augrner.tation of the capital at its disposal. That increase will be effected either 11, means of an is s u e o f b on d s or b y d ou bling the number of shares. Negotiations have been opened with the Freucl i Government on the subject, and will be shortly brought to au isgie. I