The Sun. — London, England, 1854-03-16 00:00:00

trbtrb Mations SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. TATTERSALL'S, (THIS EVENIN(I.) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 6to 1 agst Lamprocles (taken). Bto 1 agst Defiance (taken). 9to 1 agst Red Lion (taken). METROPOLITAN STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Jonathan Martin (take n). 10 to 1 agst Ariosto (taken). 12 to 1 agst Virago (taken). CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Newminster (taken). 25 to 1 agst Brown Brandy (taken). 2,000 GUINEAS. 10 to 3 agst Boiardo (taken). 4to 1 agst Ruby (offered). 7to 1 agst Champagne (taken). DERBY. 6to 1 agst Autocrat (taken.) 7to 1 agat King Torn (offered). 9to 1 agat Dervish (taken). 16 to 1 agat Wild Huntsman (taken), 22 to 1 agst Marsyas (taken). 25 to 1 agst Ruby. 30 to 1 s►gst Acrobat (taken). 30 to 1 agat Andover (taken), 40 to 1 agst Bessus (taken). 50 to 1 agst Old Noll (taken), 66 to 1 agst Phzeton. 66 to 1 agst Ear ly Bird (taken). OAKS. 6to 1 agst Omoo (taken). 7to 1 agst Sortie (taken). MORETON RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELEOTR!O TELEGRAPH.) HUNTERS' STAKES. Tarn Wadlin Premier Harry Eight ran. . 1 .2 .3 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(THIS EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. CRIMINAL LA W, Lord BROUGHAM presented petitions from the magistrates of Cumberland, and the mayor and justices of Carlisle, in favour of giving power to petty sessions to take pleas of guilty, and to proceed to pass judgment upon prisoners, so as to avoid the expense of sending them to the assizes. The LORD CHANCELLOR said the subject was one of the deepest importance, and ought not to be tampered with, until after the most mature consideration—(hear)—but he did not apprehend that the same difficulties would be thrown in the way of any modification of a criminal procedure in this respect as had to be encountered in the codification of the crimi nal law. Lord BROUGHAM took occasion to examine some of the objections of the learned judges to the bill for the digest of criminal law, and inquired whether the Lord Chancellor would lay on the table the letter which had been addressed to him by two of the learned gentlemen engaged in drawing up the bill ? The LORD CHANCELLOR replied that he thought it would neither be proper nor decorous to produce such a letter. It was entirely of a private nature, and con sisted of no less than 125 pages of running comments upon the objections of the different judges. CABINET SECRETS. The Earl of MA.LNIESBURY gave notice thit to morrow he would call the attention of the house to the charge made by the First Lord of the Treasury against a gentleman of the Foreign-office, for a violation of his duty in disclosing the secret correspondence of his de partment. COASTING TRADE BILL. Lord. STANLEY, in moving the second reading of this bill, stated that it had been introduced, in fulfilment of the pledge in the Royal Speech, for the purpose of removing the last of the restrictions imposed upon the use of foreign ships in the coasting trade. [LEFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Stafford New Gas Bill was read a third time and passed ;?also the East London Waterworks Bill. The Kingston-upon-Hull Docks Bill was brought up and read a first time. PETITIONS. Mr. WICKHAM presented four petitions—viz., one from Bradford, one from Clackheaton, one from Horton, praying that no more money be granted to Maynooth ; one from Pudney, West Riding of Yorkshire, praying that the said College be at once dissolved, and that no money be granted in future for a purely Roman Catholic education ; also, two petitions—viz., one from Horton, and one from Pudney, both in the West Riding of York shire, praying that some effectual steps may be taken to put down the illegal practices of the Roman Catholics in this country. Mr. ROBERT PALMER presented a petition from the mayor and bu rgesses o f th e b orough of New b ury, against the consolidation of the rural police force. Mr. HORSFALL presented a petition from the ship owners of Liverpool complaining of the repeal of the Navigation Laws having prevented an efficient number ,of apprentices being bound to the merchant service. SLIGO BOROUGH ELECTION. Sir G. GREY brought up the report of the General Committee of Elections, nominating the following as the select committee to inquire into the late return for the borough of Sligo—viz., the Right Hon. E. Ellice, Sir J. B. East, the Hon. P. J. Locke King, Mr. J. H. Phil lips, and the Right Hon. Sir F. T. Baring, chairman. UNIVERSITY REFORM. Lord J. RUSSELL stated that the orders of the day for to-morrow should be po•itponed until after the motion of which he had given notice, for reform of the univer sities. WIVES AND CHILDREN OF SOLDIERS. Colonel HARCOURT postponed, until this day fort night, the consideration of the question of which he had given notice on the above subject, in consequence of the noble lord's (Lord J. Russell's) notice of motion as to the University Reform Bill. METROPOLITAN BUILDINGS. In reply to Mr. BELL, who asked the Chief Commis sioner of Works, whether th 3 Government intend to introduce a metropolitan buildings bill this session ; and, if so, whether it will be an entirely new bill, or one to amend the act now in force, Sir W. MOLESWOR,TII said, the Government were not going to bring in a new act, but the subject of amending the existing acts was under consideration. COUNTY RATES, &c. Mr. M. GIBSON rose to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the bill for giving to the ratepayers of counties a representative control over county rates and county expenditure was to be brought in. Lord PALMERSTON said the bill would be brought in immediately after Easter. POOR In VAL. reply to Mr. KNIGHT, REM who O asked the President of the 14t11 °1 1"r Law Board if the inf o r ma ti on move d f or on th e du March, 1853, and amended to facilit a t e it s pro etio ho on the 21 s t F e b., 1854, c an b e p resen t e d t o th e forthwith before the e N n d E o S f April said, the returns would not be ready R ELATIONS WITH RUSSIA. In repl y t o a any official question from Mr. DISRAELI as to whether communications had recently been received by her renewed negotiati Majesty's G overnmen t with respect to oil s with R uss i a f or an amicable settle !Tient of the existing Lord J. RUSSEt quarrel, d eb that up to his latest know ledge no such corornunicaiti coL,,,.,. ons had been received. 'w4IALL JDGESHIPS. Mr, F. PEEL, referri ng to a t arisin of the Sligo borough election coraniltu ee, estion g out as to the appoint ment of a gentleman (Mr. St oner), to a colonial judge ship, the appointment had not been confirmed. ENCUMBERED ESTATES. Mr. HE NRY HERBERT wished to ask the Secre tary for Ireland if it was in co ntem p l ation to b r i n any measure to facilitate t h e sa l e of land W hi ch does notn come under the Encumbered Estates Act. Sir J. YOUNG said the subject was under con sideration. RAILWAY LEGISLATION. Mr. RICARDO asked the Pre sident of the Board of Trade wheth er it was intended to bring in any measure founded on the report of the committee which sat last session on the subject of railways and canal bills. Mr. CARDWELL said a resolution founded upon the resolutions of the committee was prepared, and would be shortly brought in. LAW OF MORTMAIN. Mr. HEADLAM moved for leave to bring in a bill to consolidate and amend the laws of mortmain, and the laws regulating gifts to charitable or religious purposes. This was a very large and important subject, and he should not have ventured to bring it before the house if the Government had been willing to undertske the task themselves. (Hear, hear.l Having ascertained, however, that they were indisposed to move in the matter, he had no alternative, as chairman of the Mortmain Committee but to introduce it himself. j The hon. gentleman then proceeded to review all the existing mortmain acts, remarking that legislation on the subject commenced as far back as the time of M agna Citarta, arid h.avinq .c he went Ca to explain the object of the bill ne proposed to bring in, and the technical changes which he wished to make in the law. There was nothing in the bill which could in any way resist or insult the religious prejudices of any sect in the community, on the contrary, it would s em to pro• mote the beneficent purposes of religious edu_ation and charity, and under certain limitations it woo.. repeal the statute of superstitous uses. Mr. HADFIE LD seconded the motion, and regretted that the subject had not been taken up by the Govern ment. However, it could not be in better hands than those of the honourable and learned gentleman, who had so ably stated the case of this bill to the house. The public knew little or nothing of death-bed bequests or grants—too many of them were invalid, according to the provisions of some of the ex isting acts, and it was high time that the doubts which the law raised were set at rest. (LEFT SPEAKING.) THE SUN, LONDON, TI URSDAY EVENING, MARCH 16, 1854. FUTURE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA. the liquidation of the Said island debt to the extent of 500,0001. nor until this Act shall have received her Majesty's royal assent ; and a procla mation of such assent having been given stall be made by the Governor, and upon and immediately after such proclamation, this act, and every article, clause, matter, and thing therein contained, shall commence and take effect. Provided, never theless, that such assent shall be given, and such proclamation made, within twelve calen dar months next after the passing of this act." There can be no doubt that the Impe rial Government and Legislature will cordially concur in giving effect to the wise and salutary changes which the Assembly has so frankly adopted ; and we confidently trust that the operations of the reforms so judiciously suggested by the Secretary for the Colonies, and so promptly accepted by the local Legislature, will be speedily visible in the po litical, social, industrial, and commercial progress of one of our most important colonial dependencies. invitation, and he should not have gone there this time had he not been requested. The complainant gave the most unqualified denial to the statement made by the prisoner, who was then re manded for the attendance of the complainant's father, who left London the same morning. Robert Cheshire, the driver of his own cab, was sum moned for using a horse unfit for hire. Mr. Charles F. Chubb said that he had bee spending the evening with some friends on Wednesday last, and was returning home about two o'clock in the morn ing, when he hired the defendant to drive him to Battersea, from the stand at the Cheapside end of St. Paul's-churchyard. He did not notice if the horse was in a fit state to perform the journey, but got into the cab, and soon fell asleep. When he awoke he saw the driver leading the horse at a walking pace ; but not being in a hurry he went to sleep again, from which he again awoke to find the driver still leading the horse in Pimlico. He remonstrated with defendant, and told he was going a long way round, but the defendant only sail the horse was tired, and would soon he better, upon which assurance comp'ainant once more gave himself up to slumber, and the next time he awoke it was only to find the horse at a stand still, and a policeman deliver ing his opinion to the effect that the animal was "baked," and complaint was, therefore, obliged, at five o'clock in the morning, to get out in the middle of the King's-road, and to walk home over Battersea bridge. (From the Morning Chronicle.) The views which the Duke of Newcastle se ably and perspicuously stated, towards the close of last seasion, with reference to the future government of Jamaica, and which received the unanimous approval of both Houses of Parliament, have, it appears, likewise met with the concurrence of the Assembly of that island. The intentions then ex pressed by the Colonial Secretary have been em bodied in a bill, "for the better government of the island, and for raising a revenue in support thereof ;" and that measure now awaits only the decision of the Legislative Council to become law. There can be little doubt that, in nearly all its most important provisions, it will obtain the as sent of that body ; and, in order to facilitate this result, the Assembly has passed a resolution to the effect that it will not, iu this instance, insist on its right of refusing to entertain amendments, on the part of the Council, in the money clauses of bills which it has sanctioned. LAW INTELLIG ENG E.—March 15. The main object of the measure is to transfer the executive functions hitherto exercised by the House of Assembly, and by various boards, to a committee of four salaried officers, to be nominated by the Governor—three of whom are to be selected from the House of Assembly, and one from the Legislative Council. This committee "shall, together with the Governor, constitute and form a body, to be called "Ile Board of Executive Com mittee,' of whom three shall be a quorum ;" and this board shall performall the duties, and be clothed with all the powers and authorities previously im posed on, or vested in, the Commissioners of Pub lic Accounts, under the local Act of 15 Geo. 111., and other measures of the Colonial Legislature. By the 17th clause of the bill, " The right now ex isting in every member of the House of Assembly to propose a vote of money shall, from and after the appointment of the Executive Committee, un der certain limitations, " cease and determine ; " and it shall not be lawful for the House of As sembly " to originate or pass any vote, resolution, or bill for the imposition or appropriation of any tax or impost, to or for any purpose, which shall not have been first recommended by a message of the Governor to the said House of Assembly, or by the Executive Committee for the time being." And further, " the sole and exclusive power of proposing or originating any vote of money shall vest in, and be exercised by, the Governor, by message to the said House of Assembly, or through the Executive Committee for the time being, as such organs of Government, or by one of them, under the authority and direction, awl upon the sole responsibility, of the Government." The 21st clause of the measure, defining the duties of the Executive Committee, and the limits of their authority, is as follows .—" The duties of such Executive Committee shall be to assist the Governor in preparing the annual estimates, in levying and disbursing the public moneys, and in the general administration of the finances of the country ; and it shall be the duty of the said Executive Committee, when they shall be required so to do, collectively and individually to advise and assist the Governor in the general administration of the affairs of this island. And, in like manner, when so required by a minute, in writing, under the hand of the Governor, to give their opinions and views in writing, and at Urge, on all matters submitted to them ; and, in like manner, it shall be the duty of the said. Execu tive Committee, and of every member thereof, when so required, in writing, as aforesaid, to advise on, prepare, and perfect all estimates, ways and means, papers, messages, answers, bills, ai.d other proceed ings which the Governor shall deem advisable to be submitted or communicated to either branch of the Legislature, or to any person or persons whom soever ; and it shall be lawful for the Governor, by a minute in writing under his hand, which minute shall be published in the Gazette, by authority, and also transcribed in the books of the said Executive Committee, to direct and appoint that the service of any particular part or parts of the general ad ministration of the island be performed by any par ticular member of the said Executive Committee, and, by a like minute, to be published and tran scribed as aforesaid, from time to time, to vary or alter the particular service of any such member of the Executive Committee. And it shall be the daty of each member of the Executive Committee, to whom, from time to time, such particular service shall be appointed, to executive and per form the same accordingly. Provided neverthe less, that, notwithstanding anything herein con tained, the Executive Government of this island shall continue to be discharged by the Governor, and on his responsibility, in the same manner as heretofore it has been, either when the Governor has heretofore acted alone or by and with the advice of his Privy Council. And provided also, that nothing herein contained shall vest, or be construed to vest, in the said Executive Committee, any right or power of appointing to any office ; but the whole patronage and right of making all such appointments shall continue in the Governor as heretofore." COURT OF CHANCERY. FORCES V. LIMOND. This appeal from the Vice• Chancellor Stuart was opened on Wednesday last, and the arguments were continued to-day. The question was whether the defen dant, as trustee of a deed for winding up the affairs of Messrs. Lyall, Mattheson, and Co., of Calcutta, was liable to the plaintiffs for a 10 per cent, dividend on two bills for 2,0001. and 1,6631. that sum having been paid to the other parties to the deed. The Vice-Chancellor held that the defendant was not liable, because there was no proof of the plaintiffs accession to the deed, and because they afterwards received dividends on the whole amount of their debt from the official assignee in insol% ency. The Solicitor-General, Mr. Lewis, and Mr. Willes were heard for the appellants. Mr. James and Mr. Hemming in support of the decree. The defendant said the horse had been a journey to Brixton and back that evening, and was therefore very tired ; but in the morning he called in the veterinary surgeon, who found the horse had been suddenly seized with inflammation of the lungs, from which it died on the following day. The complainant said, under those circumstances, he would not press the charge, believing the defendant had already suffered sufficiently in the loss of his horse. Alderman Muggeridge said, as it was not proved the horse was not fit for work at the commencement of the journey be must dismiss the summons for want of juris diction, ac, if there was any offence at all, it took place in Westminster. The reply of the Solicitor-General is to be heard on Saturday next. SOUTHWARK.—Robert Blakely, cab-driver, badge No. 11,197, was summoned by Henry Rogers, inspector of cabs inside the Brighton Railway Terminus, London Bridge, for assaulting him in the execution of his duty, he having prevented the defendant from exacting from a lady more than his legal fare. The officer stated that recently the Brighton Railway Company had opened their terminus for the reception of all cabs, and witness was employed to regulate them and prevent confusion. When the three o'clock train arrived at London-bridge on Saturday afternoon, the defendant was on the rank near the platform with his horse and cab, and a lady we, top to him and requested him to drive her to the Eastern Counties Railway Sta tion, Shoeeditch. The defendant demanded two shil lings of her as his fare, when the I dy appealed to wit nes,, asking if such was his legal fare T He went up to the defendant and told him that his fare was only eighteen pence, and requested that he should take the lady for that. The defendant became very insolent, and refused to take the lady, when he ordered him to quit the terminus. Instead of ‘'oing so he drove to the fur ther end of the station ; and while witness was endea vouring to prevent him from taking another fare, he tried to run over him, and it was with sonic difficulty that he could get out of his way. Witness then got on the platform, when the defendant drove alongside and struck him with his whip, and drove away. Mr. Wontner said that he did not deny the facts spoken of by the officer, and his client expressed his regret that he should have acted so foolishly. Mr. Conibe said the company, in bringing forward the present charge, had acted very praiseworthily in pro tecting the publics from frauds. He should fine the defendant 10s, and costs, and in default commit him for seven days. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURTS. IVENS AND ANOTHER V. ELWES AND OTHERS. The question in this case was, whether the effect of the recital of a debt in a deed executed by the testator (there being no covenant or agreement to pay the debt) was a sufficient acknowledgment of the debt to keep it alive as a specialty debt, and take it out of the Statute of Liuii tations, under 3.1 and 4th William IV., c. 42. The arguments were commenced but not concluded when the Court rose. FDLLARTON V. ROWLAND. This case has been mentioned upon former occasions, upon a motion for an injunction to restrain actions by Dr. Rowland against bankers for the recovery of money placed to his account. The plaintiff alleged that she had lent the money to Dr. Rowland to assist in founding a hydropathic establishment near London, which had not been carried into effect. At the hearing the defendant intimated that he had no object'on to an order being made, it being fully understood that he in no way ad mitted the truth of the plaintiff's altegations against him. Mr. Tripp now mentioned, on behalf of the plaintiff, that it had been arranged by consent that all further proceedings should be stayed, the terms on which this should take place being agreed to. His Honour now made an order sanctioning the ar rangement. Mr, Chandless, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Surrage, and Mr. Rawlinson appeared for the defendant and other parties interested. .211IDDLESE.X SESSIONS—March. 15. (Before Mr. Serjeant Adams, Assistant-Judge.) _Henry Joseph Perry, a respectable-looking lad, was ir dicted for having stolen half a 10/. note, the property of the Wesleyan Reform Association. Mr. Parry appeared for the prosecution. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner had been employed in the office of the Wesleyan Reform Association, but was dismissed about three weeks before this transaction. On the 24th of January a letter con taining half a 10/. note was sent to the ass-ciation by a gentleman named Kershaw, of Gornersall, Yorkshire. This letter never reached its proper destination, and the prisoner subsequently went to a person in the employ of Mr. E. T. Smith, the lessee of Drury Lane Theatre, and asked for an advance of money on the half note, stating that he was a son of Flexmore, the clown. The servant declined to comply with this re quest before speaking to Mr. Smith, and the prisoner said he would call again. Mr. Smith was informed of the application, and when the prisoner repeated his visit, he saw him, and suspecting that some fraud was con lemplated he gave him into custody. The half note was afterwards found to be that which had been stolen with Mr. Kershaw's letter ; and the statement about Mr. Flexmore of course proved to be a false one. The pri soner stated, at length, that a man in the Commercial road had made him almost drunk, and had told him what to say and do in the affair. The jury found the prisoner guilty. Mr. Parry said the prisoner was a very bad boy. The gentlemen connected with the association dismissed him for stealing seine hymn books, and his father was not aware of his dismissal until three weeks afterwards. He had been addicted to keeping late hours, and had made a groundless accusation against one of the gentlemen, to the effect that he had been in the habit of taking him out to masquerades. It was suggested that a reformatory institution would be the best place to send him to. WESTMINSTER.-- Thorny): zOoodert, a boy 16 years of ago, wax charged with btabbing Robert Faulkener, a lad of about the same age. Three witnesses were examined, from whose testimony it appeared that the accused and the wounded boy were employed at the Westminster Marble Works. On Tues day, Faulkener and Hannan both took some work to do at the same tine, and there was some rivalry between them as to which would complete the task first. Hannan succeeded in accomplishing his two or three minutes be fore the other, and Gooden jeered and taunted Faulkener upon the circumstance, until the latter threatened to " give him something " when they got out into the street. The day's work being over, Gooden, Faulkener, and 60 or 70 others left together, when Faulkener pushed Gooden and struck him in the ribs, upon which Gooden took a large clasp knife from his pocket, and opening it declared with a filthy expression that he would stab him. Faulkener threw his arm round the other's neck to disarm him, when Gooden plunged the knife into his belly, and with his bowels protruding in his hands, the wounded boy, aided by Hannan, was taken to the surgrry of Mr. Pearse, 10, Regent-street. Mr. G. Pearse proved that on the boy coming to him, he found a large quantity of his intestines protruding from a wound in the left side of his belly. He returned .the intestines and dressed the wound, which was an inch and a quarter in length. It had been inflicted upward, and the knife might have penetrated an inch and a halt. A fatal result being apprehended, the wounded boy's deposition was taken by Mr. Arnold at his father's house, and the prisoner was remanded. THAMES. —John Mitchell, a coal-whipper, 40 years of age, was charged with violating the person of his step daughter, Mary Ann Daley, aged 12 years. The girl who was sobbing loudly during a great part of the investigation, said that her father, as she termed the prisoner, came home on Tuesday afternoon rather the worse for liquor. Her mother was then from home. He took hold of her and placed his hands about her person in a way that frightened her very much indeed. She tried to get away from him, on which he offered her 6d. to lie down on the bed with him. She said she did not want to lie down, on which he begun pulling her about again, and tore her frock. He then threw her upon the bed, and got upon it afterwards. (The girl then described the criminal assault committed upon her. The magistrate had much difficulty in eliciting the particulars. Her evidence left no doubt that gross violence had been used towards her.) The prisoner said he had been the best of fathers to the girl for nine years. He sent the girl on the Tuesday on a few errands, and went to meet his wife, the girl's mother, who was employed daily in High Holborn, but he missed her. On returning home he was astounded by the landlady's accosting him, and saying, " Oh, Mr. Mitchell, we have had a nice job with your daughter. She was lying on the floor drupe, and we had to carry her to bed." He laid down on the bed, and was aroused by the girl's mother, who frightened her daughter into making the charge. The prisoner's wife, who appeared very indignant, here exclaimed, " It is false, it is false, you villain, and you know you have ruined my poor daughter." The girl was recalled—She said her father sent her out for a qnartern of rum, and gave her part of it, and then sent her out again, and it took elect upon her. After her father had gone out she fell down in the passage, aid was carried to be.l. When her mother came home she was fast asleep, and her father was fast asleep on the be I alongside of her. In conse quence of what her mother saw [the girl described cer tain appearances] she awoke her, and asked her what her father had been doing to her. She was too frightened to tell her at first, but her mother compelled her to to so, and she related all that had occurred in the presence and hearing of t e prisoner, who said nothing. Mr. Alex. Carson, surgeon, of No. 121, Cock-hill, Rateliff, who had been called in to attend the girl, found her in considerable pain, and his examination of her, the result of which he described at length, left no doubt that recent violation had taken place, and that she had sus tained considerable injury. Charlotte Cooke, the landlady of the house in which the priscner and his wife have been living, said the girl was brought home tipsy, between 6 and 7 in the evening, and she put her to bed. When the prisoner came home he said, " Where is my Polly V' Witness said she was up stairs, and asked him if he had given her anything. He said he had not, and affected to be surprised when in formed the girl was in liquor, and went up stairs, where he remained. The 22d clause, setting forth the Ministerial agency of the Executive Committee, declares that one or more of that body "shall, in their respective Houses of Parliament, be the official organs of the Governor for all intercommunication between the Governor and such Houses respectively, and for the authoritative disclosure of the po licy of the Government on all questions, political, financial, and administrative, which from time to time may therein respectively be come the subject of consideration and discus sion." A proviso is added, to the effect that it shall not be imperative on the Government, or on their official organs, to make any disclosure of such policy. The Assi;tant-Judge regretted that there was no place in existence to which he c mid send him. It was to be hoped that there soon would be. He should remand the prisoner, and in the meantime apply to Capt. Wil liams on the subject. The prisoner was then remanded. Nathaniel Archer, a gentlemanly-lookinEr man, sur rendered to take his trial on an indictment charging him with having indecently assaulted police-constable 315 N division. Mr. Ballantine appeared for the defence. The evidence of the prosecutor was of a peculiarly dis gusting and revolting nature. The learned counsel for the defence denounced the charge as a base and infamous concoction on the part of the prosecutor. He was proceeding to point out some important inconsistencies in the policeman's evidence, when The present bill proposes no change in the consti tution of the House of Assembly. But it enacts that the Legislative Council shall, in future, be composed of seventeen members, five of whom—in cluding one member of the proposed executive com mittee—may be holders of offices of emolument ; and the nomination of the members of the Council is vested in the governor—subject, however, to the paramount authority of the Imperial Government to appoint or remove as it may think proper. This Council shall " use, exercise, and enjoy the same powers, privileges, rights, and immunities, as the present Council of the island, when sitting as a legis lative council," have hitherto exercised and en joyed, together with such other rights, privileges, and immunities," as are conferred upon then by too new act. They are deprived, by the 14th clause, of their functions and privileges as a privy or ad ministrative council, or as a judicial body ; but, by clause 4, they are enabled. to " Use, exercise, and enjoy the like political powers and authorities of initiating or originating any legislative measures (provided such measures shall not involve the im position of taxes, or the appropriation of the public money) as are used, exercised, or enjoyed by the House of Lords in Great Britain." The qualifica tions of the members of the Executive Council are thus defined :—"No person, except the five holders of offices of emolument, as aforesaid, shall be sum moned to the Legislative Council, unless he shall be possessed, in his own right or in that of his wife, of a freehold estate in this island of the annual assessed value of 3001., or upwards, or shall pay taxes, public and parochial, to the extent of 301. on real property in this island, held by him in his own right, or in the right of his wife, or to the extent of 50/. upon property, real and personal, in this island." The Assistant-Judge interrupted, and took the opi nion of the jury as to the necessity of Mr. Ballantine to proceed further. The jury intimated they were quite satisfied, and that no imputation whatever rested on the defendant. Verdict—Not Guilty. Mr. Ballantine said proceedings would be taken against the policeman. The defendant left the court with a large number of friends. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD CIRCUIT—MAnca 15. At the sitting of the Cro ourt this morning, Mr. Justice Wn.Y,littnan said that, in consequence of a communication which he had received, he feared that the new commissioner would not arrive before Friday ; and, therefore, it would be better to say at once that the Nisi Prius business would not begin till Saturday, and that then the Court would take only common-jury causes, and that the special jury causes should be made remanets till the next assizes, unless the parties agreed t• change the venue to Gloucester. Mr. Keating suggested that the Court might, under the statute in that behalf, take one day from the num ber fixed for Shrewsbury, and continue here till Tues day, instead of leaving on Monday, according to the pre sent arrangement. His lordship acceded to this suggestion, and so the commission-day for Shrewsbury will be postponed from Monday to Tuesday. It was arranged that one of the special jury causes in which the parties have agreed as to the facts, and in which the only question is one of law, will be taken as a common-jury cause, and so saved from further delay or expense. It is confidently said that one of the leaders of this cir cuit will be the new judge. This rumour is circulated with so much circumstantiality that it is almost universally believed. There can be no doubt that any of the learned gentlemen who now have the leading business on this circuit would be eminently qualified to fill the vacant seat ; but of one of them in particular, it is said that the Chancellor, in whose hands exclusively this appoint ment rests, knows him well, and believes him to be one of the best lawyers at the common law bar. Mr. Whateley, Q.C., and Mr. Keating, Q.C., assisted to-day in trying prisoners. • ' Mr. Ingham committed the prisoner for trial. We have said that there are to be only five salaried members of the Legislative Council ; but this is a prospective arrangement, which is not intended to affect that body as at present consti tuted. At this moment, six of its members hold offices of emolument—viz., the President, the Major-General Commanding the Forces, the Bishop of the Diocese, the Chief Justice, the Attorney- General, and the Hon. Mr: . Turner. The bill does not propose to deprive these functionaries of the seats which they now hold, but merely suspends the power conferred upon the Council of originat ing legislative measures, so long as there shall be more than five members of the body holding offices of emolument. THE COAST GUARD. —At all the coast guard stations a boat's crew of the oldest hands are retained, in order that the stations should not be entirely under the control of inexperienced persons, [ADVEATISEMENT.]—Fifty thousand Cures have been effected by Du Barry'sdelicious Revalenta Arabica Food, without medicine, inconvenience, or expense (as: t saves fifty times its cost in other remedies). " Twenty-flveyears nervousness, oonstipation, indigestion, and debility, from which I had suffered great misery, and which no medi cine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. R. Reeves, Pool Anthony, Tiverton." " Eight years' dys pepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice of many, have be en e ff ec tually removed by Du Barry's delicious food in a very short time. I shall he happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. John W. Flavel, Rid lington Rectory, Norfolk." " Three years' excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which rendered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's excellent , food. Alexs. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibbereen.' —" Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms. sickness at the stomach, and vomitings, has been removed by Du Barry's excellent food. Maria Jolly, Northam Ling, near Diss, Norfolk." Copies of testy monials of 50,000 cures (including those of Lord Stuart de Decies, Major-General Thomas King, Drs. Ure, Shorland, and Harvey (gratis). In canisters, with full instructions, lib., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d. ; 51b., 1 la. ; 121 b., 225. ; super-refined, 51b., 225. ; 10Ib., 335. The 101 b. and 121 b. carriage free.. Parry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; also, Fortnum, Mason, and Co. pervevors to her Majesty, Piccalilli'. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills the greatest wonder of modern times.—They correct bile, prevent flatulency, cleanse the liver, purify the system, renovate the 'debilitated, strength( n the stomach, increase, the appetite, invivrate the nerves, promote health, and re instate the weak to an ardour of feeling never before ex perienced. The extraordinary daily sales of these in valuable pills in all parts of the globe astonish e erbody, convincing them that there is no other medicine in ex istence equal to Holloway's pills for removing the com plaints which are incidental to the human race ; they are, indeed; a blessing to the afflicted, and a boon to those who suffer from any disorder, internal or external. —Sold by all druggist, and at Professor H01107, - ay's Establishment, 244, Strand, London, CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Wightman.) Samuel Johnson was indicted for the wilful murder of Mary Johnson, alias Walsh, on the 17th of October, at West-Bromwich. Mr. Huddleston conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Scotland the defence. The prisoner and the deceased had cohabited for some time as man and wife, and both having gone to a neigh bouring fair or wake, unknown to each other, and there accidentally met, they went with some frienls to drink at a public•house. Some words having arisen between them, and deceased having abused him and kicked at him, he gave her two violent blows with his fits on her forehead and another on her side, which killed her on the spot. Gui►ty of manslaughter, and sentenced to transporta- tion for life. The rest of the measure has reference to the manner in which it is proposed to raise a sum of 27,5001., which is to be paid annually by the island, for a period of thirty-three years, in liquida tion of the principal and interest of a loan of 500,0001., to be advanced by the Mother-country, at the rate of 31 per cent. ; and provision is also made for obtaining a further sum of 25,0001. annu ally, " towards defraying certain expenses of the Government of this island." These payments are to be secured by a duty of Si., upon every 1001. of the value of all " live and dead stock, goods, wares, and merchandise," imported into the island of Jamaica—which duty is to be levied so long as the respective sums of 27,0001. and 25,0001. shall be payable ; but, after the annual payment of the former shall have ceased, the duties on the above mentioned articles are to he reduced to 21. per cent. on their value. It was to ensure the introduction of a measure for the establishment of responsible Government, and also to release the colony from the " dead lock" which had supervened from the want of harmony between the House of Assembly and the Legisla tive Council, that the Colonial Secretary proposed the above-mentioned loan of 500,0001. on the part of the Imperial Government. The anal clause of the present bill specifies the conditions on which the contemplated change in the Constitu'ion of the colony is based. It is as follows This act shall not conic into operation until an act shall have passed tae Imporial I.?arliamcnt of Great Brit:Lin, pledging the guarantee of the 'United Kingdom for PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS—MAncri 16. PAYMENT OF WAGES BILL. Order for second reading read; motion made and question proposed, "That the bill be now read a second time :" Amendment proposed to leave out the word " That" to the end of the question, in order to add the words " before any further legialatioa on the subject of the payment of wages be sanctioned by this house, a select committee bo appointed to inquire into the operation of the laws affecting the relations of masters and workmen, and to re port whether any and what amendment may be requisite in those laws,"—instead thereof :—question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the question :" —The house divided ; ayes 166, noes 56. AYES-166. Acland, Sir T. Goderich, Viscount. Mlche 11, W. A'Court, C. Gore, W. Moody, C. Adderley, C. Greenall. G. Morris, D. Bailey, &dr J, Grenfell, Chas. Mostyn, E. Bailey, C. Grogan, Edward Musgrave, Earl of Ball, J. Grosvenor, Ld. R. Mutlings, J. Bass, T. Gwyn, H. Napier. J. Beach, Sir M. Hale, It, Newark, Viscount Bent inck, G. Halford, Sir H. North, Lt.-Col. J. Berkeley, Hon. C. Hall, Sir B. Oakes, J. Blackett, J. F. B. Hamilton, Lord C. O'Connell, D. Blair, Col. J. H. Hamilton, G. A. O'Connell, J. Booker, T. W. Harcourt, Col. F. Packe, C Bouverte, Hon. E. P. Hayes, Sir E. Pechell, Sir G. Brady, J. Heard, J. Pigott, F. Brockman, E.D. Heathcoto, Sir W. Potter, R. Buck, L. W. Henley, J. Price, W. Burghley, Lord. Herbert, 11. Pritchard, J. Butler, C. Herbert, Sir T. Robartes, T. Butt, I. Herbert, P. Sandars, G. Byng, G. Hervey, Lord A. Sawle, C. Campbell, Sir A. lllg4ins, G. 0. Sibthorp, Vol. Casilerosse, Viscount Hllyard, R. C. Smijth, nir W. Child, Smith Hindley, C. Smyth, J G. Cholmondeley Lord Horsfall. T. Stafford, A. Christopher, Robt. A. Hughes, W. Stanhope. .T. Clifford, LL-C01.11.M Hume, W. Stanley, W. Gobbett. J. M. Ingham, R. Stirling, W. Gobbold, J. C. Irton, S. Strickland, Sir G. Cogan, W. H. F. Jermyn, Earl Stuart, Lord D. Compton, H. C. Johnstone, J. Sutton, J. Cowan, C. Jolliffe, Sir W. - Thicknesse, R. Crossley, F, Jones, Capt. T. Thornely, T. Disraeli, Hon. B. Jones, D. Tollomache, J. Druml ,nrig, Vis. Kendall. N. Tudway, R. Drummond, H. Keogh. W. Vernon, G. Duffy, C. G. Knatchbull, W. Villiers, F. Dundas, F. Knight, F. Waddington, H. Dunlop, A. Lacon, Sir E. Wa'cott, Admiral Dunne, Col. Lam ton, 11. G. Walsniley, Sir J. East, Sir J. Lawton, W. 11. P. G. Waiter, J. Egerton, W. Lennox, Lord A. F. Watkins, Col. Egerton E. Lennox, Lord H. Weds, W, Emlyn, Vis. Liddell. 11. G. West. F. Fagan, W. Liddell, [I. T. Whiteside, J. Feilden, M. Lockhart, A. E. Whitmore, 11. Ferguson, J. Lockhart, W. Williams. W. Fitzgerald, Lt-G.Sir J. Lovaine, Lord Willoughby, Sir 11. Fitzgerald, W. Lowther, Col. 11. C. N , s ise. A. Fitzroy, Hon. H. Lucas, F. Wy , dham, Gen. F. ley, J. Macartney, G. Wyndham, 11. Fox, W. Mackie, J. Young, Sir J. Freestun, Col. W. McTazgart. Sir J. Freshfie!d, J. Maddock, Sir T. H. TELLERS. Frewen. C. Mac-mire, J. Fuller A. Massey. W. Forster, C. Gardner, R. Maunsell, r. Brun, 11. A. N )EA-66. Alcock, T. Grey. 11 , don Sir G Patten. J. kndPrson, Sir J. Hadtield, G. Pilaington, J. Baird, J. Hamner, Sir J. R ch ird,ou, J. Barnes, T. Ifastie, %lex. Ito - butt, I. Barrow, W. He wo id, J. Russell, F. C. Bell. J. Hum ~ J. Russell, F. W. Brigh , J. ilutchids, E. Scull,, F. rirotherton, J. mitt, W. Shic - to R. Chamber+, T. Kershaw, J. Smith, R. heetharn, Jahn Kii k, W. Smol,ett, A. D ilrymple, Viscount Lowe, R. St coley. Lord Dive t, E. Mall, E. Thompson, G. Duncan, G. Mtiligait, R. Tomlinc, G. Elliot, J. Milner, W. Warner, E. Fergus, J. Mitchell, T. Wickham, H. W. Goodman. Sir G. Moffatt, G. Wilkinson, W. Goold, W. Monck, Viscount Gower, F. Montgomery, Sir G. TELLERS. Grace, 0. Norreys, Lord Cranford, E. H. J. Green, Capt John Otway, A. Hey worth, L. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Report of the Registrar• General. ) The week that ended last Saturday produced a con siderable increase of mortality, the deaths in London having risen from 1,135 in the previous week to 1,343, the number now returned. Changes in the weather appear to have acted injuriously on the public health ; the mean temperature fell below the average on Friday in the preceding week, and continued to fall on three following days. On Monday it was only 34 deg., or nearly 6 deg. below the average ; on Wednesday it rose to 49.3 deg., which is 9.4 deg. above average ; on Thursday it rose to 54.5 deg., or 14.3 deg. above the average. The variation in the mean daily temperatures of Tuesday and Thursday amounted to 17.8 deg. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1844-53 the average number of deaths was 1,083; which, if raised in proportion to increase of population, becomes 1,191. The number returned last week, therefore, ex ceeds the calculated amount by 152. . Deaths from bronchitis rose in the last two weeks from 106 to 147 ; those by pneumonia from 81 to 103. The total number caused by the diseases of the respira tory organs is 295, while the cerrected average is 257. The total number referred to the class of epidemic dis eases is 254, the corrected average being 222. Last week the births of 946 boys and 854 girls, in all 1,800 children, were registered in London. The average number of nina corresponding weeks of the years 1845-53 was 1,491. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 30.229 in. The mean daily reading was above 30 in. on every day, ex cept Friday. The highest mean was 30.539 in. on Sun day ; the lowest 29.962 in. on Friday. The mean tem perature of the week was 43.8 deg., which is 3.7 deg. above the average of the same week in 38 years. The mean daily temperature was below the average on the first three days ; it was considerably above it during the rest of the week. The highest temperature was 63 deg., on Thursday ; the lowest, 25.5 deg., on Monday, making a range of 37.5 deg. The wind blew from the north-east on Sunday, and mostly from the south-west on the last five days. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 11. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Un certain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain. Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Biood-vessels 55 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion . ...... . Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations ll Premature Birth and Debility Atrophy ., 44 Old Age Sudden ll Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance ...... Causes not specified DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. sponding week in the itil. of 18 3. Week. West Districts North Districts 490.396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 ... 334 South Districts - ---. Totals Males Females 68 654 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females Total . 1,800 THE CONSERVATP7E LAND SOCIETY.--The sixth quarterly general meeting of the members of this society was held yesterday afternoon, at the Free masons' Tavern, Great Queen-street ; Lord Ranelagh in the chair. The report, after alluding to the success of the society since its establishment, adverted to the progress made during the quarter. The disposal of estates among the members had not been affected by the influence of the serious public events of the period, and the receipts justified the expectation that the returns would be the largest of any quarter since the society's formation. The total cash receipts up to December 24, 1853, had been 76,3771., and from De cember 24 to March 15, 1854, 20,4131., making the total receipts up to this day 96,791/. The amount of with drawals was only 5891., and the shares remaining on the books of the society represented a capital of 446,3001. The Eastern Counties Railway had liberally granted free first and second-class passes for 14 years to the occupants of houses of a certain value to be built on this estate, and the society proposed to build a church in the centre of their estates at Reading. Early in the spring building operations would be commenced on the society's oth er numerous estates. The report was una nimously adopted, a f ter some o b serva ti ons f rom Colonel Knox, M.P., Mr. Booker, Mr. Pownall, Dr. Worthing ton, and other gentlemen, and a resolution expressive of regret at the loss of Mr. Alderman Thompson, lately one of the directors, was also can ied. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, MARCH 14. James Simpson, 9.., president, in the chair. The discussion on Mr. Yates' paper, "(II the Advantages of Uniformity in European Weights, Measures, and Coins," was continued throughout the evening, and, not being concluded, was adjourned until the meeting of Tuesda ve y 11 , :arch :I.?, after which th e ab.tract of the die. cession , 00 both ion g evenings will be published. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.—James Cain was placed at the bar, before Alderman Muggeridge, charged with the follow ing ffenee : Sarah Watts said she lived with her parents, in Three Tun-court, Redcross-strcet, and at an early hour in the morning she was awoke by the prisoner, whom she found almost in a state of nudity in her room, sitting on her bed. lie said he carne to call her, as it was time to get up ; but on her awaking her sister an al ma was given, and the prisoner then dressed himself and went down stairs. The prisoner did not live in the house, neither had she invited him into her bedroom. He did not lay hands upon her on this occasion, but he had done so on the night previous, and she had great diffi culty in getting from him. The prisoner alleged that ho had been on terms of in timacy with the coliplainant, with whom he had kept company for thc, last two years. Ere also said he had ireqaently been to complainants bedroom before by her SPORTING NOTES. SENT TO COVENTRY. The meeting at Coventry on Tuesday was a marked suc cess. The course was crowded by people of all classes and conditions, and the muster of the betting brotherhood was comparatively large. Fine weather, too, rendered the pro ceedings doubly attractive and pleasant. For the legiti mate events the fields were good and the racing interest ing, but the steeplechases were decided and unmitigated failures. Indeed, until the telegraph board announced three runners, it was generally expected that Bourton would be left alone in his glory to walk over for the Craven Steeplechase. Spring, however, was started to oppose the winner of the Liverpool Grand National; and Vainhope, although evidently " unfit" and lame, ran to assist his stable companion Bourton, and to secure the added money. 3 to 1 was laid on Bourton ; but so numerous were the takers, who, doubtless, calculated on the many probable accidents and the glorious uncertainty of the sport, that those odds were at the start reduced half a point. Bourton's success was not for an instant jeo pardised, although, on making the turn for. home, a simultaneous shout of " Spring wins" was raised on the Stand. After charging the last flight of hurdles, however Bourton went up to Spring, passed him without an effort, and won in a canter ! Seven started for the Selling Flat Race, which was the first event decided. The encounter was remarkable only for the defeat of the favourite, Telegraph, and the some what equivocal running of the Spanish ;I ack filly. Bull's Eye, the winner, was not mentioned in the " ring." Battery made nearly all the running, and won the Co ventry Handicap somewhat cleverly, beating a field of eight. Georgey was the favourite. He lay off until ap proaching the distance, when he failed in his effort to reach Wellsbourne and Battery, who were then settling down in earnest to their work. Carro'l, who for many months has been suffering from severe illness, rode Little Davie. He is now almost restored to health, and is quite capable of again figuring with effect in the pigskin. The Selling Steeplechase occasioned rare fun. Slashing Painter, Stretford Lass, and Widow Machree were the only starters. They ran without let or hindrance to the Radford Brook, where Widow Machree fell, and Stretford Lass, who was following close behind her, struck her on landing, and also came heavily to the ground. Slashing Painter was then put at the water, but he displayed a decided disinclination to face it. Tasker spurred and whipped him, the spectators hallooed and hounded him on, but all in vain, he could not be got over. In the mean time Sait had scrambled up and remounted the Widow Machree, and was more than half a mile head. Slashing Painter was then not persevered with. Shetford Lass, too, was missing, and her rider was lying stunned upon the ground. Widow Machree was then, therefore, left alone to go over the course. On being put at the Radford brook the second time she had not forgotten her former disaster. She refused, and could not be persuaded to leap it. After a lapse of about five minutes, during which time every effort was made to get her over, the Stret ford Lass suddenly showed again in the race, and went to work to catch the Widow before she leaped the brook. In this effort she nearly succeeded, but when within a short dis tance of her, Salt, who had dismounted to char the way, succeeded, with the willing help of the shouliag spectators, in dragging the Widow through the water. Shetford Lass, however, went on in hot pursuit, cleared thr brook, but at the very next fence again came to the ground. The Widow then passed the post alone, amidst the deAsive cheers of the people. On returning to scale an objletion was made to Widow Machree, but this, like the Forses, also fell to the ground. It was, however, supported for a time with many noisy protestations, but the owner of Widow Machree declared, with much feeling, that he hid not won a race for eight years, and the consideration of his ill-luck evi dently silenced the objectors. Tom Girney won the Free Handicap Hurdle Race, and Theodine the Handicap, which closed at three o'clock on the day of rtnning. March 16. A FRESH MAN. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TADCASTER RACES_ YESTERDAY. STEEPLECHASB. Diana. . Maley Won in a canter by eight lengths. The folio wing also ran :—Blue Bonnet, Priam g. Juan, St. Mark, and Mary Barnton. WARWICK AND LE2 CHASES.- ACCEPTANCES for the Ga ,MINGTON STEEPLE -MARCH 24. ,ND ANNUAL. About four st lb Oscar ll 8 Lord George ll 0 Agis Vainhope Peter lO 6 Spring Trout lO 0 Needwood 9 10 Lobster ACCEPTANCES for the FRE st lb View Halloo 9 10 The Marquis 9 6 Crabbs Jurnpaway 9 2 Star of England Princess 9 0 Comeaway 8 12 Burnt Sienna 8 1S Seaman C HANDICAP HURDLE RACE. miles. st The Alp 9 12 Star of England 9 7 Geraldus 9 6 May Day 9 5 Sir Philip ACCEPTANCES for the FREI st lb The Old Rake Theodine Gerard Ringleader 8 7 : HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE. miles. Three st lb Cervus (501.) 9 9 Dearest Mae (301.) 9 9 Graziella (601.) Slashing Painter (201.) The Linnet (501.) 9 0 Widow Machree (201.) Stretford Lass, late Take Notice (301.) 8 9 The Miner (201.) BATH STEEPLECHASES.—MARCH 31. WEIGHTS for the GRAND OPEN. About lour miles. st lb , st lb The General Carrig ll 0 Vengeance 9 8 Diana lO 71Farmer 9 8 Sam Hood. Victress lO 2 Old Rake Physician Burnt Sienna 9 121 Linnet Gernldus s 9 12 iChester Theodine Sir Philip WEIGHTS for the SELLING STEEPLECHASE. About four mi st 11, Blue Stockings ll 7 Archy ll 7 Widow Macbree C..untess st lb lodine Stratford Lass (late Take Notice) lO 7 Stanley Linnet Axa KT STEEPLECHASES. About miles. Greek lO 10 Emma WEIGHTS for the STAG Hu. four st lb Gipsy Bess lodine Stanley Axa Venus Stag Acceptances for each of or before Tuesday, March 2 st lb Black Lottery Priest lO 8 Effendi Brown Ditto 9 12 The Nigger the above to be declared on 'l. CHELTENHAM SPRINT WEIGHTS for the GRAND AN taiu winners extra. For: 23d of March. Four mil G MEETING.—APRIL 12. gNIIAL STEEPLECHASE. Cer rfeits to be declared by the st lb Oscar ll 5 Vai n hope Lord George ll 0 Need wood lO 7 The Marquis lO 4 Spring Trout ... lO 0 Victress lO 0 Crabbs Maurice Daley 9 10 at lb Sam Hood 9 8 View Halloo 9 8 Cockcrow Teddesley The Admiral ...... Sir Philip Columbine 9 0 Comeaway 9 0 Royalty 9 0 Burnt Sienna 9 0 'RES FOR 1854. ;CH. Northampton 29 Abergavenny 30 Catteriok Bridge 19 Abergavenny 2O York Spring 25 Mahon 27 AY. Lothians and EdinburghlB Lewes l9 Bath 23 Liverpool Hunt Spring 24 Epsom 3O TE. Bibury ..28 Stockbridge ........ ..29 Ludlow 80 Winchester 3O Y. 17 Stourbridge Stamford ... lB Nottingham 2O Goodwood -25 Ripon 81 RACING- FIXT MA Warwick Spring 21 Catterick 27 AP Croxton Park 4 Epsom Spring 6 Cheltenham Spring l2 Newmarket Craven l7 M Newmarket F S Chester Spring 9 Lothians & Edinburgh 11 Newmarket S S 16 Shrewsbury l9 JII Manchester Ascot Heath... lB Newca+tle•on-Tyne 20 Hampton 2l Carlisle 26 Newmarket Worcester 4 Lancaster 6 Mansfield ll Liverpool l2 Ipswich 13 I SALE OF BLOOD STOCK, the property of the Duke of Richmond, -who is declining the turf :—Harbinger, 5 yrs old, by Touchstone Cuckoo, 235 guineas ; Pharos, 4 yrs old, by Touchstone Refraction, 125 guineas ; a bay colt, 3 yrs old, by Van Tromp Reel, 25 guineas; a brown colt, 2 yrs old, by Robert de Gi rham Wil derness, 18 guineas ; a chesnut colt, 2 yrs old, by Chatham Evasion, 56 guineas ; a brown filly, 2 yrs old, by Epirus Reel, 52 guineas ; bay yearling filly , by Red Hart Reel, 56 guineas ; brown yearling by Red Hart Coral, 21 guineas ; bay yearling colt, by Bed gut Refraction, 37 guineas. Two EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. The subjoine:l letter relates to the position of the East and West India Dock Company. The points suggested are such as might bo discussed more appropriately at a general meeting of the proprietors than in any other manner, but, as this concern is among the few in Lon don who deem it desirable to avoid pubicity, it is not surprising that those who wish for inquiry or reform should feel it necessary to adopt more efficient methods of ibtaining attention : " Sir,—Some weeks back you noticed the meeting of the East and West India Dock Company, the private nature of which precluded your giving those details which are fur nished by other dock companies, and which are interesting to a great number of your readers, as bearing upon the trade of the country. " This, and the reduced dividend, have attracted my attention ; for as men's purses become lighter their percep tions are apt to grow more acute. A reduction in the stock from 170 to 107 in a few months, and a diminution of dividend from 6 to 5 per cent., at a time of unexampled commercial activity and prosperity, are startling facts. "I would ask, then, if the company participate in this increase of trade ? 1s there the same activity displayed, amid the competition for business, in behalf of the interests of the'East and West India Dock Company as is exercised in behalf of other dock companies? Do all the directors give their warehousing business to the docks, and, if they do not, because they find the wharves cheaper, have they taken any pains so to modify their rates as to be satisfactory to the merchants while remunerative to the docks? "Has the enormous sum expended in making a commu nication between the docks been a judicious outlay? and has it been done with the approval of the practical officers of the company ? " Can the affairs of the company be more profitably con ducted by the constant attendance of three active and well paid directors, acting under a small board of general direc tors, also paid sufficiently to attend to its interests, than by the present system of 40 directors, each rendered rather supine than active, and perhaps less careful of the ten dency of his acts under his one-fortieth share of responsi bility ? "These and other questions are well worthy of their at tention, and between this time and another general meet ing I advise their earnest consideration, when a discussion in the presence of reporters may serve to elicit a knowledge of their position, to ventilate the company by public opi nion, and place its interests on a surer foundation.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, " A PROPRIETOR OF EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCK STOCK. " The London Docks pay a dividend of 5 per cent. on a capital of 3,638,3101., while the East and West India Dock Company, with superior accommodation and capabilities, pay but the same dividend cn a capital of 2,065,6681.!" SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CITSTOII FIotISE, 51ARCH 15. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Auguste and Moline, from Bremen ; Hendrick Hudson, New York ; Schoonderloo, Rotterdam ; Jane Cockerill, Kertch ; Tyro, Leghorn ; Aune Sophia, Falkland Lilands ; Cambrian, Jamaica ; Delft, Gibraltar ; Mystery, Shanghai ; Robert, Newstadt ; Orient, Valparaiso; Stratford, Sydney; Vrouw Aaljtie, Ditzuw ; Confidence, Galatz ; New England, New York. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Pembroke shire Lass, for Malta; Zwasutina, Konigsberg ; Sarah Maria, Malta ; Concordia, Dautzic ; Cambrian, Jamaica ; City of Hobart, Hobart Town and Melbourne ; Concord, Constantinople; Hendrick Hudson, New York; Industry, Dunkirk ; Hilda Charlotta, Buenos Ayres ; Orion, Gee long; Stratford, Mauritius. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.— The Oscar, for Stettin ; Freundschaft, Hamburgh ; Maria, Stettin ; Jeannette Phelipinie; Port Adelaide ; Lucy, Trinidad ; Hendrika Margaretha, Copenhagen ; Great Britain, Mon treal ; Queen of Britain, St. Lucia ; Barbaras, Cape of Good Hope ; Roehampton, Adelaide ; Brisk, do. LIVERPOOL, Mama 15. The Marion, arrived from Bombay, sailed from that port Nov. 3, and from Ascension Feb. 6. Left at Ascension— Her Majesty's ships Atholl, Tyre, and Crane, steamer Tortoise, ship Premier, and barque Palm. The Dyson, for Jamaica, and the John Wood, for New Orleans, were boarded on Monday evening, off Port Lynas, putting back through stress of weather. The David G. Fleming, ashore on the Devil's-bank, has got off, and docked. The Reliance, hence for Portland, in the Clyde, leaky. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Agnes Gilmour, bound west, Feb. 20, lat. 26 N., long. 43 W. The Dante, from Newfoundland, Feb. 26, lat. 32 N., long. 40 W. The Abana, from Dundee, for Pernambuco, Feb. 2, lat. 6 N., long. 20 W. The Wildflower, from Calcutta, for Havre, March 1, lat. 37 N. long. 31 W. The Ellen, of Liverpool, for Demerara, lat. 48, long. 12. COUNTRY MARKETS. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET MARCH 14. There was a fair supply of straw of all descriptions in the market. The prices were as follow : Oat straw, from 6s Od to 8s Od per kemple of 16 stones tron ; wheat do., 7s Od to 8s Od ; barley do., 5s 6d to 6s Od. Hay from 12d to 00d ; new ditto, Od to Od per stone. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET-MALICE 14. There were in the market to-day, 20 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801bs imperial, which sold thus :-20 at 21. 7a, 00 at 01. Os Od, and 0 at 0/. Os. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET-MARCH 13. There were in the market to-day 57 bags of oatmeal, 00 of barleymeal, and 2 of pot-barley. Sales dull. The top price of oatmeal was ls up ; the second 3d up, and the third Us Od up. Pot-barley, the top price is up from last market. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. I Second. Third. imperial Barleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto —s Od —s Od —s Od Pot-barley, per ditto LEEDS- MARCH 14. There have been very m Berate arrivals of wheat, and the supplies are reported as falling off in the agricultural markets. Nevertheless the trade here rules extremely heavy, and it is difficult to effect sales at current rates. We quote prices 2s per qr. low,r than on Friday, without leading to any extent of business. Barley, beans, and oats all tend downwards, with a very limited demand. Other articles as before. NEWCASTLE-MARCH 14. The wheat trade was very quiet at a decline since this day week of 2s to 3s per qr. Barley is lower. No change in other articles. ET.---I,Ltacn 15. ,he close of the market :- 1 Wallsend, &c. it lb COAL MARK Prices of Coal per ton at t. s. d. Carr's Hartley 2O 6! s. d. Cookson's Hartley l9 6 Bell's Primrose 17 0 Davison's West Hartley 19 9 Braddyll 2O 0 fluting's Hartley 2O 6 Framwellgate l9 0 Holywell 21 1 Hetton "1 0 Ho card's West Hartley llaswell 21 0 Netherton 19 9 Lainbton 21 3 Old Adairs 18 t ;Plummer 2O 0 Stobart's Hartley 18 0' Russell's Hetton 21 3 Tanfield Moor lB o:Cassop l9 9 Tyne Main. . . Walker Primrose .........17 3 Woodhouse Close 17 6 West Hartley 19 ft Birchgrove Graigola 27 0 Cowpeu Grey's West Hartley l9 6 17 6 Wathen (3, &c Haney Wylam RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market closed with a dull and heavy feeling :—Caledonian, 271 ; East Anglian, 44 ; East Lancashire, 15/ ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 664 ; Leeds Northern, 134 ; London and North-Western, 101 ; Man chester, Sheffield, an d Li nco l n, 211 ; Midland, &D i ; North British, 81 ; South-Eastern and Dover, 18g. BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—This market was steady to-day, and business quite up to the average. Midland stook was done at eq. LEEDS, MARCH 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been a little more busi ness done on 'Change this moruing. Holders were firm, and prices are without material change. The following are the closing quotations :—Great Northern (A), 10 ; Midlands, 60k; North Staffords, 6 dis. MANCHESTER, DiAnna 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was a little more life in the share market, but still the business was not large. P r i ces were firm :—London Stock, 101 ; Dovers, 18i ; Manches ter and Birmingham (C Quarters), 3.16 n.p. ; Midlands, 6011; Sheffields, 21k. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 12th inst., the wife of the Rev. John Oate , M.A., senior curate of Scarborough. On the 13th inst., at Dover, the wife of Captain Martin dale, R o yal Engineers. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 13th inst., at Sonthbourne Parsonage, East bonnie, the wife of the Rev. R. W. Yierpeint. On the 14th inst., at 18, Newington•place, Kennington, th e wife of Daniel Haywood, Esq. MARRIED. On the 4th inst., at Duisburg, in Rhenish Prussia, E. T. Dundas, Esq., of Manor, N. 8., to Everilda, third daugh tor of the Rev. blordaunt Barnard, rector of Little Bard field, Essex. On the 14th inst., at St. Giles's, Camberwell, William, eldest son of W. H. Hall, Esq., of Rye-terrace, Peckham rye, to Annie Eliza, youngest daughter of C. Edwards, Esq., of Rye-lane, Peckham. DIED. Ott the 13th inst., at Jubilee street, Stepney. in his 711 year, Thomas Ely, formerly of the county of Essex, 46 years a clerk in the Bank of England. On the 14th inst., at Dalston, in the 66th year of her age, Sarah, relict of the late Edward Seaton, Esq., Sur geon R.N. On the 14th inst., at Doncaster, suddenly, after a few hours' illness, Augusta, daughter of Mr. S. C. Norris, of 16, Bloomfield-street, Finsbury-circus. On the 14th inst., at Glocester-terrace, Hyde-park, John Crosby, Esq., formerly of H.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth, in his 92d year. 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