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were severally read a first and second time, and then committed. The House then resumed, and the clauses were read a third time and passed. The Bill was also read a third time and passed. LANDS CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION (SCOTLAND) BILL. The Lord ADVOCATE brought up several new clauses for insertion in this Bill, which were com mitted and agreed to. The House then resumed, and the Bill was read a third time and passed. POST-OFFICE ESPIONAGE. Mr. WAKLEY gave notice that, after the Easter recess, he should move for a copy of any warrant or warrants issued by any Secretary of State, for open ing or detaining any letter or letters sent through the Post-office, and addressed to Thomas Slingsby Dun combo, Esq., the Hon. Member for Finsbury. The remaining orders of the day were then dis posed of, and the House adjourned at twenty minutes to Eight o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Totes and Proceedings of the Howe of Commons.) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19. CUSTOMS ACTS.—(IN THE COMMITTEE.) Motion made, and Question put, " That the words ' Hides, tanned, not otherwise dressed,' stand part of the Resolution." The Commit tee divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 73. Forster, Matthew Plumridge, Captain Gaskell, J. M. Polhill, Frederick Gibson, T. M. Pringle, Alexander Gladstone, Captain Scrope, G. P. Goulburn, Henry Smith, T. B. C. Graham, Sir J. Somerset, Lord G. Grey, Sir George Somerville, Sir W. Guest, Sir J. Stewart, John Hawes, Benjamin Stuart, W. V. Hindley, Charles Strutt, Edward Howick, Viscount Sutton, Henry Jermyn, Earl Tennent, J. E. Johnstone, Sir J. Thomely, Thomas Law, C. E. Tufuell, Henry Legh, G. CZ Villiers, Charles Lockhart, William Ward, H. G. Lowther, Colonel Wellesley, Lord C. Marsham, Viscount Williams, William Marsland, Henry Wood, Colonel Martin, C. W. Wortley, John;S. Mitchell, T. A. Wyndham, Colonel John Norreys, Sir D. J. Pech ell, Captain Peel, Sir Robert Peel, Jonathan Ainsworth, Peter Aidam, William BaEllie, Colonel Baring, F. T. Baring. W. B. Barnard, E. G. Bentinck, Lord G. Borthwick, Peter Botileld, Beriah Bowles, Admiral Bowling, Dr. Bright, John Buller, Edward Bnsfeild, William Cardwell, Edward Clerk, Sir G. Cobden, Richard Colebrooke, Sir T. Collett, W. R. Coote, Sir C. IL eripps, William Darner, Colonel Bntwisle, William Rscott, Bickhrun Ewart, William Forman, T. S. TILLERS. Baring, Henry Young, John MINORITY-NOES, 27. Alba, J. P. Darby, George Neeld, John Antrobus, Edmund Dickinson, F. PL Newdegate, C. N. Arbuthnott, H. Douglas, Sir H. Palmer, Robert Arkwright, George Egerton, W. T. Pusey, Philip Banker, George Fuller, A. E. Tollemache. John Barrington, Viscount Grimsditch, T. Tower, Christopher Benbow, John Grogan, Edward Tyrrell, Sir J. T. iloces, John James, Sir W. C. TELLE23.., Eraniston, T. W. Kemble, Henry O'Brien, A. S. Brocklehurei J. Long, Walter Sotheron, T. H. \lotion made, and Question put, " That the words ' Silk, thrown, not dyed.' stand part of the Resolution." The Committee divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 85. Ainsworth. Peter Forster, Matthew Patten, J. W. Balllie, Colonel Gaskell, J. M. Pechell, Captain Baring, F. T. Gibson, T. M. Peel, Sir R. Baring, W. B. Gladstone, W. E. Peel, Jonathan Beckett, William Gordon, Captain Plamridge, Captain Boldero, 11. G. Goulburn, Henry Ponsonby, C. F. A. Botfleld, Beriah Graham, Sir J. Pringle, Alexander Bowles, Admiral Hamilton, W. J. Posey, Philip Bowling, Dr. Butte, Archibald Russell, Lord J. Bright, John Hawes, Benjamin Russell, Lord E. Brotherton, Joseph Herbert, Sidney Smith, T. B. C. Bruce, Lord E. Ilindley, Charles Smythe, George Brace, C. L. C. Hope, G. W. Somerset, Lord Q. Buller, Edward Hume, Joseph Strntt, Edward Cardwell, Edward Humphery, Alderman Sutton. H. M. Childers, J. W. Hutt, William Tennent, J. E. Clay, Sir W. Inge strie, Viscount Thornely, Thomas Clerk, Sir G. Jermyn, Earl Trotter, John Cockburn, Sir G. Jocelyn, Viscount Tufnell, Henry Copeland, Alderman Labouchere, Henry Warburton, H. Cripps, William Lincoln, Earl Ward, H. G. Dod'i, George Lowther, Sir J. Wellesley, Lord C. Duncan, George M'Geachy, F. A. Wood, Colonel Duncombe, A. M'Neill, Duncan Wortley, John S. Egerton, Lord F. Marsham, Viscount Yorke, H. R. Entwisle, William lilasterman, John Eseott, Biekluun Mildmay, H. St. John TULLIS.. Ewart, William Mitchell, T. A. Young, John Flower, Sir J. Morris, David Lennox, Lord A. 20rinan, T. S. Nieholl,-.John MINORITY-NOES, 26. Affix, J. P. Fuller, A. E. Antrobus, Edmund Grimston, Lord Bankes, George Henley, J. W. Barrington, Viscount Legh, G. C. Bramston, 'l'. W. Lockhart, W. Broadley, H. Mundy, E. 3L Brocklehurst, J. Newdegate, C. N. Darby, George O'Brien, A. S. Dickinson, F. H. Palmer, Robert Eaton, R. J. Palmer, George Repton, G. W. J. Ryder, G. D. Sibthorp, Colonel Sotheron, T. H. Tollemache, John Tower, Christopher TELLBRI. Egerton, W. T. Grimsditch, T. • RAILWAY BUSINESS IN PAR LIAMENT. WEDNESDAY, M.utot 19. The following Bills were presonted and read a first time Manchester. Leeds, and Hull Associated Railway Companies. Middlesbro' and Redcar Railway. Yarmouth and Norwich Railway. Wear Valley Railway. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway. Southport and Euxton Junction Railway. North Union and Ribble Navigation Branch Railway. Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Railway. South Wales Railway. Taw Vale Railway and Dock. Rye and Tenterden Railway. The following Bills were referred to the Seleet Committee on Petitions for Private Bills : London, Worcester, and South Staffordshire Railway (Dud ley and Sedgley Branch). ' Great North of England (Clarence and Hartlepool Junction) Railway. Edinburgh and Northern Railway. Scottish Midland Junction Railway. Eastern Union and Norwich Railway (No. 2). Eastern Union and Bury St. Edmund's Railway (No. 2). The following Bills were reported; reports referred to ,the Select Committee on Standing Orders : Liverpool and Bury Railway (Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool Railway aid Bury Extension). Monmouth and Hereford Railway. Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction Railway, — Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. John Stuart Wortley, Mr. Beckett Denison, . Mr. Evans, and Mr. George Henry Cavendish. Aberdeen Railway,—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Captain Gordon, Mr. Bannerman, and Lord Frederick Gordon. Midland Branches Railway,—Petition for Bill reported, aed Bill ordered to be brought in byMr. Stuart Wortley, Mr. Evans, and Mr. Strutt. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. Ely and Huntingdon Railway,—Committee on petition, Friday, April 4. Bristol and Exeter Railway Branches,—Committee on petition, Friday, April 4. Churnet Valley Railway,—Committee on petition, ad journed till Monday, April 7. Grand Junction Railway,—Committee on petition, ad journed till Friday, April 4. London, Chatham, and North Kent Railway,—Conunittee „ on petition, adjourned till Tuesday, April 1. Direct London and Portsmouth Railway,—Committee on petition, Friday, April 4. Edinburgh and Northern Railway, (No. l),—Committee on petition, postponed sine die. Edinburgh and Northern Railway (No.2),—Committee on petition, Friday, April 4. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—Mr. Joseph Somes was yesterday declared duly elected M.P. for Dartmouth. If there were any who anticipated a different decision, we were not of the number. From the announcement of the constitution of the Committee, through the whole course of the inves tigation, and down to the publication of the final resolu tion of the Committee yesterday, which declared the sit ting Member duly elected, the result was as much a matter of certainty as it was when, with the usual forms, the Chairman of- the Committee last evening presented the report at the table of the House. Those—if, indeed, such persons can be met with—who attended to the evidence, as adduced by the petitioners, and regarded the Committee as a Court accessible to the force of verified and, to a great extent, admitted facts, may be astounded at the decision. All others regard the result as having occurred in the ordinary course of events. Tee majority of the Committee were of the sitting Member's political party. The Chairman having, for tunately for Mr. Joseph Somes, been selected in the order of rotation from the Tory benches, the question in issue was as good as settled before the inquiry commenced. The question to be decided was whether at the time of the election Mr. Joseph Somes was, or had then ceased to be, the holder of, or was in anywise in terested in, any contract with Government ? To show that Mr. Joseph Somes was a contractor with the Go vernment for the supply of upwards of twenty thousand tons of shipping, and held that contract up to the very verge of the election, the following facts were established in evidence before the Committee. The Speaker's notice of the late Member for Dartmouth's death appeared in the London Gazette on the 3d of December. Mr. Somes' address to the electors of Dartmouth, announcing him self a candidate for the vacant seat, was circulated in the borough on the same day. In that address Mr. Somes' pretensions were enforced on the grounds of his being " a great ship-owner"—the " owner of upwards of '22,0(X) tons of shipping, and largely connected with trade, commerce, and the colonies." The electors were, _ therefore, urged, on the plea of advancing their " own interests," to give Mr. Somes " such a reception and support as would secure so useful a Member for their seaport tow n ." M r. Somes therefore went down to i )artmouth as a great ship-owner—" the owner of 220)00 tons of shipping," &c., when, if the case set up by him in answer to th a t of the petitioners • t his return is to be credited, h o h a d retired from against an b i us s i business, parted with his ships, and t rans f erre d his contractss with Government to other hands. In short, Mr. Somes no longer possessed any, the least, interest in the property. his possession of which was to confer such vast advantages on the seaport town of Dart mouth ! We must request attention to the dates we have already given. ()n the 17th of December Mr. Somes appears to hare been made aware that the quali fications which were to be his recommendations to the Dartmouth voters, were, in the eye of the law, destruc tive of his hopes. His ships were in the pay f Govern.. went. His contracts with the Admiralty operated as a positive barrier to his entering Parliament. What was to be done ? Mr. Somes would hare the public to be , lieve—and did, through his counsel , i nduce the Tory „.,..-.„, zl Li: WS Jaajority of the Election Committee to belie ve, at least, i d •V ie s--._: to deciso—that he, on the 17th of December, spontha ,:-..... lieoge,ll, - apd as a free gift—not covertly, and for the ' •.u r Of evading the prohibition of the law—made i• 1-Af P h . . -. ••'-'-i,-;) ...„1 , over 1 4 4 deed, which is attested by two Lords of the ( :-et:llsi - !- - - 'i . ; ,, `:Adiltri . , (Sir W. Hall Gage and the Right lion. 11. c" . .- - - , - --.. 1 4, 1 a debt of rather more than 51,000/. duo to r s, ' - IL. ri s.; him from the Admiralty, to his two nephews, Joseph I Somes the younger, and Frederick Somes. On the same day this most generous Aisle made over to these doubt less highly-meritorious, and therefore munificently endowed youths, ships of about 22,000 tons and 120,0004 value. Having thus cast overboard the impediments to his safe passage into the House of Commons, on the 27th of December Mr. Somes was elected Member for Dart mouth. What adds to the eccentric generosity of Mr. Somes is the admitted fact that his nephews, whom he freely and absolutely invested with this large quantity of shipping, were innocent of all previous knowledge of the business in which they were now to embark. They had no previous knowledge essential to the acquirement of the experience and tact to which commercial men are usually indebted for success. They had no place of business. The name of one of them, it is true, appears, for the first time, in the " Commercial Directory" for the present year ; but his place of business is the same as that of his uncle, who has supplied him with " a local habitation and a name." Inexperience is wont to produce blunders. And the haste with which hastily-con cocted transfers, made for collusive and corrupt puposes, are got up, are also frequently productive of blunders which exhibit their true character, and thus betray and defeat the intentions of the parties. To which of these causes a ludicrous blunder of Mr. Frederick Somes is to be referred, we leave to others. The circumstance is worthy of record. This young gentleman joined with his brother in a joint tender to the Admiralty of a ship, which a reference to the registry-book at the Cus tom-house shows to have been transferred by Mr. Somes to Mr. Joseph Somes, jun., and not to the brothers jointly. Whether the transfer of Mr. Joseph Somes' property was bond fide, or collusive—whether it was by deed of gift, or by bargain and sale—whether for the purpose of ridding himself of a legal disqualification for a seat in the House of Commons, or for any other object— was not, however, the question with which the Corn miitee had to deal, and were called upon to decide. The question placed in issue was, whether the terms of the statute which regulates the transfer and registration of ships had been complied with in Mr. Somes' case? The Act (3 and 4 Wm. IV. c. 55), the object of which, according to its preamble, is to consolidate the laws relating to the registration of ships, expressly enacts (sec. 34) that no bill of sale shall be valid to pass property in a ship, until such bill of sale shall have been registered in the re gistry-book of some port. The bills of sale of Mr. Somes' ships to his nephews are all dated on the 17th of Dec. But there is no registry of a date previous to the elec tion; the earliest date of any such registration being December 28—the day after the election. Mr. Somes had not, therefore, when he was elected to serve in Perlis merit, complied with the terms of the statute. He still had an interest in ships serving the Government under contracts not voided before the day of election. A clearer ease of disqualification was never established. A more palpable proof that a House of Commons' elec tion Committee is incapable of divesting itself of party influences, when r( quired to pronounce a just decision which involves the seating or unseating of a political partisan, was never supplied. Whether the Committee consist of 13, 7, 5. or 3, is a matter of trifling moment. The majority will, in nine cases out of ten, decide in fa vour of the party which favours the political views of that majority. This has grown into a proverb by the long experience of its truth. Hence no confidence in their in tegrity is placed in the legal or moral decisions of such a tribunal. LAW IN TELLIGENCE. SHERIFFS' COURT, March 19. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.) COOK v. HOOPER. This was an action brought by a person tamed Cook, a messenger in the Post-office, to recover from Mr. James Hooper, a medical gentleman, 41. 13s. 6d., for rent, with attendance, due by him to the plaintiff for the use and oc cupancy of apartments. The apartments were charged at the rate of 6s. 6d. a week, with an additional 2s. 6d. for at tendance. Mr. PEARSON, who appeared for the defence, put in, as a set off, a doctor's bill for medicines furnished by the defendant to the plaintiff's family, at various times. He further al leged that, of the amount sought to be recovered by the plaintiff, only 1/, 6s. was due for rent, as the remain ing 31. 7s. 6d. was charged for attendance, which had never been given. The latter item had not been mentioned to the defendant until a quarrel had arisen between the parties, and Mr. Hooper had sent in his bill for medicines, Sce. The set-off now advanced on behalf of Mr. Hooper amounted to 151. It was an amended bill, to which, in addition to medicines supplied to and attendance on the plaintiff's family, medicines supplied to a female servant of the plaintiff, and a quantity of butter and several fowls, which it was alleged that the defendant had supplied, were added. The first bill sent in by Mr. Hooper was for medicines alone, amounting to 41. 13s. 6d., being exactly the same amount as that sought to be reco vered by the plaintiff. The UNDER-SHERIFF, in summing up, commented rather severely on the doctor's bill, which he believed had been stretched out to meet the case, and was to be looked upon with considerable suspicion. The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount of 41. 13s. 6d. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—Lewes, March 18. The Commission for Sussex was opened yesterday. The business is lighter than it has been remembered for many years, there being only twenty-six prisoners for trial, and common jury cases, some of which were undefended, to be disposed of on the civil side. Both Courts were opened this morning at ten o'clock, the Lord Chief Justice sitting on the Crown side, and Mr. Baron Alderson at nisi prius. The causes disposed of by the Learned Baron were of the most trivial character, and the cause list was gone through by seven o'clock in the evening, none of the cases involving any matter of the slightest in terest to the public. CROWN SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) March 19. Amos Patching, 44, and Thomas Burgess, 44, were in dicted for burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling house of Nathaniel Blaker, at the parish of Edburton, and stealing three gold seals, a writing desk, and other articles, his property. Mary Anne Hounsell, 22, and Jane Reader, alias Gates, alias Burgess, 41, were also charged in the same indictment with feloniously receiving the property, knowing it to have been stolen. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Cobbett conducted the prosecution. The prisoners had no counsel. This case appeared to create a good deal of interest, on account of the male prisoners, together with a man named Longhurst, also indicted at these assizes, being supposed to have committed a great number of burglaries in this county, there being five indictments against them, in the present calendar, for burglaries at different places ; the women being charged, in each case, as receivers of the stolen property. The prisoners were arraigned on Tuesday, before the Lord Chief Justice, when the men pleaded guilty to most of the indictments. It became necessary, however, to try one of the cases, in order to include the female prisoners, and the present indictment was accordingly proceeded with. It appeared, from the evidence adduced, that the prosecutor, Mr. Blaker, is a farmer, residing at Edburton, and, on the night of the 31st of December, the premises were all left properly secured, and the next morning, it was discovered that, during the night, they had been opened by some persons forcing open a cellar-flap, and the lower part of the house had been ransacked, and a good deal of property taken away. Nearly the whole of this property was found in apartments occupied by the male and female prisoners at Brighton, and, from the observations made by the latter at the time they were apprehended, and subsequently before the magistrates, there was very little doubt that they were perfectly well aware of the means by which the pro perty had come into the possession of the male prisoners. It appeared that the men had absconded, and very great credit was due to a constable named Biddlecomb, who holds the office of inspector of police at Godalming, in Surrey, for the means he took to apprehend them and to make out the case, After travelling in pursuit of them over a very great extent of country, he at length succeeded in coming up with the prisoners near Alton, in Hampshire, and, as he was at this time alone, they would probably have got away, but that he very adroitly hit upon the following expedient to disarm their suspicions. He told them, upon coming up with them, that he was an officer, and that a farmer a short distance off had sent him after them, on suspicion of their stealing some fowls the night before. The prisoners said they could easily prove their innocence of the charge, for they had slept at Basingstoke. The officer then said they could no doubt easily prove this to the satisfaction of the complainant if they would go back with him, and for form's sake they had better have on the handcuffs. The prisoners consented, and very quietly allowed the officer to handcuff them, and he then told them the real nature of the charge against them. The prisoners, who are powerful, re solute- looking fellows, then said they wished they had known what they were wanted for at first, adding, that if they had, the officer should not have put those things (the handcuffs) so easily upon them, and there is very little doubt that but for the prudence of the officer, the prisoners, from their desperate character, would have made a violent resistance, and the result might have been of a serious cha racter, as the officer, although alone, was a resolute man and determined upon effecting the capture of these indivi duals, who have for a long time been the terror of this and the adjoining counties. Mr. Baron ALDERSON having summed !up, the jury re turned a verdict of Guilty against all the prisoners. They were immediately called up for judgment, together with Longhurst, the man who had pleaded guilty on the previous day, and the male prisoners were sentenced to be transported for ten years ; the women were ordered, Hounsell to be kept to hard labour for two years, and Burgess for 18 months. The Learned JUDGE said, that the inspector, Biddle comb, appeared to have acted with very great zeal and activity in the case, and he should therefore order him a reward of twenty pounds in addition to his expenses. He likewise directed that two other constables who bad assisted him in his pursuit of the prisoners should also receive a re ward of five pounds each. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Stafford, March 17. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PLarr.) Mary Ann Reading, aged 30, was charged with conceal ing the birth of her female illegitimate child at Kingswin ford, on the 16th of December. Mr. C. Forster conducted the prosecution, and Mb Neale the defence. The prisoner, who was attired in deep mourning, was in December last cook and housekeeper in a family of great re spectability at Wordesley, in this county. On the 16th of that month, during the temporary absence of his master and mistress, the butler observed a very sudden change in the appearance of the prisoner, and his suspicious being excited, he examined her bed-room, where he found a pair of blood-stained sheets, and on opening an unlocked box discovered the dead body of a new-born child. lie immedi ately questioned the prisoner, who at once admitted herself to be the mother of the infant, which, according to her own ac count, had been born dead. No marks of violence were on the body, nor was there any reason for supposing that the infant had experienced a violent death. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, with a recommen dation to mercy. and the prisoner was sentenced to a month's confinement in the common gaol. James Walton, aged 25, and George Profit, aged 33, twe resolute-looking men, were indicted for having on the night of the 28th of December last entered certain lands at Tam worth, the property of the Right lion. Sir Robert Peel, with several other persons unknown, armed with guns, for the purpose of destroying game. Mr. Godson, Queen's Counsel, and Mr. Lee, conducted the a o b f o t u h t e C R b i t t m H aa o n l . aa ß t a b r o y n p e t o a b o a b d e r a b e fr e o n m v s e t ; i d . prosecution ; Mr. Yardley a pp eare d f or t h e d e f en d an t s . Li ve T ry he fr preservese q uent y field, who, assembling in large gangs, rendered their capture by the gamekeepers a matter of great danger, if not of entire impossibility. On the night of Friday, the 27th of December, a party of poachers, armed with guns and bludgeons, to the number of 14 or 16, were discovered by four watchers on land of Sir Robert Peel, called Turnabout-field, and subse- THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH _211_1845 quently in the Rough-cover, a favourite retreat for pheasants, in which the Right Hon. Baronet had intended to afford his ' guestz , the gratification of a battue on the following morning. In compliance with the orders of their master, the watchers made no attempt to capture the trespassers, and avoided a conflict under such disadvantageous circumstances; but one of them recognised among the party the prisoner Walton, whom he had known as " a Lichfield chap" for five years ; and two other keepers were equally positive as to the iden tity of Proffit. A muzzled mastiff . , which ran from the keepers into the Rough on the report of guns in that cover, was found dead in the morning, the entire contents of a gun barrel having entered the body of the spirited but luckless animal. Mr. YARDLEY addressed the jury for the prisoners, and on their behalf set up a very plausible alibi, but notwithstand ing all the skill and care with which it had been concerted, the attempt to establish it was frustrated by the searching cross-examinations of the counsel for the prosecution. The Learned Junou summed up the case with great cars and impartiality, and The jury, having consulted for about 20 minutes, pro nounced both prisoners Guilty. A previous conviction for a similar offence was produced by the governor of the gaol against Proffit, who was sen tenced to 7 years' transportation, and Walton to an imprison ment of 2 years with hard labour. CIVIL SIDE. _ _ THE LATE BOILER EXPLOSION AT BLACKWALL. ADJOURNED INQUEST. VERDICT OF ➢iANSLAUGHTER. Mr. Baker, the Coroner for East Middlesex, and the jurymen appointed to conduct the inquiry into the deaths of the men Chapman, Grimes, Smith, and Wright, who were killed by an explosion at the works of Mr. Samuda, at Bow- creek, Blackwell, re-assembled yesterday at the Town-hall, Poplar. Mr. Ballantine, as usual, attended for Mr. Samuda, and Mr. Flower for Mr. Lowe, the engineer. The CORONER informed the jury that another unfor tunate man, named Neale, had died on board the Dread nought hospital ship, and the jury having viewed the body, Mr. BAKER informed them that he had received a me dical certificate, stating that the important witness, Whitcombe, was in too dangerous a state to be removed, and it would be necessary, therefore, that his evidence should be taken at the London Hospital. Conveyances were ordered to be in readiness to convey the jury-men there. The evidence of Joseph Chettle, engineer, was read over, at the request of Mr. Flower. The witness was then examined by Mr. Flower—l am an engineer, and have been at the trade for about eight years. During that time I was in the employ of Mr. Samuda. I recollect that on the day of the accident Grimes, a labourer, was engaged on the top of the boiler. It was necessary that he should use a ladder to get to the top. Supposing that the ladder had slipped, the effort he would make to save himself would be to catch the lever. The effect of that would be, in the one cus , , sup posing the lever to break, to cause the steam tot scape, or if it did not break, it would keep the valve shut, and so cause an explosion. By the Foreman—The only part he could possibly lay hold of would be the main lever, which would compress the steam by shutting the safety-valve. Thomas Meriton, 4, Hall-street, Poplar—l am an en gineer, and have been so for 15 or 16 years. The boiler in question was sold to a gentleman in Greenwich for 30 guineas, and afterwards purchased by Mr. Samuda, but for what sum I know not. Thirty guineas is not a third of its real value. It was a very good boiler. It was made for a low pressure. There was a steam chest in it, and that must necessarily cause part of the original boiler to be cut away. That would render the boiler weaker in that part. By Mr. Flower—l am aware that the boiler had been proved. It was tested by myself at not less than 501bs. to the square inch. By the CORONER—It was proved by the hydraulic pressure. It would be a mistaken notion to say that a pressure of 181 b. was all it could bear. It was only in tended, I believe, for a pressure of 12 or 151135. I have no doubt it is the same boiler. By the Foreman—l tried it at 501bs. with cold water, but should not like to try above 301bs. with steam. By the CORONER—I think that it would be possible to prove boiler: without endangering the lives ofpersons. By Mr. Flower—The boiler was town made, and of the first-rate construction. By the CoRoNER—I cannot speak of the valves, for the mounting was not put on by us. It is quite requisite to have two safety-valves. '1 he mode of pitching the lever in this case was 'a very convenient one, and not in any way detrimental. Where there is only one safety valve it will certainly be more necessary to exer cise caution than when there is two. J. Burnand's evidence having been read over, the wit ness was subjected to cross-examination by Mr. Flower —I thought I was insulted by Mr. Lowe. lam not very exclusive. I had some words with Mr. Lowe about hammer handles. The jurymen thought that this cross-examination did not bear upon the point at issue. Mr. Flower was proceeding to address the jury, when The CORONER said that he could not allow any ob. servations to be made then ; and the jury left to take the evidence of the witness Whitcombe, at the London Hospital. On arriving at the Hospital, they were conducted to the ward where Thomas Whitcombe was lying. lie was sworn, and said—l am an engine-driver. I have been engaged at Blackwell since June last. I saw the boiler tried on Monday, but the steam would not touch the engine. In order to remedy this defect, Mr. Lowe got a cock put upon the steam-pipe to draw the condensed water off, still the engine did not go well. There was nothing done after. The cock was put there on Tuesday night. The steam was got up on Wednes day morning. We had a great deal of trouble, for the engine still went at a snail's pace. There were a great many men pulling the fly-wheel round with their hands, or the engine would not have gone at all. I have not the slightest idea how the ex plosion occurred. I saw a bit of a stick applied to keep the valve partly shut to keep up the power of steam. I cannot say who did that, unless it wore Mr. Lowe, who was at the safety-valve the whole time. I saw him work the valve several times, but did not understand the re turn of it. The fires were as low as possible, scarcely any at all, in fact the bars were quite bare. I let the fire out, because I was afraid something would happen. I should think that there were better than 60 lbs. of pressure on the square inch on Wednesday. I think there was sufficient water in the boiler. I was under Mr. Lowe's orders the whole time. I was up about five minutes before the explosion, putting down sacks on the guage glass to keep the weather off. That would have no effect on the safety-valve. Grimes was on the top placing felt on the steam pipes. The sacks on the gauge glass were placed around it, leaving . such an opening that the water in the boiler might be seen. Grimes could net interfere with the safety - valve. I cannot form any conjecture as to thecauseofpre thess u r en o accident. the I am of opinion that it was an over-pressure of steam that caused the explosion. I did not say anything to Mr. ',Ave about there being too high a boiler. Aberdeen •• • • •• • •• • • Birmingham & Gloster Ditto, New, iss. 71 Brighton,Lews,& Hast. Bristol and Exeter • • • • Ditto and Gloucester Caledonian 'ambridge and Lincoln Chr tham & Prtsmouth Ciit.te: and Holyhead Chichester Sr Brighton Churnet Valley .• • • • • • Cornwall • • • • • • • • • • .. Direct Northern.• • • • • Direct Norwich . • • • • • Diss,Beccles, & Yrmth Dublin & Belfast June. Ditto mid Galway • • Eastern Counties . • . • • The Chief Baron has disposed of one common jury and the first special jury case, involving a matter of account arising out of mining transactions. Neither case presented any de tails of general interest. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOU SE. Day and Johnson, who have undergone several ex aminations upon suspicion of having robbed a lady of the name of Logan, who resides in Hanover-street, Hanover-square, of a purse containing bank-notes and other property, were again brought up. Mr. Robinson, who appeared as solicitor for the pri soners, and contended all through the investigation that they had nothing to do with the robbery, produced two witnesses of good character who deposed that they were present in a house in Smithfield when Day received two 51. Bank of England notes and four sovereigns, in pay ment for a chesnut horse, en the morning of the day on which he passed the two notes which he was charged with having stolen. The Lord Mayor and Sir John Pine very closely sifted the case, which was ingeniously defended by the solicitor for the prisoners, and decided, evidently with reluctance, upon discharging them. The LORD MAYOR observed that the case was one of a very suspicious character indeed—that due diligence did not appear to have been exercised in eliciting facts, and that in all probability the list of the property which the lady had either merely lost, or been robbed of, would be heard of, and might lead to future proceedings. It was directed that the bank Rote which had been taken by Mr. Morrison, of Cheapside, from Day, for clothes purchased by that prisoner, should be returned to Mr. Morrison. The Lord Mayor gave no direction with respect to the second 5L which Day had requested Mr. Morrison to get changed for him. The prisoners appeared to be rejoiced at being dis charged, and hurried away without saying a word. CLERKEIV WELL. SPA-FIELIII9 7 BURIAL GROUND.—Twelve o'clock yes terday was fixed upon as the time at which the inquiry into the practices carried on in Spa-fields Burial-ground was to be resumed. At that time the poor widow Nelson, whose melancholy statement was published in this paper of yesterday, was in attendance. Mr. Wake ling, the vestry-clerk, the police inspectors, and several of the most respectable tradesmen in Clerkenwell were also present. Much to the disappointment of those present, it was understood that the magistrate (Mr. Greenwood) who presided refused to entertain the matter, having no jurisdiction whatever in the shape in which it was brought before him. The poor woman, with tears in her eyes, informed the reporter that she had been to the burial-ground again on that (Thursday) morning, and in the meat earnest manner besought of the manager to open the grave that she might behold her husband's remains, but he declined to do so, and with a sorrowing heart she was obliged to leave without any hope of having her wish gratified. The reporter visited the grave•yard yesterday, and thinks it right to state that he was treated with civility by Mr. Bird, the manager, and that several men were employed in filling up those graves which had been opened, and in opening others to satisfy the relatives of persons interred there. Mr. Bird said, the reason he could not open Nelson's grave was because she could not point out the exact spot; but a gentleman who was then present, and who was also present at the interview between the woman and Bird, said the woman had pointed out the place. The ground seems quite full, and the smell proceeding from such graves as were still open was most unpleasant. Jeremiah Lucy was charged with being found concealed in the National Guardian Institution, in Bedford-row. Mr. Burt, the Secretary, found him concealed in the office yesterday, and arrested him. He has been heretofore in custody. Mr. COMBE remanded him. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Benjamin Longstaff, a young man of fashionable appear ance, was charged with wantonly knocking at doors in Tot tenham-court• road, at four o'clock this morning. He was taken in the act by a police constable of the E division. The defendant said he was merely trying to get a cigar ; he knew a tobacconist lived somewhere thereabouts. Mr. HannwlcK—And so the inhabitants are to be dis turbed in their beds because you wish to have a cigar at that unseasonable hour. Pray, what are you? Defendant—l am an engraver. Mr. HAnnwicK—l shall fine you 40s. Defendant—But I am only a journeyman, and I am very sorry for what I have done. Mr. HAnnwicx mitigated the fine to 205., or ten days to hard labour.—The fine was paid directly. Do.,Perpetual, No.l Ditto, ditto, No. 2.. Eastern Union ••.• • • • Edinburgh & Glasgow Ditto, Quarter Shares Ely and Bedford •• • • • Grand Connection • • • • Grand Junction • • • • • • Ditto, Half Sha, es • • Ditto, Quarter Shares Gt. Southern &Western Great North of England Ditto, New.• • • • • • • • (treat Western ... Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Fifths..• • • • • • Guilford Junction.. • • • Harwich.... .. 11 and Selby .:: • • • • Ditto, Quarter Shares Kendal & Windermere Lancaster and Carlisle Leeds and Bradford. • Liverpool & Manchestr Ditto, Half Shares • • Ditto, Quarter Shares . _ 7.ondon & Birmingham Ditto, New Thirds.. Ditto, New IA Shares London and Blackwall London and Brightoa.. Ditto, Loan Notes.. London and Greenwich Ditto, Pref. or I'riv.. London and S. Western COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court was held specially to consider a Bill introduced into the House of Lords entitled "An Act for enabling all persons to trade and work within the City of London." The doors were not opened to strangers during the day. A long discussion took place, as we have been in formed, upon the subject on which the members were summoned, and Mr. Ashurst submitted a motion to refer the Bill to a Committee, to report as to its probable effects upon the constitution of the City, and to meet it by a Bill of a more comprehensive character, and calcu lated to accomplish still further improvements by mea sures in accordance with the institutions of the City. The Court ultimately came to the decision, we be lieve, to oppose the Bill reported to have been brought into Parliament, and to appoint a Committee to take into consideration the most advisable mode of opposing it. No other business was transacted. Do., New Cons. Bths Ditto, New . • .. • • • . ..,ondott and Croydon Ditto, Uwirntd. 5 p. c. FREE-TRADE BAZAAR. MEETING OF LADIES. A morning meeting of ladies resident in Camberwell and Peckham, was held yesterday in the Lecture Room, Hill-street, Peckham, for the purpose of hearing an address from Mr. George Thompson, in explanation of the objects of the Free-trade Bazaar, to be held in Covent-garden Theatre in May next. The meeting was most respectably composed. On the motion of Mr. FARRIND, a member of the Society of Friends, Mr. J. A. Lyon, of Camberwell, took the chair. Mr. GEORGE THOMPSON then presented himself, and delivered an eloquent and impressive address on the great national objects which the League have in view, in promulgating the principles of free-trade with the nations of the world. He dwelt forcibly on the skill and industry of the productive classes of this country, and on the impolicy and injustice of those legisla.ive enactments which prevent them from ex changing the products of their labour for those of other countries. Ile congratulated the country that the ques tion which he was then advocating—the abolition of all monopolies—was not a question of sect, party, or politics, but one of pure humanity and justice, in the advance ment of which persons of the most opposite politics, and of all sects of religion, were uniting. He showed that the opponents of free trade were every day lessening, and that vast numbers of its hitherto greatest an tagonists are now to be found in the ranks of its warmest supporters. He expressed his gratification at seeing so many ladies present, and his belief that the ladies of Camberwell and Peckham would, in unison with the ladies resident in the various other parts of the metropolis, do all in their power to contribute, by the works of their own hands, their influence, and exer tions, towards the success of the Great League Bazaar. He impressed upon his fair auditory, that as the time for holding the Basia,ar was fast approaching, and that as the intervening space was short, the necessity for active co operation on their part was, in proportion, great. He urged them to importune their friends, by the exercise of their pens, &c., for money contribu tions; and predicted that the Bazaar, according to the indications from all parts of the country, would be one of the grandest spectacles of the kind ever wit nessed in any country. The Learned Gentleman, whose address was listened to with the profoundest attention, was followed by Mr. A. L. Saul, of the League, who further elucidated the advant a g es which would arise to the country from the adop tion of free trade, whose prin ciples he explained. A Ladies' Committee for the districts of Camberwell and Peckham was then formed, with power to add to their number; after which the meeting satisfactionseparated, witht e the expressing proceedings. much conver sational London and York... .. Lynn and Ely • ... s.anchester and Leeds Ditto, Half Shares • • Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Sixteenths Manchestr & Birming. Ditto, Quarter Shares Midland ............. Ditto, Fifths . •• • • Ditto, B & Derby Newcastle & Berwick New cstle & Darl. June. North British .. • . Northern and Eastern . Ditto, Scrip, iss. 5/. d. Ditto, Quarter Shares North Kent • • • • • • • • • • Norwich and Brandon . Ditto, New • • • • Portsmouth Direct .. • • Preston and Wyre . • • • ltichmnd & W. E June. Ditto, 2d Pref., 1842 Sheffield and Lincoln . • Sheffield & Manchestr Ditto, Quarter Shares Shrws.,Wolv.,Dud.,l4ir South Devon . • • • • • South-Eastern & Dovr Ditto, New iss. 32/.dls South Wales .. • • • • • • • Stevenson's Prtsmouth Thames and Medway.. Trent Valley • • • • • • • • • Yarmouth & Norwich The jury then returned to Poplar. The CORONER proceeded to address them. He begged of them to dismiss altogether from their minds all pre judices which might be present to their minds on this occasion, and he would request their undivided atten tion while he laid the facts of the case before them. These were and aware, the to which their inquiries was engaged in some very boiler facts were contained in a very narrow compass. Mr. Sam extensive they works, had been directed was required in the process of his works. The boiler itself was, with a solitary exception, stated to be in good working order, of good workman ship, and altogether, if kept within its own proper compass, as unexceptionable as it was required to be. H e ( t h e Coroner) could not help thinking that in this case there had been an undue pressure upon that boiler. On the last occasion of this kind on which he had met them, they might perhaps remember that he had in stanced the case of a cannon which had been sent to the maker in order to be repaired, which on its being tested burst ; and a verdict of man slaughter was brought in. The Learned Coroner then explained to the jury the limit at which man slaughter stopped and murder began. But he did not think that Mr. Lowe could have had any personal motive as required in the cafe of murder, for it would be clearly his interest to carry on the work without acci dent. B u t in manslaughter it was laid down, that although there was no intent to kill, yet if the act were manifestly improper, and resulted in death, then the person so acting was guilty of man slaughter. (Several cases in point were cited.) It would be for the jury to say whether Mr. Loa e had used ordinary caution on this occasion, or whether he had exercised a recklessness that brought him within the operation of this law. He (the Coroner) entreated them to look to the trying and embarrassing situation of Mr. George Lowe in reference to this engine. It would appear, from the evidence, that the engine would not go freely, and he was, in common par lance " trying it on, as far as he could, to overcome the 'difficulty. They were not to condemn the man because, in one particular instance, he had been unfortunate, if it was shown that, generally, he had acted with a proper d e g ree of skill and of cau tion. They must consider that in this case Mr. Lowe himself had been a sufferer; and if a man were present and using a reasonable degree of skill and caution, it would remove from him a criminal responsibility arising from a loss of life. (The Learned Coroner then read over the evidence in detail.) He was sure that they would give their fullest attention to this subject, and that while they gave every protection required for the preservation of her Majesty's subjects, they would not, at the same time, crush, by an ill considered verdict, the prospects of any individual, and perhaps by so doing be in some measure retarding the progress of the arts in this country. The jury retired to consider their verdict at a quarter to four, and again returned into Court at six o'clock. The Foreman then annouced that the jury had unani mously' found a verdict of " Manslaughter against George Lowe," and they added their opinion that the machinery generally on Mr. Samuda's establishment was of a most defective character. WILD SwANS.—A flock of Norway swans, about twenty in number, alighted in the farmyard at Low Burn Hall, near Durham, on the morning of Tuesday week, and quietly proceeded to feed amongs t the poultry. The occupier of the farmer immediately sallied forth with a gun, and killed two at a shot, and the remainder took flight in the direction of Byers'-green.—Tyne Mercury. THE RECENT FIRE IN B ER MONDSEY -STREET. -- The fire which occurred in Bermondsey-street, as detailed in this journal of yesterday, was not extinguished until a late hour, and it was not until some time after that the fate of the re sidents was ascertained. For a considerable period it was believed that all the parties residing in the house had met the most horrible of all deaths. The utmost exertions to as certain the fact were made by the firemen under Mr. Braid wood's superintendence. The last time that Mr. Opperner was seen was shortly after eleven o'clock, at which hour he wished one of his neighbours good night. The supposition of an extensive sacrifice of life was therefore entertained. Whilst the firemen were, however, exploring the ruins, the proprietor of the building came to the spot and informed the reporter that he had been to see a friend, and that all his family was safe, as his wife and children had gone to a place of amusement in the Borough. He also said there was no person in the house when the fire broke out. We are, there fore, happy to state that no lives were lest, as was at one time apprehended. The following is an extract from the official report supplied by Mr. Braidwood :—" No. 217, Ber mondsey-street, Mr. L. Opperner's, cabinet-maker and va luer—building destroyed, stock in trade and furniture burned : insured in the Sun for the stock in trade, building insured in the Guardian. Cause of fire very doubtful. No. 216, Mr. Benjamin, clothier and salesman —the second and third floor stairs and side front severely damaged by fire ; the rest of the building and contents injured by water and removal. Engines attending—six of the brigade , two o f the p arish, with those of the West of England and County offices." Ditto, New ...• • •- • • York & North Midland Ditto, Half Shares Do., Scarbro' Brand) Ditto, Selby Scrip • • Ditto, Extension ... • Boulogne and Amiens. t. Northern of France Orleans and Vierzon . . Orleans & Bourdeaux Paris & Lyons(Laffitte) Paris and Strasbourg.. Paris and Orleans..... Paris and Rouen ...... Rouen and Havre .• • • INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X s. d. X e. d. Albion .••• • • • • ...... 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 1214 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 19%. Ditto Marine. ••• • .. 6/. per cent, 100 0-0 50 . 0 6% Atlas .•••• • • • • .. 135. Gd. pr sh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 16% British Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 0 0 50 0 7 ClericLMed. & Gen. Life Si. per cent. 100 0 0 210 1 6% County .• . ..... ...... 3/. 100 0 0 10 0 0 9s. and 1 j 40 0 0 5 0 0 10 Crown •• .• ..... • . 1 61 . s s . bs. Eagle Economic Life j&3os.bs.} Eng.& Scot. Law Life 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 2% European Life ••••• • • • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20 Freemasons' .. •••• • • • • 51. - per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 Globe ••••.•••• .• • • • • • 61. per cent. Stock. - 142 Guardian •••••• • • • • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 50 1 ,E Imperial Fire •••• • • • • 12/. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 195 Imperial Life. •••• • • . • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 15 Indemnity Marine• •• • It. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 • 30 Law Life .••••• • • • • . • 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 45% Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 5% London Fire 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 16 London Ship Marine •.••••• • .• • • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 Med. Invild Sr Gen. Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 3 National Loan Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% National Life. Palladium Life ...... Phoenix ••.. . ..... •. • - - Protector Life •••• • • • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 Provident Life •.•: • • • . 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24 Rock Lif" • • Royal Exchange 5l. per cent. Stock. - 155 Sun Fire .. ••. • • • • • . • 6/. 10s. - - MO the .. ..... - - LTniveiqa•Life _ ._ i .i i DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X s. d. A s. d. Commercial ..• East and West India 5 1% /. pr cent. Stock. 142 East Country London St. Katharine .... • • .. 1 5 per cent. Stock. —11 0 1 A Southampton ••—• • • • 4/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 WATER-WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. £ e, d. East London.. •. • ..... U. 100 0 0 230 Grand Junction ...... 3/. 46 13 4 90 Kent•••••••• Vauxhall .••• • • • • • b/. per cent. 100 0 0 60 West Middlesex .•• • .. 4/. 16s. pr ct. 63 12 9 , 127 LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES Dividead Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Prise. Annum. Share. s. d. s. d. Bank of Scotland Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. 100 0 0 168 1 % British Linen Company 81* per cent. 100 0 0 226% Commercial Bauk 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 167% National Bank 6l. per cent. 10 0 0 15% Union Bank of Scotland 7 lA/. pr cent. 50 0 0 25 Western Bank . • • • • • • • 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 76% North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. 5 0 0 7 Clydesdale Bank . • • • Eastern Bank • • • • 3/. per cent. 15 0 0 11% Caledonian Bank • • Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 51. per cent. 5 0 0 7 1 4 City of Glasgow Bank . 5/. per cent. 8 15 0 13% Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1% Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% Insur. Co. of ScoUnd• • 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 10 North British Insur • 9/. per cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 27 Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24 Edinburgh Life Insur. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 18% Edin. & (Haag. Railway 4% /. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 65% Ditto, % Shares • • • . 4% /. per cent. 12 10 0 All paid. 16 1 % Edin., Leith, & Grantn 20 0 0 20 0 0 15 Olasgvr & Ayrshir Rail. 4341. per cent. 50 0 0 AU paid. 65% Glasgvr & Greenek Rail. 2/. per cent. 25 0 0 AU paid. 15 Gisor & Garnkirk Rail. 5/. per cent. 25 0 0 AU paid. 28 Dundee& Arbroth Rail. Si. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 32% four d Hastairio FISHING.—The annual herring fishing at Ballant rae , w hi c h ta k es place regularly about the end of February or b eg i nn i ng o f March, has just closed , having been more than ordinarily pro ductive. This fishing usual l y la sts cainstance unparalleled " in the memo r y of the oldest in s, but this year it extended ov er three weeks, a cir habitant." There was A great assemblage of boats from all quarters, and operations were carried on both day and night. So immense was the quantity of the herrings th a t, d ur i ng th r ee or four days, more were taken than were got l a st year in six weeks in all Lochfine. They were t a k en, both fresh and cured , t o ever y p art of this country, and large numbers were se nt to Ireland. Several vessels belongin g to Greenock wer e frei g hted b y Messrs. Gallocher and K e lly, to take the produce of the fi shing to Greenock, from whence large quantities found their way to London. In spite of the largeness of the take, pricee were well supported, and those sold in England yielded a hand some profit:—Ayr Observer. TILE MARY ROSE.--OperatiOrlS are speedily to be commenced so as to remove, if possible, every portion of this ill-fated vessel, similar to the Royal George (120 guns). One of the recovered guns of the Mary Rose is now in her Majesty's Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, in a good state of preservation, and another is in the grounds of the Royal Military Repository, Woolwich common ; and they have attracted thousand s dail y to see such unfortunate Mary Rose was lost in 1540 at specimens of ancient manufactu re. The Spithead, through the mutinous conduct of the mariners, under the command of Captain Carew, of t he Ro y al ' Navy, when s h e " h ee l e d " and foundered, with 700 sea men on board, who were all drowned in the presence of King Henry VIII., who happened to be inspecting there his vessels of war, when he witnessed the destruction of one of the finest vessels in the whole British fleet. This loss greatly afflicted the King. Much property and various munitions of war of that period are known to be on board, and a portion has been recovered, some speci mens of which are now in the British Museum, and also in the possession of various noblemen. CANALS. • N a mes of ( Dividend ! Names of 5 ,e.; Dividend E Price. 2 per Price CO C o mpanies. 11 per I Companies. g Annum. Annum. , Ashtn & Oldh 97 5/.55. pe l 72 Monmouthsh 100 81. 160 Ashby-d-la-Z 113 4/. 70 Mntgomrysh 100 51. 98 Barnsley • • l6O 121. 180 Macclesfield . 100 - 15 Basingstoke 100 - 5 Neath ...• • • 100 201. 365 Brknk&Abrg 150 5!. 85 Nottingham . 150 12/. 260 Cromford 100 181. 164 eak Forest. 78 31. 40 Dudley 1 , 4/. 80 Regent's .. .. 33 1/. 24 Derby ••. • • • 1001 81. 103 Rochdale.... 85 4/. 55 Ellsmre&Chs 133, 4/. 58 Shropshire •. 125 81. 120 Erewash • - 100 1 321. 440 Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 123 Forth & Clyd 100 4/. 105 Do.Lk Fd St 12 61. p. c. 11 GrandJunctz 100 71. 110. Stffrd &Worc 140 28/. 480 Grand Union 100 1/. 10s. 26 Shrewsbury.. 125 151. 230 Glamorgnsh . 1 172 13%1. 210 :tourbridge.. 145 20/. 360 Glstr &Brklyl - 8 Strtfrd on Av 79 11. 103. 30 Grantham 26 11. Bs. 30 Huddersfield. 57 - 20 Wye Rail. Kennt & Avn 3 7s. 6d. 10 ft &MI 50 301. 430 Lancaster Leeds& Livrp 10 34/. 570 Thams &Med 19 -. 10 Leicester .• • 140 10/. 1 110 rorcstr &] (1,4: 78 41. 50 Leicstr&ith 83 4/. 70 Birming. Loughborogh 142 701. ,1050 Wilts & Biks 67' 11. 4s. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES :N RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. Flom the Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 20. RAILWAYS. Dividend per Name of Company. Amount of S 1 are. Paid. Annum. Z s. d. 131. Ss. per sh 15s. 121.1657 per sh. LOO 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 Price. 133 25 0 0 6 13 4 4s. per sit. 51. por et. 2/. ss. p. sli. 11s. 3d. p. sli 10/. per et. 101. per et. 101. per et, 31. ss. 71. per cent 71. per cent 71. per cent it. ss. prct, 101. per ct. 101. per ct. 101. per ct. 101. per ct. 101. per ct. 10/. per ct. 3/. Os. per sh 51. per cent. 5/. per cent. Si. ss. per sti 10s. per sh, 1/.75, 6d. p.s 1/.175.6d.p.s 21. per share I 4i. 4s. per sh 21. 13s. per sh, 2/. ss. 15s. 50 0 0 60 0 0 12 10 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 40 0 0 1(0 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 @ 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 51. per cent 11. 10 , 101. per et. 10/. per ct. 1 32 0 0 1 25 0 0 16 13 4 50 0 0 10 0 0 12 15 4 18 17 2 41 6 10 40 0 0 50 0 0 13 15 9 9 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 6 5 0 40 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 33 2 4 50 0 0 19 5 8 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 8 0 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 8 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 8 20 0 0 20 0 8 1 5 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 12% 191, 181 10114 40% 1% 95 20% 6 351 21% 4(J 18 3 17% 44 JOINT-STOCK BANNS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price; Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ 8. d. Australasia •• .• • • .... St. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 Britsh North American 61. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 451 i Commercial of London Si. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 23 Colonial . • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 14 Londn and Westminstr 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 28 % London Joint-Stock... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14 Metropolitan Provincial of Ireland.. Si. per cent. 105 0 0 25 0 0 45 Ditto, New.•• •• .. Si. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 National of Ireland .. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 17 10 0 Nat. Provncial of Eug. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 3714 Ditto, New......... 51: per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Union of Australia.... 25 0 0 25 0 0 26% Union of London • • 51: per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 121( 50 0 e 10 0 0 G 0 0 2 10 0 THE SALT-HILL MURDER. AYLESBURY, WEDNESDAY.-It is extraordinary with what avidity every morsel of intelligence relating to the mur derer, John Tawell, is sought and snatched up by the public. Far and wide inquiry and speculation are busily on foot con cerning him, but nearer the scene of the murder he is the general topic of conversation. As may be supposed, many incorrect stories concerning him find their way into circu lation, but nothing can be more absurd and reprehensible than some of the inventions which idle gossip has promul gated. Public feeling is, generally speaking, against him, and every day some fresh amount of crime, in the way of poison ing, is attributed to him. Sarah Hart is supposed by the credulous to be by no means the only person upon whom he has practised his knowledge of chemistry ; and it is suspected that while he kept his druggist's shop in Sydney a wide field was open to him for the exercise of his skill. His partner at Sydney is said to have died suddenly, leaving him all his property. His two sons are said to have left this world suddenly. His first wife, it is stated, died suddenly. Sarah Hart had a narrow escape once ; and these circumstances, in connexion with her murder, by no means lessen the belief of his guilt. By those who have any knowlede of the prisoner he is re garded very differently. Everybody who knows the wretched man speaks well of him, and everybody who has conversed with him has received a favourable impression. Mild, gen tlemanly, and unaffected in his manner, he listens to what ever is said to him with respectful attention, and converses with all the serenity of a martyr. A convict of the gaol re mains with him at his request throughout the day, as a sort of attendant, and to this man he is particularly communica tive. He received the visiting magistrates yesterday with great composure, and expressed his thankfulness for the con sideration shown to him. It was intimated that nobody would be allowed to visit him but those whom he expressed a wish to see, upon which he observdd, that he desired to see nobody but his wife, and he looked forward to another in terview with her. One of the magistrates suggested to him the propriety of foregoing such a scene, and sparing the feel ings of his wife in particular, of whom he had so lately taken leave. He, however, persisted in the wish and hope of again seeing her, meekly alluding to the affectionate terms upon which they had lived together. It is remarkable that the culprit has never once com plained of the sentence which was passed upon him. When the hope of escape (which had been very great within him) was suddenly crushed, he observed that The judge was a just judge, but a stern one." He has once remarked, with remote reference to his sentence, " that he could conscien tiously acquit himself of cruelty or treachery to anybody." But he rarely, if ever, adverts to his crime. He continues to receive numerous letters from all quarters of the country. His time is divided between writing and praying; and be occasionally sees the chaplain, Mr. Cox, but no revelation has yet been made by Tawell. Great care has been observed by the authorities to prevent, what it is thought by many he will attempt, the making away with himself. Mrs. Tawell is known to have been aware of the existence of such a person as Sarah Hart, and even of Tawell's having children by her; but she was utterly un conscious of his visiting her, and attributes his last visit to purely humane motives. Friday, the 28th instant, is decidedly fixed for the exe cution, unless the Secretary of State orders it otherwise. A petition to Sir James Graham has been this day set on foot :n the town of Aylesbury, praying that Tawell's sentence of death may be commuted to transportation for life. This pe tition is grounded upon an objection to the punishment of death, and the prayer is set forth in behalf of all who lie under such a sentence. The petition is signed by a few tradesmen of the town, nearly all of whom are Dissenters. THE HAMPSTEAD MURDER. HOCFtER'S DEFENCE.—The line of defence that will pro bably be adopted by Hocker on his trial, for the murder of Delarue, seems pointed out by his conduct, and by his anxiety to correct the evidence of the policeman who was left in charge of the body in the field whilst the stretcher was brought. He will, most probably, assert that whilst waiting by the body, he and the policeman agreed to plun der it, and that that was the whole extent of his criminality. Many of the circumstances would bear out such a defence. First, the great improbability that a murderer would revisit the spot so soon afterwards for no apparent object; secondly, the withholding by the policeman of the fact that any one had been with him in the field ; and, thirdly, the buttoned-up pockets of Delarue ; as it would not be likely for the mur derer to stop and button the pockets of the man he had killed, whose cries, continuing nearly two minutes, would most probably have been beard. Such a line of defence would also account for the blood on Rocker's clothes, and for the silence he observed on the subject. The presence of the three ill-looking men in different parts of Hampstead, on the day of the murder, who were last seen going towards the place, and have not since been lWard :of, would also afford some countenance to the statement that Delarue had been murdered by them, as originally supposed, and that becoming alarmed they had run away before plundering the body. The fact of the supposed murderous weapon having been discovered before the murder was committed, and the absence of proof that the prisoner had possessed any other weapon calculated to inflict the wounds on the head of De lame, are also in his favour, so far as negative evidence goes. He would, indeed, have some difficulty in explaining other, though minuter, parts of the evidence against him ; but the line of defence we have mentioned would be supported by several of the circumstances that have been adduced against him. THE GLOOMY PATIL—We understand that in consequence of the attention that has been drawn by the recent murder at Hampstead to the gloomy path by the side of Bellsize-park, leading to the Haverstock field, it is intended to adopt mea sures for the removal of the high close wooden fence, which was erected within the last six years by Mr. Wright, the late banker. The path is inclosed between the black wooden fence, seven feet high, on one side, and an old brick wall still higher on the other; it is overhung by trees which obstruct the light, and make the pathway disagreeable as well as gloomy. Since the erection of this unnecessarily high and close fence the path has been less frequented, and the enclo sure is the more objectionable from the circumstance that it was formerly one of the pleasantest parts of/the field walks to Hampstead. MARKET NEWS.-(YESTERDAY Iait3I,E.NTS. Smrrturnma.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ lOs to 4l 8s ; use ful ditto, 4/ lOs to 5/ ; fine Upland ditto, Si to 5/ 5s ; Clover Hay, 41 8s to 5l 16s ; Oat Straw, I/ 16s to 1/ 183 ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ per load. Trade tolerably steady, at full price*. Cu3rsimmaxr).—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3l 103 to 4/ 10s ; useful ditto, 4/ 12s to 5l; fine Upland ditto, Si 3s to 5/ 108; Clover Hay, 4/ 8s to 5l 15s; Oat Straw, 11 16s to 1/ 18s; \Moat Straw, 1/ 183 to 2/ per load. Supply but moderate, and trade rather dull. WifrrEcHAPF.L.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 lOs to 4/ 15s; useful ditto, 41 16s to 5/ 3s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 3s to 5l 8s ; Clover Hay, 4110 s to 61; Oat Straw, 1/ 16s to 1118 s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ per load. A fair average supply, and a steady inquiry. MCAT MANKE I r S. Holmium, MARCH 19.—The supply . of stock being limited, the trade ruled active, at very full prices. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s ; Mutton, 3s to 4s 6d ; Veal, 0 to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 38 to 3s 6d per 81bs. ARUNDEL, MARCH 18.—For each kind of stock, the supply of which was only moderate, we had a steady demand, and previous rates were well supported.—Beef, from 3s to 4s; Mutton, 3s to 4s 6d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 3s to 3s 6d per 8 - lbs. Cnicnr.srEa, MARCH 19.—Although the supply of fat stock was tolerably good, the trade ruled steady, and prices were somewhat on the advance.—Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s ; Mutton, 3s to 4s 6d ; Veal, 3s 10d to . .4s - 6d ; and Pork, 2s 10d to 3s 6d per 81bs. Suckling ealVes.- 18s to 295; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 19s ; and Mulch CoiVs, with their small Calves, 16/ to 181 15s each. SOUTHALL, MARCH 19.—We had rather a limited supply of each kind of fat stock on sale in to-day's market. Prime Beasts and Sheep were in somewhat ,active inquiry, and in some instances the quotations had an ,upward . tendency ; but the middling and inferior qualities moved qff slowly, at late rates.—Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s ; Mutton, 2s 10(1 to - 4s 6d; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; and Perk, 3s to 4i per Sibs, to sink the offals. Supply—Beasts, 38 ; Sheep, '1,241 ; Calves, 41; Pigs, 54. ROMFORD, MARCH 19.—There was about an average time of.year supply of stock - here to-day. Generally speak ing, the trade was firm on: the- 'following terms : Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s ; Mutton, , 3s to 4s 6d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 2s 10d to, 4s per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 29s ; Quarter-old Store Pigs,. ,16s to 19s ; and Mitch Cows, with their small Calf, 16/ to 191 each. COAL MARKET. Prices per ton at the close of the market :—Adair's Main, 15s 6d; Buddle's West Hartley, 16s 6d; Carr's Hartley, 16s 6d; Davison's West Hartley, 16s 6d ; Hasting's West Hartley, 16s 6d ; Morrison's West Hartley, 15s 6d ; Old Pon top, 15s; Ord's Redheugh, 15s; Oakwellgate Main, 14s; Pontop Windsor, 15s ; Pott's Primrose, 14s ; Tanfield Moor, 19s ; Townley, 16s ; West Hartley, 17s ; West Wylam, 16s ; Wylam, 15s 6d ; W.E., Gosforth, 183 9d ; Heaton, 18s 6d ; Wreckington, 15s 6d; Eden Main, 19s 3d ; Braddyll's Hetton, 21s 3d ; Hetton, 21s 3d ; Lambton, 21s 3d ; Morrison, 18s ; Pemberton, 18s 6d ; Stewart's, 21s 3d ; Caradoc, 21s ; Hesel den, 17s 9d ; Kelloe, 19s 9d ; Trimdon, 20s 6d : Eden's Tan field, 15s 6d ; Seymour Tees, 19s 6d ; Tees lletton, 15s 6d ; Cow pen Hartley, 16s 6d ; Hartley, 16s; Sidney's Hartley, 16s 6d.—Ships arrived, 8. (From the London New Price Current of March 20.) SIIGAR.—Today there was a good demand for every description of West India Sugar, and the quantity dis posed of amounted to 400 hhds and tierces, rather higher rates were paid, making the advance for the week 6d on brown, grey and common yellow, and Is per cwt on good and fine sorts. There would even have been a larger busi ness transacted had the market been better supplied with bright Grocery sorts. The total purchases for the week amounted to 1580 hhds and tierces. The market closes with a healthy appearance for all sorts of Sugar subject to 14s per cwt duty. Business will be suspended in the Sugar market until Wednesday, on account of ,the Easter holidays. At the Custom House, to-day, some parcels of Dobah, No. 1, and Kobah, were stopped by the Custom House officers, who insisted upon a duty of 16s 4d per cwt, in consequence of their being Clayed, or equal to White Clayed, and not Refined. REFINED.—To-day several parcels of Refined Sugar were taken by the home trade at 65s for brown, and at 66s 6d to 67s per cwt for standard lumps. Ia Bastards there was more business done at the rates quoted above. Bonded Crushed Sugar selling more freely at 31s for best sort. _ MAURITIUS—This afternoon there was no public sale, but privately some parcels were sold, and the rates paid were generally rather above previously quoted. EAST INDIA This afternoon Bengal Sugar met with attention, 2,266 bags, duty paid, were of fered at public sale and sold at firm rates, viz. good white at 525, middling 50s 6d, low 49s 6cl, damp 41s to 54, washed 46s 5d to 51s, yellow damp and washed 35s to 38s 6d, better quality 42s to 455, damp brown 34a, very low 275. 637 bags in bond were with drawn, the trade refusing to encourage the system of selling at short price. Of Madras 2,870 bags in bond were offered at auction, but withdrawn from the same cause. FOREIGN.—To - day 200 blids Cuba Muscovado were offered at public sale, and taken in above the value, viz. good bright yellow at 21s 6d to 225, mid 20s 6d to 21s, low 19s to 20s, and fine brown 18s Gd per cwt ; there were buyers at fair market rates. COCOA.—Holders of West India have shown firmness, and none has been offered at auction this week ; there has been a better demand by private treaty, and full rates have been paid, sales having been made at 39s to 455, and better quality 46s to 48s per cwt. The supply of foreign is small, and prices keep firm. COFFEE.—This afternoon at public sale 975 bags six mats of Manilla Coffee were mostly taken in at moderate rates—fine ord at 37s to 39s 6d, good o rd 34s to 36s 6d, but the damaged sold at 27s to 355, good order and re packed 37s to 38s 6d, sea damaged and repacked 29s to 31s 6d: 266 bags Java from Calcutta sold at ..............:-,..-......„.......8g1.01 il good prices-sound at 41s to 445, so d . u- ill 5t 37523 s 6dte 40s 6d ; 420 bags of Padang tase c lo b to 2 4s . for ord, being the full worth ; 159 5 , ;; ,tiv e Rio taken in-mid at'sBs to 60s, low mid 53 5 t e i7sP t fine ord 46s 6d to 47s 6d: 20 bags Ceylon sold at ' O O 3 black. Of Mocha 121 bales were offered, an d tl .,lbro °l was taken in above the value, that is to say' ral ies-' lst at 63s to 655, the sea damaged sold at full 11 ta4 ls ' class at 55s 6d, 2d class 49s 6d to 50s, an s 3 ( 1 cls sad Ceylon - t. ass Ceylon of good ord quality was less in Milo s "' ,;, to 46s 6d was accepted for good ord. ssliet t ''' TEA.-There has been less activity in the or T OO week, and little business has been transacted m i ly 11 0 , 1 , treaty in black or green Tea ; a larger Vit o 0;.1 ing been brought forward, a decline 1u Zi o WI of some kinds has occurred. At the „Pi - 6 ,0r held on Tuesday and Wednesday the tint ee l !, little inclination to operate, and the bidawgrioesP very languid ; Hyson went at a decline 011„th,,e1,1°. the last public sales of lid to 2d. Young kiir„; r. 2d Imperial, and Gunpowder Id to 2d, Pollct„e"ed t he id, but Congou and Twankay generally sur;,,, siorc:' former currency. Souchong kept up its prevg: s ent n and Flowery Pekoe fetched full prices, but PC n ifer , " and Caper went a little cheaper: of the 16 78411g-9pr only 3,000 were disposed of, including 7 ° ° P o d, ns etli chon. Congou, fresh and new kinds fetched 1 o per o . r a to raw str Is to Is 2d, blkh leaf Pekoe kind 9s ; 10 10 2s 4d to 2s 8d; Souchong, fine 2s 8d to 35Adi, Csr in n s to is 21d; Pouchong, low to good 4d t° ? :, to Ile 10 catt bxs Is to is 6d; Orange Pekoe' Ai d, , P litr Is 5d to is 7d, Scented good to fine 3s3d to 8s 7, 'ily9 o ' kay, good is 4d; Hyson Skin, corn 9d tone "nperffie_, corn 2s 6d, far to good 2s 6 4 d to 2s Ild, toloo 3s 8d to 3s 10d. Young Hyson, Canton an d , 1 Cast ° , 3 a kind Is 9d to 2s 2id, superior 2s 9d. ItaPer,li'd2;7l.o and Twankay kind is 4d to 2s Id. 'Tyson -ii,i,a 15 4 4 to 2s 9d. Gunpowder, Canton and Twankai periorn to 2s id. Hyson kind 3s 3d to 3s 10d, an l a ve bee to 4s 6d per lb. The deliveries, hovvevl'A . 5 again large, and the trade are not over-stoccre es ; lo cli e j MonAssns.-Although there are sellers of oe rst i upon further reduced terms, still buyers baceirsEvaser b with caution, and very little business has bend Ids y private treaty : at public sale 550 Pun "„tll portation were all taken in-Demerara w ia :ad It; 18s to 18s 6d, Antigua 19s 6d, Trinidad 17 , 'i n at , " ti bite 18s. Of Mauritius 57 tierces were bough t ba , priO per cwt. East India is offered upon low terms ' b lack treaty. a for , n er SPICES.-To day there was little dem and L s e fl' f ' st Pepper, 300 bags at public sale sold at WoO ~ st,' value ; good earthy brown but dusty r se- ll' 1 4 3id to 21d, and at 2kd to 2id for sea 1 ' ag e d , ~ie; and 3d class. ofJ' ln ia Russ, BRANDY, AND HoLLANDS.- Inaporters r jeclieeo, Rum are not inclined to submit to a n y fortbebe quantlid at 33 prices, and export orders come in slowly : t s a to 33 0 sold this week , has been only 50 p uns petaer sec' for fair quality, 28 to 31 per cent over-proa. i has met with little attention, 2s 10d to 3s hfi ci f s SorP t li , cepied for 50 puns 35 to 37 per cent over PO ° l a d. `„.6 , Leewards is 10d to is lid are the rate9ll:iith erre( cutta Rum at Is 8d without, and at ls Ano9" gniloSsaid cate. A Government contract for b l a T fo ' bee vv- novi n ,4„... P s e sc r a c : b g rs s ii : tio c if ' Rum is shortly expected. Brandy with caution, prices looking down, as best brands, of the vintage of 183 8 ' k b A di ditto 1 F at 4s 5d ; ditto 1839, hhds 4s sd, puns 4s .; ; 49 4 d , C OI hhds 4s 4d, puns 4s 3d ; ditto 1841, hbu i s ( 14 01 4 0 4s 2d ; ditto 1842, hhds 4s 2d, puns 3s 1 1 ,° ; 36 d, . 4 r. o te libds 3s 11d. pun; 3s 9d ; ditto 184 4 , ' , b us 0 10 ' O % 3s 6d, middling and good middlings f the v a p o rde' ages 2s 7d to 3; 7d, low 2s 6d to 27 1 : 1 1 DA of, 2s 6d to 2s 7d per gallon. oug lit s i t 5a RICE.-This afternoon Bengal Rice as ;1101'1461 and 1,733 bags 358 pockets at auction wer e v t o 1, se ed feteised 1 0116 6clf 5 4 per cwt advance; good bold white good mid Ils 6d to 12s, rather small lis t tol l* . , .. 10s damaged Ist class Ils to lls 6d, 2d c , a'" co a for and 4th class 9s to lOs per cwt. aeri e° rse r FRUIT.-A good, demand has bee n . dee d 0 9 11 0 Currants this week, prices iule firin, .i" ee r ot te e .' se esiv e chants have come to the deternsinatiou on ex - e d cl, present, as there is every prospect ° f s c ll3l)°s re t. demand ere long. A cargo of zante has u`f s 495 p 5 0 0 and reported to be for Holland, the pric e i tirs its ,es e ilia In nearly all descriptions of Raisins, thloieseiS 5 have been on a more extended scale , ~,465. ~patit privately at 46s to 48s, Red Smyrna 40s 'l itt le fo'd so" SALTPETRE.-Today Rough met is itb „ er ? Or and 1362 bags at auction went rather ch es k, ~,sd , as follows with all faults, dull dingY g ‘ , 54 6 , T e eor chrystal 6 per cent. refraction 24s 6d, to A , - 3 , sa, jO O Ot . doo lir sugar damaged, first class bad colour s s class much stained 20s 6d to 215, se 9' i. Dill per cwt. 5 of °ne er Oins.-Holders of common deseripticli_boit t.opcith are for the most part not inclined Co oly o ppll e hole rates, and the market has n thn, to e, ri o re all sorts ; the demand from 101 1 „ rt 0r d , 2 9/ ,1 , ever, has been limited, and the Or s ' h og , t o P unusually small,. Cod has been fS t i c ov , 2 8 '.../ It to 301, pale Seal 301 lOs to 311, Y','„, to ~1611 -1 , straw 291 lOs to 30/, brown 26 1 .`" to 11 51 ' igt: ' ; southern good to fine 281 to 291, and low ti fel eb ye it to 27/ lOs per tun. Fine British has b :1, 6 ,110 cl 01 to 86/per tun. Linseed Oil : 24 5 3d to. iver y, oli o pte. accepted on the spot, 24s 901 to 25s for ei . ellontble sad 31 to 25s 6d per cwt for the last 51 4, for r5 l 5 year. In Rape pricrs rule firm st p ,,h 13 P,, 09 36s per cwt for brown For ',„ 69 sa t - ocbs i ti still advancing, fine quality fetching b be en P . ( 4, P - , cwt by private treaty. Cocoa Nut 1) ," 5 ,.. t o 25', 0 6 0° , e , at a reduction in prices ; Ceylon is 4 ,,'",, c oisu" 0 11 ,f d from Sydney 24s to 25s 6d per cwt ; tn,,,,i10e . 41 1 '; ; interfered with by the cheapness 0,,, / j oi t ior bill. 7 41/ lOs to 421 for Gallipoli in I , ond , '"',., a d P .. .a Spanish, and 391 to 40 / tun for Slew be`" per , ~ at these rates the demand has been r eu n ig P" t 51 1 v i TALLOW,--1). Y. Candle of first quPions creole 0 selling at 38s 6d to 395, and other descrPl/4 en g-tbei° 0 h soru st jo 38; per cwt. For delivery next still ollot evirgelY. be l first sort were sold at 38s to 383 0" , 00 Ja• 600 rates the trade are not inclined to por ch ., B W ilt the value of other sorts of Tallow DIP occurred. ------------'------"'''---',,l ~,.; CORN AVERGDfts.O °,;tl .., nit t fu t. d i,- GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES Or ';',,,, tlie;,4 as ij For the Week ended March 15,1845, mad e " f rom P fh- 3 4° 1 4 Inspectors in the different Cities and Town , „•• or per Imperial Quarter. A Be os .• .''' Wheat ...... 45s ld I Oats . .... .. 215 4- I re 554 ' Barley .....• 32; 2d I Rye ......... 315 id w oo. 1 1 AVERAGES OF TILE AST_ j_-%--- De s AVERAGES _.. -- 0 .. ~ us e 1 Wheat. ; Barley. Ow.. ~.1•<- 'r ------'---- 1 3 ' . 21 6 " 6 3.3 ° _ , 7 3? 2 35 g N 7 23 6 3 4 0 7 3.2 5 34 7 21 0 34 7 21 3 1 I 21 4 ' 3- Weeks ending Feb. 8 Mar. 1 45 6 1 33 0 45 4 32 3 45 2 32 4 45 0 32 3 45 0 32 2 45 1 32 2 - 3 5 0 3 5 $ 3 5 1 3 5 I 0 § 0y .„r 1034 0 5 1 ' ...• ,t 5 Meat BBIaraIrIIIPeeyyERIALAGGiIEGATE AVERAGES ° Pine •••:...• - ..............:4 6 55 s oct 0 1y::..:..._.1:0.,..6.,.., 1 peak' I ots •••••••• 21 6d: l -••• 08. : • • • 323 4d•l Rye ~ , Fig 30 DUTIES ON EIO C ',,„ni Wheat —— 208 c 4 1 Oats r, I°o .'":':.l° j METROPOLITAN IMPROVESE,!......_.%—edbi.-.,, .to road anno fuEroAmTßOxford-street to Holborn Is ti, a xn• ,re' ~1 ~.., The I : b e ef ov sio D ners of Woods and Forests Oxford-stree,,We reit to officer Carpenterc otrheihnei w t asio residenee, on Sunday lag, in villicil tlet. e, a. hisnce.the death of Admiral Carpenter, r , _4strii wiiito midshipman entered off Grenada; he FnththADMIRAL C.AoIiNTSO• Cunibme I r l of t 4, 51 1782, and assuch t sc tio r n e :i t e e ; c li t l 7 1 0 4 ' eleventh e thevBOe6 year ; threastotphoefsetahiertliiaseLt!,.o 3ri‘d.e,:3d0,113.34!1,!01: and wasatriTtnyaerioaff,rliaY,ol_7oinitithoef..l: iicktittoit, ai the y Nf S o and in Admiral Groves's the Ches 3 • nlnt onie action of , us begin e ,fos was at the was made Laorldiegutoeond,t; reduction of Martinique, nlat' a nd an d Or Do serving there with en, OD. i _ a detachment of se 0 1 $OO orciceole of Capt. dat . E. Harvey. His commission .as t ea llon ; the t o s ea the at J 94 d for ho r c h °` •itP ' 4ir anuary, 17 ,an was made a post captain on the 25th of Ma r 0(1 ° o id '- year. H e was , Alarlm orey t tt . appointed captain (O are: _:10, ,fiej vessel c Ral h o -operated with the array of Sir v,." t he tae Aits!„,i, P Abercrombie, in the duction 0 , ~95 •Is Ow Vincent re it i i • • ce -o and other West India islands, 1 0; v , 537, ati the rank of rear-admiral 12th August, 1 toe, 1 s ot" A 12th August, 1819; and full admiral, 10th ivoloss Isl-s [ADvEwrisEmENT.]---TitE YAIOII-' ° itin - A d AND Ho A AsToOSP,4OO Pt LLOWAY'S PILLS ! isTI SVSef - meer' ra# THIS MIRACULOUS DIEDICINS, ATTILe - A hip's OTo 011 HAD.,r.. ',oxen I—See extract of bis A'4l. •0 1, " l ' et , _lessilloarMessina, Leghorn, the 21st FebruarYt , 0 , 1 iliat,loolll, ,11 f Holloway. Sir, —I beg to actiosint ao see. tor e , e p have effected a cure of a disorder in iIY at bons ~,,t h, which all the most eminent of doe facogtreet, siolittorooleit or over the Continent, had not been able to tied, Al ` be lit ot or the waters of Carlsbad or Manaeobad.---4,0 o f t fr o( D i These wonderful pills will cure anY d'sea- at) a t • e ina! g ri stomach. Sold (also Holloway's oinm,,, ft' c ioli Holloway's 244 Strand el'bouttli' had • Establishment, thr•ng Z gratis), and by all medicine vend°, world. ten lii set BIBT.EIB. of btec. ets, On the 12th inst., at Fareham, the la ot 4 s 6 11 , s ill Jenner, of her Majesty's ship St. Vincent!,„ gel-°„,liter• tisi On the 14th inst., in Endsleigh-street,3.l"4 A ilss°4ool' On the 14th inst., the Baroness French, o „voicing, p, sr ' On the 15th inst., at East Heath, ne , , a of t r , lady of W. C. Kenr• h E f daughte" be f ife / 0 lc , 4sq., o a , t t PS' On the 16th inst., at Sydenharn, b .° ' Colville, jun ,Esof a so - n._ lisAllel' Ws' C. On the 16th • (I. Lsd ** e, inst., at an OWne P.0 1 . 1$ 104 , ,, Standige, of ada ht ug er. Ilegeotyr 09 0, I On the 17th • ' inst., in York-terrace, Archibald, of a daughter. , W'Pr'' On the 17th inst Oakfield, ClaPbsi- e 'II , at . tl , 0 George Coles, of a daughter ,-, haal's' 19t On the 19th ult , at Argo. st ti, t.eP-i, g the Lieutenant-ColoniC. C. Ilay,aconogio°l° lo e ment, of a daughter. 'llis a ri* ii A r$ , o e too ARBLED. tosi? 0) to On the 13th inst., at the British Pl' fliOtlbio'f ,e Rolls Hoare, Esq. of Lambeth, to Eolll.a. of.- cigt,'to daughter of the 'late Thomas 13id, ' 411, ki t t' , s , Middlesex. , f dint!' 1011, i'l On the 14th inst., at Regent-terrace lote. ff. nant-Colonel Cavaye, fth 6th DonabaY _ ; toot o e he Is' ' Isabella Jane, eldest daughter a t chinson, Bengal Army. po of not : ne e r , S t ha ta ge u 11 0 Of 1)1 On the 13th inst. Reader WaineWr-g aioCol`'li 1)1°1)" bt, 11 ° Inn, barrister -at - law .' pot!, .„,•• • On the 14th inst •in Bulstrode. greet, %J.-000.- 011 Major-General George e Reeves, C. 8., 13te oof . of the 27th Regiment , aged 7 o°/111) .g I°. On the 15th inst , 'Jane the vide of 18• ocrf -office" of Osnaburgh-street .. • ;olio ,fl/$" On the 15th inst at 'Vauxhall, L°llll ter, Itir' nt, t o C On the 15th in;t., at Boulogne SU r- ; Of. elder brother of Mr. C. DlThail, 'eNve.elr On the 16th inst. at Cumbejrlauvr 96 wit° B th 6. ins; Susannah to n, James adie-road' Of 41. , i i 0 ft S il. ll ° OC 6 O hs• la O A O : Printed and Published, So s o P' iNo. 112, Strand, Printier, sAvort Strand, in the Precinct tier th. n4s blidcUestur, Friday, March 21, 1w ,r % t 4 g e . Aft 4 l cr y %re e Lk 14 3r4 tll* 3- x il 4 Ch . Ls e atiSt ( . At r lti tert eci t tr m l i p t4 ll 14 4 that 'to t Ar tr . W ci • - it ' u anti hy V'f)gt