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.744.1•40,.4 4 6-al "IrlY SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. TATTERSALL'S. Nothing doing at Tattersall's this evening. WARWICK RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SWEEPSTAKES. Billy Beckbluy Lass WELTER STAKES Peeping Tom Liberty ADDITIONAL ARRIVALS Trout and Oscar. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. 3 to 1 agst Oscar (taken.) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STARES. 5 to 1 on the field. 6 to 1 agst Mr. Sykes (taken). 10 to 1 agst Bracken (taken freely.) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HVIISE OF LORDS.---(THIS EVENING.) The LORD CUARCRLLOR took his seat on the woolsack a►t.fivc o'clock. ROYAL ASSENT. .The Royal assent was given by c ommission to the following bills :—The Cenzolidatc2. Fend (8,000,0001.) Bill, the Exchequer Bills ( 1 ,750,0001.) Bill, The Coast ing Trade Bill, the Mutiny Bill, and the Marine Mutiny Bill. . . The Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, "Rarl Granville, and Lord Monteagle. The Bishop of LONDON presented a petition from Bury St. Edmunds against certain provisions in the Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill. The Earl of DONOUGHMORE presented a petition from a place in Ireland praying for the adoption of mea sures to relieve counties of the enormous expense at tending the trial of prisoners. Lord CAMPBELL presented petitions from Edin burgh, Glasgow, and the other principal towns of Scot land, against the system of compulsory oaths. The Earl of HARROWBY presented petitions from the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, and the Liver pool Guardian Society, in favour of the registration of bills of sale. • - - - METROPOLITAN INTERMENTS. The Bisliop of LONDON gave notice that on Mon clay next he would present a, petition from certain cleremen calling attention to the great evil which re sulted from the recent measure respectin4 metropolitan interments, and the absolute nec ess ity o f 'adopting new regulations, with a view to social and sanatory pur poses. SUPPLY OP HAY TO THE NAVY. The Earl of MALMSBURy inquired whether the noble Secietary fot the Colonies lind -not made a• mis take in stating that the name of the person, who bad defrauded the Government in connection with a contract for hay, was Sturges. He had been informed that Sturgeon was the name of the individual. It was de sirable that his name and residence should be correctly given, in order that he might bear all the shame which belonged to such conduct. The Duke of NEWCASTLE said he had come down to the house expressly to explain the mat ter. (Hear, hear.) He regretted to find that he had made a mistake in stating that the person'a name was Sturges. The gentleman who was his infor mant the other evening had found out the mistake, and ascertained that the individuals who supplied the hay containing the rubbish were Thomas Sturgeon and Sons, of Grays, Essex. He could only ex press his sincere regret that he had attributed the offence to a person of such respectability as Mr. Sturges, of Orchard -street, Portman-square. Lard CAMPBELL said, for the credit of the law, he should be very sorry if such conduct could not be made the subject of a criminal prosecution. He had no doubt that, by the common law, these persons were liable to be prosecuted, and, on conviction, •to be severely punished. He had tried some - person for a fraud committed in respect to the 'metal employed in making certain figures for Nelson's monument, and sentenced them to three months' imprisonment. These persons would of course be visited with a more severe sentence if found guilty. After a few words from Lord BROUGHAM, The Duke of NEWCASTLE said the whole matter was now under investigation, prior to proceedings being taken against the party. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH presented a petition in favour of the construction of a harbour of refuge at the mouth of the Tyne, and called attention to the im portance of the subject when we were about to engage • in a war which was likely to be of lon g duration. HIGHWAY SOUTH WAL ES BILL. • This bill went through committee. [LEFT SITTING.] ROUSE OF COMMONS.—(TEIS EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BILLS. The following private bills were read a third time, and passed :—Ashton-under-Line and Dukinfield Bridge, Norwich Equitable Fire Assurance Company, Rossen dale Union Gas, Royal Exchange Assurance Consolida tion Bills. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. HATTER a new writ was or dered for Liscard, in the room of Mr. Crowder, Q t C., elevated to the Bench. PETITIONS. Sir J. DUKE pre-tented three petitions from the parishes of St. Michael's, St. Dunstan's, and St. Bride's, against the Poor Removal Bill. Mr. G. BUTT presented a petition from Weymouth against the endowment of Roman Catholic priests for prisons. Mr. COWPER presented a petition from the parish authorities of Hertford, in favour of the Poor Removal Bill. Mr. MILLIGAN presented a petition from the me dical botanists of Bradford against the Medical Registra tion Bill. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from the Society of Friends in Ireland, praying for the abolition of mi nisters' money. Mr. CRA.IfFIIRD presented a petition from a place in Scotland, praying for an amendment of the law of partnership. RETURNS. On the motions of Mr. ROEBUCK and Mr. ADDERLEY, returns were ordered relating to the Supreme Court of Calcutta and the Orange River Sovereignty. NA PURALISED SUBJECTS. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from cer tain foreigners who had b'ecome naturalised subjects of this country, stating that they had been refused Foreign office passports, and praying - the house to take their case into consideration. The hon. gentleman gave notice that to-morrow he should move that the petition be printed, with the view of calling the attention of the house to it. RAILWAY LEGISLATION. Mr. Ff. BROWN asked the Preiident of the Board of Trade when he proposed to bring in his Railvvay Bill. Mr. CARDWELL said the bill was prepared, and he proposed to bring it in as soon as the state of public business would admit of his doing so. NEW WRIT, - On the motion of Mr. H. G. LlDDzrz, a new writ was ordered for Tynemouth, in the room of Mr. Hugh Taylor, whose election had been declared void. POOR-LAW SETTLEMENT. Mr. HENLEY asked the President of the Poor-law Board whether the Government propotae to extend the provisions of the Settlement and Removal Bill, so as to affect and abolish the power of removal of Scotch and Irish paupers from England, and of J.rish and English Pampers from Scotland. Mr. BAINES could not answer the question. It Dist .be put to th e S ecre t ary o f State) for the Home epartment. A GRICULTURAL STATISTICS. M r. PALK asked the President c,f the Board of Trade, 'whether any steps have been or are a b ou t to b e taken to obt a i n statistical information with regard to agricultural produce. Mr. CARDWELL replied in the a:fan:illative. The information Would be laid before Parliarc len kas it came in. OYAL CONIMISSIO N. K r . riILMANR, the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod, at barthe table appeared the of the Ro , and summoned the house to attend at . use of Pears, to hear the ears., Royal assent given to several act; for which see the Lords' report. _ IRISH Na RKET Viscount CASTLEROSSE ask e d ('thief Secretary for Ireland whether it was the intention the Govern ment to introduce any measure, during the did markets in Mon, for the better regulation of fairs he present ses sion, ? Sir J. YOUNG said, yes, but not ver p soon. NEWSPAPER STAMP; 3. Mr. CRAUFURD wi3herl to know vi 'hen the returns of newspaper stainp4 , ,Would be laid on the tabl e The CHANCELLOR of the EXCH.' ;QUER replied that it had already beef) produced. Mr. NEWDEGA.TE hoped, in justit e to newsp aper proprietors, that it world not be printe,. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the return had been ordered by the house, in opposition to his own wish. HAY CONTRACT FOR THE ARMY. Col. BLAIR asked which Mr. Sturges it was who had -efraud the army of the East in supplying bil , lery. If it was not a Mr. Sturges, then, 4 -1:i111 declined to give up the name. Tave notice that he. s h o uld repeat the irOw, and then insist upon an answer. bRNE saw no objection to satisfying the it's curiosity now. The nano of the pltrty ;Sturgeon and Son," of Grays, Essex. lICIC gayenotice that to-rhorrowhe oho tild ask if the case had been submitled to the Attorney-Gene ral with the view of prosecuting the parties. Sir J. GRAHAM would answer the qnest;on at once. The solicitor to the Board of Admiralty had to day received instructions to take every possible steps which the law afforded to bring the parties to justice, and if it'should be found that the law did not reach the case, it would be his duty to bring in a bill to prevent a recurrence of such frauds. (Hear.) IRISH PRISONS. - - Lord NAAS asked if it was intended to bring in a bill this session for the better management of Government and county prisons in Ireland ? Sir J. YOUNG said such a bill would be forthcoming after Easter. SELECT COMMITTEES. Mr. EWART rose to move for a select committee to consider whether the constitution of select committees might not be improved. 1, By choosing the members through a committee of selection. 2, By ascertaining previously that they would be able regularly to attend the meetings of the committee to which they might be appointed. 3, By limiting the number of members corn posing such committees, with a view to increase their responsibility. _ _ _ Sir J. PAKINGTON hoped this motion would not be persevered in, as the committee on public business was about to report on the subject. The motion was therefore withdrawn. GAMING HOUSES. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL rose to move for leave to bring in a bill for the suppression of gaming houses. The existing law was quite sufficient to prevent gamiN in public ; but in private it was carried on to a frtghtfu extent. The private gaming houses of the metropolis were so well fortified and watched that the gaming implements were conveyed through a certain convenience to the public sewer, before the police could get into the apart ment where the gambling had been going on. The consequence was, that men who were notorious offend ers in this way, managed to escape the law. The gam bling-houses of the West-end were as notorious as the taverns in the same quarter, and yet, owing to a defect in the law relative to the evidence required in such case, no conviction could be brought home to the proprietors or frequenters of such places. It was proposed, there fore, by this bill•to make it an offence to fortify a house for the purpose of shutting out the police, as was now the practice of gaming noose proprietors, and in the next place, where cards, dice, or other implements of gaming were found in a man's house, he should be required to prove that, they were not there, or had not been used for the unlawful purpose of common gaming. The great difficulty in all these cases was to obtain suffi cient evidence to justify a conviction ; but the house was aware that the frequenters of those sinks of iniquity con sisted of two classes, namely, dupes and sharps, and by this bill it was proposed to give the magistrates the power .to select who should be prosecuted and who should be converted into witnesses. The common law privilege of refusing to answer questions, on the ground that it would criminate themselves, would be taken away from the parties required as witnesses ; and if they refused to give evidence under a proper indemnity they would be liable to punishment. Another difficulty conneeted . with the suppression of these vile establish ments was the facility which the existing law afforded the frequenters , for giving fictitious names and addresses when they were taken before' the magistrate. They.. were .thus enabled,. to escape the odium of exposure, which perhape would of itself be suf ficient to deter many persons of stollen and .Wealth from attending gambling houses ; but it was proposed by the bill that in fauns giving a false name , or address should be an offence renderingithe offender liable .to a penalty, or.a short L imprisontnent. These were the main. provi sions of the bill, and he was sure if l'arlianient sanctioned them the existing evil would soon be corrected by the police. Sir J. V. SHELLEY, as the representative of West minster, thanked the lion, and learned gentleman for having proposed this reform in the law. Leave was then given to bring in the bill. GRAND JURY LAWS. Mr. MACARTNEY moved that the following hon. gentlemen should be the select committee upon the Irish Grand Jury Laws :—Mr. Macartney, Sir J. Young, Lord Stanley, Colonel Caulfield, Mr. G. H. Hamilton, Mr. Wrightson, Mr. Gould, Mr. Napier, Sir R. Fer guson, Colonel Duane, Mr. H. H er b er t, M r . G eorge , Mr. ullivan. Mr. Davison, and Mr. Roche. Mr. F. SCULLY moved , as an amendment, that the order for the appointment of the committeebe discharged. After a brief discussion the amendment was agreed to. INCOME TAX BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Sir F. KELLY said it was not his intention to oppose the bill, but he reserved to himself and his friends the right of hereafter withholding his sanction to the pre sent financial proposals of the Government, with refer ence to any further extension of the income tax. After a few words from Mr. SPO ONER the bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. MEDICAL PRACTITIONER'S BILL. This bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. The house then adjourned at half-past six oclock. CHRIST'S HOSPITAL-(THIS -DAY.) ELECTION OF PRESIDENT. The election for president of this ancient institution took place this day, a special court having been con vened for the purpose. The greatest excitement pre prevailed, in consequence of the usual order of things having been interfered with—the office of president having been considered to belong to the corporation governors and the aldermen of the City of London. The candidates on this occasion for the distinguished position were his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor. On. the part of his Royal Highness it was contended that the records of Christ's Hospital in its early days bore indisputable evidence of great mismanagement under the auspices of the aldermen of the City of London, and that the charity became at one time 8001. in debt. The chair was taken by William Gilpin, Esq., trea surer to the institution. The usual formalities having been gone through,. The CHAIRMAN briefly explained the objects for which the governors had assembled, viz., the election of a president. Mr. HOAR proposed the Right Hon. Thomas Sidney, Lord Mayor of London, as president. The nomination having been seconded, Tsomsolg HANKEY, jun., M.P., proposed his R o y a l Highness the Duke of Cambridge, K.G. The nomination of his royal highness was seconded by Mr. Darby. . _ _ The ballot having commenced, at three o'clock the glasses were closed, and the numbers were declared as follows : For his royal highness the Duke of Cambridge 216 For the right hon. the Lord Mayor B7 Majority for the Duke of Cambridge The proceedings then terminated. AN AWKWARD QUESTION.—CoIoneI Sibthorp has framed the following question, and placed on the "votes" a notice that he will ask it next Monday—" Why, during the most natural public anxiety and suspense in the present state of things, and the declaration of her Majesty's Government, particularly b 0 the Chancellor o the Exchequer, of the necessity of the increase or doubling the income tax from 7d. to 101 d. in the pound on account of the war, some more direct and positive de claration of war has not taken place or their assurance that such impending war will be avoided altogether ?" " LOPE RULES THE CAMP," &e.—A correspondent says :—"ln your paper of last Saturday you mention the interesting little incident of the young wife of a private in the Rifle Brigade having dressed herself in his uniform, and marched with the men in hopes of embarking, unde tected, in the Vulcan, and rejoining her husband, who had sailed for Malta, as an officer's servant, in the Himalaya. Her husband's comrades, who marched with her shoulder to shoulder,' did not peach ;' but she was discovered on calling the roll previous to the men going on board, 1 believe, as there was no name for her to answer to ; and she would certainly have been left behind if the matter had not reached the ears of the young Countess of Errol, who was herself proceeding to Malta with her husband, a captain in the Rifles. She kindly interceded for the poor girl, who has sailed under the care of the brave Earl's noble wife."—Preston Chronicle. . 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Thesiger, who came down upon a special retainer, Mr. Bramwell, Q.C., Mr. Willes, and Mr. Jackson were for the defendant. This cause was tried on Tuesday, and it occupied the whole of the day, and was not brought to a close until late in the evening. Mr. Chambers in opening the case described it as one of considerable importance, inasmuch as it involved the question whether the press was to be protected in fair criticism upon public matters for the interest of the public, or whether, because the observations that were made upon any particular subject might give offence to certain persons, the person making those ob servations in the discharge of his duty was to be grossly slandered with impunity. The learned counsel then pro ceedesl to state that the plaintiff, Mr. John Hooper Hart noll, was the proprietor of a newspaper published at Greenwich, called the Kentish,Mercury, and he had also for a '' (rood many years conducted a weekly publication, called the Post Magazine, which devoted its attention exclusively to matters conducted with insurance com panies. The defendant, Mr. Durham, was the chairman of the board of directors of a company called the Unity Fire Assurance Association, and it was in that capacity that he s was charged with having published the libel of which the plaintiff complained. As he had stated, the plaintiff took a very great interest in the subject of in surance, and he devoted his , attention to examining the accounts of the companies that offered themselves to the notice of the public, and there was very little doubt that the information he thus rendered was of great import ance, and tended materially to prevent persons from being defrauded by connecting themselves with offices based upon unsound principles. After the passing of an act of Parliament called the Joint-stock Com panies Registration Act of 1846, which was an act that gave great facilities to the formation of com panies of this description, the plaintiff was struck with the enormous increase in the number of insurance corn parties, the number previous to that period having been fifty-seven, whereas after the passing of the act they in creased to 396, and he felt it to be his duty in the dis charge of the task he had undertaken to look closely at the mode of management of every . new company that was started, and to caution the public if he believed their calculations were erroneous, or that the way in which their business was conducted was such as to leave no possibility of success. In August, 1852, the company id question, which was called the Unity Fire Assurance Association, was provisionally registered in accordance with the provisions of the act. The capital was to be one million, to be raised by 500,000 shares of 21. each, and the deposit to be paid upon each share was to be 55., and the defendant was stated in the prospectus to be the chairman, Major Stones the vice-chairman, and a Mr. T. li. Bayliss was the secretary and manager: The com- Tany made great efforts to obtain popularity ; a meeting was,held at Manchester, where there was also a general entertainment at the laying of the first stone of 'the eplendid building intended to be the offices of the com pany'; and in August, 1853, there appeared in all the London morning papers what, he said, might well be termed a monster advertisement, inasmuch as it filled eighteen columns of the papers, and consisted of the names and addresses of 5,000 persons who were share-' holders in the Unity Association. The plaintiff, ob sessing ad those. proceedings, foundlt right to look into the haeounta of the cotiipny, and the result was that the Post Magazine being insufficient for the purpose, he on the fat of October brought out a new publication called the Assurance Monitor, in which he gave to the public the result of his inquiries and the information he had ob tained. Mr. Chambers read extracts from the publica tion mentioned. They referred specially to the defen dants' company, and represented that, although it was put forth to the public that 125,0001. of capital was paid up, he has ascertained by a memorandum of the regis tration deed that this was not the case, and that a con siderable number of the subscriptions were unpaid, and then went on to say that, supposing this amount really had been paid up, the enormous expenditure of the com pany in connexion with their building, advertising, com mission to agents, &c., would prevent them from in vesting more than 80,0001. or 90,0001., the interest of which would be more than swallowed up by the current expenses, and that the shareholders could only expect a dividend from the hazards of the office, and .that they must amount to four millions of pounds, and there must not be a single loss, before a dividend of five per cent. could be paid. The article also went on to say that upon every five shillings paid a shilling was given to the agent for commission, and likewise called attention to the fact that Mr. T. H. Bayliss, the secretary, acted in the same capacity to another joint-stock company of the same de scription, and that several of the directors of the Unity were acting in the same capacity to other companies of the like kind, which must of necessity be opponents of the Unity. The result arrived at appeared to be that the shareholders of that company cauld not hope to be successful in their undertaking, for the reasons stated. The learned counsel proceeded to say that he should contend that the plaintiff,-acting honestly in the discharge of his duty, had a perfect right to publish this article, in order that, if his arguments were well founded, the pub lic might be guarde against the mischief and ruin that too frequently resulted from unsound establishments of this character, and that the defendant, acting on behalf of the company, in attacking him as he afterwards did, had committed a gross injustice, and had rendered himself amenable to the present action. He had stated that the first number of the Assurance Monit;r appeared on the Ist October, and very shortly afterwards a pamphlet was published, entitled "An Address to the Shareholders of the Unity Fire Association, in reply to the unwarrant able attacks made upon it be the Assurance Monitor," and this pamphlet contained the libel of which the plain tiff now complained. The learned counsel here read portions of the pamphlet in question, in which the plain tiff was classed as a journalist with the writers in the Satirist, Age, Paul Pry, and other disreputable prints, 1 and it described him as an hireling writer, and said that, like those who had formerly written in the publications referred to, he lived by extortion and levying " black mail" from his victims. The learned counsel having commented at some length upon the aggravated charac ter of the charges made against the plaintiff, said he trusted that when he had laid the whole of the case before the jury they would feel that it was one which called for exemplary damages. Mr. Tarrant, the attorney for the plaintiff, proved that he applied for a copy of the pamphlet headed "A n Address to the Shareholders, &c.," at the offices of the company, and one was given to him by a clerk. Mr. Taylor, the attorney for the defendant, was called in order to show that he was the chairman of 'the com pany, and that the pamphlet had been issued with his knowledge. In answer to questions by Sir F. Thesiger, the witness said that the company was provisionally registered in May, 1852, and was completely registered in September. The directors were —Major Stones, Mr. Garland, Mr. Jackson (the barrister), Sir W. 0. Pell, Mr. Taylor, (witness's brother), Mr. T. Vaughan, Sir W. C. Dalzell, and Dr. Lloyd, one of the lecturers at Guy's Hospital. Their qualification was 2,000 shares, but they each held 5,000. At the time the plaintiff published the Monitor he believed the whola.of the 125,0001. had been paid up. On the 28th of November, 1853, there was a meeting of the shareholders at Willis's rooms, which was numerously attended, and some person was there who distributed copies of the Assurance Monitor, containing the attack upon the company. The witness then alluded Co an alteration that was made in the amount of the capital of the company, which was raised from one to two millions which had also been made the subject of complaint, in the plaintiff's publication, and he said that every thing that was done in this respect was under the direction and advice of the registrar of joint-stock companies. Mr. J. H. Hartnoll, the plaintiff, was then examined. He said that he was formerly teacher of mathematics and nautical science at the Royal Naval School at Greenwich, but had retired upon a pension. He had been for twenty years proprietor of the Kentish, Mercury newspaper, and fourteen years ago he projected- the Penny Post Maga zine. This publication was devoted entirely to insurance matters, and circulated principally among insurance offices. After the passing of the Joint Stock Companies Registration Act a great many new fire and life in surance offices were brought out, and he canvassed their merits in his journal. He remembered the establish ment of the Unity in 1852, and afterwards seeing the advertisement of the names of the shareholders. He felt it right to make inquiries, and in conseque4ce of the in formation he obtained, he subsequently published an ar ticle referring to the' society in a publication which he brought out for the first time on the Ist of October. He swore most positively that he was not employed by any insurance company to write the article, and that he did so in consequence of his conviction that the statements in it were true, and that they put the public in posses• sion of the knowledge of the real condition of the cons. pang. He also stated most positively that he had never received a single farthing from any person whatever for writing the article. He sent four thousand copies of the publication, at his own expense, to the persons whose names appeared in the advertisement as shareholders. Upon being cross-examined by Sir F. Thesiger, Mr. Hartnoll said, that besides his connection with the pub lication in question, he had kept a school at Brixton, but since the publication of the libel upon him he had found it necessary to modify the establishment. He was formerly proprietor of a newspaper, called the Greenwich, Gazette, wnica, was an unprofitable concern, and it merged into the Mercury. He at the same time conducted another paper, called the West Kent Guardian. One of the county magistrates complained upon one occa sion of an article that appeared in his paper, and he made an apology. A cruninal information was also filed against bins by Lord Dartmouth, and he apologised. Lord Dartmouth paid his own costs and those of his (witness's) publisher, but witness paid his own. In one of his publications he had described a person named Hart as a " peculiar fibber, a slanderer, and a mouthing scamp." He did so because he knew it was true. He had slandered witness at a public meeting, and was proved to have told an untruth, and he spoke of him in this manner when he refused to make an apology. Only three numbers of the Insurance Monitor were pub lished, and the last number appeared on the day this action was commenced. The "monster advertisement, as it, was called, was the principal cause of the Monitor being published. Twenty-five thousand copies of the first number were printed, and he directed a copy to, be sent to every subscriber of the Unity whose name ap peared in the advertisement at his own expense. This exhaus 4 ,ed about four thousand copies. Copies were [ also taken by the following insurance offices :—The thaion,. 1,904 ; Woist of England, 500 ; Sun, 1,00; Royal Farmers, 500 ; Westminster, 500 ; Globe, 1,250 ; Atlas, 500 ; County, 1,000 ; Royal Insurance, 2,000 ;; Liverpool and London, 500 ; London Assurance Cor poration, 500 ; Pelican, 2,000 ; Phoenix, 3,000 ; Norwich Fire, 1,500 ; Norwich Life, I,oo—in all, 17,250 copies. Fifty-five offices took no copies. The remainder were dis posed of in the usual way at the office. He also sent a number of copies of the Posb Magazine of the sth No vember to the shareholders of the Unity. The insurance offices were in the habit of taking a number of copies of the Post Magazine, sometimes so many as three or four thousand. He did not know whether his publisher ap plied to the company for permission to publish their advertisement. He gave them no special instructions, but it was customary to send a circular ‘ to all the in surance offices. In one of his publications be said that he and the company had had their "first innings," and that he should be " stumped out" if he had not got the first blow or the second. The publication of the Monitor was to prevent him from being " stumped out." He was not aware that the publication was anticipated two or three days, in order that it might be ready for distri bution at a meeting of the shareholders. Re-examined—The companies he had mentioned took the number of copies he stated of their own accord. He made no application, and had no communication what ever with them upon the subject. Thirty-two of the old offices did not take any copies. This closed the case for the plaintiff. Sir F. Thesiger then proceeded to address the jury on behalf of the defendant in a speech of great power and ability. He expressed his surprise that his learned friend should have closed the case for his client so suddenly, and that he had not, at all events, put his publisher into the witness-box, as, after what had occurred during the trial of the cause, it was evident that he could have given very important evidence which ought to have come to the knowledge of the jury. He admitted to the fullest, extent the right of the press to comment upon the conduct of public com panies and of cautioning the public against them, where they were conducted in an unsafe and improper manner, and he said that if it were done in a bona fide manner no one had a right to complain • but he should submit to the jury that this had not been the conduct of the plaintiff, and he believed he should satisfy them from his own printed papers that he had been systemati ' cally engaged in slandering individuals, and he should then ask them whether the defendant was ,not justified in making use of strong expressions in reply to, such a person. Sir Frederick then read portions of the dif ferent publications that had been put in, and said it was clear that in the first instance the plaintiff had called the- respectable gentlemen who were the directors of this company swindlers, and he evidently intended to hold the company up to the public as a bubble company, and that the only consequence that could result from any connection with it would be loss and ruin. All, therefore, that. had been done by the company had been done in self-defence, and Mr. Hartnoll had him self alone to blame. What did he complain of ? The principal charge against him was that he was a hireling writer, and that he had made false statements wilfully, to the prejudice of the company. With respect to one important matter, namely, the paying up of the deposits, it waa admitted that he had stated that which was not true, and when he spoke of a state of things existing in 1853 which referred to the previous year, it appeared to him that he must have known that he was committing a wilful deception. The charges he made , against the company were of the most, serious description, and he was, not satisfied with merely publishing them in his Post ill agazine, but he had suddenly brought out this new perioflical ; and so determined was ho in his efforts; to injure the company, that the publication was hastened in order that it might be ready for delivery to the shake holders at their meeting. It appeared to him that thecom pany had no alternative but to give, some explanation, and if they did make use ;of bard words, the defendant was alone to blame. Sir Frederick then referred to the distribution of the seventeen thousand copies of the Monitor to the different insurance offices that bad been named, and he said that as the prioe of the publication was two-pence, the plaintiff must have received no less than 1431. 15s. for those copies alone, and he asked them as reasonable men whether they could entertain the slightest doubt that the object was to injure and to ruin, if possible, the new company. He then commented upon the contents of the pamphlet containing the alleged libel, and concluded by expressing his opinion that the jury would thidk that, under the circumstances, and taking into consideration the fact that, except the plaintiff's attorney, no one else but the shareholders had been provided with a copy of it, they would, consider it was a privileged communication, and that the defendant was quite justified in issuing it. Mr. Baron Alderson then summed up, and the jury almost immediately returned a verdict for the plaintiff, with, ls. damages. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—LEICESTER, MARCH 20. CROWN COURT. (Before Lord Chief Justice Jervis.) James Bull, aged 19, was indicted for feloniously attempting to strangle Ann Clarke, with intent to mur der 124, at Misterton, on the 13th of August last. The prosecutrix, a middle-aged woman of respectable appearance, and the prisoner were in the same service, the former as housekeeper, and the latter as farm ser vant. For some time before the night in question the prisoner had made overtures to the prosecutrix by say ing to her frequently that people said that he was to marry the housekeeper ; but she had never given him any encouragement or permitted any familiarities be tween them, regarding, as she said, all advances of the kind by him towards a woman of her age as an insult. On the night in question he, being undressed, rushed into her room with a rope, which he suc ceeded in twisting round her neck, and endeavoured to tie to the bedpost; but she struggled violently, and Used her hands and nails upon bim with some effect. She also was bruised as well as hurt by the tightening of the cord round her - neck. When she found re sistance in vain, she cried out that she would have him, and then released his hold. He was in a state of ex treme excitement, and almost as soon as the struggle was over began crying. He said afterwards to the con stable, "If she had had me, it would not have hap pened." Mr. O'Brien contended that the intent to murder was not made out by the evidence, which indicated rather that the prisoner's only object was to frighten the pro secutrix hato compliance with his wishes. The learned Judge, however, did not adopt this view of the case, and commented upon the strong resemblance which this bore in its circumstances to Hatta's case at Aylesbury, begging them, at the same time, not to allow that case at all to itifluenne their decision, but to judge of the prisoner's intention by his acts. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sen tenced to be transported for 15 years. stables, and Bow, 383 S, were also upon the watch. Witness, upon a signal being given by Perdrian, entered the house alluded to, and on asking him what the parcel contained, he replied that there was in it a quantity of ribbons which he had from Mr. Jenkins, whose address he did not remember, but he lived somewhere between St. Alban's and Dunstable, and within the last year he first met him at Windsor. He further said that he had been: trying to sell the ribbons. Witness examined the parcel and found therein a very large number of rolls of ribbons, which he believed had been abstracted from a hamper on its transit from Derby to London. Henry Stone, in the employ of Messrs. Chaplin and Horae, carriers, who have extensive premises at the Cam den-town station, stated that on the 12th inst., the cords which had been tied round a hamper in a truck had been cut, and the lid untied. There was a vacant space in the said hamper which had in it black silk ribbons. It was consigned to Mr. Radford, Noble-street, Cheapside, and when weighed at the station it was 521bs weight short. Joshua Gregory, assistant to Mr. Radford, said that the hamper arrived at his employer's premises on the 13th inst., and that goods were missed from it to the value of 471. Os. sd. Perdrian (the company's officer) stated that seeing a large open space in the hamper, he reported to the proper authorities that be thought there had been a rob bery. lie (witness) went into the public-house men tioned by Mr. Bedford, and sat down by the prisoner, who, in the course of a quarter of an hour; took .from _ _ his pocket some bills, the headings of which ho tore off and threw in fragments upon the floor, after which he packed up the papers and put them into his pocket. Prisoner then went to the bar, and in a low tone spoke to the landlord, of whom he requested the loan of a few shillings, saying that he would leave the parcel, and call for it next morning. The parcel which prisoner had with him weighed 521bs. There was nothing in it but ribbons. Bow, 383 S, corroborated a portion of the foregoing evidence, and said that upon Searching the prisoner at the Albany-street station-house, he found upon him two bills with the heading wanting. The items in them were " black silk ribbons," and the words, " bought of John Kirby, 40, King-street, Camden-town," were en graved thereon. When at the station, just before the charge was entered in the book by the inspector on duty, witness heard prisoner say "its a very bad job." The prisoner was remanded. - . LAMBETH. -- Mr. Elliot gra.iited a summons on the application of Mr. Day, vestry clerk of the parish of St. George the Martyr, against a Mr. Drewell, of Hat field-place, Westminster-road, for unlawfully exposing fireworks for sale. It was in the parish aLove-named that a terrible and fatal explosion lately took place, and the vestry clerk has received orders from the parochial authorities to prosecute those who may be found ex posing the neighbourhood to a similar calamity. WANDSWORTH.—Mr. Alfred Wright, residing at No. 6, Churton-street, Pimlico, was summoned at the instance of Mr. Thomas Bent, of the A division of police, who is employed upon the London and South-Western Railway, for having, on the 9th inst., ridden in a first class carriage from Esher to Kingston station, without havinc , a ticket, with the intent to avoid payment thereof. Mr. Godson, the superintendent of the passenger traffic on the South-Western Railway, appeared in sup port of the summons on behalf of the company. The defendant pleaded that helad no intention of de• frauding the company. William Gibbons, a travelling inspector upon the line, deposed that on the day in question he was riding in a first-class carriage of the 7.4 . 5 'l3.m, up train, from andalming, when, on stopping at, the Esther station, the guard put the defendant and another gentleman into, the same carriage with witness, as they were short of second class carriages, and told them to change on arriving at the Kingston station as they would then find room in the second class carriages. After the train had started from Esher, the defendant said to the other gen tleman that he had no ticket. When they stopped at Kingston, the defendant got out of the carriage, leaving his luggage behind him, and ran into the station. The other gentleman also alighted and entered a second class carriage. Witness follower: into the station unobserved and saw the defendant receive a second class ticket from that station, and not from Esher, to Vauxhall. Witness hastened back to the carriage, and was seated before the defendant returned. He then got into the carriage again and travelled all the way to Vauxhall in the first class. The defendant got out at that station and de livered his ticket up to the collector at the door, and would have passed on but witness stopped him and de manded from him the fare for riding in a first class car riage from Esher to Kingston, and also the excess for riding in a first class carriage with a second class ticket from Kingston to Vauxhall, which he refused to pay. Mr. Godson said they had a great many cases where they were victimised in a similar manner, and it was only when they could detect the parties as in the pre sent instance, that they could bring the matter before the public as an example to others, and for their pro tection. , Mr. Beadon observed that the case only showed to him what he had always thought, that it was most es sential for railway companies to employ travelling in spectors. The defendant, in answer to the summons, said that he had no time to get a ticket at Esher, and at Kingston station he thought he could not get a ticket there for riding from Esher to Vauxhall, and so he took a ticket from Kingston. If he had known he could have had one he certainly would have got it. Mr. Beadon thought there was another point the de fendant had to answer, and that was, why he did not pay the excess when it was demanded of him at Vaux hall. The defendant explained, as a reason, that he thought he ought to consider the matter before he did so, as he expected to be called before the railway authorities. Mr. Beadon was surprised that he should suppose that, when by paying the demand the matter would be settled. The defendant had acted very wrong, and had set a very bad example. He find him 40is. and 4s. costs. The money was immediately paid. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET.—Antonio Buelliazo and Thomas Jarazzini, two fashionably dressed foreigners with pro digious beards, were brought before Mr. Jardine for re examination, charged with stealing revolvers, pistols, &c., from about a dozen different gunmakers in the metropolis. Sergeant Prichard, of the A division, produced a long list of the stolen property, some of which had been pawned, while other portions had been discovered in a large chest at the lodgings of the prisoners in Wells street, Oxford-street. These robberies had been carried on to an extraordinary extent by the prisoners, one of whom usually contrived to put the prosecutors or their assistants off their guard, while the other concealed the property about his person. It generally happened, as was no doubt intended, that no one could comprehend what they wanted, from their apparent inability to talk English ; and the prosecutors remained ignorant in this respect until after the departure of their customers, when a glance at the stock and the discovery of the miss ing articles, removed all doubts upon the subject. It was stated that certain letters had been found upon the prisoners which appeared to identify them as the agents of other parties abroad. The police received directions to retain them. Three cases were selected for prosecution, relating to pistols stolen from Blissett's, High Holborn ; Egg's, Piccadilly, and Cogswell's, Strand. One of the prisoners said, " We steal no pistols—We buy them of a:Frenchuum." - Mr. Jardine committed them both for trial. _ . Maurice Bishop, a boy only 11 years old, was charged with stabbing another boy, of the same age, named Michael Flinn. The two children, who were both of Irish parents, were quarrelling in Seven-dials, when the prisoner rushed upon the other boy and struck him in the cheek and forehead with a clasp knife, inflicting severe wounds. The complainant, whose head was bandaged, did not ap pear to have been dangerously hurt. The prisoner said he did not know at the time that he had the knife in his hand. Flinn struck him first. Mr. Ja'rdme remanded the prisoner for a week. WESTMINSTER.—James Wilkie, a costermonger and thief, was charged with stabbing John Cavanagh, an itinerant Ethiopian minstrel. The complainant went into the Fleece public-house, Tothill-street, Westminster, to regale himself after the professional exertions of the day, when the defendant, without the slightest provocation, called him a dog, and then, aided by a companion, fell upon him,..and beat him. Complainant left the room and went to the bar, where he had not been many minutes when the prisoner and his companion renewed the attack. Complainant was defending himself as well as he was able'against the latter, when the prisoner rushed upon him with a pocket knife, and stabbed him in the right shoulder and left arm, after which he escaped. Complainant was taken to the hospital, and had his wounds dressed, and prisoner was taken into custody shortly afterwards by Hudson, 82 B, when he pretended that he had been stabbed by the complainant, and in proof exhibited a scratch on his hand, which had all the appearance of having been done in hastily closing a knife. Prisoner was committed for trial. MARYLEBONE.—A well-dressed middle-aged man, named John Kirby, described as a commission-agent, re siding at No. 40, King-street, Camden-town, was charged with having stolen silk ribbons, valued at about 501., the property of the London and North-Western Railway Company. Mr. Bedford, one of the superintendents of the corn pauy's police, deposed that, in consequence of informa tion which he had received with regard to numerous robberies committed at the goods station, Camden town, he had been searching for the prisoner, who was strongly suspected to be the guilty party, and on the previous afternoon he met him (prisoner) in Leicester-square, carrying under his right arm a large parcel, which he took into a public-house in Princes 4treet, near at hand, Perdrian, one of the company's con. , THE SOCIETY OF ARTS. At the usual weekly meeting of the society last night, Dr. Buist, of Bombay, read an interesting paper on some of the undeveloped resources of India. As examples of wbat could be accomplished in that country, he referred to the articles of indigo, cotton, and gutta, percha. The culture of indigo in Bengal hardly covered its own ex penses in 1778, and now the annual value exported was 1,717,8831. In 1788 cotton was first imported into this country from India, and in 1814, when the company monopoly was relaxed, the supply sent to us thence was 4,000, 000 lb. whereas now it averaged from 160,000, 000 lb. to 170,00,000016. per annum, for the cultivation of which an area of 8,000 square miles was required. The demand for gutta percha had only arisen in 1847, yet it had already increased to such an extent as to threaten in a few years to extinguish the supply unless new sources for obtaining it were opened up. Dr. Buist also referred to the increasing export of oil seeds, that of linseed alone to England amounting to the value of 40,0001. from the single port of Bombay. Ho considers, however, that the chief resources of ndia as a field for produc tive enterprise are to be found in the enormous mass of untutored and unemployed labour at our disposal there. The three things most required in the country were— first, to open it up by roads and railways ; secondly, to develope its fertility by irrigation and improved culture ; and, thirdly, to teach the native population gradually habits of self-reliance. In the construction of railway works they had shown extraordinary aptitude, and though only 22 miles of rail were as yet in use, on them it was expected that the gross traffic returns for the first year would yield 11 per cent. Deducting 50 cent. for working charges, there would be 5i per cent. available for dividend before any goods traffic had come upon the line. Seven years -had been employed in writing about this fragment of a line, and it had been completed in one working season. The con sulting engineer of the Government allowed 15,0001. per mile for its construction, and it had only cost 7,0001. per mile. 13 years had elapsed since Vignolles had re commended a general railway system for India, and only 22 miles were constructed. At the present rate of pro gress, it had been calculated that 40 years would be re quired to open up the cotton country, and two centuries to supply India with the railway accommodation which the continental countries of Europe already possessed. Dr. Buist proceeded to show in a similar manner the necessity which existed for works of irrigation, the con struction of which, so far as they had hitherto been car ried on by Government, had been immensely remunera tive. The last part of the paper was devoted to pointing out the importance of providing for the native populations the means of instruction in the useful branches of know ledge. To show what had been done in this direction, Dr. Buist referred to the Engineering College at Boor kee' the Museum of Economic Geology at Calcutta, and the Economic Museum and School of Indus try at Madras. He also described the efforts made in the cause of instruction at Bombay, though these do not hitherto appear to have met with much encouragement. A year ago Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy had offered to the Government a sum of 10,0001. for the endowment of a School of Industry, and Dr. Buist justly complains that this magnificent offer, which death might at any moment cancel, is still under consideration. Finally, with reference to the present state of the paper market from the scarcity of rags, Dr. Buist points out that in India short staple flax and cotton, almost worthless for the purposes of ordinary manufacture, exist to any amount, with cheap, neat handed, and ingenious workmen, abundance of pure water, smokeless skies, and sunshine of unsurpassable brightness—all the means, ih short, of supplying the world with paper if the art of making it was once intro duced. A discussion followed the reading of the lecture by Mr. L. Neve Forster, the secretary, in which Mr. Frith, Mr. M`Lachlan, Mr. Dilke, Mr. Bird, who oc cupied the chair, Mr. Wilson, of Price's Patent Candle Company, Mr. Twining, and others, joined. The pro ceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to Dr. Buist. THE THAMES EHBANEHENT.—Yeaterday her Majesty's Commissioners of Public Works commenced the first portion of the embankment of the Thames, on the north or Middlesex shore, at Chelsea, and the construction of the approaches thereto and to the suspension bridge to cross the Thames, to the new Park at Battersea. A number of houses in Wilderness-row and King's-road, including that well-known mansion called Clarence House, will be pulled down to carry out this great pub lic improvement. It is intended to form an embank ment on the north side of the Thames, from Vauxhall to Battersea, and a promenade and carriage -drive for the use of the public, SPORN. WARWICK AND LEAMINGTON SPRING MEETING.- WEDNESDAY. SWEEPSTAKES of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added, for three yr-olds and upwards. Optional selling weights, &c. One mile. 6 subs. Mr. Turner's Census, 3 yrs (201.), Est 111b...(Hughes) 1 Mr. J. Adkin's IVlirabeau, 2 yrs (201.), 6st (Corderey) 2 Mr. Jones's Telegraph, 4 yrs (201.), 7st 71b (A.spinall) 3 The following also ran :—King David, Antonina, and Happy .Joe. Betting-5 to 4 against Antonina, 3to 1 agst Mira beau, 5 to 1 each agst Census and Happy Joe. The winner was bought in for 120 guineas. THE WELTER lIANDICAP of 10 soya each ; h ft. Gen tlemen riders. Professionals, 61bs extra. T.Y.C. 14 subs. Mr. Davies's Titterstone (h b), 6 yrs, list ...(Owner) 1 Mr. W. H. Scott's Warwick, aged, 10st 61b(Mr.Price) 2 Mr. Rowden's Little Davie, 5 yrs, lOst 31b...(Prattle) 3 The following also ran :—The Emigrant, Captain Flash, Acute Angle, The Macaw, Alleborello, Friend less, and Gift. Betting-4 to 1 agst Friendless, sto 1 each agst Emigrant, Gift and Little Davie, 6 to 1 agst Titterstone. THE DEBDALE STAKES of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added, for hunters. 12st each. Certain penalties and allow- :times. Gentlemen riders. Two S miles. 6 subs. Mr. I). Lane's Tipperary Boy, aged, list 71b (Owner) 1 Mr. 11. Hopkin's The Farmer's Friend, aged, list 71b (Mr. Purcell) 2 Mr. Denuistoun's Ringleader, 6 yrs, 12st (Mr. Davis) 3 Mr. Jennings na Signal (h b), aged, (Mr. Jennings) 4 Mr. Rittledale's Squire of Malton, aged, 12st 71b, Captain Hutchinson ( disqualified) ; Mr. Forster's Ken nington, aged, 12st 71b, Captain Little (disqualified). Betting-5 to 4 agst Kennington, 2to 1 agst Tippe rary Boy, 6to 1 agst Farmer's Friend. On returning to scale, the owner of Tipperary Boy objected to the winner, and also to the second horse, on the ground that neither owners and riders were qualified according to the conditions of the race. The case was forthwith in vestigated by the stewards, who decided that the objec tion was valid. All bets therefore respecting the two horses void. THE GREAT WARP7ICIESIIIRE HANDICAP of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, &c., with 50 added. The second to receive 20 sovs. out of the st;dies. Two miles. 37 subs, 11 of whom pay 5 sovs. each. The highest weight accepting being 7st 71b, it . _ was raised to Bst 71b, and the rest in proportion. Mr. Saxon's Cleveland, 5 yrs, 7st slb (Wells) 1 Count Batthyany's Ethelwolf, 5 yrs, Bst llb (W Abdale 2 Mr. Dawson's Itch, 4 yrs, Bst llb (Aldcroft) 3 The following also ran --Morning Star, Montague, Contentment, Selina, Newbold, and Communist. Betting-3 to 1 agst Cleveland, 3to 1 agst Ethelwolf, 5 to 1 agst Itch, 6 to 1 agst Morning Star, 8 to 1 each agst Contentment and Communist. Newbold delayed the start by breaking away twice. At last the flags were dropped and they went to work in earnest. Con tentment took the lead, with Montague second, Itch third, Ethelwolf fourth, Cleveland fifth, and Morning Star in the extreme rear. Going up the Lammas-land, Ethelwolf took second place, and Newbold fourth. On nearing the mile-post, Ethelwolf and Montague were seen close together in the van, Contentment third, but gradually dropping off ; Newbold fourth. In the Star Close, Montague was a clear length in advance of Ethel wolf, with Newbold third, itch fourth, and Cleveland drawing up. After rounding the turn into the straight. Montague was quite beaten. Cleveland gradually im proved his position until they arrived within the dis tance, when he obtained the lead, and at• last won cle verly by a length, the second beating the third by a head only ; Newbold was fourth, Communist fifth. THE TWO-YEAH-OLD STAKES of 5 soya. each, with 50 added ; Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. Five furlongs (straight run in). (9 subs.) Mr. C. Fenning's Border Chief, Bst 71b (Charlton) 1 Mr. Gulliver's Bessie, Bst 41b (Crickmere) 2 Mr. Breton's The Despised, Bst 41b (Yates) 3 Mr. W. Halford's Oddity. Bst 41b ..(G. Wh►tehouse 4 Lord Clifden's Thessaly, Bst 41b (G. Mann) 5 The betting opened at 2 -to 1 on Border Chief, but closed at evens ;2 to 1 and 6to 4 agst Bessie. Won easily by three lengths. HANDICAP PLATE of 50 cove. for all ages. T.Y.C. Mr. Shelley's Kohinoor, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b (Kendall) 1 Mr. Davies 's Gaylad, aged, 7st 91b (Charlton) 2 Mr. Reynard's Cestrea, 3 yrs, sst 101 b ......(T. Cliff) 3 Count Batthyany's Captain Flash, 5 yrs, 7st 71b (C. Bradley) 4 The following also ran:—Mr. IL Lewis's f by Knight of the Whistle, 4 yrs, 7st 1016 (Wakefield) ; Mr.' Mose ley's Bull's Eye, 5 yrs, 7st. 91b (Wells) ; Mr. R. Cooper's Forester, aged, 7st 81b (Hughes) ; Mr. Halford's Eliza, 4 yrs, 7st 6lb (Standing) ; Mr. G. Mather's Meliora, 3 yrs, 6st 61b (J. Walters). Kohinoor made all the run ning, and won in a canter by three lengths ; a length between the second and third, and a neck between the third and fourth. Meliora broke down. MATCH : 100, p.p. Two miles. Gentlemen riders. Mr. Worthington's Peter the Great, lOst (Mr. Stratton) 1 Mr. G. B. Price's Lucy Glitters, list (Owner) 2 Won by five lengths. . . FAIMERS' HANDICAP HURDLE RAC& of 50 sons., with 10 for the second horse, three miles, over eight flights of hurdles, was won by Mr. F. Robbins's British Sailor, beating Mr. W. Gulliver's Sherford, Mr. J. Miliward's Jenny Jones, and Mr. W. C. Smith's Johnny. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Mr. Sykes (taken). 10 to 1 agst Brother to Little Swift (taken). 14 to 1 agst Little Jem (taken freely). METROPOLITAN STAKES. 15 to 1 agst Haco (taken). DERBY. 15 to 1 agst Wild Huntsman (taken). HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. ( From the Report of the Registear-General.) The total number of deaths registered in the metro polis in the week that ended last Saturday was 1,188, and exhibits a decrease on that of the preceding week, when 1,343 were registered. In the ten weeks, corre sponding to last week, of the years 1844-53, the average number was 1,122, which if raised in proportion to in crease of population becomes 1,234. The deaths re turned last week are, therefore, leas by 46 than the cal culated amount. The 1,188 deaths now returned are thus distributed in three periods of life :-562 children died under 15 years of age, 348 men and women at 15 and under 60 years, 254 at 60 years and upwards. The corrected averages of deaths in the three classes, as derived from corre sponding weeks in previous years, are the following :- 531, 419, and 282. Hence it appears that the rate of mortality among children last week was rather greater than usual, whilst in middle and more advanced life the number dying was below the average. Hooping-cough appears to be still prevalent among children, 71 cases of this disease having ended fatally last week. Measles caused 21 deaths, scarlatina 22, croup 8, diarrhoea 22 (16 of which occurred to children). There were ten deaths from small-pox, 6 of these under 10 years of age ; 5 from influenza. It will be seen that no death from cholera has been registered in London in the last five weeks, and only seven in the present year. In the sub-district of Hoxton New Town, at 46, Forston-street, on 11th March, a gentleman, aged 66 years, died of " nervous irritation occasioned by a sudden fright on the approach of the chartist rioters, producing imbecility (about 6 years), insanity and paralysis (about 2 months)." Last week the births of 883 boys and 881 girls, in all, 1,764 children, were registered in London. In the nine corresponding weeks of the years 1845.53 the average number_was 1,511. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean reading of the barometer iu the week was 29.997 in. The'mean daily reading was above 30 in. on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. The mean temperature rose from 43.8 deg., and that of the previous week, to 47.2 deg., in the last, which is 5.7 deg. above the average of the weeks, corresponding to last week, in 38 years. It was above the average last week on every day except Saturday. The highest mean of the week occurred on Monday, and was 52.1 deg., or 10.9 deg. above the average ; the lowest was 41 deg. on Saturday, or 0.8 degree below the average. The highest temperature of the week was 64.2 deg. on Monday, the lowest 31.3 deg. on Saturday. The mean dew-point temperature was 39.5 deg. The wind blew from south and south-west till Thursday, when it changed to north-west and north. No rain fell till Saturday, on which day the fall was 0.13 in. MORTALITY IN THE' METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 18. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain. Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 35 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 4 Premature Birth and Debility 44 Atrophy Old Age Sudden lO Violence, Privation, 2 Cold, and Intemperance ...... Causes not specified ______ DEATUS FROM ALL CAUSES Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. sponding week In the 1551. of 18i3. Week. West Districts North Districts 490.396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts Totals 1,436 1,188 Males Females . 606 . 582 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males • 883 Females' BBl Total 1)764 IGENCE SHIPPIN LIGtEN CUSTOM HOUSE, MARCH 22. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Mettina, from Hamburgh ; Adinter, Kiel ; Etta Hendrika, Norden ; Aurora, Stral sund ; 21st Marz, Fohr ; Felmern, Felmern ; Johannes, Minde ' • Hudkswall, Droningen ; Droback Norma, Ro stock; Immanuel, Rustringerserl ; Tina, Domerseil ; Mag dalene, Hommerseil ; Marie Christine, Fedderwarderseil ; Delphine Elise, Havre ; Solo, Gottenburg ; C. H. Brookel man, Stettin ; Germania, Stralsund ; Rapid, do. ; Ar cona, do. ; Annette, Ditztun ; Anne Catherina, Norden; Theodore, Nykjobing ; Leo, Noiderschleuse ; Hoffnung, Carolinenseil ; Rasmus, Hoyer ; Preciosa, Frederickstadt ; Martha, Lubeck ; Johannes, Copenhagen ; Christianhaab, Odense; Titania, Hamburgh ; De Vredo, Bremen ' • Mau riizens, Korsoer ; Tre Sodskende, Sondersburgh ;Catha rine, Groningen; Christine Huggins, Schiedam; Orion, Stralsund; Wilhelm, do. ; Louvina, Emden Anne Maria, Aalborg ; Amazon, Stubbeckjobing ; Catherina, Wismar ; Frederick Wilhelm, Eckinforde ; Auguste, Rostock ; Ransewitz, do. ; Marie Catherine, Nykiobing ; Danneborg, Saxkiobing ; Motto Elizabeth, Nykiobing ; Gefion, Kor- Boer ; Achilles, Wyck ; Bernadotte, Landscrona ; Forti, tude, Antwerp ; Anna Catharine, Landscrona; Hilda, do. ; Ingeborg, do. ; Johanna, do. ; Sophia, do. ; Petro nella, do. ; Wayshafen, do. : Minerva, Droback. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Fortunate, for Valencia; Novo Viaganti, Madeira ; Union, Altona. ; Jane Cockerill, Malta ; St. Croix, Barbadoes ; Azorian, Gibraltar and Marseilles ; George Robinson, Trinidad ; Caroline Elizabeth, Colombo ; Hobe Christiana, &c. ; Temperance, Genoa ; Auguste an d Maine, Sydney ; Ra phael, Sydney. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.--The Deslandes, for Ambrez ; G. 0. Bigelow, Nassau; John and Jane, Ant werp. GRIMSBY, March 20.—The Fairy, of and for Yarmouth, from Sunderland, arrived here to-day, with damage ; had been driven foul of, while at anchor in the Hawke Roads, by the Union (foreign schooner.) MEMEL, March 18.—Weather fine ; wind light at east ; during the night 4 deg. frost ; 15 feet on the bar. FISHGUARD, March 21.-.—The Thomas, of Cardiff, Liver pool to Cork, was obliged to beach here yesterday, having cut away her foremast, die., about fcur wiles off Cardigan Head. BOSTON, March 6.—The Arvum, which arrived at St. Thomas's on the 12th of February, was bound to this port, and required repairs. Five bales of cotton, marked 1, in a black diamond, were picked up, on the 26th of February, in lat. 35 N., long. 72 W. SWAN RIVER.—The Nancy (Norwegian), from Hong Kong, bound to Melbourne, which put in here on the 26th of December, has sold part of cargo, and will discharge. NEW YORK, March 7.—Tho Mary Dale, arrived at Phi ladelphia, was in contact, on the let of March, in lat. 37 N., long. 37 W., with the F. W. Bruno, from Calcutta to Boston, and lust her jibboom, &c., and was otherwise damaged. MAYAGUEZ, Jan. 27.—The Linda, Pernambuco to Cie-? noa, put in here, Jan. 24, leaky, has discharged her cargo, part of which is damaged, and has been surveyed and con demned. DEMERARA, Feb. 25.—The British Isles, London to this port, which was on shore on the west coast of Essequibo, near Port Lima, Jan. 20, was got off Feb. 13, after ais• charging the greater part of her cargo, and came into this river on the 14th. VALPARAISO, Jan. 31.—The Nueva Granada (steamer) has returned from an unsuccessful cruise in Smith's Chan nel, at the west outlet of Magal en's Straits, in search of the British steamer Parlita, which was supposed to have been seen in that neighbourhood in - September, and has not since been heard of. It is feared that she is lost with all hands. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 22. The Premier, hence to Gibraltar, put into Holyhead, 21st inst. ' with loss of rudder and one of the crew washed over board. The Crown, hence to Jamaica, has put into Queenstown, seven days out, having been run into by a ship, name un known, off Tuskar, on the 18th inst. The Mary Ann, from New Orleans, at Londonderry, with part of cargO thrown overboard. The Rosina, from New Orleans, for the Clyde, at Belfast. The Jenny Jones, from Valparaiso and Rio Janeiro, at Queenstown. The Roo, from Benin, at Queenstown, for this port. The Louisa Munro, hence to Bay of Fundy, with salt, put into Queenstown, March 20, leaky. The Admiral De Winter, hence at Harlingen. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Arcadia, bound west, March 19, off Cape Clear. The Petronella, Bombay to London, Jan. 6, lat. 33 S., long. 29 E. The India, Manilla to Queenstown, Feb. 15, lat. 1 N., long. 23 W. The Trimountaine, New Orleans to Liverpool, Feb. 18, 30 miles N.E. of Florida Reef. The Cerro Gordo, New Orleans to Liverpool, Feb. 21, lat. 25 N., long. 80 W. The George A. Hopley, Charleston to Liverpool, March 2, lat. 34 N., long. 76 W. The Henry Hobman, outward. bound, March 10, lat. 38 N., long. 9 W. A large iron steamer, with troops, bound east, March 12, lat. 36 N., long. 5 W. The Gem, March 14, lat. 37 N. long 9 W. A paddle-wheel steamer, bound south, March 14, lat. 49 N., long. 10 W. The Mangalore, London to Melbourne, Jan. 29, lat. 9 S., long. 25 W. COUNTRY _MARKETS. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET— Almtcn 21. There was a fair supply of straw of all descriptions tho market. The prices wero as follow : Oat straw, from 6s On to 7s 6(1 per kemple of 16 stones tron ; wheat do., 7s Od to 8s 6d ; barley do., 5s 6d to 6s Od. Hay from 11d to 12d ; uew ditto, Od to Od per stone. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET—Mann 21. There were in tho market to-day, 20 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801bs imperial, which sold thus :-10 at 21. 7s, 10 at 21. 6s Od, and 0 at 01. Os. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—MARCH 20. There were in the market to-day 53 bags of oatmeal, Sof barleymeal, and lof pot-barley. Sales dull. The top price of oatmeal was 6d up ; the second is 3d up, and third Os Od up. Pot-barley, the top price the same as last market. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. I Second. Third. imperial Barleymeal, per ditto -s Od I—s Od —s chi Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto —s Od —s Od —s Od Pot barley, per ditto LEEDS -MARCH 21. There was a fair show of wheat, and more tone in trade. A downward tendency appeared to be checked. Barley was steady at last week's rates. Beans slow sale. Other articles as before. r.—Nieitcyt 22. a close of the market : WaUseful, &c. I. d. ETetton 2O 6 Haswell . B Launbton :1.19 9 Polisher 18 6 Russell's iletton 19 9 'Stewart's 20 6 Cassop Denison .:.19 6 ...18 3 Hough Hall South Kelloe _l9 0 • ,Whitworth :1 9 0 Gordon lB 0 Woodhouse Close 17 9 ICowpen 20 0 Derwentwater Hartley. 20 0 Cannel 2l 0 Sidney's Hartley 2O 0 Tyne Cannel 22 U COAL MARK Prices of Coal per ton at t 1 e. d. Buddle W. Hartley 0 0 I Carr's Hartley 2O Coukson's Hartley. lB 0 Cragwood's Hartley lB 6 Holywell 2O Ravensworth Hartley —2O 0 Tanfield Moor l7 C I Tanfield Moor Butes 17 6 , Walker Primrose l6 West Hartley 20 0 Wallsend, &c. . _ Bell and Brown - 18 6 Gosforth lB C Harton lB 6 Lawson lB 6 Bell's Primrose 15 6 Edon Main l9 6 Bell 18 6 Belmont 19 0 RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 22. STOCK EXCITANGE.—The market has been again quiet and dull, without, however, any change of moment in prices. Caledonian, 26a ; Eastern Counties, 11i ; L c a shire and Yorkshire, 611 ; London and North-Wes tern, 97i ; Midland, 57 ; , ; South-Eastern and Dover, 16 1-16. MANCHESTER, MARCH 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business done to-day has not been so large as yesterday, but prices have not the same drooping tendency. The sales wore :—Caledonian, 26 5-16 ; Eastern Counties, 11/ ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, ca div., 61 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire West Riding Union, 41 dis. ; London and North-Western, 98 MAP chester, Sheffiold, and Lincoln, 20i ; Midland Railway Consols, 57i ; South-Eastern, 18. BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The great depression w hich has occurred in the London money market has produced a cor responding effect upon our local share market. Business upon the Stock Exchange is almost at a dead standstill, and quotations of all descriptions of stock have seriously declined. Midland Stock was transacted at 57i. BRISTOL, MARCH 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was flat, Bristol and Exeters were done at 89 ; Great Western, 75 ; v ale o f Neath, 15 ; Midland Stock, 57i- fiIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 21st inst., at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the wife of J. C. Fenwick, Din- On the 21st iust., at Beauchamp•terrace West, Learn• ington, the wife of the Rev. S. J. Il a i me. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 20th inst., at Staplegrove-lodge, near Taunton, Somerset, the wife of G. Mathias, Esq. On the 22d inst., at 32, Burton-street Eaton-sq ua re, the w ife of F. Gale, sq. , MARRIED. On the 21st inst., at Trinity Church, Margate, W. B. Cornish, Esq., of the Hon. East India Company's ervice, to Louisa Sophia, youngest daughter of George Yeats/ Hunter, Esq. DIED. On the 28th of January, at Bombay, on his way t° England, Captain Arthur Morris, of the 4th or Rifle Befiv ment of the Bombay Army. On the 20th inst., at Boulogne, Retired Commander S. S. Moriencourt, Royal Navy, aged 84. On the 21st inst., at Apeley, Bedfordshire, the Rev. It" Pain, rector of Little Wigborough, Essex, aged 80. On the 20th inst., at Leicester-street, Leicester-squar e, John Colles, Esq., for many years merchant in Sydney , New South Wales. LONDON: Printed and. 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