The Sun. — London, England, 1850-04-04 00:00:00

/75 3 6 1 jig i 0 DN A xrs.— No Jrs of the stokerh are being ps. The 'n intend Partment er thing yment of kTIONAD that this propriate of excel . on-upon hin I is well 10 estate frontage Lbat this ore votes progress •ation 'be t once $ just and F EDE', Ming fund for At the. !rill web :dent. FILE pril, and Lie duties , lissioner 6 but, lu removal businell Lare;V :e the d iss of Ler th a small • bouquet B pemed at at singing . Ike use of )nly to be A corre ong Rein I in Cali- Dr. s at THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 1850 MONEY and COIII CITY, QUARTER 70 THUEE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool ye.;terday were 10,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken for export, an d 3,000 on speculation. The market close firmlyhe sal es compr i sed 7,000 American at 5i d d. l lto 70., COO Perham, &c., at 60. to 7d., 1,500 I3ahta, at Cid. to 611.; 200 Eizyptian, 7 : 1-d. to Bkt; and 500 SUrat, 4:1-d. to per lb. —Railway Shares were again heevy at a further dtcline. The sales f Wheat last week in the markets which ree gulate the averages were 82,342 qrs., and of buley 47,556 quarters. The intelligence from the continent seems this morn ing to offer no features of mercantile interest, but politi cally they read better, and the German question, it is thought by pa:ties well acquainted with the movemeets and policy of Austria and Prussia, will be satisfac torily arrangtd. The Danish advices are likewise more promising. In the Amsterdam Stock -market on the 2d lest. there was more demand for home securities. Tho Dutch T wo - and-s-Ilelf per Cults. were 5.5 11-16 to 4. Spanish Stock was Clatter, Portuguese firm, and in South Ame rican not much was dome. The agitation of the question of railway audit, upon the necessity of which all are agreed, thou g h there difference of opinion as to the moat advisable form, led receetly, at a meeting if the proprietors of one if the !hAustralas;au banks, to the mooting of the question wht - er an audit was not expedient likewise for joint-stock D ank', and although the motion made in that particular instence pas not supported, vi are far f, oin heing satisfied that t @cause the Bank of England, &c., are not under suck a restriction the other establishments should be free from it. Ter mentable instances of loss from mismanagement and otherwise, are patent to all who hare ever inquired into the matter, and we agree with the writer of the fol lowing litter, addressed to the editor of the Bankers' Idaglzine, except that we think the shareholders them selves could do all that is requisite, if they only over came any false idea of delicacy towards tue di rectorates. The writer observes: —"Recent events I n railway m atters have bro ug ht b e f ore the Public ein the necessity audit b g in of a Governme n t, or ot h er rectors in stituted as a ch ec k on t h eir b oard of di whicor ; • and I am on l y surprised that the disasters h have befallen joint-stock banks in England since 1836, should not have been more seriously noticed by the public ; and that proprietors (who, by the way, are embarked in these concerns to the fullest extent of their fortunes) do not insist upon having the accuracy of their yearly and half.yeariy accounts tested by a public accountant, or auditor duly appointed for this purpose. "No person can deny that the Msrylebone Bank, the Bank if Manchester, the Northern and C en t ra l Bank, th e N orth of England Bank, the Royal Bank of Liverpool, and many others, have smashed, in conse quence of mal - administration and dishonesty on the part t f their directors and managers ; and if a wholesome check, in the way of an independent audit' of the accounts of these concerns had been imposed by the Government at the period of their foundation, the de plorable exposures since brought to light by the Parlia mentary Commissions of Inquiry would never have been known. " The law reports of the present day show us the dangers awaiting the private fortunes of each and every individual who has the misery to be, at the time of its failure, a partner, or in the most remote degree con nected with it as a shareholder ; and I cannot therefore agree with you in your arguinent, that because all the great banks have been managed without having separate audits, that the modern and newly-instituted joint-stock banks of England and the colonies are safe without this Wholesome chock having been established between them. The Back of England, the Bank of Ireland, and the Bank if Scotland have very large paid-up capitals, and are incorporated by royal charter ; and the rules fur their government are so laid down, that they are bound under a penalty of a, fur feiture of their privileges, if they at any time fail to conduct their several matters according to the strict rules of their deed of incorporation. This deed provides for the amount of capital, the election and re-election of directors, the qualification of voting at elections, &c., &c.; and it is just these very points which are of the most vital conse quence to the future prosperity of a bank, but which are &linen, if not wholly, neglected. Let an unprejudiced maa of business take up the reports which are annually put forth by various banking establishments in this Country, and say if, from the statements therein con tained, he could in any way pronounce whether things 'were going on rightly for the shareholders and the public, or whether the things were only being made pleasant' for the directors and their friends." The English Stock market is extremely quiet again, but one or two money purchases strengthened Con sols, which were done at 96k when only 96 for Ac count. The premium on Exchequer-bills has teen 663. to 68e., and on India Bends 90s. In the Foreign Securities business has been tolerably animated. Mexican have been fluctuating at 271 to 28-i. It is stated that the amount, with interest, of the next instalment of the indemnity money not yet eisposed of will be about 1 ,750,000 dollars. The recent failure of one or two large operators has been very da maging to this security. Peruvian Deferred Bonds have been quoted 24, and the Active 68 to 68k. Spanish Three per Cent , , have been 361 ; to 37; and Portuguese Four per Cents. 32i. Buenos Ayres Stock has been 53 t ' 44 . Dutch Two - and-a-Half per Cents. 551. Railmay Shares are exceedingly fiat, and a further de cline has occurred in the quotations, he l ast week ' s Railway Receipts, ascertained up to this ( l ay, are in round figures as under:— North-W 1850. estrrn South-Western £39 690 10,147 Midland 20,613 Caleduhiah 4,324 North Staffordshire 1849. 40,032 8,741 20,351 4,908 BRITISH FUNS er S oT Tl t l h l e S O D ffi A c l ia - l A L T iet O o NE .4 96 iO;CLOCIE. „ s 8 per C on t. Consol s A nns Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 160.- ___ l6 Do. 30 Years , Expi re J an. 5, 1460 8 5 India Bonds under I,ooof 9O p f' - Consols for Acc ount Exchequer Bills. 1 r d. 2d. Merck. June. 66 68 p 66 68 p _ 66 68 p - PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. 13raxilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto New Bonds ,1829 and 1839 86% Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 53 54 Ditto for the Account... ..... Dan:sh Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent 69 Ditto, 5 per Cent 2% 3 4 p Ditto, Scrip Mexican 80nt5,1846,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto for the Account .. ... Peruvian B on d s, 4 per Cent 2B 2L% 277 k 28 1 4 Ditto for the Account ...• Ditto Deferred 6 8 2 1 46 %611 68%x d • Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4 per Cent. 32 1 / 2 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent 106% Epanish Bonds, 5 per Cent l7 Ditto' for th e A ccount .... Ditto Passive Bonds... Spanish Bonds,: per Cent,lB4o Di vidends on the above payable in Londo % n. 37 Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild DDitto 4 Der Cent. Certificates itto Bonds I,IIINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SRA.RES AT ONli O'CLOCE RAILWAYS. PAID. Pisa Sawa. Aberdeen ..................... 59 ...... -- .. ... to Ditto, Preference.... ......... Ei ...... -.. dis. .. to Arnber., Notting., Boston, &c. 7% ...... -.. .... • to -- Ayrshire and Galleway ...... 1 1 / 2 ...... -- ...... to tart and County Down .. 30 .. .. -- ...... to -- irks and Hants Extension tGt. West. Perpet.s per ct.) 6 ...... -- ..... to -- 4irmingbani & OxfordJunct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 ...... .- •to Do., withouta guarantee... 20 • --- ..... .... ...... to --. t irmingham,Wol.,& Dudley, - calla duly , pd• or with guar. 15 . --.. •• ••• to -- Do. without a guarantee... 16 .... to -- Birnsing., Wol.. & • Stour Va l, 13/.1.417.. .. ... llirkenhead, Lancashire, and •-- ...... to -... Cheshire Junction ............ 23 ...... -- to -- Bristol and Exeter ............ 100 • ...... -- .......... to -- Dn., Thirds ...... ... ........ 33f • ...... die . .. ... to -- Calßuckinghamshire.. ............. 17% ...... ...... to edonian ..................... 50 ..... 814...... te 8 Do., New 10/. Preference. 10 ..... ..... to -- Chest_ Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 ..... • -- ..... to --- er and Holyhead... ..... 50 ..... -- ....... to Ditto, Preference ........... 15 ..... -- ~. ... Direct London & Portsmouth 6 1 4. ...... Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 40 ...... -- .... to -- nundalk and Enniskillen ... 30 ...... -- ...... t o ..., Lat Anglia, 251. L. & E., aid L. & D . ............. 25 -- ..... to ..... . DDitto, "I, E. lk li ....... 1 8 ... - ...... to -- o, 31. 1 3 / 1 . ' 6 p. Ct. Pref. 3% ..... Do, 71.175., 7 per Ct. Prof. - ... ... to •-••• Eastern Counties ... to .... ,1% Do. New Pref., 6 per Cent lO ...... -- ...... to 7. Do. Exten.,s perct.No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d.. Do,, do p ..... . N 0.2,61. 135. 4d... -- p ...... to -... Do., Northern &Eastern... 50 ...... ...... to -- -- ...... t o Eastern Unio n , Cl ass A (l ate -- Do., 5 pe r cen t. N 43 . •-•— "•••• to -- Ditto, New _ 1,069/. 500/ — Small . E. U. Shares) ...... ...• 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 6 Ditto, Ne w ... .......... ... • 25 Ditto Scrip ( gua . 6 per ct.) 20 East Lancashire ..... Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares OA — to East Lincolnshir e , guar. 6 per Cent... . Edinburgh and Glasgow BO — to Ditto, Half Shares Edinburgh and No r th ern ... 25 -- ...... to Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ... .. to Exeter and Exmouth... 2 l s. Gresg., Dumfries, & Cerlisle..B/. 6s.Bd - ..... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 - .. —to Gloucester and Dean Forest.. 12 1 / 2 — ...... to Gre atlcortliprn S:2 ...... to --. DO. ii A Deferred ..... ••• 19% — ...... to 6 Der Cent. ..... 9 ',4 — •••... to Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. ...... 12- 1 / 2 — ..... to Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 50 Dito, Eighths .... • .. ... 1 1 4..4 ...... to Great .N ono of England 100 .220 . .... to Ditto New 404. .... .. .. 40 DiDitto, ditto . ... 35 Ditttto, raw 302.... ........ 3 , ( . 1 ... o, New 15/...... . . ..... I. --- ...... to G:eat .ern,.. • . _IOO Ditto,HalfShaie's. ... ....... 50 Ditto, Quirtiq Shares '' DODitto, Fifths ......... ........ 'll . NOW 174 ................. 15 lIIERCIAL NEWS., Hull and Selby l5O - ..... to - Ditto, Half Slnres .. ...... 25 - Ditto,Quarthr Shares ... 12% - ...... to - Lanc,f.st... - r and Carlisle.... -... 59 Do., Thirds - ...... to - Lancashire and Yershire lOO - - Ditto Qtuf.rters 2 3 1,4 - ... to - Ditto Fifths - Ditto , . Thir4s ..... . - Do., New Guar. 6 per cent lO - - po. (Huclders. and Shell) 50 - - Do., Westiticiing Union.- 1114..... 2t...:- to - Leeds and Bradford 5O ..... 95 1 ,E to 96 Leeds and Thirsk ...-... ...... 50 Do.,do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%..« - -... to -.- Ditto, ditto... - •••••• to - p Ditto, ditto ..... ... No. 3 5 - to - Do. Pref. Quarters, 1848... 9 - to - Liverpool, Crosby, andSouth port. London "& 81ackwa11......11/. 6s. 3d - ..... to - Lend.,l;right.,& SoutliCoastloo ..... --to - Do., New a, gua. O pr CLIO() Do. Guaranteed fi per Cent. 9 . - De. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 - .... to - Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... - - London and Gr..enwinh... 12/.155. 4d... - - Ditto Pretesence 2O - - London & North WeAern.....100...103% 1, • 1 103 to 102 3 4 Do. New Quarters. l2 lol,i %', 7 i, % to - Do. Fifths l2 ..... ll!",! 4 ... to - I'o. 40.. Sharec.....L. Sr M 40 - - Do. 101. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 - London and S. Western ......100 ..... 00% to 61% Ditto, New 50/........ - ..... 42 1 ,4.-- - - Ditto, New 40/ 34 - ...... to - Do., New Preference - Londonderr3- and Coleraine... 25 Do. Half Shares . ..... ..... 5 .. - .. ... to - Londonderry:lnd Enniskillen 25 - ..... to - Do.. Half Shares CA - ...- to - L •westoff, guar. 4 i.er ct...... 20 - to - Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.... 13 ...... - - Manch Buxton, Sc Matlock 5 - to - 51anchr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo - to - Ditto 4 Shares ( No. 1) ... 25 ...... - .. to - Ditto, New 101. Preference 10 ...... 6% to - Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41.25.... - dia to - Midland..•••••• .... ..........100 .. ... 35 3 / 4 14 to - Ditto, Consol. Preference...100 - Ditto,:so/. Shares ..... ...... 30 ...... 2% 3 to 2% Midland, ilirm., and Derby...lW ... .. 17 - 4lidland, Consol. Bristei and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 ......122,, to - Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 42 ... .• - - Ditto ditto 221.78. ... .. - Ditto,ErewashVal., Pref... 50 - .....• to - Midland, Leices. and Swan aington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... . - - Midld. Great Western(lrish) 47% - ...... to - Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. 5O - to - Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... - - Ditto Quarter Shares .-.... 25 ..... - -• Newmarket - Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 12s. - - Newport Abergy., and Here. 6 - de •••• to - Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 - ...:.• to - Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor .......... ........ 20 - Norfolk lOO .....- - ..•••• to --- Ditto New 20/. l5 .•..•• --- ..•••• to - Ditto Extension ..... 29 - •••,.., to --- Do. Do. 5% per cent 6 •• ••• - ...... to Do. do. Waveney Valley.., 2 ...... -- ...... to .... vorthern Counties Union - ...... to .- North British .. - . ........ . 25 Ditto, Preference 5 - x. L.. tO - North Staffordshire........... 17 1 4 - North Western •••••• 13 % ••••• -- to - txtord, Worcester, and Wol verhampton - - Preston sad: Wyre 25 ..,.... - ...... to Do. Half Shares- (A) 10 ...... -- .... to R.-- eading,Guildfd.,& Reigate 15 ...... 15 st.i ••• to •••••• twyston and Hitchin 00. Shepreth Extension... % ..... •-• ~. ..-. ..•• ..„ Scottish Central - ..... to - Scottish-- Midland .... ....... - ...... to - Ditto,New..... .... 22% ...... --- ...... to --- SSrewebury and Birmingham 1314 - dia ... to -- Ditto, ditto, Class B. 9 - ...... to - Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 ••••• to VA Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 5 - .. a• to -- Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Ilin.) - Ditto Halves, Ditto le ... .. - ...... to Ditto, Oswestry - 18 %•••••• - ...... to -- Ditto (New)... - "'••• to .-- Ditto 8 per Cent. ?ref...-. 5 1 0 6% :- Shropshire Union South Devon .. Ditto, Preference ...... - tt t oo o z -- ...... to - South Staffordshire 81,( ..... - . •• • ... to - &nth Eastorn - Ditto, No. 2.: 331 ...... - ...... to - Ditto, No. 3. 3O - Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 . - south Wales ... 47 - to -• south Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole l3 -• ...... to --- •Aheflield, Rotherham. and Goole ,N D )Gna. 5 peret. 18% ..... ..... to - Do. do. (South Div.) 5 - „ ..... t o ... Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ..... .... . 8 to - Taw Vale Extension •••••••• 8 ........ - ••...• to - Thames Haven Dock and Railway . 7% - to - Vale of Neath - - Waterford and Kilkenny 2O ...... - Waterford and Limerick.... 47%..... -- Waterford,Wexiord,Wieklw, and Dublin - •••• • to - Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... 5O ....•• --- - Do. do. do. Do. do. do. - - West Cornwall 7% - •Vbitehaven and Furness lB N . .. •-• ....• to .-- Windsor, Staines, and South Western... . ............. - to -. Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 1:0 - t ork, Newcastle, and Berwick 26 1 2 ,541i 12 to 123 Do.",and Newcastle Exten. 20 Do. G. N. E. l'ur. or Pref. V - Do.llartlepeol Lk. Sc Ely. 100 - - fork and North Midland .. so - Ditto. Preference lO - to - FOREIGN HALLWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian) ...... E. - to - Boulogne and Amiens ... 20 ..... - - Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) ........- ..... 20 - Demerara. ............ ........... 17% --. Dutch Rhenish Um Indian ••• 5 Ditto -- •••••• to - Great Indian Peninsular 6 ....•• - ...... to - Do. Do 1 - to - Louvain ala Sambre ......... 7% - ...... to - Luxembourg 8 •...•• -- - Ditto ...... 10 •• ••• -. - 61adrid and Valentia - • ... to ...., Namur and Lie ge ........ 29 ••• •• - Northern of Franc e l6 ..... - ....• to -• Orleans and Bordeaux ... - Paris and Orleans.... Paris and Rouen .. ...... ..... 20 - ••...• to -- Paris & Strasbourg ..... ..... 13 - R. 11.212 and Havre ........ .••••. 20 •••••• ••••• - Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 , - to - Tours & Nantes ... . .. 13 - ...... to --. foumav, Jurbise, Linden, and fla.”elt .. ~•. .• 20 ..... -- •••••• to -- West Flanders 83 / a - ........ to - JOINT STOCK 'BANKS. Australasia - x.d to - British North American - ...to -• i3olonial CAnmereial of London - - London Joint Stock •..- lO - 14.)xclon and Westminster... 20 -• - National Provincial of Engld. 35 - Ditto, New - ...... to - National of Ireland - ..... 22% - ....• to - Provincial of Ireland - Ditto, New - ..... to - Union. of Australia - •• •• to •-- Ditto, New - to - Union of London ....... . ..-. 10 - Union of Madrid 4O - ..... • to -- MINES. kng 1 o Mexican —lo o— .••••• -- 00000 t 0 ..... Asturian Australian ... 4 - ....“ to —.. Barrossa Range 2Bs. — •• •••• to .... Blaenarvon Iron and Coal - •• to --. Bolanos Scrip - British Iron - Brazilian Imperial ••••• ..... 2414...... Ditto Cocaes and Cuisba... 39 - Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 - Cobre Copper - ••• •• to General ,.....••• 2$ .....• ..•••• t Real del Monte, Unregistered ..... .. ... to Do. Black Debentures — - am •••• to Do. Red Debentures ..... .... Santiago de Cuba. lO ••• ••• ••• .to United Mexican ....... 29% —.• ..• to .—. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 4.—Wind S.W., fresh breeze and Equally, with rain at times. DEAL, APRIL 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Sir Thomas Gresham, Walmsley, China. Arrd. from the River, Ra milies, Hobart Town; Emma Cohen, Shanghae; Can dahar, Adelaide, So u th Australia; ISfunez, Gambia; Princess Victoria, Cape of Good Hope; Santa Anna, Havannah; El Dorado, New York; Bachelor and Ed mond, Quebec; Deva, ditto; Perthshire, St. John's, New Brunswick. COWER, APRIL 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Ursus Minor, Mickleson, New York. Sid. Blenheim, Hobart Town. FALMoUTH, APRIL 3.—Wind S.S.W., strong breezes. —Arrd. John Johnston, Jansen, Pernambuco; Reseda cion, Fabugas, Havannah, for Antwerp. LuziontraL—Arrd. Sarah Ann, Liverpool, from St. John's, New Brunswick, making water. FALMoUTII, APRIL 3.—The Argo has been surveyed and commenced landing her cargo. CASTLF.TowN, MARCH 30.—The Candace, of Shields, cut 124 day', Was spoken 23d inst., short of provisions and water, and supplied by the Margaret, arrived here. BELFAsir, APRiL 2.—The Preston, Dundalk to Glen gall, struck on the Cannon Rocks on the night of the 30th ult., and has becom e a total wreck ; crew drowned. PoRTSMoUTII, APRIL 3 . —Wind S. to S.Wsqually. —Arri'. Betsey, Atkinson, Messina, for Sr. t Peters burgh, with sails split, and to s top a leak above her waterline. MILFORD, A rm. 2 . —The Swift, of Exeter, wa towed into 7,,..;e 't oa d, yesterday, distnasted. A ship,s totally dismasted, was seen of the harbour last night, and must have dril le led towards the Wicklow B anks. Wind S.S.E., ra ve r MILFORD, NEAR RAMELTOW, APRIL 2 --The Earl of Kingston smack went on shore 30th u l t., on J3allyina. toeenStrand, in Loughswelly, but is exp ec t e d off if the weather moderates. LONDONDERRY, APRIL 2.—T he liars, of Ball:R a w, f)r this port, sank on the 29th ult., near Dunaff Head, with her masts visible above water; crew saved. PETFAIIRAD, APRIL l .—Part of the stern of a vessel with " Marse Packet, of Sunderland " painted on it in yellow letters, was washed oh shore yesterday at BA dam. A Lag and a board painted "Forster Smith," aid an oar branded " William Grant," hare washed on shore also. QUEENSTOWN, APRIL I.—Wind E.S.E.; very strong. —Arra. Sr. Auointr, Aux Cayes; Fortunato, Blirat elle; Raguser, Agt nori,,r; Moxtay, Careinha. STRANGFORD, APRIL t.—The reported on shore in Cloughty Bay on the 30th ult., proves to be tho Peggy, Liverpool to Aberdeen. but will be got off :after uischarging. A schooner ,unk on the Reef in Cloughty Bay, supposed to be the Prestor, of Belfast, as a pieco of hoard so nae•;, and a box of seamen's clo hes, marked "Robert Colvin," or "Robert Cottirel" btu washed on shore; also a corpse. BRISTOL, ArRIL 3.—Wind S.W., strong.—Arrd. Kit?, Smythe, China ; Susan, Penton, Demerara; Lucy, P. Cherry, Barbadoes. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 3.—Wind S.—Arrd. Ellen, lledi field, It7o Grande; Hero cf . Sidon, Spence, New Or leans; Urgect, Pollock, Charleston. Off pop', Bt zor and Isabella. Sld. Woodsrock, Quelier; Tam O'zlhant, r, ditto; Fidelia and Iva , ihoe, New York; Breadalbane, Chaleo, Valparaiso. Put back, Earl of Loris dale, Itto Janeiro, ai 200 sailors who were on board, and entered fir thy- Brazilian nary, reti.e I to proceed. 4th, 10 30 A Sr., Tan John E. skiddy, hence to New York, a al driven on shore, Ist instabt on the coast of Wexford, supposed near Glasscarrick. The master, mate, and part f crew remained on board ; :passonge, s and remainder of crew have landed. The wat-r is up to her-second deck. BEAUMARIS, APRIL 3.—The Wilton Las got off shore and proceeded for Liverpool. The Emmet, Irwin to Hartlepool, and the Victoria, for Liverpool, have got off .'hore and hauled iota deep water, bfrer discharging. The Robert and Mary, of Aberystwith; the Mercury, Cardiff to Liverpool; and the John, of Bideford; have been on shore, and must discharge, having received considerable damage. SHEILDS, APRIL 3.—A schooner, said to belong to Thurso, is on the Hood Sand; crew saved. LONDON, APRIL 4.—The Mereir, sailed from Car diff 27th September last for Bremen, and has not since been heard of. HARWICH, APRIL 3.—Wind S.W.—Sid. Quebec, for Quebec; Woliscove, Quebec; Aurora, St. John's, New Brunswick; Amazon, St. John's, Now Brunswick; La tons, Sr. Andrew's, New Brunswick. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) NEWGATE AND LEADENEALL. A very inactive demand was experienced to-day, at barely stationary prices. Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 2d ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 10d ; Veal, 3s to 3s 10c1 ; pork, 3s to 4s per 81bs, by the carcase. SAY 714.11.710LET5. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 3110 s; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 41 lOs ; and Straw, 11 is to 1/ 8s per load. Trade very dull, at barely stationary prices. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 10s to 31125; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ 7s; and,Straw, 1/ 2s to 1/ 9s per load. Both Hay and Straw moved of} slowly at our quotations. WIIITECHAPEL. Meadow Hay, 2/ 5s to 3/ 10i ; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 4/10s; and Straw. 1/ 2s toll 9s per load. A full average supply, and a dull trade. MEAT MARMETS. SOUTHALL, APRIL 3.—We had a very dull market to-day, and last week's prices were with difficulty sup ported. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s to 4s 4d; Lamb, 5s to 6s ; Veal, 3s to 3s 8d ; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, APRIL 3.—Prime Beasts and Sheep sold at full prices, bnt all other kinds of stock were heavy. Beef, from 3s to 3a 8d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Lamb, 5s to 6s; Veal, 3s to 3s 8d; and Pork, 3s 2d to 3s 6d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 25s ; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 21s ; and Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 141 to 181 each. LEWES, APRIL 2.—Our market ruled inactive, on the following terms :—Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Lamb, 5a to 5s 6d ; Veal, 3s 2d to as 6d per 81bs. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN Forthe Week ended Maros 28, 1850, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Citiesand Towns snExgland and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WIIEIT. I BAILLIT. OATS. I I EYE. I ELAM TEAS. PRICE I 37e 9d 23s Gd I 158 2cl 21s 7d 1 233 10d 253 3d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. ',HEAT. EARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. I TEAS. 18 Od Is Oct Is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.) MANSELL AND ANOTHER V. GRAYSTONE. This was an action to recover the sum of 161. for goods sold. The plaintiffs are grocers in the city, and the de fendant is a chemist at Chateris, Cambridge. There was no defence to the action. The defendant in a letter had, however, given a curious reason for non payment, which was, that the agreement between them was that the first order should be paid on the second order being given, and he intended to bind them to that strictly, but as he did not want any more goods at pre sent the amount was not due, but he had often times tic terwards promised to pay. TLe jury gave a verdict for the amount. This was the only case tried. MANSION-HOUSE-(THIS DAY.) A WHOLESALE THlEF.—Francis Jervis was brought before Mr. Alderman Gibbs upon remand, charged with having stolen a time-piece, a watch, and other articles from Mr. Watney's distillery at Battersea, the property of various persons employed about that establishmeLt. There were also other charges of stealing a bed-quilt and a bird, which showed that the prisoner had car ried on en extensive series of depredations from every house he visited. Many articles had been traced to dif ferent pawnbrokers; but there was reason to suppose that there were many others of which no trace could be discovered. More than twenty duplicates were found in his possession. The prisoner was fully committed. the house, some more angry words ensued between them, and the complainant snatched up a basket in which she had been packing her things, and thrtiw it at her heed, which cat her eye severely, lie the❑ !psct a table and broke a plate which helot ged to her, and she smanhed plate of his to be quits with him ; but this she did on the fender, and not over his head, as he had sworn. in self-defence also she did take the sword-stick from be hind the door and strike the complainant ; but he soon wrenched it from her, and with it violently chastised her about the body and legs. He also nearly tore all the clothes off her back. A fine intelligent boy, sem of the prisoner, whom she called, deposed to tieing present during the quarrel, and corroborated his mother's statement as to the complain ant's throwing the basket at h.r, adding that before any blows were struck the complainant had threatened to knock his (witness's) mother's " b- teeth down her throg.” A son of the complainant himself also proved on b'- half of the prisoner, that he saw his fither (the corn phinant) striking the prisoner with the sword-stick, and threalening to murder her, and that he vas at tracted to the houso by bearing the prisoner shouting murder. Mr. BURRELL was of opinion that the assault had bean mu , ual, and discharged the prisor.e', hut ordered that both the complainant arid the prisoner should be bound over in their recognizances in the suns of 20/. to keep the penes each towards the other, for six months. MAGAZINES, &c.— (CONTINUED). NEW MONTHLY. The New _Monthly again opens with some verses by Leigh Hunt. The anecdote which they celebrate is so well worthy of attention, and it is here so grace fully narrated, that we gladly transcribe it entire : TUE LIT'T'ER GOURD. INECIIIEED TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE. BY LEIGH HUNT. " Grace," in good troth. ranown'd for that rare art Call'd Perfect Tact (if it indeed be art Viihose shill implies an all-embracing heart), Behold,—in Lokman's lord,—the only thing, In all ho did, beyond thy compassing;— • In Lokman's self,—the spirit more than free, Which thou hadst shown as well, had'st thou been he. Lokman the Wise, therefore the good (for wise Is but sage good, seeing with final eyes), Vas slave once to a lord, jealous though kind, Who, piqued sometimes at the man's master mina, Gave him, one day, to st e how he would treat So strange a grace, a haur gourd to eat. With simplest reverence, and no surprise, The sage reecivid sir( tcli'd the donor's oyes; And, piece by piece, as though it had been food, To !etst and gloat on, erery morsel chewed; And so stood eating, with his patient beard, Till all the nauseous favour disappear'd. Vex'd, and confounded, and dispos'd to find Some ground of scorn, on which to ta.e his mind, " Lokman!" exelaim'd his master,—" In God's name, How can a slave himself become so tame? have all my favours been bestow'd amiss? Or could not brains like thine have saved thee this?" Calmly stood Lokman still, as duty stands.— " Hare I receir'd," he answer'd " at thine hands Favours so sweet they went to mine heart's root, And could I not accept one bitter fruit 7" " 0 Lokman!" said his lord (and as he spoke, For very love his words in softness broke), " Take but this favour yet:—be slave no more:— Be, as thou art, my friend and counsellor:— Oh he; nor let me quit thee, self-abhored;— 'Tis I that am the slave, and thou the lord." * See the ground-work of the story in D'Herbelot, and other Eastern authorities. Lokman has sometimes been called the Arabian /Esup; and sometimes thought to have been ./Esop himself. Horace Smith's "Musings in my Study" are con tinued. A quotation from Fulton, to the effect that "as there are many wayside flowers scarcely worth gathering individually, which would nevertheless contribute to the value of a nosegay, so do spring up in the mind many thoughts of trifling separate value which may be well worth collecting into a posy, " forms an appropriate motto for the collection. Of these "Musings" the most amusing is on "The Metempsychosis," or the supposed transmigration of human souls into the bodies of lower animals, as asserted by Pythagoras. Some of Mr. Smith's meta morphoses are exceedingly happy. He suggests, for example, that " worldly priests might b e conver t e d into hawks, which only fly heavenward in pursuit of prey ;" " anglers would exchange the amusement of the rod for the anguish of the hook ;" " fox-hunters, metamorphosed into hunted foxes, should be allowed the daily privilege, after a desperate run, of b e i ng i n at their own deat h while authors, and more espe cially critics, realising the nickname sometimes be stowed upon them, and converted into real book worms, should pass their lives in defacing the leaves by which they are supported, and constantly picking holes in the works before them." An article on " Literature and the Exhibition of 1851 " laments that, while princely patronage and public encourage ment are being (so justly) awarded to scientiffc and artistic labourers, men of literature arc still unrecog nised and unrewarded. In this article it is truth fully remarked, " Those who stand on the high places of the earth scarcely understand what real necessity, what actual s.uffering means. They dream not what it is to a noble mind to be obliged, like the worms, to crawl upon the earth for nourish ment, because it has not strength to endure famine. Life moves around them with so much grace and splendour, and beauty, that they drink of life's sweet wine and dance in a •cheering intoxication. They find nothing within them which can enable them to understand the real sufferings of the poor." On the subject of the proposed Exhibition, we find the fol lowing excellent and, unfortunately, correct observa tion as to the scanty reward apportioned to those to whom honour is really due " This gorgeous silk, that graceful and various tinted shawl—the one from Howell and James's, the other from Everington's—are laid before the eyes of a thousand eager admirers; nine hundred and ninety-nine out of the thousand go their way, commenting and expatiating on their beauties, and praising their elaborate elegance and exquisite workmanship, and highly commending those whose wealth or capital has enabled them to offer such articles of refined luxury to the public gaze, as to admire them on the persons of those who have means to possess them. Not a thought, however, not a care is vouchsafed to the artisan who has laboured to produce such trea surer, or is one word of grateful praise bestowed on the designer or the workman. No; from the shops I have named, or any .others, they are said to have come; what more is required? Not a single syllable is uttered of where obtained—by whom pro duced? Suffice, there they are to be purchased by money and worn for the admiring world. And so is it from the beginning to the end of the chapter. The very shirts we wear, the coats, the boots, the hats; the very bread of life by which wo are sustained; or.• and all are the products of bard-working, ill-requited, unremitting, struggling labour; yct not a jot of gratitude is produced in our hearts; that they have toiled and slaved, while we, perchance, have slept calmly on a bed cf down, or enjoyed the frivolous pleasures of life. We look on and wonder; remunerate the master tailor or the master baker, and there ends the sum total of our thought. I would venture to hope that in this great Exhibition (..f all nations, the poor artisan may have the benefit of his head or handiwork." AINSWORTH. " Guy Fawkes" is drawing towards its close. In this number we read " how Guy Fawkes was put to the torture," and the pencil of Cruikshank pour trays the death of Catesby. Mr. Itowsell, in some remarks on " Common Conversation," justly censures the common prevalence of and seeming necessity for " white lies" in polite society. The best remedy for such a state of things would surely be a little genuine politeness, or that species of tact which Leigh Hunt has just so admirably defined in this month's New Monthly, as above quoted. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Milman's tragedy of Fazio, compressed into three acts, was revived here last evening, when Miss Laura Addison sustained the part of Bianca, and by her admirable performance of the character produced a sensation that has never been equalled since Miss o'. Neil left the stage. The following notice of Miss Laura Addison's performance appears in the Morning Post; and we entirely agree with the opinion which our contemporary expresses :—" The tragedy of Fazio affords a wide scope to the actress of Bianca—indeed, the entire weight of the play rests upon her exertions. The author has ingeniously contrived that all the pas sions of woman's heart shall be reflected in this one creation, the remaining personages being but poorly conceived and weakly wrought out. Miss Laura Addison enacted the part of Bianca with consummate skill. Ready as we have always been to do justice to this young actress's genius and her powers, both of apprehension, and execution, we have never hesitated tai indicate the points upon which, in our idea, the ad vantage of experience would have better enabled her to do justice to her own vivid conceptions. But in her personation of Bianca she leaves to criticism the sim ple record of the highest artistic success. It is no easy task to reconcile to the eye of the spectator the min • gled illustrations of feminine passion which the author has, with unscrupulous adherence to stage conventionalisms, crowded into the canvass; but Miss Laura Addison, while developing with the completest theatrical intelligence the inartistically isolated phases cf the written character, succeeded in blending in a general and sympathetic union ideas actually diverse, but which, by her perfect fusion, were combined into a personation which, for scenic purposes, gave the highest triumph which intellect could achieve over undesirable material. The passion of jealousy, so frequently made the subject of dramatic treat ment, has too often b,en a temptation to clever artists to indulge in the mere foot• light ecstasies which a certain class of the public has been unhappily trained to admire. Miss Laura Addison, casting aside all the rubbish of stage memories, has eliminated with mingled sensibi lity and executive power a new and most fortunate reading of the sentiment: Nor in the softer and more womanly presentments was the power of the actress less real, if lesslobvious. Her love toaes came from the heart, and by consequence addressed the heart successfully; while from the confusion of the emotion of hatred, revenge, remorse, wife-like affec tion, and maternal devotion, less successfully discri minated by the dramatist, Miss Laura Addison artis tically disentangled the somewhat chaotic elements of the poem, and alternately exhibited each feeling with a truth and a refinement rarely observable on a mo dern stage. She was enthusiastically applauded during the play, and at its termination was called before the curtain with acclamation. Mr. Cooper, who acted the part of Fazio, was suffering from hoarseness." The gorgeous and splendid fairy spectacle the Devil's Ring followed, and each beautiful scene, each novel effect, each wonderful exhibition of mechanical power, was greeted by the tumultuous plaudits of the delighted auditory. The Devil's Ring is drawing crowded houses every night. SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE. On Monday the holiday-makers at this attractive and favourite place of resort were admirably enter tained by the corps dramatique, who exerted them selves most creditably throughout the performance, which consisted of the representation of Shakspere's tragedy of Macbeth, from the original text, followed by an entirely new interlude, entitled A Village Tale ; the whole concluding with Mark Lemon's farce of The M.P. for the Rotten Borough. Macbeth waa excellently cast, Mr. Phelps representing Macbeth ; Mr. G. Bennett, Banquo; Mr. H. Mellon, Duncan King of Scotland ; Macduff, Mr. H. Marston ; Lady Macbeth, Miss Glyn ' • Lady Macduff, Miss Ed wardes. The acting o f Mr. Phelps, Mr. Marston, and Miss Glyn, was very good, and the way in which the piece is put upon the stage certainly reflects the greatest credit upon the management. The interlude is a neat, telling piece, sparkling with little gems well struck off by Tony (Mr. Henry Lye), who appears in the character of a country milkman, in love with Emma, a cottager's daughter (Miss T. Bassano); Bessy Forster (Miss A. Brown), a dapper country girl, and an intimate acquaintance of Emma'e, has had as her first love Philip (Mr. G. K. Dickinson), who having enlisted for a soldier, has been compelled on the field of battle to encounter great danger, and to suffer in a distant land extreme indisposition. During the whole period, however, his affection for Bessy re mains inviolate, and he returns to the " home of his youth" seeking most anxiously for the object of his early love. Bessy, meanwhile, understanding that Philip has fallen in battle, promises her hand to a country farmer, George Foster (Mr. Graham), but the return of Philip leads to her rejection of Foster, and the piece concludes with his retiring in high dudgeon, while the other parties are legitimately made happy. Mark Lemon's farce was well hit off, and the curtain fell amidst the boisterous cheers of . a very crowded auditory, the whole of whom appeared upon the happiest terms imaginable with the world at large, and with the actors who had performed for their amusement in particular. THE TRIAL OF THE BIRDS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SU.V. Mr. Bull presents his compliments to the editor of The Sun, and incloses a copy of a letter sent to the editor of the Times on Thursday last, which has not been inserted in that paper. Western Circuit, Taunton, April 2, 1850. TO TILE EDITOR OF THE TINIEF. Sir,—l am not not surprised at the feeling of in dignation which the report of the trial of Bird and his wife, at Exeter, has excited in the public mind, but as one of the senior members of the bar present during the principal and material part of the trial, I hope I may be permitted to express my sorrow on reading your very severe observations on the conduct of the learned judge before whom the prisoners were tried. I heard the material part of the statement of the mother of the poor girl, and from thence the whole of the case to the close of the evidence of Mr. Turner, the surgeon, and I then left the court with a deep impression on my mind, without hearing the defence or the observations of the learned judge, that the case on the part of the prosecution had wholly failed in bringing home to the prisoners the infliction of the blow which was the cause of death, and I stated my opinion to one or two friends near me at the time. This was evidently the opinion of Mr. Justice Talfourd, and he directed the jury accordingly. How then, I would ask, could he as an honest and impartial judge have acted otherwise ? With respect to the expressions which fell from his Lordship, and to which you have called very parti cular attention, I am confident 3ou will agree with me in thinking that the judge, so long as there was any the least chance of this sad affair being investi gated elsewhere, would have acted most improperly if he had not repressed those feelings which the de tails of the case naturally tended to excite. I use the word repressed, because in a case tried before the same judge, the previous day, in which three ruffians were convicted for a gross aesault on a poor unpro tected girl, his Lordship, after the verdict was deli vered, and in passing a severe but just sentence, poured forth a torrent of eloquent indignation at the outrage which had been committed. Hoping that these remarks may not be deemed obtrusive, I remain, Sir, your very obedient servant, HENRY BALL. Temple, March 28, 1850. SUNDAY RAILWAY TRAVELLING. (From the Examiner.) At a meeting of the shareholders of the Caledonian Railway, the following copious effusion of cant took place : " Mr. MEILLEumir, in pursuance of notice, moved that no systematic or predetermined work should be performed on the line on Sunday. Having liberated slaves in theiWest Indies, it became them to take care not to make slaves in this country. The minds of the men could not but suffer from Sunday labour. Scot tish independence was at stake in this matter. Had it not been for English proxies there would not now be a railway in Scotland open oa a Sunday. He coin , plained of this interruption as unjust to Scotland, where Sabbath observance was a national institution. The consequences of Sabbath desecration were the potato disease and the famine. "Mr. M‘MicKING, a director, seconded the motion. lie stated that there were 129 men employed on the line on Sunday, and that their Sunday wages for half a year amounted to upwards of 4,000/. 'There were four trains on a Sunday, and on an average 361 pas sengers. Was it north while to deprive 129 persons of the means of attending a place of worship, for the accommodation of 361 passengers ? "A SHAREHOLDER observed that 500 men were generally employed, and . that no more were occupied on Sunday than were required for works of mercy and necessity. " Mr. Muni, supported the motion. On some lines in Scotland, on which there had been no Sunday travelling, no serious a cc id en t h a d eve r o ccurred. l question was, therefore, of importance with reference to damages, now a formidable item. " Mr. CampnELL, a director, s tated that, with the exception of the mail tr a in, there were 510 passeng er trains on the line on Sunday. Everything th a t was possiLla had been dune to reduce Sunday labou r . T he men were only called upon to attend in turn, and the time occupied did not exceed cane hour per day. It should nut be forgotten that, in the providence of God, diseases and accidents prevailed ear.) on S un d ay as well as on other days.—(ilear, h " On a show of hands the motion was lost." Mr. Aleiklehatn presumes to penetrate the inscru table wisdom of Providence, and has no difficulty in discovering that the potato disease and the famine were the consequences of journeying on the BOW-STREET.-(IBIS DAY.) Two young men, named Burke and Craton, with a young woman, named Williams, were charged with having created a diturbance in Drury-lace, and as saulted the police when engaged in the execution of their duty. The disturbance arose in this way. Yesterday fore noon a butcher, who was bleeding from the mouth, called upon constable F 47 to take Burke into custody for an assault, and while he was in the act of doing so Burke kicked him most desperately, and Cronan, coming to the assistance of his companion, attempted to rescue him. A struggle took place, which attracted a mob to the spot, and, as is too often the case, the mob sided with the offenders, and a general row ensued. Eventually other constables came up, and the two male prisoners were after some further resistance safely lodged in the station. In the course of the struggle Burke and the constable fell with great violence to the ground, and the prisoner being the undermost the back of his head came in contact with the curbstone, and a dreadful gash was inflicted on it. While the prisoner and the constable were kicking and rolling together on the ground, the female took the opportunity of throwing farther difficul ties in the way of the constable, by pulling and tugging vigorously at hi s h a i r , but luckily she was captured in the act by another constable, and marched off to the station amidst the yells and jeers of the mob, which, of course, was composed of the lowest grade of people, who looked upon the whole affair as a capital joke. The constable sta'ed that there could not have been less than 300 or 400 persons present, and it tilts with considerable difficulty that he and his colleagues succeeded in securing the prisoners. The two male prisoners were too drunk at the time of their arrest to admit of their being at once brought before the Court, and consequently they had been locked up all night. Mr. Wontner attended on behalf of the prisoners, but finding that the evidence could not be shaken in the least degree, he left it fur his client s t o g i ve t h e i r own history of the transaction. Cro - nan, who described himself as a printer, said the butcher struck his compani on fi rs t, an d they had: sereral rounds before the constable came ur. Burke, who was also a printer, said he would hare gone quietly to the station had he been the aggressor in the first instance; but it was the butcher who ought to bare been taken, and not himself. The female denied the charge against her. She sim ply cried " Shame" when the police began to use their truncheons, and she was immediately pounced upon by some of the force. Mr. HALL sent Cronan to the House of Correetion for a month, his companion for fourteen dam, and the fe male he fined 20F. or ten days. They were then removed in custody. WESTMINSTER.—(THIS DAY.) Ellen Collins, a middle-aged, iespectably•dressed woman, whose face bore evidences of recent ill•usage, was charged before Mr. Burrell with assaulting and threatening the life of Thomas Cross, a cow-keeper, re siding at 5, Alfred place, Chelsea. It appeared from the statement of the complainant, whose face was cut and scratched in several places, and who gave his evidence in an offensively flippant manner, that the prisoner was his housekeeper. On coming home to dinner yesterday, about one o'clock, he had oc casion to find fault with the prisoner for allowing her children (for she had had children), as well as his on, to make away with some old iron from his premises. Some high words ensued, in the course of which the prisoner snatched up the poker and attempted to strike the complainant with it, but he got out of her way, having, however, intimated to her that she was to leave her service. The complainant returned to the house again in the course of the after noon, when he found the prisoner packing up her clothes, and preparing to leave; angry words were renewed between the parties, during which the prisoner said she would not leave the house until she had beeu revenged in some way on the complainant. The com plainant then " pitched" a basket belonging to the pri- soner at her; whereupon she seized a large dinner plate, and smashed it over his head, wounding him slightly on the cheek. The complainant wee again malting off when the prisoner seized a sword-stick u hich stood be. hind the kitchen door, and commenced belabouring his head and back soundly with it. A struggle ensued be tween the belligerents, in the course of which the com plainant broke the sword stick in two, and threw the prisoner down on the stairs. Contriving to get away from her, he went for the police, and gave her in custody. The complainant's son, a boy barely eleven years of age, partly corroborated his statement as to the assault. The prisoner in her (Hence said she bad prepared the complainant's dinner comfortably for him yesterday, and on his coming into the house to dine he complained of her allowing the children to take away some old iron from the house. She replied that she had her domestic duties to perform, and could not always be answerable for what his boys did. The complainant then began abusing her, ending with giving her notice to leave the house forthwith. Shortly afterwards, on hie return to' CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY A young woman named Emnul Smith was placed a the bar, More Mr. Twyrwhitt, charg, a with stealing a coat, a waistcoat, and two pair of sheets (rum the house in which she lodged, and with having pledged them wish two different pawnbrokers. The prosecutor, James Matthews, stated that the prisoner was a lodger in his house, in Ann-street, Pentonville, and that he saw the articles in question safe in an unlocked drawer, in a front room which he occu pied, on Sunday last. Yesterday afternoon he found they had disappeared, and as his suspicions attached to the prisoner, he taxed her with the theft, when she acknowledged she had taken them, and she produced the pawnbrokers' duplicates, and he accordingly gave her into custody. The articles were produced by the pawnbrokers, who stated they had been brought to them by the prisoner. She made no answer to the charge, and was committed to take her trial at the next sessions. Ann Smith, a stout and by no means bad-looking damsel of the pay& was charged by James Parmenter, an Italian image maker, with skating a silver watch, a gold chain, and 2s. Gd. The prosecutor, it appeared, was passing through Holborn last night, about twelve o'clock, when his atten tion was directed to the prisoner, whose charms over came the sensitiveness of his amorous disposition. He ventured to accost her, and with a winning smile, pecu liar to his countrymen, soon pierced the heart, as he supposed, of the hesitating lady. Though scarcely able to speak our vulgar English, an acquaintance immedi ately sprung up between them, for love makes itself un derstood despite of all obstacles, and he prevail e d on h e r to allow hi m t o accompany her home. The place of her domicile was a questionable court somewhere in Gray's Inn-read, but for any thing be knew, it might have been the most fashionable house in the neighbourhood. They retired to rest, but while the gay Lothario was reposing in the arms of Morpheus his lady love took advantage of the opportunity to disappear with all his valuables. When daylight broke, and the un fortunate gentleman rose from his slumbers, he was as much astonished as he was indignant at the deception practised upon him. He gave information to the police of the circumstance, and they soon traced her out, but she bad nothing up on h er b u t 23. e and unint e lli g ibl e ac sintghere was no direct co u T n h t oPt r t o n s e e eti occurrence,t prosecutor gave andra rambling b a l evi dence against the prisoner she was discharged. THE WRECK OF THE ROYAL ADELAIDE STEAMER. CORRESPONDENCE AND PARTICULARS RECEIVED THIS DAY._ _ Up to twelve o'clock to-day, the secretary at Lloyd's had not received intelligence of the finding any of the bodies of the unhappy sufferers by the foundering of this ill-fated steamer, excepting the two that had been landed at Margate previously mentioned. The manager of the City of Dublin Steam Naviga tion Company arrived at Margate last night from London to proceed to the wreck, and to obtain accu rate information of her position on the sands, and the probability of any portion cf her being saved. The gale cf wind that has been blowing the who'e of this night and this morning leads to a supposition that not a vestige will be found, her remains having either been swept away by the tremendous seas or have been swal owed up in the sands. Mr. Hartley, the agent of the company, has handed us copies of two letters he received this morning, which will be found to contain further details on the sad sub ject of the wreck. Particulars the second will be observed was sent by the chief boatman of the Coast Guard station at St. Nicholas station, to the company's agent at Plymouth. London and ,Southampton, Dublin, Belfast, Liverpool and Falmouth Steam-packet 'Office, Vauxhall street, Plymouth. April 3, 1850. Dear; Sir,—l regret exceedingly that the dispatch of an answer to your favour of the Ist, should have been omitted by yesterday's post, and I hope this will reach you in time to be of use. Yuu will see by the enclosed list that only few persons left this port by the ill-fated Adelaide ; but I should think her consaengors from Cork to London must have been from 150 to 200. I have no means of ascertaining, with any degree of certainty, what the number war, as I get no li,t from Cork, and take no account of those who land here. I send you a letter I have this moening received from Margate, which may give you a few particulars, to enable you to obtain further information from the same writer. I am, sir, &c., ROBERT CLARK. T. Hartley, Esq., Leadenhall-street, London. Gentlemen,—l beg to acquaint you of a melancholy catastrophe that happened at our station on Saturday night, about 10 45 p.m. We observed two rockets and a large red light in the direction of the Tongue Sand, outside of the Queen's Channel, and we observed the red light again at eleven, and at 11 38, when we never saw it afterwards. The wind blowing hard from the S.E., and a heavy sea running, particularly on the sands. At daylight we saw the remains of a large wreck lying close to the Tongue beacon. Unfortunately the sea was running so high at the time that we could not launch our boat. But one of the Margate loggers, coming through the Queen's Channel, fell in with two dead bodies, each having a life-preserver on, with blue clothes ; one a pp eared to be the mate and the other the engineer. To-day (Monday) the wreck has been surrounded with boats, and it has been my duty to examine them. I have gleaned what information I could, but lam afraid it is a bad job. She is a large steamer, and there is nothing left of her besides her machinery and bow, and one side, and the only thing that they found that leads to her identity is a large lantern marked "Royal Adelaide." Her cargo and light gear must have driven on the Essex coast, as nut a vestige is to be seen in the Queen's Channel. As the wind was blowing so long f rom the east, the Margate boat not on the look out ; neither did any of the pilots see anything of it, and the Tongue light-vessel filed signals of distress. Ido not think there was a craft of any sort riding in the Queen's Channel at sunset, so what became of the poor souls on board Heaven knows. If any person wishes any infor mation concernin g t h e unfortunate seamen, I shall feel h a ppy to supply all I can obtain. I am constantly boarding the boats to glean so met hi ng respecting the remainder of the crew. I have examined somecopper and brass handles, but with the exception of the lantern can find nothing that leads to her name, but there are a great many boat; put cff from Margate through th e other channel. I am , Sir, yours, JOHN HICKS, Commanding Boat man, Coast Guard Station, St. Nicholas, Margate. OFFICIAL RETURN OF THE CREW DROWNED. The annexed return of the unfortunate crew of the Royal Adelaide was received this morning by the secre tary of the Company from Liverp oo l. I t appears ne a r l y the whole of them belonged to that port, and many have left large families to mourn their melancholy fate. Wm. Gowler, chief mate; George North, second mate; William Scott, third mate; William Reilly, chief engi neer; William Crook, second engineer; Charles Cock land, fireman; John Delany, ditto; Thomas Williams, ditto; John Doyle, ditto; William Beller, ditto; James Moore, ditto; Patrick Carey , coal trimmer; Michael Wolfe, ditto; William Seayen, sailor; Francis Neico, ditto; John Stamper, ditto; Robert Tozer, ditto; Jo seph Morgan, ditto ; Ambrose Turner, carpenter; H Thomas Butter, boy; Henry Hillier, st ets ar e ; S arah Garetty, stewardess. The ]loyal Adelaide steamer was insured in several offices; her loss and cargo is reported to exceed 30,0001. THE LATE MURDERS AT JUNIPER GREEN.—We understand that Pearson, who, there can be no doubt, in humanly murdered Dr. Wilson and Lis mother at Juniper Green on the 24th ult., was removed from the Calton Gaol here to the Penitentiary at Perth on Friday la s t. Hi s re moval took place on a certificate signed by two medical practitioners, in terms of the Act, that he was labouring under insanity. He will, therefore, be lodged in that part of the Perth Penitentiary which is devoted to the reception of lunatics. He will, notwithstanding of this, be brought to trial in the usual course.—Scotsman. A MAN BURNED TO DBATIT.--ou Saturday evening Mr. Kemp, aged 83, residing in Ihaton Old Town, while sitting before the tire, was seized with a lit (it is supposed), and fell on to the grate. When he was dis covered the left side of his face was completely burnt off. There was no one present at the time. The regrets of a feeling heart may harmonize with a contemplation of nature and an enjoyment of the fine arts; but frivolity, under whatever form it appears, deprives atten tion of its power, thought of its originality, and sentiment of its depth.—Eliza Cook's Journal. THE EDUCATION QUESTION.-A large and in fluential meeting of the inhabitants of Manchester was held in the Town Hall, on Tuesday, convened by the Mayor, in .9 merchants and compliance with a re qu i s ition signed by 50 manufacturers, for the purpose of considering the propriet y of petitioning Pa r li amen t i n favour of a nati onal system of education upon a purely secular basis. J o h n P otter, Esq. the Mayor, occupi e d the chair, and the hall was crewded at an early period of the morning; indeed, for sevzral hours before the opening of the doors, they were literally besieged by the friends and opponents of the Lancashire Public School system. So great was the crowd that a very small portion of the people in attendance could be accommodat e d in t h e hall, and a second mea ti ng , embracing from 2,000 to 3,060 people, was constituted outside. Upwards of an hour having been spent amidst indescribable uproar and confusion, the Rev. Francis Tucker p ro p os ed the adoption of a petition in favour of a national secular system of education. The Rev. J. J. Taylor seconded the proposition. The Rev. Canon Stowell moved an amendment in favour of the introduction of the religious element; but after a long and very stormy meeting the petition was adopted. MISCELLANEOUS. Sharpe's London Magazine is , as v usual, rich in in teresting matter. Among th e best essays are those on " Lord Jeffrey" and " Cervantes." Among the fictions are " Deborah's Diary" and "Lewis Arundel," and among the poetical contributions some grace! ul verses by J. K. Hervey, "To Erato, the Muse of Love"— " The spirit's chorus wants its swee test part That wants thy music—though its tones be sighs." —The Farmers' Magazine contains a useful article on the formation of roads. In its pictorial contents is a picture of "a boar," which is admirable :vs a specimen of engraving, as well as being an evidence of success in the art of " fattening." Every hair on the sleek back is in its proper place, and the eyes are half closed with an expression of sleepy content.—ln the Belle Assemblee Mrs. Crosland gives a delightful and most eulogistic criticism of the " Angel-world" of Bailey.—ln the Church of Eng land Magazine, in an article on "Humility of Heart," the fact that humility is a true sign of excellence is enforced by a happy and beautiful simile, comparing the Christian to an ear of wheat which, as it at first begins to fill holds itself erect, but when full and ripe it modestly bons its head, and thus is seen to be fit for the garner.—The Catholic Magazine and Register contains an interesting memoir of Raja Brooke and another of the Duchesse de Berri.—The Family herald is attractive, as usual.—The Merchant Taylors' Magazine contains some excellent contribu tions in prose and verse.—lnstead of the Sporting Magazine, the Sportsman is this month before us, adorned with pictorial and pen-and ink sketches of the turf, and all matters thereunto appertaining.—The Anglo-Saxon is remarkable for the beauty of its appearance. Its contents are worthy of perusal. The article on the colonies is illustrated by maps. Martin Tupper has contributed three sonnets on the Alfred Medal. Alluding to the Alfred Jubilee, of which he was the chief originator, he exclaims, addressing his fa vourite hero— " After a thousand years my soul is glad Thus to have roused to thankful thoughts of thee The world of Englishmen." —The Colonial Magazine contains an article on postal steam communication with the Americas and Austra lasia which is deserving of attention. — Chambers' is always excellent and delightful, and likely to do good to all who turn over its pages.—The Metropolitan, among other amusing papers, contains the history of " Peter Goldth waite'a Treasure," which proved no treasure at all.—The London Journal of inventions and the Patent Journal we con tinually commend for their excellence - in the depart ment to which they are devoted.—Le Follet, with charming pertinacity, endeavours to disprove the as sertion of the poet, that "beauty is, when unadorned, adorned the most." DR. Acutul.—This gentleman, whose recent im prisonment in the dungeons of the Inquisition at Rome cre ated such general excitement, arrived here yesterday after noon from London, on the special invitation of the Edinburgh section of the Evangelical tklliance. A deputation of the Al liance were at the North British Railway station to receive him, and on his arrival welcomed him most cordially. They accompanied him from .the railway station to Queen-street Hall, where a large number of the members of the Alliance and other friends were assembled. R. Paul, Esq., banker, having taken the chair, the Rev. Dr. Henry Grey engaged in prayer, after which all present were personally introduced to Dr. Achilli, who seemed to be highly gratified with the reception which he had met. Dr. Achilli is to be entertained at a public breakfast this morning, and in the course of the day a meeting is to be held in the Music-hall, at which he is to deliver an address on his recent persecution at Rome. — Scotsman. S U N J 1 - _. `_ 2 1' 5 i'-'t";i7.)!;?.' ) Ta : 21 ' - '') iiilapci, l bath. But last harvest was ore even though people sought he., scenes, or visisted the sick, or dustmels AMP lations, on S un d ay. Mr.M'Micking cannily counts what Sunday wages amount to, and puts it as a rule -of-three question, whether it is worth while to break the Sabbath for such small profits. Mr. Muir takes the same sort of view, and thinks the formidable item of damages might be retrenched by discontinuing Sunday trains, as serious accidents never occur on lines closed on Sunday; peradventure because there are marvellously few miles of such lines; but, in all human, and especially in all purl tanical probability,' let us observe the assertion is ut terly untrue. Mr. Meikleham boasts that Sabbath observance in Scotland is a national institution. Let us see the evi dence of the Scotsman upon this point : "THE OPPONENTS OF SABBATH -BREAKIN G IN SCOTLAND.—A statistical friend hands Us the follow ing as the statistics of the Sabbath desecration he observed on his return from church last Sunday a few minutes before four o'clock, walking from the west to the east of Prince's -street, Edinburgh : Carriages waiting a t R ev. Dr. Chandlish's door, 4 ; at Rev. Mr. Drutnmond's, 5 ; running on Princestreet, 23 ; waiting on west stance, 8; on east stance, 13 ;i n all, 53. But, as (to say nothing of our informant having been a few minutes too early to see the full extent of the iniquity at the door of Free St. George's and St. Thomas's) he did not pass until the doors were closed at St. John's, where there are seldom fewer than a dozen carriages, and as he forgot to take a peep at the West Kirk, additions must be made, bringing up the num ber to 70, which, allowing for two-horse conveyances and for footmen, gives the total number of men and horses at about 80 ! And these, too, employed at least four times in the day, that is, setting down, and taking up at each of the two services ; almost all of them, in fact, being virtually employed all day; and that day, as it happened, a bright and settled one, affording no excuse in point of weather. Eighty men and horses employed in a single day for the purposes of mere ostentation, with the cognizance and mainly for the use of the very men who embitter public and social life in Scotland by their clamours against the labour, comparatively of small amount and unobtrusive quality, required to maintain postal communication and the means of locomotion on the highways of the country.—The Scotsman." We recommend Mr. M'Micking to inquire whether equipages not used on Sunday are exempt from the accidents to which profane horses and carriages are liable. **ol SPORTING NORTHAMPTON AND PYTCHLEY HUNT RACES.--WEDNESDAY. The Trial Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 40 added. One mile. (! Subi.) Mr. Rolt's Collingwood, aged, Bst lilts ...(Flatman) 1 Mr. Hobson's Gladiole, 3 yrs, Gat ...(Osborne, jun.) 2 Mr. Fowler's the Monk, 3 yrs, 6st (Wells) 3 Mr. Dawson na Mark Tapley, 3 yrs, Est ...(Arnold) 4 5 to 2 on Collingwood, who won cleverly by a length; a very close race between the other three. Run in 1 min. 55 secs. The Harlestone Produce Stakes of 50 sous. each, h ft, for three yrs old. Oue mile. (11 Subs.) Lord Exeter's Clelia, Bst 1 Ilb (31b) .....,,Norman() 1 Lord H. Lenno x ' s B ee -h unter, Bst 41b (31b)(Flatman) 2 Lord Spencer's b font of Agnes, (31b) (Pettit) 3 6 to 4 on Bee-hunter. Won by a head, Agnes filly beaten off. Run in 1 min. 57 secs. The Great Northamptonshire Stakes of 25 toys. each, 15 ft, and only sit declared, with 100 added. Two miles. (118 Subs., 76 of whom declared.) Mr. Dawson's Priestess, 4 yrs, Est 101 b (Arnold) 1 Mr. Jaques's Chantrey, 4 yrs, Get 131 b ...(Charlton) 2 , Mr. H. Hill's Osterley, 4 yrs, 7st. (Maton) 3 The following also ran:— Lord Clifden's Wanota, 6 yrs, Set 71b (Pearl) 0 Duke of Richmond's Halo, 6 yrs, Bst 21b (Flatman) 0 Lord H. .Lennox's Borneo, 4 yrs, Bst 2lb (Kitchener) 0 Mr. Irwin's Ballinafad, 6 yrs, 7st 121 b (Whitehouse) 0 Mr. B. Green's Westow, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (Basham) 0 Lord Eglinton's Belus, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (Pettit) 0 Mr. Crawford's Iron Rail, 6 yrs, 7st 21b (Dockeray) 0 Lord Warwick's Grief, 4 yrs, 7st (Crouch) 0 Major Pitt's Mounseer, 4 yrs, 6st 131 b ...(Charlton) 0 Lord Exeter's Tophana, 5 yrs, 6st 13Ib (G. Sharpe) 0 Mr. Hudson's Velox, 4 yr;, 6st Illb (G. Oates) 0 Mr. T. Rolt na Pius IX., 5 yrs, Est 111 b .(Marson) 0 Duke of Bedford's Mahratta, 4 yrs, sst I llb (Collins) 0 Mr. Halford's Harriott, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (W. Sharpe) 0 Mr. Des Voeux's b c by Lanercost, out of' Concer tina, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b (Wells) 0 Capt. Lowther's Bastinado, 3 yrs, 4st 61b (Steggles) 0 Betting -7 to 2 agst Osterley, sto 1 agst Mounseer, 6to I agst Ballinafad, 7 to 1 agst Belus, Bto 1 agst Chantrey, 10 to 1 agst Harriott, 14 to 1 agst Bastints,do, 20 to 1 agst Halo, 20 to agst Lanercost c01t,40 to 1 agst Priestess. Won by a length; a head between second and third; Halo fourth; Tophana fifth, Run in 3 min. 46 sees. The Open Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 25 addrcl; the winner to be sold for 150, &c. Once round and a di:tat ce. (6 Subs.) Mr. 'l'. Thormhill's Iron Crown, lOst 121 h (F. Butler) 1 Captain Lowther's Watchdog, llst 121 b (S. Rogers) 2 The following also started:—Mr. J. Harvey's D , ver, 5 yrs, 1 °At 121 h (ailly)—Sir J. Hawley's Sponge, 5 yrs, lust 121 b (A. Da)•)--Mr. Delainere's Tel , graph, 5 yrs, 1 Ost 12ib ( Barth °lowers) —and Mr. Dawson's Reversion, 4 yr:, 10st 51b ( Whitehouse). Betting-5 to 2 at.7.,4 Dover, 3to 1 each agst dog and Telegraph, 7to 2 agst Rever.i on , and to 1 .agst, Iron Crown. Won by a heed ; nothing nt az• the first two. Run in 3 nun. 25 arc. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Two mi'ei. Puke of Thltord's Retail. 4 yrs, 9st 2lb (F. But'er) 1 Mr. Marson's Nutbrown, 3 yrs, fist 10Ib (11. Marson) 2 Sir J. llawley's Van Dieman, 4 yrs, 9st 2lh (A. Day) 3 Lord H. Lennox's Borneo, 4 yrs, 9st 21b...(Flatmnn) 4 Betting-5 to 4on Retail. 3to 1 agst Borneo, 4to 1 each agst Nutbrown and Vim Diemen. Won by two lengths. Run in 311110. 59 sec. The Farmers' and Tradesmen's Cup of 50 soya. Twice round, about three miles. Mr. Cowley's Forest Lad, 5 yts, I Ist Illb (Cowley) 1 Mr. Higgin's Little Boughton, llst I Ilb ... (Frisby) 2 Mr. Page's Redshank, 4 3 rs, lOst 71h (Owner) 3 The following also ran :—The Last Forester, llst I Ilb (Wesley)—Maria Day, 11st Illb (Lebird)— f by 'fain worth, list Ilb (Price)—and Cogia, lOst 71b (Savin). Betting-5 to 4on Little Houghton, and 3to 1 agst Cogia. Won by a neck, the seine between sccond and third. LATEST BETTING. THE ALTJTORP STAKES. 7to 4 agst Buckhound I 5 to 1 agst Olivia 3 to 1 agst Prestige TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STARES. 5 to 4 on radon) and Alickkton. DERBY. 5 to 1 agst Bolingbroke 15 to 1 sgst Voltigeur—t Sto 1 agst Ghillie Callum 25 to 1 agst Clincher—t —taken BETTING AT NORTHAMPTON.—TuunsnAr. MORNING. (BY ELECTRIC 'TELEGRAPH.) THE ALTHORP STAKES. 2to I agst Buckhound I4to 1 agst Olisiq 3 to 1 agst Prestigo CHEST. to 1 agst Peep-o'day Boy 3 to 1 agst Miss Anu 4 to 1 agst Cossack ;11 cur. 14 to I opt Glauca 18 to 1 apt Fugleman. DEE. 18 to 1 agst Italian 20 to 1 agst Mayors 5 to 1 agst Bolingbroke 8 to 1 agst Ghillie Callutn 17 to 1 agst Clincher {ADVERTISEM E II T.] - 13ETTI?iG.—Mr. John Moore, the Sporting Publisher, St. Martin's-lane (established 1519), continues to lay Tattersall's Odds against all horses for the Metropolitan Handicap, Newmarket Handicap, Bath and Somersetshire Stakes, the 2,000 Guineas, and tho Derby. Abergavenny and Metropo litan Steeplechases. Country commissions faithfully at tended to on the remittance of a post- office order, payable to Juhn Moore, Charing-cross, London. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—Mr. A. Sturrock, the locomotive superintendent of tha Swindon station, on the Great Western Railway, has been appointed the locomotive superintendent of the Great Northern line. The engine drivers, firemen, and workmen employed in the locomotive department of the Great Wester❑ Company are about•to pre sent a testimonial to Mr. Sturrock, whose firm but gentle manly and considerate conduct since be has been in thp ser vice has gained for him the respect and goodwill of every person upon the railway. aged , twelve years, On Monday, George Nichol, who had hired a donkey for a ride, Chalk Farm Fair, •ii A 3 sprawling together party—hors ji to,,ether in the upset by a man on horseback, and donkey, man, and road, file boy's skull w as boy—being sp he '' fractured, and shortly afterwards died from the effects of the injur y . a juryman,. on the oath being A JUDGE'S Box MOT. —Last week, in the Crown t on , the clerk, said : .cz L " "pear. up, I administered, of one ear." The Learned ~ay. Baron Alderson, " Stop ; are cannot hear what you • I ji addressing't e i r r o h r a_ h m : d":ll;:et'st'er leave that box, for it is ne cessary snould hear both you cessary Judge—` t ` h T a l t fe i n ti .); ° ln a Bides."— Wolver hampton Chronicle. GUADALCANAL MINING COMPANY.—A special ge neral meeting of this association was held yesterday at the offices in Broad-street-buildings, for the purpose of consider ing the deed of settlement, which it was resolved at the last meeting should be drawn up for registration ; Mr. Huxley in the chair. Mr. Duncan, solicitor, having read the deed, ill several clauses were discussed, and finally adopted—the draft to lie for some time at the office for the inspection of shareholders. It was intended that only those shareholders who signed the teed should be entitled to any dividend. Some desultory conversation took place relative to the state of the company's affairs, in the course of which the chair man remarked. that great inconvenience re:ulted from the company's ignorance of the parties holding scrip, and they had no means of calling up the arrears due upon stock to the value of about 800/. ; yet he had good reason to believe that not one shilling of it would eventually be lost. In conclu sion, it was definitely resolved that Captain Rule, as the most fitting person, should be appointed immediately to proceed to deaf at ,: ° the mines in Seville, and draw up a full report upon the prospects, character, and value of their property, The Earl of Cadogan is suffering from indisposition at Boulogne. A PROVIDENT TlllEF.—Yest@rday, at the Guild hall, a prisoner, charged with uttering base coin, a well known thief, on being searched, was found to have in hie possession a savings -bank deposit book, in his own mum., and it appeared that he deposited his ill-scquired wino la that institution. -y,~s, ;TEA. 11111 r. .rived ndon to re" bii his , and ages; ;bird. ptain he At rrival ent un- NS. ver t in ion