The Sun. — London, England, 1845-04-01 00:00:00

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Respectable Agents will always supply the proper paper; but where any wilful neglect is experienced, we recommend parties to write to " The Sun" office, 112, Strand, where prompt attention will be paid to their representations. LIBRARY EDITION OF BISHOP TIIIRLWALL'S HISTORY OF GREECE. Early in May, Vol. 1, decoy Bvo., of rillHE HISTORY of GREECE. By the Right jl._ Rev. the Lord Bishop of St. David's (the Rev. CONNOP C. THIRLIVALL.) A New Edition, revised throughout, and Illus trated with Maps and Plans. To be completed in 8 vols. London : Longman, Brown, and Co. ; and John Taylor. NEW WORK BY MRS. LOUDON. On Thursday, April 10, will be published, ley svo., with an Engraving on Steel. and Illustrations on Wood, T HE LADY'S COUNf CO MPANION . ; COPANION. ; or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally. By Mrs. LOI, DON, Author of " Gardening for Ladies," &o. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman. T - kIT'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE for APRIL, price , 'ne Shilling, contains :—Freiligrath's Poems and Politics—Nighean Ceard ; or, The Goldsmith's Daug..ter, a Tale of Celts and Saxons ; by Mrs. Johnstone—Letters from Edinburgh, by Niebuhr, the Historian—Nights in the Martell° ; No. IV. — Letters from Naples in 18434 ; by Madame Wolfensberger.—NCW Novels : The Irnprovisatore ; or, Life in Italy : ilawkstone, a Tale of and for England—Poetry—Literary Register—Politics of the Month. W. Tait, Edinburgh ; Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Tills EVEN ING Will be performed Donizetti's Opera, entitled LLTIA DI LAN MERMOOR. Lucia, Mdlle. A. Castellan Alicia, 3ladaine Bellini Enrico, Sig. Fornasari ; Edgardo, Sig. Moriani. To conclude with an entirely new Ballet, by M. rerrot, entitled EOLINE ; ou, LA DItYADE. The Music by Signor Pugni. The Scenery by Mr. Marshall. l'rmcipal Characters—Eoline (betrothed to Count Edgard), :kiddie. Lucile Grahn ; Rubezahl (le Gnome), M. Perrot ; Count Edgard, M. Toussaint ; Prince of Silesia (brother of Eoline), M. Gosselin. In the course of the Ballet the following Dances will be introduced : Waltze Selesivnne, by the Coryphees of the Corps de Ballet. Pas de la Fiancee—Mdile. Lucile Grahn and M. Toussaint. Pas de Cinq (composed 1)x M. Gossclin)—Mdlles. Louise Weiss, Fen dinand, Demelisse, Cassan, and Moncelet. Mazourka D'E'xtase—:Mlle. Lucile Gr • hn and M. Perrot, Fourth Tableau. Grand Pas des Dryades by Mdlle. L. Grahn and the Ladies of the Corps de Bailer. On Thurslay next, April 3, there will he an Opera, it being a Sub scription sight. Doors open at Ilalf-past Seven ; the Opera to commence at Eight. kpplications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Bex r.ilice, Opera Colonnade. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE, THIS EVENING Will be performed Thaddeus, Mr W. ElarrLsou; Arline. Miss Raintbrth. After which will be repeated, a New Comic Ballet, entitled RORER r AND BERTRAND. Dances in the conrse of the Ballet : Pate de Deux, by Mdlles. Adele and Louise. Pas dc Deux, by 3ldlle. O'Bryan and Mr. A. Webster. Grand Pas de Caractere, by Wile. Polin and M. Gasperini A New Polka, by Mdlle. Polin and M. Casperini. Bolero, by Mesdames Louise and Adele. La Esmeralda, by Mdlle. Polio, and A MAZURKA, by the Principal Ballet Performers. The Eminent Tenor, M. DUPREZ, is engaged here for Twelve Nights only, and will make his appearance on Monday, April 7, in his celebrated character of ARNOLD, in GUILLAUME TELL ; and is also preparing himself for his unrivalled personation of EDGAR, in Donizetti's popular Opera, THE BRIDE OF LA.MMERMOOR, For the Performance of which, an Engagement has also been ex pressly entered into with 3ldlle. EU•IENIL OARCI 1. The Box-office is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six m the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, 1 laces, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Comedy, entitled THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY. Principal Characters by Messrs. W. Farren, Strickland, Back.stone, Webster, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. W. Clifford, Mrs. Humby, Miss Julia Bennett, &c. After which, a New Grand Classical Extravagalza, entitled THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Principal Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, J. Bland, Madame Vestris, and Miss P. Horton. To conclude with THE THIMBLE RIG. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELE6TE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Drama, enUtled THE GREEN B SUES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Connor O'K.ennedy, Mr. Selby ; Ge3rgo, Mr. Hudson : Wild Martogh, Mr. O. Smith Must ,r Grinuldge, Mr. Wright; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; _Geraldine, Mrs. Yates ; telly O'Neill, Mrs. litzwilliam ; Miami, Madam?. Celeste. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Empirical Exposition, called ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Principal Characters by Messrs, Paul Bedford, Wright, John Saunders Selby; Miss Woolgar, Miss Brooks, and Miss E. Chaplin. Toeonclude with MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL Mr. Snugsby, Mr. Lambert ; Lieutenant O'Scupper, R.N., Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Felix Fluffy, Mr. Wright ; Emily, Miss Fortescac. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. TILIS EVENING, Will be performed Shakspeare's Play. of AS YOU LIKE IT. Duke, Mr. Archer; Jacques, Mr. Graham ; Amiens, Mr. Allen ; Rosalind, - Miss Cushman ; Audrey. Miss Emma Stanley. After which, Mr. SANDS and his INFANT BROTHER, MAURICE, will appear in their Pleasing and Wonderful Entertainment, DE SALON, FREAKS OF FANCY. To conclude with a New Gran] Oriental Melo-dramatic Burlesque Extravaganza, in Two Acts, called TIMOUR THE CREAM OF ALL THE TARTARS. Timour, Mr. Ozberry ; Zorilda, Miss E. Stanley. Stage Manager, Mr. 11. I. Wallack ; Stage Director, Mr. Emden ; Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. Superbly decorated, and with extensive alterations! forming one of the most Elegant and Comfortable Theatres in the Metropolis ! ! THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. TILLS EVENING• Will be performed MARTIN CIUTZZIGEWIT. Old Martin Chuzzlewit, Mr. R. Younge ; Mr. Pecsnlif, Mr. Frank Matthews ; Xis. Salrey Gamp, Mr. Keeley ; Bailey, Mrs. Keeley. After which, a New Farce, entitled LowntEß ARCADE. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Meadows, F. Matthews ; Miss Dawson, and Miss Grove. To concln4e with a Burlesque of English History, Pourtraying Olden Ideas and Modern Notions—lnvested with all the Pomp and Display of Sicene—Painters engaged expressly—Costumes according to Fancy—Mechanism, Ballet, Music, and Novel Stage Arrange ments—to be called, WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT ! Dick Whittington, Mrs. Keeley ; Muley Moloch, the Lion Tamer of tke Dessert, Mr. Keeley ; the Cat, Mr. Collier, supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, and Wigan; Miss Fairbrother, anti Miss Grove. The Box-office is open daily, under the dir,ction of Mr. Grogan. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. (Under the Direction of Miss Davenport.) THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE GAME COCK OF THF. WILDERNESS. l Mere‘llle, Mr. IL Mellon; Roderick, Mr. Binge ; Samson, Marble ; Mabel, Mrs. Griffith. After which, THE Se EVEN CHAMPIIE lONS OCR CHRISTENDOM. To followed by T SECRET. To conclude with THE PLAGUE OF PLYMOUTH. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE Tills DAY. Morning •• 26 minutes after 8 I Evening . • 12 minutes after 9. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMI'IIITHFATEE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. Triumphant Success of the New Spectacle. THIS EVENING. The Performances will commence with a Grand Military Equestrian Drama, entitled THE MAID OF SARAGOSSA. Scenes in the Circle, introducing M. and Mdme. Dumos, the cele brated French Equestrians. To conclude with THE SLEE?..ING DRAUGHT. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THE. )ills Heron's performance creates roars of laughter—The Two New Pieces, real Surrey hits. THIS EVENINU Will be repeated a New Drama, called MARGARET CATCH POLE. Supported by Messrs. 11. Hughes, Hicks, Fredericks, R. Bonner, S. Cowell, Heslop, Lewis, Mrs. Daly, Mrs. Lewis, and Mrs. .Ilooner. After which, THE IRISH TUTOR, in which the Infant Power, is Heron, will appear. To conclude with THE MOOR MAIDEN, in which Messrs. Hicks, .IsTeville, Fredericks, Lewis, Mrs. Hughes ,Miss 2.lartin, and Mrs. 11 , Vining will perform. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. office, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated MARGARET CATCHPOLE, The Female Horse stealer. Onega end PCCIIIILLII:t (Fled (hicitains), Messrs. Cony and Blanchard ; Margaret Catchpole, Miss Vincent. • Ader which, TILE AUPOINTED sroT. To conclude with TIIE BLOODHOUND ; or, the Orphan's Grave. In which Messrs. Cony and Blanchard, and their celebrated Dog Hector, will perform. THE WEATIIEIi.—SuN OFFICE, APBIL 1. THEIMODIETEIt, Lowest, 35 ; Highest, 53; Noon, 43, BAROMETER, 30.35.—W1ND, S.E. Nom—The figures which follow the words " Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. An the other observations are made at noon. . 4: , ,/. - •,ET ; „., ... 4.i.--;' . :... 'w“.. -- : ....._4O SECOND EDITION. \lTntn. 7 -1111. LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1845. The House of Commons met yesterday afternoon at four o'clock, for the first time since the Easter recess. Lord JOHN RUSSELL gave notice that he should, on Friday, draw the attention of the House to the passage in the Message of the American President, which related to the Oregon Treaty. In answer to Lord DUNCAN, Sir J. GRAMAIS stated that he did not intend to propose any alteration in the law of last scssion, on the subject of imprisonment for debt. The Right Hon. Baronet further stated, saio.or to Colonel RlwDoy, that he did not in tend to extend the measure to Ireland until 'the re- suit of the experiment in England should have been ascertained. The House then resolved itself into a Committee of Supply, and Mr. CORRY brought forward the Navy Estimates. Mr. WAKLEY, who had a motion on the paper on the subject of the opening of Mr. T. DUNCOMBE'S letters, was absent when the motion was put ; he shortly after entered the House, anti made an ineffec tual attempt to induce the House to resume, in order to enable him to bring forward his motion. The Navy Estimates occupied the House the re mainder of the evening. There is no subject on which we have felt for some time past a more painful anxiety than the alarming increase of criminal atrocities. We concur with an able Contemporary in the strong opinion he has ex pressed that this increase must be mainly attributable to the comparative impunity with which—owing to the inexplicable charges of judges, and the astound ing verdicts of juries, in some very remarkable cases of modern date,—evil-disposed men have been led to conclude that they might perpetrate their most malig nant purposes. A large proportion of our readers may recollect the case of a ruffian (resident in White chapel), who, some 15 years ago, deliberately exe cuted a threat he had uttered,,of cutting off the head of his own illegitimate and infant child with a carv ing-knife. The brutal murder was perpetrated in the presence, if we rightly remember, of the infant's own mother. It was distinctly proved in every par ticular ; but, after the evidence had been gone through, an objection that had been taken by the wretch's counsel to the indictment, which charged the murder as having been committed on an infant named " Joss," whereas it was proved that, though the deceased might have been known by that name to the witnesses, it had been christened by another, as appeared from the parish register produced, this ob jection was held to be fatal. The jury, in that case, returned a verdict of "Not Guilty." The fellow was borne about the neighbourhood of the locality in triumph by some of his brutal companions, and then openly threatened the lives of the unfortunate mother and of the other witnesses against him. The neighbourhood was kept for two or three days in a condition of alarm and excitement, and the con stabulary seemed to be paralised, until the undoubted, though acquitted murderer, having, in the intempe rance of his conduct, after so unlooked-for an escape, committed some other, but less sanguinary outrage, was again apprehended, tried, and sent to prison under his sentence. Now that case was the imme diate precursor of a continued series of murders and attempts at murder, accompanied with maiming and violence, such as had been of very rare occurrence, prior to the monstrous acquittal of that delinquent. For many months past, by a similar imitative tend ency in crime, the notoriety attaching to some equally remarkable trials for murder, in which the delin quents arraigned have escaped conviction, contrary to all public expectation, and to the universal construction put, beyond the walls of the Court, upon the evidence delivered within it at such trials. We shall never feel any delicacy about reiterating the expression of astonishment, and something more, with which the ver dict of the jury who tried, not long ago, a man charged with the murder of his wife by administering to her prussic acid, was received by the universal British public. There is not a Court of law in this kingdom or in Europe in which that detested person could recover a verdict of damages against any one who should de nounce him, by name, as an escaped but not the less a guilty, cowardly, ungrateful, and inexcusable mur derer. His guilt was so transparent that even in this country, where more than in any other of the civilized world the majesty of the law is upheld, and its deci sions are implicitly respected, the community of all ranks expressed their amazement and indignation at his escape. And this feeling has continued, subse quently, so intense, that wherever this undoomed criminal, after having the effrontery to show himself in open day-light, is recognized, in whatever part of the king(lum, neither his person nor his property is respected. He seems destined from time to time to pass through narrow escapes from a retributive but still more terrible fate, under that ban of so ciety which is yet more fearful than the ban of the law. But the material fact of his legal acquittal remains, in the meanwhile, unaltered ; its moral influence has frightfully developed itself in the otherwise unaccountable number of crimes, in which the modus oxrandi is more or less borrowed from the prototype afforded by the acquitted delinquent. To an extent unknown before in England, the crime of murder has lately prevailed; the visibly greater proportion of these murders has been effected by poison ; and of the victims the larger number have been females. It is really impossible, as it seems to us, to disconnect this growing propensity to the com mission of a particular crime—in a particular man ner—after the specific precedent of a given example —with the fatal impunity which attached to the me morable case we have above adverted to. We have, on all occasions, consistently advocated mercy in the administration of the law, and are strongly disposed to uphold the expediency of miti gating, in many cases, still further the severity of our criminal code. But our sympathies do not ex tend either to such a case as we have been painfully compelled to dwell upon, or even to the recent con viction under which TAwELL has expiated his guilt by an ignominious end. Whilst the law for the repression of such dangerous crimes, so facile of per petration, so fatal to the unsuspecting confidence of affection and social intercourse remains what it is,-- what we are still disposed to think it ought to be,— the true mercy in judges in charging juries, —the true and conscientious discharge by jurors of their sa cred duty—will consist in a fair unbiassed statement of the law of the case on the one part, and an honest appreciation of the evidence on the other —will do more than the usual and salutary merciful qualifica tion of giving the accused the benefit of any reason able doubt. But we could name half-a-dozen cases at least, within less than three times as many months, in which, under some strange and morbid excitement, and we will say against the weight of evidence, against all rules of fair construction, against all legal presumption,—culprits at the bar have been acquitted of charges of poisoning, on whose behalf neither the most acute legal subtilty, nor the most extreme be nevolence, could have suggested their innocence of the delinquencies imputed to them. It is high time that this unwholesome laxity in some judicial charges, to which we will not more particularly allude, and in many verdicts given under them, should be reformed. Otherwise we may expect that the torrent of crimes that has lately set in upon us, will overwhelm the character of the people with disgrace. We hope and believe that the last recorded verdict and its conse quences will not be without their beneficia4 results to the security of society. _ Swiss journals of the 27th ult. have been received. Affairs continue in a very unsettled state, and one of the papers, the Federal Gazette, announces that Austria proposes a blockade of Switzerland by occupying the Principalities of Lietenstein and the frontiers of the Gri sons. At Schwytz two battalions of contingents had been called ; General SONNEBERG, appointed to the com mand of the Lucerne troops, had withdrawn his resigna tion, and on the 27th the Executive Coutril of Zurich had assembled, in order to make preparations for antici pated contingencies. The meeting of the Council h, d been summoned chiefly on the receipt of dispatches from Lucerne, hut the result of their deliberations had not transpired. The accounts from Madrid aro to the 24th tilt. The marriage of the QUEEN with the Count TRAPANI causes much pxeitement among the Carlists, who, it is said, are organising th emse l ves i n C ata l on i a an d the Basque pro vinces, to prevent a result which would destroy all their hopes. No doubt however remains that the marriage has been arranged, and that the King of NAPLES has gone to Rome to give hi s sanct i on to it. The K ING , accompanied by the QUEEN, arrived there on the 17th. On the 24th, being Easter Monday, the Madrid Bourse was closed. Most of the Paris journals advert .to the last intelli gence from America, and especially to the vote of the Senate for the annexation of Texas, but their remarks are very brief, and, with the exception of the sentiments expressed by the Journal des Debati on the horrors of slavery, are without interest. After quoting the claims put forward by Mr. PoIA to Texas, on the ground of previous occupation, that journal observes :—" It is a peaceful acquisition, says the President ; but after all it is not so peaceable, for the citizens of the United States who have taken possession of Texas entered that terri tory with arras in their bands, and it was with cannon that they vanquished the unfortunate President of Mexico at San Jacinto, when he expressed a doubt whether Texas was from all eternity the property of the federal union, or was one of his own lost chil dren. Mr. PoLx cannot be ignorant of the fact. The invasion of Texas by the Anglo-Americans is odious to Europe on account of the slavery which it draws in its train. As long as he do's not reply to the repugnance on the part of Europe, his arguments lead to false con clusions. But he does not even allude to them. In reading the Message one would think that slavery was unknown on the soil of the United States, which, how ever, allows itself to be more degraded by that stain on humanity than all the other nations in the world. One is even astonished to find such phrases as this, that all the distinctions of birth and of rank there are abolished. We must not, however, deceive ourselves. The spoliation inflicted upon Mexico by the incorporation of Texas, however reprehensible it may be, might perhaps pass unnoticed ; but the systematic, audacious propagation of an institution so execrable as slavery, is a crime against civilization, for which the United States will never be pardoned." The proposed grant for mounting the fortifications of Paris with artillery still occupies the Opposition jour , nals, and the discussion on the subject is looked for with much interest by all parties. A private meeting of the Opposition, it is.said, has been held to decide what course they should pursue in the Chamber. It was attended by MM. TIMERS, BARROT, and other leaders. M. TIMERS was of opinion that it would be absurd to resist the vote for artillery, after the Chamber had granted a largo sum for the works. M. BARROT took a different view, and thought independent Members should vote against a grant which was repudiated by the nation. The result was, that each Member was left to vote according to his opinion. At the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies on Saturday, Admiral Maca:A u, in the absence of the Finance Minister, who was away from indisposition, presented a Bill fur authorising the Government to establish four lines of packets across the Atlantic. It is proposed to accomplish this by contract, either for steam-vessels or sailing vessels, to communicate between France and Rio Janeiro, Martinique, Guadaloupe, llavannah, and New York, with branch rackets for La Plata, Guiana, and the Gulf of Mexico. M. VIVIEN brought forward a motion to repeal a law by which the Royal Courts have the right of inserting their decisions and law advertise ments in only one paper, with a view to order the pub lication of such notices in journals which have the largest circulation. The motion was opposed by the Govern ment, and rejected by a majority of 37. The Fr( nch Funds were more firm on Sunday. At TORTONI'S the Three per Cents. were quoted at 85f. 60c., and the Fives at 1181. sc. for the Account. THIRD EDITION OF ~ THE SUN.' TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 34;n7"1;Totice to Correspondents," contained in your impression of Saturday last, I am pleased to find that the irregularity attendant upon the forwarding of your Third, or Latest Edition, has at length excited the attention of some of your numerous subscribers. As regards myself; I am frequently disappointed, more particularly on Wednesdays and Saturdays, the days on which we expect to receive the Gazette and Market In telligence, to regulate our movemer.ts, a Second Edition being not unfrequently substituted for a Third, thereby depriving us of that information so valuable to coramer cial men• generally. As a warm supporter of your paper, as well as having been the means of introducing it to seve ral commercial inns, I am desirous that you should main tain the character of that publication, which, for early intelligence, has hitherto ranked second to none.—l re main, Sir, your obedient servant, AN OLD SUGAR TRAVELLER. Whitchurch, &lop, March 31, 1845. [We are irisch obliged to our worthy correspondent. If other travellers will favour us by following his es• ample, commercial inns and other public places will be duly supplied with the Third Edition of The Sun, which will give them a day's news in advance.—ED. Sun.], THIS _DAY'S NEWS. DREADFUL MURDER in GEORG.B. STREET, ST. GILES'S. Last night, about half-past 11 o'clock, the irthsbitants of George-street, St. Giles's, were thrown, into the utmost excitement by the discovery of a dre.a.aful murdFr which had been perpetrated on the body rit a woman, 46 years of age, named Ann Tape, well kn'Jw n in the neigh- bourhood for many years. It appear s that th© unfor- tunate woman, accompanied by a rrAali unknown, entered a house of ill-facie in George-F,crect, St. Giles's, about 10 o'clock, and hired the ba , :it parlour, where the man remained a short time, and 4 .nen quitted the house. The woman staying a considerable period afterwards without being heard, a woman I ,e,longing to the house entered the room about half past eleven o'clock, and she was horror struck at finding o.le unfortunate creature lying on the bed, surrounded by blood, issuing from no less than six stabs in the meek and breast, a knife, with which the wounds bad been inflicted, still sticking in her breast. The woman immediately ran out of the room screaming fur assistance, and Mr. Fitzgerald, a surgeon, residing in High-street, was immediately sent for, and promptly attended. On examining the body he pronounced life to be extinct, and that it had been so some time. In kormation of the shocking occurrence was forthwith com municated to Superintendent Grimwood, of the E divi sion, who, with Inspectors Bell and Campbell, repaired to the house to obtain a description of the man who had perpetrated the murder ; but unfortunately little infor mation could be furnished, as the man was unknown to any person in the house. On examining the body, it appears that the murderer hadl stabbed the deceased in the left side of the neck with such force, that the blade had actually penetrated through the other side. LATEST PARTICULARS—(THIS DAY.) (FRoSt OUR OWN REPORTER.) The house, No. 11, George-street, St. Giles's, where the unfortunate woman Ann Tape was so inhumanly murdered last night, and where the body still remains under the care of the police, was this morning completely surrounded by hundreds of persons anxion-z, at least, to look upon the place where the murder was committed. The deceased, one of that degraded class who earn a living upon the streets, was well known in the neigh bourhood ; and the miscrea• t, who has escaped fur the present, is also sufficiently known as, we believe, to make his capture by the police not a matter of extraordinary difficulty. The murderer was dressed in a velveteen shooting coat or jacket, glazed cap, and knee-breeches. It was currently reported .this morning at an early hour, that an individual answering the description of the person who committed the cold blooded and cowardly assassination of the unfortunate woman, had been ap prehended by the police, but, on inquiry, it unfortu nately turns out that there is no foundation for such a rumour. The circumstance %, hich gave rise to this report origi. nated in the fact that several persons, nearly resembling the deseription of the murderer, had been brought to the station-house by the police ; but these persons , hav ing sufficiently proved that they had no connexion wish the circumstances of the murder, were at once dis charged. inl. ex T te h n e siv d e e l t y ails ci o rc f u t l h a e terb u y ma r n alit t e r , anthsraocitiigohn hthaevindgitrehreeennt stations, the police were on the alert to trace every detail connected with it, and they have succeeded in as certaining hen and where the weapon (a carving knife, not a stiletto, as has been erroneously stated) was pur chased. The period when the purchase was made is stated to have been about ten o'clock, only an hour be fore the murder, and Mr. Oldh am , t h e cutler, of High street, St. Giles s, thinks he can identify the person who bought it, and whose description answers in every re ipeet the description given of the supposed murderer. We are enabled, from the courtesy of the persons connected with the George•s'reet station-house, to say that the constable Allen, 159 E, was called at a little after a quarter to eleven o'clock yesterday evening, and requested to go to No. 11, George -street (by the way, one of the relics of London tradition, being once tenanted by Oliver Cromwell, and the interior of the house presenting at least one feature of interest to the antiquary, namely, a magnificent oaken staircase, said to be the work of Inigo Jones), where he found in a back room the unfortunate deceased lying bleeding from a number of wounds in the throat and breast, and the knife remaining in the left side of the neck to a depth of at least three inches. The constable drew the knife out, and then, by direction of his inspector, hastened for Mr. Fitzgerald, of High street, who at once attended; but though he reached the place in five minutes after the police-constable had first m be t e u n ca, r ed ac th eo e woman mpi was ishedilis dead, so purpose. effectually Tl had h The burgeon surge t on e stated that a more frightful mass of wounds he had h ui a t ve he ay s e a r ‘ t v ed a a n e t. l a - et arman r lun termination.witnessed, offii c ands answered, i hr medical The constable every , erskills respect, cod a teuslthat to the de scription of the murderer , but a s he was not, at the time, aware of the circumstances that had taken 'free in that neighbourhood, the person passed unnoticed by him. Inspectors l's, ay •nes ' - ;liaw, and Thornton, of the detet • 2 1 / 4 " tive'police, who have already shown themselves so efficient in similar ease - murdt mi. in thihsavite been specially ordered js tou e t h o o t p r e a d c e t thate through their exertions the miscreant will soon be brought to the bar of justice. The Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Company have agreed to give fifty gu i neas towards the expenses o f t h e Rcyal English Agricultural Soci e ty, s h ou ld th e ir mettieg for 1846 be held in thin tovu.-21'etvcast/e Journal. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was nothing new in Cotton at Liverpool yes terday. The sales were 4,000 bales, all to the trade. Shares were firm, but there was not so large a business doing :-I:arnsley Junction, 71. 1 is. 6d. ; Barns ley Junction, half Shares, 68s. 9d; Birkenth'ad, Manchester, and Chester, 12/. 111. 18s. 9d. ; Birming ham and Gloucester, New Shares, 3% 795.; Blackburn, Darren, and Bolton, 4 1 / 4 ; Blackburn and Preston, 15 5 / 8 ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 12 12%; Caledonian, 10 10 1 / 4 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 734 8 1 4 ; Chester and Birken head, 49 47 ; Ditto, New Shares, 4114. 4114 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 24 1 /4 23%; Chester and Preston Brook, 34 ; Churnet Valley, 7% 7% ; Dublin and Drogheda, 91 ; Dublin and Galway, 3% ; Dundee and Perth, 635. 3d. ; Dublin, Mullingar, and Athlone, 2 ; Dundalk and Enniskillen, 3 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 62 1 ,.E 62 ; Ditto, New Quarter Shares, 5% :534; Ely and Bedford, 1% ; Glasgow, Pai s ley, and Greenock, 18% ; Grand Junction, Half Shares, 224 ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 4% ; Great Southern and Western, 16 ; Great Western, Fifth Shares, 403 1 ; Harwich, 214 ; Huddersffield and Sheffield, 634 6y ; Lancaster and Preston, 54; Limerick and Waterford, 4: 3 / 4 5% ; Liverpool and Manchester, Half Shares, 101 ; Ditto, New Shares, 37 1 %; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and I'reston, 2%; London and Birmingham, 233 ; Ditto, 32/. Shares, 444; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 32 ; London and Brighton, 64% 64 3 / 4 ; London and South-Western, 80 ; London and York, 3 1 4 3/. 3s. 9J. ; Direct Northern, 4% 4/. 13s. 9d. ; Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 9 ; Ditto, New Shares, 5% 5%; Manchester, Bolton and Bury, 164 165 ; Manchester and Leeds, Quarter Shares, 19 3 / ; Mid land Railway, 151 3 / 4 ; Ditto, 40/. Shares, 19 18%; Ditto, Fifth Shares, 765. 3d. 3%; Ditto, Consolidated Birmingham and. Derby, 115 ; Newark and Sheffield, 6 ex, ; North British, Ralf Shares, 4 1 / 4 ; North Wales Mineral, 14 1 / 4 ; Ditto, New Shares, 5% •; North Wales, 21. 16s. 3d. ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp ton, 1/. 16s. 6d. ; Preston and Wyre, 34 3 / 4 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 115% ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 15 1 /4 ; Sheffield and Lincoln, 245. 235. ; Shrewsbury, Wolverhamp ton, and Birmingham, 5 ; Shrewsbury and Grand Junction, 534 ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 4% 3 4 ; South- Easter, and Dover, 42 1 % ; Ditto, New Shares, No. 1, 16% 3 % ; Ditto, New Shares, No. 3,8% %; Trent Valley.l7 ; : Worcester and Tring, 81s. 4% Is. 6d. ; Whitehaven and Furness, 31s. 6d ; York and North Midland, 102; Austrian and Sardinian, 6s. 6d. Bs. prem. ; Bordeanx and Toulouse, 565. Gd. ; Boulogne and Amiens ( English ) 12% ; Northern of France (Laflitte's), 6 1 / 4 ; Paris and Lyons (English), (Laffitte's), 595. 3/. ; Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's), 2% 2% ; Paris and Rouen, 44% ; Paris and St. Quentin, 455. 6d. • Saaibre and Meuse, 6%; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie's), ; Verona and Ancona, 425. 6d. 435. 6d. The first meeting took place yesterday, at the residence of Sir Robert Peel, between the Duke de Broglie and Dr. Lush incton, on the all- important question of the right of search in connexion with the slave trade. We believe, from what we have heard, that the Government of France is prepared to make many concessions not hitherto acceded to. With re spect to the principles upon which this double commission of inquiry, and we hope of ultimate mutually beneficial result, is to be conducted, there is no question as to the ability of the British Government to impart every means for the sup pression of the inhuman traffic. We think there are hopes of a satisfactory result, founded upon information that has been communicated to us. But as the consideration of the matter at issue is now strictly private, we are not at liberty to refer further to the subject. It is perfectly notorious that Great Britain stands pledged to use all its efforts for the sup pression of the slave trade. Without good and sufficient reason the commanders of our navy have, but in very few in stances, brought a foreign flag under control on the slave coasts. We are inclined to believe that the high principle of nationality, so much contended for by the people of France, will give way under the able, inter-communications which are now in progress between that eminent jurist Dr. Lush ington and the Duke de Bloglie. We shall have occasion again to refer to this su',ject. There appears to 1 .. e au increasing desire on the part of the merchants and ol:ners in the City of carrying out the prin ciple that has been long talked of-restricting the hours of banking business. The Committee of the Stock Exchange have set the example, and there are abundant reasons why it should be followed by the City bankers. The most important ferAture upon this subject is, that :;o extensive o.:e the operations in the Railway Shares that it is impossible, under the present Post-office rules, to "get the correspo n dence connected with the rail way l'Asiness done in time for post hours. It is not now an ' , ixtraordinary circumstances that tile employees of Share brokers and of bank ers , w ho formerly considered the day f ended at five o'clock, have to be kept untilnine, ten, andeven eleven o'clock at night. There has been a heavy market for the Three per Cent. Consols to-day.. For the Account the price has fallen from 99 3 / 4 to 991 , and for immediate transfer from 99 3 / 4 to 99%. The premium upon Exchequer-bills yesterday was 575. to 595. This morning it is 61s. to 625. India Bonds have been quoted at 695. to 725. The Three-and- a-Quarter per Ceuta. have been purchased at 102 1 / 4 , ex div., for the opening. Brazilian Bonds have been in request at 88 this morning, 'Without the dividend. The interest upon the Dutch Four per Cents. is now in the course of payment, and the Bonds are at 97 1 % to 1 / 4 . For Spanish, the price of the Five per much business was transacted in the market to - day. Cents., is 30%, and for the Three per Cents. 40 3 / 4 . Not A vast amount of business has been transacted in the Rail way Shares to-day, and in general the values are advancing. BRITISH - FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCh.. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Consols inns 9 9 3 / 4% India Bonds 1,000/ ............... 7`2 Ditto under 1,0001 b9 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1% d. I%d. 1,000/. ...... - 5001. - ... 62 63 pm. Ditto Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT OX O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent Ditto Deferred Columbian Bonds. 15% Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. - Ditto for the Account Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Converted Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent ll 6 l / 4' Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 - Ditto for the Account. Ditto 3 per Cent Ditto for the Account Dutch 2 1 /, per Cents 40p Ditto 4 per Cent. Certi ficates PRICE OF SHARES 17 A: ONE 34 0 7. 5%'171.84 PERL. . O . .. , ..C s. tti K outtot 00 . 0 2_8E61 1 / 2:14 RAILWAYS. PAID. Aberdeen .................... ... 2% 3 l / 2%... to Armagh, Coleraine, Portrush 1% l' - ji to Birmingham and Gloucester 100 l3B 135... to 138 Ditto, New... Bristol and Exeter Ditto, New .............. - ..... 2 Bristol and Gloucester • 30 Caledonian ........................ 5 Chester Cambridge and a r il d oi) li e Lincoln ad ... 1% 5 ... 844 to Churnet Valley Coventry, Bedworth, and Nun - eaton ........................... IIA 2% to Pirect Northern Dublin and Belfast Junction 2 1 Dublin and Galway 2 l /2 3%%% to Eastern Counties - , Eastern Union .................. 10 2v2 12134:60.1/,.. tttooo :so ' Ditto Extension Edinburgh and Glasgow Great South and V. (Irish)... 5 Ditto Extension Great North of England 100 Ditto New ..................... 2 Great Western .................. 80 Ditto % Shares 5O lOl 11arwich........................... 1 Hull and Selbv ............ .. ... 50 Lancaster andCarlisle... ...... 15 ...... 381/ 2 to 39 London and I3irmingham ...100 933 ...... to London and Brighton.— ...... 50 London and South Western.. 41%......79% Do. New consolidated Bths.. 6 ...... 241;-, to London and Y0rk........ ...... 2%...., 3i7 to Lynn and Ely .................. 2% Manchester and Birmingham 40 _ Ditto Quarters Midland . 100 156 157... to 156 5 A Ditto New ..... : ............... 2 Midland, Birm. and Derby ...1001% 116 Newcastle& Darlington 4unc. 24 ...... 49 Ditto New Brandling Newcastle and Berwick Newark and Sllo:field North British ............... North Kent North Wales ..................... 1% Norwich and Brandon l. O... ..,......... Ditto New 1 - Rugby, W orces t er , and Tnng 1 41/ s to Scottish Midl an d ............ ... 11, 3% to 2% /2 Shrews.,W o l ver ., D u d., Binn. 2% 4 % 1/... to South Dev on lO 201.1 to South Eastern and Dover ... 33% 4 2 1,%... to Ditto New, No. 1 8 Ditto New, No. 3 2 1,4 B l% to South Wales York and North Midland ... 50 ~....102 Ditto Scarboro'Branch Ditto Selby Ditto, Extension FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens 4 11;4 12 11% to 12% 13ordeaux, Toulouse,andeette 2 Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2 ...... 11 1 i? to 12 7 . , . Paris and Lyon s (Laffitte) ... 2 -A4 to 31,4 Parisand Lyons(G anneron ' s) 2 2e i3 ,,,...t. _ • Paris and Lyons (Caton's)... '2 .••• . 2 4 to --- Paris and 0r1ean5.......... 2O 2 .. Sambre and M euse . 6% % % to ....... .. .. . rours & Nantes (Mackenzie) 2 JOINT STOCK. BANKS. London Joint Stock.. ......... 10 ...... 1414.-- to MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, 11A1tCH 31.—The sales are :—London and Birmingham, 32/. Shares, 44%; Man chester and Bir m i ngham, 57% 58 ex new and cx div. ; Ditto, Quarter Sh ares, 9% ex new and ex div. ; Ditto, New Quarters, 5% prem. ; Midland Railway, 401. Shares, 19 18% ; P res t on and Wyre, 33 3 / 4 ; 7-16 ; Direct Sheffield and Man cheater, Quarte r Shares 151 % ; Soutk-Eastern. 42% ex div. ; Birkenhead, Man - Chester, and Cheshire Junction, 11% 12 ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 11 1 4 A ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 7 ; Churnet Valley, 71% /Ba, Northern, 4 1 / 4 S e j Erew as h V a ll ey, 15 ; G rea t G r i ms b y and Sheffield Junction, 3% ; Huddersfield and Manchester Rail way and Canal, 31, ; /2 Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 63( 4 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 7 ; London and Wor cester, Oxford and Rugby, 4% ; London and York, 3% ; Manchester a n d Buxton, 2 1 ,4 9-16 . ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 4 1% 51. 1 . ; Newark and Sheffield, )3 ,f; ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction, 4%; Southport and E uxton, 2 9-16 ; Trent Valley, 16% N ex new; Great Northern of France (English), 6% ; Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's), 21' LLOYD'S SHIPPING. —(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL I . —Wind easterly, fresh breeze, and tine, but rather cold. Or AtARGATF, MARCR 31.--Cumberland, Carr, Demerara. Del I, MA r ( 7 11 30 , P•An—Wind F.S. E., calm. —Arrd. Chris tina, Primrose, China; Banca, Her Ham, Batavia, for Am sterdam ; Edward bilton and Mary Ann, Calcutta ; Wasdale, M'Keuzie, Nevis; France, Mobile, tbr Amsterdam. Ski. Dream, Ascension; Louisa, Rio Janeiro; Affiance, Montreal; Centurion and Euphrosyne, Quebec. OFF DUNGENE6S, illAttctt 31.—Icutonia, Cuba, for Bre men ; Franklin, New York, for Hamburgh. NLWIIAVEN, 3 1.—Arrd. Naples packet, Ichaboe. PorasmOUTlr, IklArtat 31.—Wind N.N.W. to W.—Arrd. Mary, Prins, Rio Janeiro, and sld. fur Cowes. Sid. Ceres, Jamaica; Trade, Quebec. Cown, 314Ecz7. 31.—Wind W.—Acrd. Blucher, Bahia. DIA'ACH 31.—S1d. Ara, Quebe:. DEAL, MAI4II Eaxine, I , l9llillan, of Glasgow from Augra de Centra to Cork, was seen in lat. 44 N., long. 24 W., with loss of mainmast, having a jurymast rig g Ai. by the Banca, in the Downs. TORBAY. MARCH 31.—Wind N.W.—Sld. Persian, Sydney, New South Wales; Mountaineer, Port Republicain. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 31.—Arrd. Her Majesty's ship, Dub in, Eastward. BRISTOL, MARCH 31.—Wind W.—AiTd. Eleanor, Reis, Demerara. SWANSEA, MAncit 30.—Arrd. Cuba, Yculden, and Mary Brack, Ace, Cuba. MARYI . .ouT, MARCIa 31.—1 t blew a heavy gale last night at W.N.W.: The Atlas; Gorle y , in proceeding to sea yester day, got in contact with the Liberty, Martin ; the former proceeded, the latter lost foretopmast and grounded outside the South Pier, but was hove off next tide and into port without apparent damage. LivEnroot., MARCH 31.—Wind N.W. fresh.—Arrd. Lady Sale, Armstrong, Ichaboe •, Rival, Burnett, Maranham ; Sisters, Williams, Laguna; Java, Samuel, Sarah Ann, and Superior, Mobile; Olive and Eliza, Apalachicola; Envoy and Ottawa, • Savannah. Sld. Great Western steamer, New York. Put back, Isabel, Africa; Josephine, Tampico, leaky, in tow, cargo supposed not damaged. The Margaret John son, Groom, from Ichaboe to Liverpool, was abandoned, 15th inst., lat. 47 lon. 22 ; crew saved and arrived at Margate. BRIDLINGT3N, MAR6ii 31.1 t blew a gale last night at S.W., but has since moderated, and is now N.W. CoRK, MARcu 29.—Arrd. John Brooks, Lockhart, Porto Rico. Sld. Pallas, St. John's New Brunswick; Perthshire, Pictou. Hur.i,, MARCH 31.—Arrd. Plato, Chuney, New York. Sld. Janet, Tatmagouche ; Llankumney, Quebec. REDCAR, MARCH 30—The Ovid, 'Watt, of and from Sun derland to Margate, ran on the rocks off here last night, but got off with assistance, and has gone to Whitby. LOSS OF THE THOMAS LOWRY-SUICIDE OF THE PILOT. The ship Thomas Lowry, from Sydney to London, arrived off' Dartmouth on the 27th ult., and landed her letters and received a supply of provisions, and shipped at the same time one of the most experienced pilots out of that port. By some unforeseen circumstances the ship struck on some sunken rocks, became water-logged, and was run ashore near the harbour, where she filled. The pilot the day after put an end to his existence by hanging himself in his own house. MARKET 14E S.-(THIS DAY.) SAT Al &RIME rS. SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 lOs to 4/ lOs ; use ful ditto, 4/ 12s to 514 s ; fine Upland do., 515 s to 5/103; Clover Hay, 4/ 103 to 61; Oat Straw, 1/ 183 to 21; Wheat Straw, 2/ to 2/ 2s per load. Both Hay and Straw sold steadily, at last week's quotations. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 12s to 4/ 12s ; useful ditto, 41 14s to 515 s ; fine Upland ditto, 516 s to 5112 s ; Clover Hay, 41 8s to 51 16s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ ls ; Wheat Straw, 2/ 2s to 213 s per load. Supply but moderate, and trade rather active. Witrrzotarat..—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 12s to 4/ 12s ; useful ditto, 4/ 14s to 5/ 3s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 4s to 5/10s ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 6/; Oat Straw, 11 18s to 2/ ; Wheat Straw, 21 to 212 s per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. COLONIAL/1.. SUGAR.—There has been rather more doing in British Plantation ; about 500 hhds having been sold at rather lower prices for the inferior and brown descriptions, but the coloury sorts have bro - ught fully previous rates. The public sales have consisted chiefly of 1,906 fa gs Bengal, and 1,610 bags Penang Only part of the Bengal found buyers at 518 to 59s 6d for good to very fine bright crystalised yellow, being comparatively high prices ; the remainder was chiefly taken in at 33s to 35s for low soft to good brown Khaur ; the washed sold at 295, which is a very low price. The Penang was mostly sold (for export the duty of 18s 8d being allowed) at 30s to 40s for very low dark to fine brown, and low yellow to middling greyish white at 41s to 51s. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 285 hhds, 35 tierces, 18 barrels, and there were taken for home consumption 769 hhds, 83 tierces, 174 barrels. The stock in the same places is 7,640 hhds, 578 tierces, 1,059 barrels. COFFEE.-1,038 bales Mocha at auction were all with drawn, there being no purchasers at firmer prices. RU 31.—The quantity landed last week, at the East and West India Docks, was 38 puns; there were taken for home consumption, 204 puns 41 hhds; and exported, 150 puns 47 hhds. The stock in the same places is 8,858 puns 1,919 hhds. SALTPETRE.-2,000 bags Bengal and 461 bags Madras offered by auction only partly found buyers at 26s to 26s 6d for 64 to 34 per cent refraction ; Bengal, 14 per cent refrac tion ; Madras was taken in at 255, which are about previous rates. SPICES.-462 bags Malabar Pepper, and 150 chests Cassia Lignia sold, the former at 3d to aid for ord light to fair half heavy Malabar, and the latter at 52s to 62s 6d for ord coarse to good quality. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is dull, at 38s 9d per cwt on the spot, and town at 41s per cwt. TEA.—There has been a steady consumption going on and the deliveries last week increased. To-day public sales are in progress. SHERIFFS' COURT.—('I HIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sfieriff KENNEDY and a Common Jury.) STRANGHAN V. HALL.-EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF ASSAULT AND ACTION FOR DAMAGES. " This was an action instituted by John Wilson Strang,- ban, a captain in the merchant service, to recover damages for an assault commi , ted by John Hall, a Lieu• tenant in the Royal Navy. The damages were laid at 2001. The defendant had entered no plea to the, action, thereby alioA ing judgment to go by default, and the question the jury had to decide was, the amount of da • mages to which the plaintiff was entitled. The parties to the action were joint owners of the ship Emerald, belonging to the port of London, and brothers in-law. The ship in question traded between the ports of Cadiz and London. Tho plaintiff was the commander, and the circumstances that led to the present proceedings took lace as follows : On the 15th of July the ship arrived in the London Docks with a cargo from Cadiz, and the same day Lieut. Hall, being down at the docks, went on board. While there he reconnoitered the ship. In overhauling the cabin, and seeing the paint scratched, and several of the sky -lights broken, he remarked that she was " in a sad plight," that in fact " she was a perfect wreck." Capt. Stranghan observed, in reply, that having a large cargo on board they had been obliged to stow a portion of it away in the cabin, which had occasioned the damage. A few more words passed between them, when Lieut. Hall in a furious manner lifted his fist and struck the plaintiff a violent blow on the face, which felled him to the ground like an ox. Not satisfied with this, he repeated the blows several times while the plaintiff lay on the ground, also pulled his nose severely, and other wise treated him with the greatest indignity. Captain Stranghan, though • a younger and a stronger man, did not return the blows, but preferred meeting the gross outrage by another course. On the defendant subse quently refusing to apologise, the present action was brought. William Rogers, mate of the Emerald, deposed to the facts, in regard to the assault, as hereset forth. Though subjected to a long cross-examination, nothing was done to shake the evidence as to the assault being not only unprovoked, but also very violent. The surgeon, who attended on the plaintiff, also gave evidence as to the face and one of the eyes being much injured. Mr. WORDSWORTH having spoken in mitigation of damages, The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF briefly summed up, and the jury consulted for a short time, and returned a verdict for 50/. CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.) Edmund Saunders, was charged with furious driving. The prisoner, who was drunk, got into a publican's cart on the previous night, and drove away at the top of the animal's speed through Gray's Inn-lane, and some of the most crowded thoroughfares in the northern part of the metropolis. When, at length, stopped by Martin 144 G, he assaulted him, and conducted hinistif with great violence. Mr. CONDE find him 10s., or ten drys' imprisonment. There was no case of any interebt among the morning charges. RAILWA Y COMMITTEES. (TIIIS DAY'.) The &.b• Committee No. 4, consisting of Sir William Heathcote, Chairman, Mr. Macke, Mr. Shirley, Mr. C. Legh, and Mr. Ackland, assembled this morning. LONDON, CHATHAM. AND NORTH KENT RAILWAY. -- This case was adjourned from before Easter. At the sitting of the Committee this morning judg ment was given in two cases that had been postponed. The allegation in these cases was, that in respect of the alleged places of abode of two shareholders who had subscribed the Parliamentary deed were wkilly fictitiuus and fraudulent. The Committee decided this to be so, and declared that the standing order had not been complied with accord ingly, FLANDERS MAIL. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BRUSSELS, MARCH 30.—The Illoniteur Beige of this date publishes the convention for the construction of the railway d'Entre Sambre and Meu,e, between the Bel gian Government, represented by the Minister of Public Works, on the one part, and Messrs. William Parry Richards, of London, merchant, William Goedeuough Hay ter, of London, Member of Parliament, Thomas flankey, jun., of London, merchant, John Peter Fearon, or, London, landowner, and Terielin Sigart, of Mins, banker, on the other part. The , Chamber of Commerce of Liege in its :sitting of the 26th instant decided against the three pro positions relative to the corn, which are now under the consideration of the Chamber of Representatives.— Brussels Papers, March 30. 'AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—timmt, MAZc 22. 5 per Cent. Metalliques. • • 1124 4 per Cent. ditto.. • • •••••••••• • • • • • • • • 102 3 per Cent. ditt o ••• 77 ' 14 Loan 1834 • • 155 Ditto, 1839 .... 132 Bank Shares • • • • • 1849 Esterhazy's Loan . ..• • 58 ItAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand .......... 192 Gloggnitz 31 Leghorn • • .••• • • • • ........ .• • • 126% —Aligemeine Zeitun g , M a o h 26. LICENSING DAY IN THE CITY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—l shall feel obliged by your correcting, in your next number, an error in last evening's paper ; a license was not refused, but GRANTED to me. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, JAMES C Wellington Tavern, Finch-lane, April 1845. ARELESS, T- lIE PATRICK HENRY.—A rumour prevailed in town yesterday that the fine packet-ship Patrick Henry, Captain Delano, which sailed from this port on Sunday last, for Sew York, with upwards of 300 emigrants on hoard, was lost in the Channel. The rumour was destitute of foun • dation.. In pa•sing the Tuskar, the Patrick Henry and Shakspeare (one of Mr. Kendall's vessels) came in collision, but little or no damage was done, and both vessels proceeded on their way—the Patrick Henry for NOW York, and the Shakspeare for Liverpool. where she arrived yesterciay.— Liverpoo/ Journal of Saturday. IMPRISONMENT FOR POOR RATES. We have reason to believe that the following gross 'cases of oppression will be brought under the notices of both Houses of Parliament in a !ew drys : TILE CASE OF_ ANN W A RD.—A rin Ward is a widow, now in her 58th . year, residing at W hitwick, in the county of Leicester. Her husband was a collier, w Ito wit , killed at the pits some yeara ago by an accident, leaving her with four children. She is very poor, and lives with one ot her daughters, as a lodger. In January last a demand was made upon her for 3s. for par rates. She was unable to ray. and stated so. She was not a It. ustAi , bler, , :nd had never had a!evy made upon her, and had no property what , ever chargeable to the poor rates. Henson, the collector, summoned her to appear before the Ashby Bench. She went there with Mrs. Lakin (the wife of Thomas Lakin, now in gaol for the same cause a-; herelf) Ashby is five miles from Whitwiek. When she arrived there, John Bales, a policeman, a-led her if she had brought the money, and he. ring that she had not, refused to let her see the magistrates, and she went home again. Shortly after this, the same policeman came - with a distress warrant, and asked if she had any gocds ? She replied that he knew she had none, that she was only a lodger, having nothing to do with the house. About a fortnight after having been summoned to Ashby, as mentioned before, the same policeman brought a commit ment from the Ashby Bench, and stated that she must go to gaol ; in consequence of which, she next day went to the constable, who brought her to Leicester gaol. An unknown gentleman at Leicester paid the rate (35.), she was discharged, and went home to Whit wick. A fortnight after this she was told that she must go to prison again for the costs. She had had no de mend made upon her for costs ; she had not been sum moned again ; no further distress warrant was issued, nor was she taken before any bench of magistrates whatever ; she had heard nothing more of the matter until she was told that she must go to prison for a month to hard labour. She was accordingly taken to Leicester gaol on the sth March, and has continued there ever since. The Magistrates who committed her are R. G. Cress , well, Esq., and W. W. Abney, Esq., .of Ashby-de la- Zouclte. THE CASE OF THOMAS LAKlN.—Thomas Lakin is 44 years of age ; he is a loader at a colliery in Whitwick, in Leicestershire ; has a wife and four children, the youngest six months old, and entirely dependent upon his daily labour for subsistence. He is paid as a leader 2id. per ton. His wages are sometimes as high as 13s. per week, but this is very seldom, and at times as low as 4s. 6d. And as he is obliged from slackness of work it} the summer season to incur debts which must be paid out of wages in the more busy season, he is always in extreme indigence. He pays Is. 6d. per week for a furnished tenement of two rooms, and was assessed to the poor-rates in the amount of ss. 4d. Henson, the collector, having Made the demand, and being informed that Lakin was utterly unatle to pay, he was summoned to appear before the Ashby 8. - -.nch. His wife went to Ashby, a distance of five mile:, but having no money to meet the demand, was refused ad mission to the magistrates. A distress warrant was issued, and it was found that Lakin had no goods to seize. In consequence of this, Lakin was committed to Leicester gaol, until the rate should be paid. He went on the 11th of February, and on his arrival there, an unknown ge ntlemen, hasieg heard of th e case , pai d the ss. 43. He was discharged, and went home again. After this a summons was served upon him for the costs! He had no money to pay them, and a distress warrant was issued ; and it was found, as before, that he had no goods ; he was then sentenced by the same magistrates to a month's hard labour in the House of Correction ; he was t &en there on the sth of March last, al.(' is now undergoing his sentence. He h s never heard from his wife and children since he has la en in ga. I, nor does he know how they sjre supported, or where they are. Has worked at. Wbitwick for fourteen yt , ttr: ; has of vcr been to gaol heforc. , in his hfe, nor e'er been before a magis trate. He confidently app. ala to his master, Samuel Rade, of Whitwielt, for a testimonial as to his honesty, sobriety, and industry during the whose of that term. The Magistrates who committed him are R. G. Cres well, Esq., and W. W. Abney, Esq., of Ashby-de-la buche. The committal to prison for the rate is under the 43d Elizabeth, cap. 2, ate 4 ; the committal for costs is under the 18th Grto. 111., cap. 19. It is btlicved that this statute does not apply to such cates as these, but only to misdemeanours ; this, however, is a question of mere law_; but it must not be over l oo k e d that the ma gistrates have the power to commit for a term nit exceed ing one month ; and in this case, as well as in that of the poor old woman, these Magistrate. (Cress% elland Abney) have sent the parties to hard labour for the longest period that the laws would allow. FRENCH PLAY S-ST . Y THEATRE. Mademoiselle Plessy, who is engaged for only six re presentations, made her first et pearance for the ,season last eveni-e. as Hortense, in Casimir Delavigne's co medy L'Ecole des Vieidai ds. This comedy is doubt less well-known to the majority of our readers, and the heroine, the young wife of an old husband, a cognate character to Lady Teazle, was admirably sustained by Mademoiselle Plessy. In la haute comedie she is unrivalled. Nothing could be more admirable, for instance, than the last scene of the second act, in which she urges her husband to permit her to go to the ball given by the Duo de Delmar. She tries coaxing and tears, and the transition from the one to the other was exquisitely managed. She is, indeed, an admirable artiste. Our old friend Cartigny was Bonnard, the particular friend of the old husband (the Sir Oliver Surface of the piece), and he acted with vast quaintness and humour. The speech in the first act in praise of a bachelor's life was given with great gusto, and was much and deservedly applauded. The comedy was preceded by a new vaudeville, entitled Les Surprises. This vaudeville is from the pen of Scribe, and is such as Scribe alone could write. It is full of point and bustle. Mademoiselle Ozy, from the Theatre des Varie•64, made her dzbi'a in this piece, in the character of Mathilde. She is a very pretty girl, and a charming actress, and will prove an acquisition to Mr. Mitchell's corps drumatique. The house was well and fashionably attended. CITY OF LONDON THEATRE, Mr. and Miss Vandenhoff commenced a short engage ment here last evening. The play was As You Like It, Mr. Vandenh, ff sustaining the character of Jaques, and Miss Vandenhoff that of Rosalind. Vandenhotf's sen tentious style is exactly suited to the melancholy Jaques. He acted with great tact and judgment. Miss Vanden hoff's Rosalind was a very lady-like performance. They were both much applauded: the play was very well cast. Mr. Cowl,, t.s Orlando, was. eery good, and James Browne was the quaintest of Touchstones. Indeed had he been others ise than excellent it would have been un pardonable, seeing he was so admirably supported by Mrs. Mentgemerie, as Audrey. Her Audrey is one of the best on the stage. She is one of the few wtistcs who understand Shskspeare, and we hope soon to have the pleasure of seeillg lmr in .some more SlialtTt•riart characters. The play was fu11, , we , 4 by the fare , of Pct's Vaycz, its, with 11. Hall, as Larry Ilq.olag• in; titter In the far,ie of the Road &de lan, George ,11 . :1 I sus tained p , ,or ilathews' character of Buskin, %%WI c.‘te•i !ler-able hum• - •tir. The pieces were a yut on the stage in an admirable manner. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the royal suite, are expected to arrive at Buckingham Palace at five o'clock this afternon, from the Isle of Wight. „,, FUNERAL O E THE HON. \V. FRASER.—T h e mortal remains of this highly respected and lamented gentleman were, on Saturday, removed from the residence of Lord Saltoun, in G rea t C um b er l and -street, and deposited i n the catacombs of the Kensal-green Cemetery. Among the mourners in attendance were Major-General Lord Saltoun and Captain Fraser (eldest son of the deceased), Sir John Bayley, Bart., Lieut.-General Browny, Major-General Sir James Law Lushington, G.C.8., Colonel Fraser (of Castle Fraser), Colonel Ellis, and several other personal and intimate friends of the deceased. The service was performed by the Rev. Mr. Scobell. A MINIATURE ELEPUANT.-011 Thursday last, about five o'clock, a sow in the possession of Mr. William Higgs, pig-breeder, living at Phoenix-cottage, on the Tewkes bury-road, farrowed twelve young ones. With reference to eleven of these, there was nothing remarkable, but the other was certaitly a most extraordinary lusits natures—the head preset&ng exactl3, the appearance of that of an elephant. The lower jaw, the trunk, the eyes, the ears, all exactly cor responded. This singular little animal only lived for about oi:e hour and ten minutes. The owner intends to preserve the body in spirits as a curiosity. It is difficult to account for this freak of nature, and we must leave the explanation to others ; we merely record the fact which our eyes have seen.—Cheltenhunt Free Press. EXTENSIVE FIRE THIS MORNING IN THE MINO• niEs.—About one o'clock this morning a fire broke out at No. 83, in the 111inories, in the occupation of Mr. Kirby, oil and colourman. The inmates escaped with difficulty over the roof of the next house. Engines were promptly on the spot, but the result was the destruction of Mr. Kirby's house and stock. Mr. Ormer's house, next door, and other property, was considerably damaged. FOURFOLD ACCIDENT ON THE THAMES.—Yester day Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Spotted Dog, High street, Poplar, on the body of William Day, aged thirty-one, a fisherman. It may be recollected that on the sth of February the deceased and three other persons, named By ford, were drowned near the Gallons, off Woolwich, by the upsetting of their fishing-beat at night, during a squall. The body of one of the Byfords was found soon after the accident, and an inquest was held on it by Mr. Lewis, Coroner for Essex, at Barking. The verdict was" Accidental death." The body of the deceased - man, Day, was found on Wednesday last, floating in the river, off Bow-creek. The bodies of two of the Byfords have not yet been found. The evidence yesterday proved that the men, at eleven o'clock at night, were coming up the river in a hatch-boat, laden with fish, and sailing in the wake of a brig. They gained upon the brig, and as they shot by its stern a sudden gust of wind, blowing off the shore, caught the boat's sails and upset her. Only one man escaped —a good swimmer, named Joseph Leach, who related the above facts. Verdict—" Acci dental death." THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 31.—The Oriental Company's steam ship Royal Tar came into the docks last evening, with the Peninsular and Gibraltar mails, which, on being landed, were forwarded to London by 2 A isr. mail train this day. She left Gibraltar on the.22d instant; Cadiz, 23d; Lisbon and Oporto, 25th; and Vigo, 2Gt h. The Royal Tar has a fruit cargo and 14 passengers. The Fantome sloop-of-war, and Spanish line-of battle ship Soberian, were at Gibraltar, and the Scout and Flamer steamers, the French corvette Trido, and brig-of-war Douro, were at Cadiz. The Tagus steam-ship, Captain Brookes, will leave the docks to morrow at three o'clock, with a full cargo cf bale goods, for Constantinople. The Tagus will take out the East India and China mails as far as Malta, and then be forwarded, in the Iberia, to Alexandria. THE COUNTESS or EGLINTON STEAMER.—We re gret to state, that this fine river steamer was driven from her moorings at Milport, during the storm of Thursday night, and thrown upon the rocks. She is said to have been seri ously damatied. No person was on teaard,—G/ribVow Satur day Post. sumnßY OF Ft! AND abtts Optltto " Who fans may read." FOREIGN. On Saturday Lolis Philippe, attended by Colone l Dumas, Count de Strada, and two artillery officers, leR the Tuileries for Versailles, and after remaining there for some hours, returned in the evening. The King and Queen of Naples arrived at Rome on the 17th, and the next day, accompanied by the Count de Trapani, paid a visit to his Holiness. The Queen of Spain is expected to leave Madrid for Barcelona about the begihnitz of May. According to some of the Swi,s journals the invasions of Lue,erne by the refugees and free corps was geuerallY anticipated. The Brussels Moniteur of the 30th ult. contains the royal. sanction of the agreement b'tween Messrs. Richards, Hayter, Hankey, and Fearon on the one side, an 1 the Belgian Government on the c cher, for the con struction of the Entre Sambre and Mouse Railway, with certain branches. The principal line wilt run from the Brussels and Namur Railway, near the Marehienne-att • Pont station. The maximum of the tariff for passinger S is fixed as follows :-Ist class, 50c. per league ; •2d classy 35c. ditto ; 3d class, 25 ditto. The Turin correspondent of the Augsburg Gupta state. , , that the efforts of the Austrian and Ft each Courts to induce the Popo and the General of the Joimits to refuse their sanction to the introduction of that order into Lucerne. have not hid the desired effee. The G u tie du Simplon has made a similar statem en t , and it adds that the Jesuits Kill soon proceed to Lucerne, bl order of their General. The general meeting of the shareholders of the Paris and Orleans Railroad was held at Paris on Satardal• under the presidency of M. Bartoliny. Accoi ding t.° the report for 1844 the total receipts were 6,901,7801 and the expenses 3 , 2 86, 662 1' ., leaving a surplus 01 3,615,124 E More than 1,500,000 passengers and 127, 01 1 tons of goods were conveyed in that year by the raiirollw The dividend was fixel at 39f. 25c. per share (exclusil e , of the reset re for the sinking fund) , being at the rate 01 7.85 per cent. on the original capital of 500 E SAW ALUM POLIO!. ' • Mr. Commissioner Pane, in the Bankruptcy CoSP/ adjourned the examination of William Nawood, 6 bankrupt linen draper, of Kettering, sine die. In the case of Dobson v. Blackmore, an actin% brought by the proprietors of the Greenwich stone pier against the owners of the watermen's pier, and which tried at Kingston, before Lord Denman, the jury folios for the plaintiffs, with a shilling damages, thus deciding against the legality of the watermen s floating pier 9 6 Greenwich. At Oxford, John Trilloe and Thomas Tudor Were convicted of arson, and sentenced to fifteen years' tract' portation. In several cases, in which men had bee n , robbed in houses of ill - fame, the Learned Jud e * r efuse d to allow them their expenses. Thomas Vivian, Robert Dunnetts, and Mary Jili n Davis, were placed at the bar at Queen - squa re, c har g ed with coining, at No. 1, Pump-court, Perkins's-res ts ' Westminster, having been pounced upon by the police, while engaged in making counterfeit sixpences out e‘', Britannia-metal spoons. The prisoners were c ommitte d for trial for unlawfully possessing counterfeit coin. At Southwark, John Williams, an elderly serious' looking-man, with his hair carefully combed down to front, was brought before Mr. Trail, charged with stead ing several spoons and saucers, and also newspapers Or pamphlets, from different cOffeethouses on the south aid of the water. He had that morning been detectedl the act of stealing a teaspoon, two cups and - saucers, so, a knife, from a coffee-house in tho Blackfriars-rer He was remanded. Edward Sullivan and Jahn _Murphy were c harge d at Lambeth with burglariously breaking into t he o°ll Tavern, in St. George's-fields. It appeared by the or' . deuce that the prisoners had broken inter the taver 6 ll ' after the house v -hut up on Saturday night, and ti" faMily had gone to bed. They had lighted the Os' the bar, &e., and were making their harvest when toy were disturbed by the police, and eventually apprehend Most of ;he things taken were recovered. Theprisolle' were remanded. William Hare, a middle-aged man, of respectable sr pearance, charged with basing embezzled various ow of money, the property of his employer, Mr. MVO: stone-mason, of Sun-street, Bishopsgate, arid also 1 0 " having uttered a forged acceptance for 101. 145., with tai tent to defraud Mr. Bonsor, a tradesman in Cross -stree`, City- - road, was fully committed from Worship-streeP on both charges. At the Thames Police-court, Sarah Hell was brough t before Mr. Broderip, yesterday, on a-charge of stealing a silver tea-pot, a silver sugar-bason, a silver milk-Pet twelve silver forks, and other articles of plate , togeth..,.e. with a quantity of linen, wearing apparel, and other perty, valued at 801., from the dwelling- house of William Penny, a lighterman, of No. 72, Lucas-strTi li Commercial-road East. The prisoner, who had l ives the service of the prosecutor as maid of all work, 196 remanded. She had on her legs a pair of her ma ster stockings at the time of her apprehension , COURT-PASIZZOICAZIAL to The Duke of Wellington has arrived at Apsley ro from Strathfieldsaye. The Marquis and Marchioness Douro have arrived at their residence in Upper Belgrel e. street. The Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe and fatale not leave Fleurs Castle, N. 8., until the close of 4 1 :: month, when the Noble Duke and Duchess are expect at Thomas's Hotel. s The Duke and Duch ess of Sutherland and the. Low e Caroline and Constance Leveson Gower, are expected t° arrive at Stafford House to-morrow, from Trenth s Hall, Staffordshire. The Marquis of Stafford and LA Frederick Leveson Gower will remain at Treritharu. - d The Duke of Hamilton has issued cards. for a 5 1111 , 4 • dinner-party on S un d a y next, at his mansion . in I 'l man-square, to meet her Royal Highness the 'Ga ll . Duchess Stephanie of Baden. le 0 The Countess Ca(!ogan continues in delicate }wa it QueEnsbury House. The Ear l and Countess of Eldon and family are P a r . ing the holidays at Shirley House, near Croydon. The Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury have gone MI, visit to the Duke a n d D uc h ess of Somerset, at Wirebc don-park, with the intention of returning to laivsrt Hotel at the end of the week. The Earl and Countess of Harewood have left 10 ` - ; wood House, near L ee d s , f or Boughton House, 110$ Kettering. Lady MiNaghtin, accompan i e d by the Hon- A l i: Erskine and childr en , h ave arr i ve d a t.Mivart's _How from India. Her Ladyship, we are happy to state, 0 11. sidering the sad bereavement she has sustained, is in tole rable good health. The Countess of W arw i c k was presented last wee with an elegant vase, by the Members of the S u l Hunt, as a murk of their respect and regard for .11 F r Ladyshlp's liberality in p erm itting-them to hunt ove r her es!ates in Surrey. • The Bi, hop of Durham and Mrs. Maltby are . e % , n ; pected in a fey days in Upper Portland-place , 6 : 9 : - Auckland Castle. TAFF VALE RAILWAY.—The Directors of this Railway have determined, in consequence of the increased and increasing traffic upon the line, to make the line a double instead of a single one. It is intended that this shall be erected as soon as circumstances will admit, but at pre sent the double line will only extend from the Cardiff terminus to the Taff station, a distance of about seven M ilet Operations haye already commenced.—Catarian, IV/XaCEL:GANZOUS. A curi(s addition ha s j us t b ee n made to periodic:l u literature, remarkable a s th e fi rs t o f the family in wO r i l, the lunacy of the contributors is frankly avowed. f Governer the Royal Lunatic Asylum of the tows ,°„ Ctighton, has coneeived, as a means of appealing to tre eariy sympathies and intellectual memories of•the.rada high y educated among his patientQ, the design o f % ( i publication for tilt it own amusement, to be edited an e printed entirely by th,rnseives. The significant title?' this extraordinary pubtication is the New Moon, a deli' cate allusion to a suppos( d influence of that luraineri over the unfortunate beings who are the preparers ° this reetthar magazine. The Great Western sailed on Saturday last from verpool with a Ist ge number of passengers. and a heavy mail for New York. effects l.h e of Sc ( t ) h tc e h s t a o n r d m of lrish Thursday papers and mentionFrid t , h iy last, edestructive ic ac h t appears to have extended to alt parts of the kingd om. In Scotland, particularly, the gale appears to hav e:beet' terrific. The body of a female, about twenty-three yea rs of age, end five feet four in height, was discovered fl oatin g in the Ri%er Thames, near the Red House, Battersea'tria about one o'clock on Monday. she was respeetOl t , dressed, having the appearance of an upper servant,'°,. respectable mechanic's wife. The only thing remar kabw to lead to her identity was, that she wore two aprons, a l blue and the other black, and her right leg had a w 0 0 , 11: round which was bound a red silk ha n dkerchief. body awaits a Coroner's inquest at the Red House/ Battersea. In expectation of a vacancy in the re resenta tion- of the Elgin burghs, two candid a t es h ave a ppeared in the field—Mr. Duff, of Haddo, who was a candidate in 1841, on the Tory interest ; and on the Liberal interest Cap Granville Gower Loch, R.N., son of Mr. Loch, Member for the Wick burghs. A meeting of the Austrian and Sardinian Railways Company was advertised to be held at the George 11° , • Vulture Tavern, Cornhill, ocK on Monday, at twelve o'cl At half-past twelve Hermann Henry, Esq., ,wa s called to the chair, who stated that there appeared to be no' • body present who promoted the meeting, so that be thought they had better adjourn. Mr. Cunliffe pro posed that they adjourn to that day week, whic h ' being seconded by Alderman Vickers, was carried un animously. Mr. Page, in company with Mr. Cubitt, on Fridar! inspected the river to make an estimate of the expense . of the embankment from Vauxhall-bridge to Battersea' bridge. The Earl of Lincoln intends to bring a Bill into Parliament for that purpose in a few weeks. On Saturday night, about eight o'clock, a circumstanc e that placed the lives of five individuals (four mon and a woman) in the greatest jeopardy, took place at Mr. Heath's calico-printing factory, in Garrat-lane, Tooting. In the course of the afternoon, the party had purchased some fish, with the intention of cooking theta on thl premises, and having them for supper. A man name" Reynolds left off work before the others, and prepared. to cook the fish, but in doing so used a preparation of arsenic and starch, which he found about the -premises. and which he mistouk for flour. All the party were taken extremely ail, and Dr. Bainbridge attended, who, by use of the stomach pump and emetics s aved them. One woman, however, who es eat iehte,is still dangerously ill. SPIT FRI own— born s the Ir. tetwe said t so on, typin; and most We officiF form( objec again cause a fah beyoi pond , men doors not n ackn, exact trust shic hon