The Sun. — London, England, 1850-03-30 00:00:00

Haddocks, 4d to 8d cad; Oysters, 12s to 42s per bushel ; Flounders, 6d to Is; Smelts, is 2d to Is 4 1 ; and Bloaters, 10d to is Id per dozen; Mackerel, 3d to 5d eich; Salmon, Is 4d to is 9d per lb; and Salt Fish, 2d to 5d perlb. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from 6d to 7d; of household ditto, 4d to Sid per 41b loaf. lIIEDE WAIEMET. Market bides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to lid; ditto, 641 b to 721 b, lid to 11,1; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 2d to 2id; ditto; 801 b to 881 b, 24d to 21d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 3d to 3P; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, aid to 3Ad; ditto, 1041 b to 1121 b, 31,1 to 4d. Calf Skins, light 2s 3d to 33 Od; ditto full 5s Od to 5s 6.1; Horn Hides, 65 to 6s Gd; Polled Sheep, 5s 8d to 7s 3tl ; Kents and Half-breds, 4s 4d to 5s 4d; Downs, 4s 3d to 4s 10d; Sbearlings, GI to 81 EAT MAYLNZTS. SMITTIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 3110 s; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 4/ lOs ; and Straw, 11 is to 1/ 8s per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow flay, 2/ 10s to 31 12 i ; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 41 8s; and Straw, 1/ 2s to I/ lOs por load. Supply good, and trado dull. WHITECILAPNL. Meadow May, 2/ 8s to 3/ 10i; Clover ditto, 3/ os to 4112.5; and Straw,ll is toll 83 per lose. Trado dull, at our quotations. MANSION-HOUSE-(THIS DAY.) Mary Ann Smith and Elizabeth Willia►ns, two young girls, were brought up before Mr. Alderman Gibbs, charged with having broken two lamps at the corner of the Mansion House. The policeman who apprehended them stated, that when he found them in the act, they expressed their in tention of breaking the lamps all round had they not been stopped. They were fined 10s. each, or six weeks in Bridewell. BOW-STREET.-(THIS I)AY.) A couple of Irish women, who appeared to be mother and daughter, were charged with begging in the public streets. A police•constable found them yesterday afternoon begging in Trafslgar-square. He told them to go away, but, instead of complying with his request, they began abuSing him, and he took them to the station. Mr. JARDINE asked the prisoners what they had to say? 'The elder prisoner, a sullen, coarse•looking crea ture, asked " Arrah noo, an' what should yer expect us to . say, sure? We must ether beg or stale, and we pre ferred the beggin.' " Mi. JARDINE—Where do you come from? Prisoner It's the cuathry we are from, sure, where it's work wo were looking,for; but disil a bit of it could we get at all at all. Mr. JARDINE-But where did you sleep on Thursday night? Prisoner—Beneath a thray in Hammersmith. Mr. JARDINE—And why did you come into town yes terday?., Prisoner—To beg, sure; we are starvin.' Mr..JARDINE—Why did you not apply to the parish if you are starving? Prisoner—Divil a bit o' use would that a bin; sorra a thrifie o' relate would they give us, yer Hanner. Mr. JARDINE— I suppose you are afraid they would send you back to Ireland again. Prisoner—Not a bit, yer thinner; it's mighty little relafe the likes ov us gets from the relavin'-officer. The constable who had them in charge said the elder prisoner, on the way to the station, made use of very filthy language, and told him morelthan once to go to h—. Prisoner—Now, did yer iver? Hark at him now. Yer Worship, as we went along, a spalpeen says to us " Why don't yer sthop in yer own cunthry, ye ould hag," to which, yer Harmer, I makes reply, " yer better mind yer own bisniss, young feller," and then says he "11l kick yer -- for two pins, will I," and then I did say " go to h— yer baste." Mr. JARDINE—When did you come from Ireland? Prisoner (nudging her daughter)—Oh, about a wake, yer Hanner. • Dsughter—hie mither's bin here a long, long time time yer Harmer. Mother—Five and twenty year, but me darter come over last wake. JARDINE—WeII, you can't be allowed to beg in the streets. If you are in distress the parish will re lieve you. Both prisoners—But, yer Harmer, we must—we can't atharve, and we've pawned our shawls, and iverything we have. Mr. JARDINE—Then you should apply to the parish. Mother—Divil a bit o' use that'll be—we must beg or stale. Mr. JARDINE said, under these circumstances he should commit them for fourteen days. Mother—Yer Hanner's mithy perlite. The prisoners were then removed in custody. WESTIVIINSTEK—(THIS DAY.) Catherine Banks, a young Irish woman, dirty and clothed in rags, with an infant at her breast, was brought up before Mr. Burrell on a charge of assault and the damage of property. From the statement of George Maile, the pot-boy at the Crown and Thistle public-house, Great Peter-street, Westminster, it appeared that about 7 o'clock yesterday evening the prisoner presented herself at the bar of the Crown and Thistle, and called for something to drink, which was handed to her. Shortly afterwards a man came in and demanded, with considerable violence, the restoration of some money which she had taken from him. A desperate altercation ensued between the man and the prisoner, which resulted with the prisoner taking some money out of her pocket and throwing it into the street, which the man picked up and went away. The prisoner returned to the bar and continued to make a disturbance, when the landlord, Mr. Edward Taylor, at tempted to turn her out ; whereupon the prisoner took a large street-door key from her pocket, with which she struck the landlord two violent blows on the head. Not content with that, she, on being turned to the door, threw a piece of copper at the window of the bar and broke a large square of plate glass, value 303., and hurled a paving stone, which she picked up in the street, at the head of the landlord; but, missing him, the missile struck the pot-boy on the arm. A policeman, Boddington, 184 B, was called to take the prisoner into custody, and in doing so, the prisoner managed to throw herself and him down upon the kerb stone, by which his back was hurt. When down on the ground she also. bit the policeman in the leg. A little further on, on the way to the station, the prisoner a tempted a repetition of the trick, but another police constable. was called on to assist, and by this means she was conveyed to the station, in spite of her violence and abusive language. • The prisoner, in her defence, said. whilst drinking in the bar of the Crown and Thistle, where she had taken refuge from the violence of her husband, whom she had just before left at home, her husband followed her and attempted to Jake some money from her, and that whilst defending herself against her husband, the landlord came to turn her out, and in doing so, kicked her in the back. Being foiled by her husband, and so ill-treated by the landlord, she did is her rage throw the piece of copper through the window. She asserted, too, that the policeman used considerable violence in taking her into custody; that she was very scantily clothed, notwithstanding which, he tore her shawl off her, and exposed her nakedness, and also attempted to take her baby from her. In a Idition to this, be took bold of her by her hair and knocked her head several times against the wall of the cell. When asked if she had any witnesses, she said two young men, w h o ' we re in the cell at the t ime, and who crie d "Shame," had been discharged. Mr. BUBRELL ordered the prisoner to be imprisoned three months. CLERKENIVELL.—(THIS DAY.) An old soldier, named Daniel, a native of the Emerald Isle, was this morning place at the bar before Mr. Twyrwhitt, charged with begging. The policeman who took him into custody said, he saw him accost several ladies and gentlemen yesterday, in the neighbourhood of Holloway, and beg br alms in a very piteous tone, saying he was starving. and had no money to buy any food with. On being searched at the station-house, a Peninsular , medal and several docu ments, showing he had been in the army, and ls. 6d. in money, and enough bread and meat for two hungry men were found upodhim. The account he gave of himself was that he had been a soldier, but had been discharged since 1816. The MAGISTRATE —What have you to say to the charge? Defendant —It is quite correct, your Worship; but this is the first time I have ever been beforehe found a ma gistrate, and I assure your Worship I'll never begging in this part of the country again. I am going to leave my medal and papers with the Duke of Wel lington, and I hope he'll give me some assistance, for I can't get any work, and 1 have received no pension from the Government since my discharge in 1816. The medal, which the defendant prominently exhi bited on his breast, and the documents were examined by the' officers of the court and found to be genuine. The defendant, in answer to inquiries, said the regi ment to which he belonged was the 39th Foot, which returned from India in 1847, after a long service in that country. Since 1816 he had obtained his livelihood by working as a gardener in nurseries, and serving as a bricklayer's labourer, and doing other odd jobs. MAGISTRATE —Where were you enlisted? Defendant —At Enniskillen. I hope, kind gentleman, you will not punish me this time? MAciaTnATE—I am afraid you have been making use of the medal and documents to swindle people. None but a practised beggar, who knew how to excite people's sympathies would use the word " kind gentleman," but as you have not been seen here before, I shall discherge you. I'll do more honour to the meda l than yen appear to have done: I think if you go about disgracing it by begging in the streets, it aught to be taken from you. The defendant thee left tae court, evidently gratified at his release, but mumbling to hirnse!f, ihat he would rather part with anything than his medal. WORSHIP-STREET. -(THIS DAY.) MURDER. OF AN INFANT BY ITS MOTHER, AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY THE LATTER.— Phis day Emma Sanderson, a married woman, was charged be fore Mr. Batumi'', with having wilfully murdered her male infant child, at No. 25, Napier-street, Shoreditch. A solicitor attended for the prisoner. Mary Fuller, servant to the prisoner, said, that she bad been in the prisoner's service several weeks. Her husband is shopman to a stationer in the City. The prisoner, the previous afternoon, was in the kitchen, when she told witness to go and buy some tea. She heel her baby in her lap—a male child about six weeks old. Witness left her there. The prisoner has also three other children. Witness went oat, and was absent about a quarter of an hour. On her return she found the children in the street. Witness opened the door, and proceeded to the kitchen. She then went into the back room on the first floor, which is the children's bed room. She there saw the baby on the bed, and on looking behind the door she observed the pre- THE SUlsr, sutler there with a piece of cord round her neck. Wit ness ran down stlirs and called Mr. Brown, a hatcher living opposite, and they Loth went into the room where she had left the prisoner. On seeing witness, she ex claimed " The baby i 3 dead." Witness was then sent by Mr. Brown for a surgeon; she also got a nurse, and went for the prison' is husband. Mr. Heauminn—What state of mind has the prisoner exhibited latterly? Witness—During the last fortnight she has been very low in spirits. When 1 left on Thursday af terncon she was much depressed. John Brown, 27, Wimbern-street, Heston, said that on entering the back room of the first floor, he observt d the deceased infant on the bed. The prisoner was rest ing against the eJge of the bed. On seeing witness the prisoner remarked, "You hale come too soon, or me and my baby would have been happy together." Wit ness then saw a piece of cord tight round the prisoner's neck, and there was another piece round the bedstead, the end of which she had in her haad. She was in much mental excitement. He removed her to the front room, where she said, " Of course I shall now be hung." Wit ness observed, "It is a dreadful thing." She replied, "It is a pity we did not die together, as I am sure I shall be hung." The child was nearly cold. Mr. Hammun—Have you lately observed her state of mind ? Witness—Yes, Sir. On the Wednesday previous, I, my wife and sister, remarked that there ap peared a vacancy in her eye, indicative of great melan choly, and of insanity. Mr. G. J. Amden, No. 1, Critchill-place, surgeon, stated, that he had examined the deceased child, and observed a mark on its throat, as if a cord had passed tightly round it, which was about a sixth of an inch in width. The child died of strangulation. There were marks of a cord round the prisoner's throat. He attended her at her confinement. During the last few days she has been in a low state. The child had a mark on his forehead and nose, which the prisoner con sidered was a disfiguraticn, Real which preyed upon her mind. She was told by some persons that it um through her fault the deceased had the mark. Ho endeavoured occasionally to reason with her. Policeman Collard, N 53, produced the cords. The prisoner, who was much depressed during the in quiry, and who had attempted suicide at the workhouse of Shoreditch, where she had been removed, was re manded. FALL OF THE STRUCTURE FOR THE CHINESE JUNK.—(TIIIS DAY.) An accident of a very serious character, but fortu nately unattended with any loss of life, happened this morning to a large wooden structure which has lately' been in the course of. erection at the Essex-pier,, at the bottom of Essex-street, Strand, for the purpose of ex hibiting the Chinese Junk. This building was erected on piles driven down into the river, and was about 400 feet long, GO fret high, and about 50 broad; and one side, the ends, and a portion of the roof, had already been enclosed in with boards. Throughout the night the whole shook and trembled under the influence of the wind, which pas very high, and about ten this morning, while half•a doaen workmen were engaged in securing the wood work, the structure fell dOwn with a loud crash. A strong gust of wind was blowing at the time from the east, and the piles were not strong enough to resist the pressure occasioned by the wind acting on the whole length of the side. Fortunately all the men escaped unhurt, except one, who was precipitated from a con siderable height on the mud below, into which he sank several feet, and another, wholve regret to say received such injuries on his arm as to render it neces sary to remove him to the hospital. We un derstand that men have been employed on this building nearly a month, and that the cost of it will be about 5001. It is clearly apparent that the piles were by no means strong or numerous enough to bear the superincumbent weight, and, as we presume, the wood work must have been raised either under the supervision of the district surveyor, or with the consent of the City corporation, there must have been consider able neglect on the part of the authorities. If the acci dent had happened at some future time, when the place was full of visitors, a serious loss of life might have ensued. EASTER RECREATIONS. —Few capitals offer greater opportunities to the intellectual holidaymaker than this vast metropolis. The following is a list of the different edifice ad and places open gratis or on payment of a small s mission:—Museums. —Asiatic, Grafton-street; Antiquarian, Guildhall ; British, Greet Russell-street ; College of Surgeons', Lincoln's-inn-fields; East India Company's, Leadenhall street ; Geological, Somerset-house; Ilunterian College of Surgeons', and Linnman, Soho-square; London Missionary's, Blondeld-street, Finsbury; Mi ss ionaries' ; Saul's Alders gate-street ; Economic Geology , Craig's-court, 'Charing cross ; Royal Institution, Albermrle-street ; Roy s' al Soci et Some y' 's. s, S om erset -house ; Koval Society of Antiqukrie ; Lincoln's-inn-fields; United Service, Scotland-yard. Bank of England, Custom-house, Guildhall, Gresham College, Dulwich Gallery of Paintings, Royal Mint, National Gallery, Royal Exchange, School of Design, Somerset-house ; Trinity house, Tower-hill; University College, Westminster Abbey (to some parts only) ; Westminster-hall, Woolwich Arsenal, Greenwich Hospital, House of Commons , House of Lords, St. James's Palace, &c.;—the above are all open free to the public, or by tickets, which may be easily obtained on ap plication. Admission to the following is by payment of C Is. to 2s. :—Cosmora ma, Regent-street; Royal Colosseum, y clorama and Diorama, Regent's-park. (Is.) —Madame Tus saud's Exhibition, Baker-street ; Burford's Panorama, and Panorama of New Zealand, Leicester-square ; Overland Route to India, Waterloo-place ; the Nile, the Mississippi, and Missouri, Egyptian-hall, Piccadilly; Arctic Regions, Hyde Park-corner; Royal Polytechnic Institution, Regent- street ; , , ' S oc i e ty of Arts, Adelphi. Mo nument and Tower of London, I Gd. St. Paul's Cat hedral, free during Divine service, 2d. any ether time. Thames Tunnel Id., &c. Besides the above are the St. Katharine, London, West India and East India Docks ; the Soho, the Pantheon, Oxford-street, and other bazaars, and numerous other places well deserving a visit—the courts of law, &c. FATAL CONFLICT.—We have to record an occur. rence which has stained this hitherto peaceable county with crime, and stamped the brand of disgrace on the townland wherein it took place. The particulars of this fatal outrage, which hurried a human being into eternity, took place on Tuesday last, at Gortnaghy, within one mile of Dungiven, on the road leading from that town to Newtownlimavady. On the morning of Tuesday Mr. 'William Stevenson, a col lector of county cess and poor rates in that district, pro ceeded to the townland in question, accompanied by some five or six assistants, for the purpose of seizing upon the goods of defaulters who had not paid their county cess. After calling at the houses of several peasons, who, although they exhibited symptoms of hostility, nevertheless did not pro ceed to open violence, he at last seized upon and was driving off the ground three cows belonging to a man named Robert Guinn ; but before he had proceeded with them above two hundred yards, the people rose indiscriminately, rushed forward, armed with stones, spades, and other deadly weapons, and closed in upon the party who were taking away the cattle, attacking them with as much fury as revf th e y had been beasts oM r. f prey wh enson hi mself, and some of had met to sur ound and destr o y . St his assistants, narrowly escaped, after being pelted with stones; but one of them, named Thomas Andrews, who happened to be nearest to the cows, was was cut struck win ith a sp ade a nd an d severely injured, and, in addition, the of the head with a stone, and received another heavy blow from a missile in the back. his assailants, having thus and m hl treatedtheir unhappy victim , quiet l y withdrew, own party returned, and succeeded in conveying.him to Dun given. Doctor Moore was promp tl y in attendance, for the purpose of examining and dressing his wounds, but before the operation was performed he had breathed his last, having only survived about an hour from the time the at tack was made. A warrant has been issued by Mr. Ogilby for the apprehension of Robert Guinn, his wife, Margaret, an d his son, Robe rt, who have all absconded. —Derry Standard. We ask advice, but we mean approbation.—Eliza Cook's Journal. Tun FIRE AT NAPLES.—A very curious coincidence has happened here; the King's enormous stock of English coals, upwards of 75,000 tons, and which is stowed in sub terranean caverns near the Arsenal, having shown signs of spontaneous combustion on the very night of the outbreak of Vesuvius. Against the advice of the chief contractor, the King had these coals stowed here close to his palace, in stead of at some caverns that had been recently dis covered near the grotto of Possillippo, where atmospheric air would have obtained free access to them, and ob viated this catastrophe. Shortly after the French revolu tion, when affairs in Europe were so utterly deranged, the King feared communication with England would be cut off, in which case his war-steamers would lie in harbour use less, an easy prey ; because here, as all over the Medi terranean ports, the steam communication is entirely de pendent on perfide Albion, for the means of locomotion. The quantities of smoke that burst n and f these caverns, and f r om under the pavement and read near the arsenal, p re vented all traffic of foot passenger s ; and as the whole is near the dockyard, and quite in front of Vesuvius itself, the curious spectacle was pre sented of a mimic volcano belching forth volumes of smoke, accompanied bit a sulphurous overpowering stench, that quite rivalled " the big concern over the way." Gangs of foreats and dockyard men work night and day bringing out this immense stock of coals, the greater part of which ap pears charred, resembling coke soldiers patrol the road to prevent the appruach of the public, as there is danger from the flames, several of the labourers having fallen down insen sible while exposed to them. DIORAMA OF THE OVERLAND ROUTE TO INDIA. —Some portions of this beautiful exhibition, which is to be opened to the public on Easter Monday, at the Gallery of Illustration (late Rainy's Gallery) Regent-street, were exhi bited to private view on Thursday, and from what we saw on that occasion, we have no hesitation in affirming that, as a work of art, the Diorama of the Overland Route is infinitely superior to any moving diorama that has yet been presented to public notice. The portions exhibited on Thursday con sisted of views of Gibraltar and of Malta, of a moving Diorama of the transit across the Desert from Cairo to Suez, of a view of the Island of Ceylon, and another of Calcutta. The views were most effective, and as we understood from several gentlemen present, who had performed the journey, that they are as accurate as they are beautiful. Mr. Stocqueler explained and commented on the exhibition as the different views were exhibited, and his intimate know ledge of Oriental life, manners, and scenery renders his re marks exceedingly valuable, as well as interesting. Several of the most emieent artists of the day were present, and there was but one opinion expressed as to the me rits of this most interesting exhibition. ASTLLY'S AMPDITHEATRE.—WE understand that the forthcoming Easter spectacle at Astley's will transcend anything that has hitherto been attempted even at this, the theatre, par excellence, of spectacle. It is entitled The Four Sons of Aymon; or the Days of Charlemagne, and the writer has availed himself of the incidents of the legend to produce one, perhaps, of the most splendid hippodraniatic spectacles ever presented to the public. Several most Interesting effects have been introduced, which are perfectly new to the stage, and during the course of the spectacle the whole of Mr. Batty's unrivalled stud (including camels, &c.) will be intro duced. After the spectacle young Hernandez, who has been re-engaged, will appear every evening. THE CARNIVAL.—NAPLES, FEB. 24.—Yesterday was the last day of as stupid a carnival as could be con ceived. The fact is, the " the times are out of joint." There is universal gloom, depression, and uncertainty all over Italy, and, I may say, Europe. Every day here sinis ter reports are spread as to outbreaks at Paris, Berlin, or Vienna. The weather, too, has been most rascally. Gales of wind, torrents of rain, with intermittent:; of a tramontana ;t that penetrates to the marrow, and the t hermometer (Fah- renheit) down to twenty-eight degrees. The suffering and misery among the poor are inconceivable. They seem aneantis by the cold ; and walk about with charcoal pots in their hands, or sit howling over one and calling on the eternal San Gennaro. The paucity of visitors, on whom they in fact live, has reduced the beggars to the zero of despair. Englishmen, who only know Naples from tourists and romancists , would discover no recognisable fea ture of their Leau-ideal. Clouds, gloom, dirt, cold, wind, raimbeggars out of doors ; paltry wood fires, doors and windows made to let in the air and draughts, no carpets, no society (or little), nothing stirring; no magazines, no newspapers, or old ones, no friends and relatives, no good English cheer, with English coals, and an English grate, and the dear poker, tongs, and shovel, to bang and knock the fire about with, and thus afford a safety-valve for the escape of concentrated ennui ; no clubs; few dinner and no nice tea parties, with the hissing urn and drawn wind° w4curtains, and cosy round game or hand at wist. None, noire. of these in-doors. Only the stiff formal academy balls, with here and there a dull ambassador's ball ; much parade a uid ceremony, little or no cordiality or friendly feeling.—Chrcitick. EXTRAORDINARY LAMB.—A.n ewe, belonging to Mr. W. Roebuck, farmer, Woodside, Honley, dropped a lamb on Tuesday morning weighing 15lbsi.—Leeds Mercury. "RIGHT HAND TO THE WALL."—The Glasgow magistrates have placarded the walls of that city with in structions to pedestrians to keep " the right hand to the wall." In this district people walk i n a "through other , " _ higgledy-piggledy fashion. - STATE OF TRADE AT NOTTllf(3llAlll. — Lace — We do not notice any improvement in our business; indeed thez is generally more doing the week or two preceding Easter than is the case this year—this festival falling earlier than usual, and the extremely cold weather are, perhaps, sufficient reasons to account for some diminut);on in sales. Doubled yarn is still as high in price as ever. I tosiery— We have not any change to note in this trade. The hosiers are acting on the defensive, by making only such goods as they can im mediately sell. The price of yarn is a mere trifle more in favour of buyers. — Nottingham Journal. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—on Tuesday, the 12th inst., Master Emrys Eyton, youngest ;son of John Prys Eyton, Esq., of Kinsale-house, Flintshi'xt, met with an un timely death. lie had been amusing kir _molt with another boy at the smaller of two dams, near his father's lead works of Llanerch-y-mor. They both got into. a boat which had been left there, and Master Eyton began cc ulling. lle missed one stroke and fell into the water. Th DU gh there was hell) within a few yards, the other boy fled th rcaigh fear and con fusion, and retired to bed at his usual sour. About nine o'clock his companion was missed, the wister of the dam was drawn off, and the body was found after i 4 had been in the water between four and live hours. '['his melancholy occur• rence has plunged an amiable family into. the deepest afflic tion, and has produced a deep sensation a caong a wide circle of friends, by whom the young gentleman was much beloved. —Liverpool Mercury. ANECDOTE OF A CAT.—A Mae hunt residing at Balloch, on the banks of Lochlomond, he a a cat which has had three litters of from four to five kitten s annually for the last eight years. On the 15f h instant she produced her first for the season, of five, when three of the kittens were drowned and two left. The cat seemed to f tfel deeply the loss of her young, and on the second day af, sr they had been taken from her she left her nest for a sh art time, and re• turned carrying gently in her mouth a young hare, which she placed snugly beside her own offspring. S ince that period she has regularly suckled the stranger, sad the three have thriven famously. They are now strong enough to play about, and the hare seems to be the favouri to of the family, both with the old pass and its own playmate s of the nest.— Inverness Courier. LONDON AND I:LAM:MILL RAILWAY..—This com pany have petitioned, under their common of al, in favour of Mr. Ricardo's Bill for the better regulation of railway traffic, on the ground that the evils it seeks to reuse iy are of consi derable magnitude, and call for the interval ition of the Le gislature. In cases where, by means of Uri inch lines, pas sengers might be conveyed to their destinitt ion by a shorter road, at less expense and time, they are a o'er, by the man ner in which traffic is conducted on the main :lines, compelled to travel by a longer and more expensive r of de; and there fore, practically, the main lir.es obtain a coin plete monopoly of the traffic to the exclusion of the Uralic h lines. Peti tioners state that they have reason to compl a. in of such con duct on the part of the directors of certain railways with which they are connected by a branch line, in ads at the ex pense of the London and Blackwell Company.. THE WEATHER.—The weather in Di arch is gene rally fitful and capricious, but this year it k as been more than ordinarily changeable. • About three we eks ago we had several most delightful and balmy spring day:3, which gave a great impetus to vegetation; but this wis succeeded by biting winds from the north and east, havie g occasionally some of the March bluster about them. On, Monday after noon snow began to fall; before midnight a. thin coat of it covered the whole town, mid by the dawn (if the following morning the depth of snow on the ground b ad increased to about five inches. On Tuesday night there was a severe frost, which added still furthee to the wintry aspect of the sceue. On Wednesday night there was again a severe frost, out yesterday was bright, clear, and sunny. We learn that this supplemental winter has been general In the United Kingdom, and the weather has been very cold in France and other parts on the continent. Snow fell hr. Rome on the morning of the 17th instant. We have been :favoured with the following note from Croxteth Hall, the i teat of our dis tinguished neighbour, the Earl of Sefton :—" Three thermo meters here on Wednesday night stood at, the following points—one at ten, one at half-past eight, one it seven o'clock, indicating 22, 23k, and 25 degrees of Fahrenlietit.—Liverpool Mercury. THE GREEK GIRL.—I accepted his invitation, and when we were comfortably seated on a illy att, in a back room, overlooking a little moonlit grove, and had our pipes filled and lighted, my young friead clapped his. hands, upon which a lady made her appearance, beautifiii as Artemis, and with much of her character of mind and features. It was his sister. " Aglaia," said he to her, in a most gentle and affectionate tone," bring us some coffee; this is an Eng fish gentleman, so you need not fear." Aglaia soon vanished, and returned with the coffee, which in such h( lases is always kept in readiness. While she was pouring i.t. out for us I .nade several attempts to address her in R smaic, which I spoke so abominably that it quite upset her gi avity, and she laughed outright. She was a girl of about t eventeen, tall, tair for a Greek, with large liquid black eyes, and a profusion of black hair. Her brother seemed intensely pleased at the admiration she excited in me. He said in Italian, of which she did not understand a word, " Confess that beauty has not yet vanished from Greece." " No," I replied, " nor will it ever disappear from the country, so lo ag as you and your sister remain in it." At this he laughed, and said, Aglaia, sit down and sing a song ; mother - will hear you. and be delighted." Without further ceremony the Greek girl seated herself and sang. Of the words I c( )uld not judge, for through her pronunciation, I could attach no meaning to them. But her voice was rich and melodious, and eh• seemed to sing with all her soul. I fear I sh all scarcely be able to express in what consistel the difference in her manner and that of the Italian women: If I say she was austere it will convey a wrong idea. She seem d like an in nocent child with a woman's form. A veil of extreme modesty enveloped her. She expected no adeairation, and courted none, but talked with the most naturs.l simpl city. I was often reminded of her afterwards by the young Bedouin women I saw in the desert, beneath their fathers' tents, though no Arab ever possessed features like hers; so deli cately proportioned, so soft, so fair, so radient with intellect. --J. A. St. John (in Tait). TIIE FIRE AT PORT Durnus.—A computation has been made, with as close an approximation to accuracy as the circumstances will allow, of the loss occasioned by the testructive tire to which the mill and grain store of the Messrs. Currie, at Port Dundas, last night fell a prey. According to the estimate formed, the value o - . 7 the property destroyed was at least 12,0001., the whole of the building, which is seven stories in height and was fiVed With ma. chinery and goods, having been completely gatted. Both die proprietary (the Port Dundas Distillery Company) and the occupants, are, however, covered by insurance. The origin of the fire which has produced midi disastrous results has not yet been ascertained. It seems, indeed, quite inexplicable, as in neither of the upper .flats, from which the flames burst forth, are there any gas communica tions—the pipes having been removed some time since, on the occasion of a trivial fire which occurred in the premises —and no one had visited them after five o'clock in the even ing, at which hour, of course, there was no necessity for carrying any lantern. At eight o'clock, when the place was shut up, all seemed quite safe, and in order. In these cir cumstances, it is conjectured that the cause of the conflagra tion must be sought for either in the overhealing, through friction, of a portion of the machinery, or the casual commu nication of some stray spark through an open w indow. Much credit has been deservedly bestowed on the firs:meta, for the perseverance and energy which they displayed. But for these, it is certain that the store contiguous to the q mill, and whirls was erected about a year sin.:e, would also have been consumed. Fortunately this was avoided, and the only damage, done there was the wetting a portion of the stock. Baillie Dreghorn, and others connected with the committee on watching and lighting, were present, and took an active part in directing the proceedings of the men. Captains Smart and Mackay were also present. and, by the admirable regulation which they enforced, effectually pre served order, and succeded in facilitating the operations of those engaged about the building. The crowd was immense, and as usual at such gatherings there were intermingled with those composing it not a few sharpers and pickpockets, who twrstied their avocation most industriously.—Glasgow Daily Mail. MINING IN AUSTRALIA.—The following is an ex tract from a letter written by a gentleman in the commission of the peace, who is resident in the neighbourhood of the Burra Burra Copper Mines, and addressed to a friend in this country :—" Our mining interests here are getting on capi tally. At the Burra Burra they have now about 800 people at work ; and in a conversation I had a few days since with their secretary, who is a townsman of mine , I learnt that they could now employ from 100 to 200 more miners if they could get them. Let this be known in Devon and Cornwall. You may entirely depend on it. We want also blacksmiths and carpenters, stonemasons, &c. Good men, with a ready hand and a clever head, if steady and industrious, are sure to do well. We have too many of the scraff and scrubs — t here are chaps out here who would be dear at sixpence a day." AN EXTRAORDINARY COURSING MEETING.-011 Wednesday last Mr. Walsh, surgeon at the Lincolnshire Lu natic ylum, gave a treat to a grest number of the patients, by taking them to the estate of Sir E. H. Bromhead, Bart., atTburlby, in order to enjoy the sport of coursing hares. Mr. Walsh has several good dogs, and the day was spent in A very pleasant manner. Such recreations as these are likely to end very beneficially for the unfortunate patients in the asylum; their minds are diverted, and their health much im proved. During the day several persons resident in the neighbourhood of Tburlby met the party, and so well con ducted were the patients that it was difficult to tell which were the insane amongst the company. —Nottingham Journal. A M[STAIIE. — A day or two since a corporal of the Royal Artillery, whose name is said to be the very common one of Smith, was tried by a court. martial, and sentenced to be reduced to the ranks. The prisoner was tried as belong ing to a certain battalion, and, after having had his "stripes" taken off; and being otherwise degraded, he turned round and coolly asked his commanding officer whether it was Smith of the •znd battalion, or the 4th, that it was intended to degrade. On further inquiry it turned out that the man had been brought to trial under a wrong designation, as far as the number of his battalion was concerned; and as the error was deemed fatal to the conviction, the lucky rascal was set at liberty, and restored to his former rank. The Commissioners of Inland Revenue have issur directions to her Majesty's officers, directing them not to allow any drawback on bricks shipped for exportation af, er the 27th instant. • FREE Cnuucn AT GOUROCK.—We understand that the Rev. Wm. Fraser, Frea Church Missionary, son of Pro vost Fraser of Canada, bas received and accepted a call to the Free Church at Gourock.—lttserness. Courier. The snow on some parts of the Lincolnshire wolds is a foot deep. tONDONT, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 36, MO. PitluES OF .StIARES -IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, ANE OTHER COlll PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY A.ND FAIDAT EVENING• LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 28. JOIN' 'T..BTOCIL BANKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. • Prue. Annum. Share. -...- -,__. --- ,S S. 6. Z s. d. Australasia .... ••• • • • 31. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 - 4ritshNorth American St. per vent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Ceylon ........ ••• • • • 71. per cent. 25 0 0 26 0 0 Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - Colonial.. .... .. 5/. par cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Gloucestershire ••• • • • I.slper cent. - - - lonian .. • • .... •••• • • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 9 0 - Londu and Westminstr 61. per cult. 100 0 0 20 0 0 23% - - 13 0 0 - London Joint-Stock .• • GI. per cent. 60 9 0 10 0 0 - Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 26 0 0 - Ditto, .........Si. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - National of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Nat. Provincial of Eng. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, New. ••••• •• 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - South Australia ••• • .. 61, per cent. - 22 10 9 - Union of Australia•• •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 30% Ditto ........ ••• • • • 6/. per cent. - 210 0 - Union of London. -• • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 11% Union of Madrid ..... - 6,_ 40 0 0 40. 0 0 - . raratruezrcll 00211(P.A.NI118. Dividend Amount Name if Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. ----- -- ...•••••••• £ s. d. £ a. 1. Albion .. •••••• • • • • • • V. 101. 500 0 0 50 0 0 $0 Alliance Brit. and For. 711416 d& bs 100 0 0 11 0 0 21 Ditto Marine. •• •• •• 61. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 5% Atlas British Commercial - 7s. per share 50 I 0 5 0 0 7 Clericl,Med.&Gen.Life spr ct.Bt. be. 100 0 0 19 9 0 20 County ••• . • • • • 31. 10$ 0 0 10 0 0 62 14s. 50 I 0 5 0 9 14 % Eag1e...... European Life ••.• • • 4% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 15 General .• ••• • • • .... - - 6 0 I 5% Gl,be • • • 61. per cent. Stock. - 123 Guardian .... •••• • • • • N. 100 0 0 36 10 0 53 Imperial Fire .. ••• • •• 121. per cent, 500 0 0 50 0 0 228 Imperial Life •••• • • • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 9 0 15% Indemnity Marine .• • • 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 20 0 00 37 Law Fire -.•••• • • • •• - 100 0 0 210 0 2% Law Life-- -•••• .. 11. les. ' 100 0 0 10 0 0 46 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0. 4% Licensed Victuallers.. - 5 0 0 1 0 0 19s. London Fire .. ••- • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 17% London Ship ........ 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 17% Marine.. .•• - - .... 12s.per share 100 0 0 lb 0 0 2 Med. Invild &Gen. Life . 4%1. per ct . 10 0 0 2 0 0 2% National Lean Fund•• 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 I 2% National Life • - Palladlum Life • • ....- 51. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 210 e. Pelican •••••• •• •• - •• - - - - Pumnix - - 141 Pi °teeter Life •• • • ... 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 - Provident Life • • ...... 11. be. & be. 100 • 0 10 0 0 26 Kock Li fe ........ ... ss. s 0 0 oto 0 5% . Royal Exchange " Si. per cent. Stook. - 210 Sun Fire.• - - 209 Ditte Life ......... 11. 65. - - 48 United Kingdom' L.... 41. per cent. 20 0 0 4 0 0 4 universal Life........ 10% pr cut. 100 0 Oi 10 9 0 - Victoria Life ......... Si. per cnt• - 4 0 0 47i DOCXX. Name of Compaq. East and West Ina East Country •• London .... . Ditto R0nd0........ it.Kathazine ........ Ditto Scrip ....... Ditto Bonds ...• .. •• Southampton • • •... Name of Company. Charing-cross •• •• • • •• Southwrk .......... Ditto Nw of 734 p.c. Waterloo •• • • • • •• •• • • Ditto Old Ann. ofsl. Ditto Nw ditto of IL Vauxhall ... Av. A .. d. Si 0 0 50 0 0 Z. 1. d. 60 o 0 40 0 0 Paid. Price X I. d. Dividend per Annum. 61. pr cent. 20e. per eh. 51. pr cont. -11. per cent. 4 per cent. 1%1. pr cent. 21. per cent. S s. d. Stock. 100 0 0 Stock. Stock. 50 0 0 33RXDO: Dividend per Annum. 355. per cent. 11. 45. Od. N. Is. Od. IM'ATZR-' Dividend Name of Company. feurm. Eet London..•• .. •• •• Grand Junction ...... Kent.. •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Lambeth .- • ... •- • •• New Rivr Lndu Brdgo Vauxhall West Middlesex . . 4/. per cnt. N. 103. 51. per cnt. 10s. M. per oat. 61.05. pr cut. GAS-WONT AND CO Name of Company. British •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Ditto rroTinelal.... Brighton . • •• •• • • • • City of London .. • • •• CentinentalConsolidat. Equitable— • . • • •• imperial ...... • • •• independent ........• Ditt0.•••••.•.••... Do., Parl. Preference tthcenlx ............. Benda' .... . „....... United General .... .. Weistmlester Chartered Ditto, New •....... Dividend per Annum. Amoun t of Share. Amount of Chars. Z. s. d. 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 70 10 3 VILZ.I3. Amouit of Share. X ■. d. 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 I 0 1 100 0 0 COMPANI: Paid. Price. Amount of Share. X. s. d. 40 0 • 20 0 0 1002 0 I I • 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 60 0 0 40 • • 50 0 0 50 • • 25 • 0 20 0 0 100 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Z. •. 41 IS • 0 2000 150 • 0 31 i 0 50 0 0 50 • 0 40 • 0 50 • 0 50 • 0 9 II 0 49 • 0 90 0 • 60 0 0 10 0 0 LITERATURE ANALYSIS of the AUSTRALIAN CO LO NIES GOVERNIIIENT BILL. By A. Mackay, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, Author of the " Western World," the " Crisis in Canada," 6-e. This pamphlet, which is published by the Society for the Reform of Colonial Government, contains not only an able analysis of the Government Bill, but strictures and comments on its provisions, which, coming from the pen of one whose authority on these subjects stands so deservedly high as does that of Mr. Mackay, are entitled to most respectful attention. Mr. Mackay is decidedly opposed to the plan of one chamber, in which Government nominees shall sit in conjunction with representatives elected by the people. lie is in favour of two chambers, both elective, on the plan of the Senate and Congress of the United States. lie likewise objects to the Go vernment plan of federation, and expresses his disap proval of leaving open questions of boundary between the colonies, seeing that the Anglo-Saxon race have everywhere shown themselves peculiarly sensitive on questions of boundary. lie therefore suggests that the Imperial Parliament should in the present Bill settle the question of the boundaries of the various Australian colonies wherever practicable, so as to prevent future boundary disputes arising among the settlers. In conclusion, we recommend this pamphlet to the careful consideration of all who take an interest in this subject. THE LAW AND PRACTICE RELATING TO THE SALE AND TRANSFER OF ENCUMBERED ESTATES IN IRE LAND, as regulated by statute 12 and 13 Vict., c. 77 (the Encumbered Estates Act) with introduction, explanatory notes. The Act, new general rules, forms, and directions for regulating proceedings for sale of encumbered estates, and a very copious index. By James 0' Dowd, Esq., Barrister-at- Law. This volume, though of small and convenient size, is a very able and comprehensive commentary on one of the most important Acts of modern legislation in reference to the sister country. The necessity for such an enactment had been long felt. The embar rassed state of a large body of the Irish landed pro prietors, whose estates were so overcharged with en cumbrances as to render it impossible for them to properly cultivate and improve the land, and thus give employment to the labouring population ; who had no other resource in a country without trade or manufacture, eminently called for such a measure. Wisdom and sound policy dictated that the Legisla ture should interfere to facilitate the transfer of pro perty from a proprietary no longer able to discharge its incidental duties to a more wealthy one, capable of giving employment to labour, and by this means of relieving the country from ruinous taxation and overwhelming pauperism. The Act, 11 and 12 Viet., c. 48, which attempted to effect this object through the old machinery of the Court of Chancery, was found inefficient for the purpose, and the present Act, 12 and 13 Vict., c. 77, was passed " further to facilitate the sale and transfer" of estates so circumstanced. The present Act creates an entirely new tribunal, which transcends in power, as it almost supersedes in practice, the Irish Court of Chancery. The immense extent of its original jurisdiction may be inferred from the fact that it cau confer a valid title behind which it will not be necessary to go on any future occasion, and from its decisions no appeal will lie without the permission of the Court itself. A prac tical and useful book on a subject of such vast im portance must be deemed an acquisition of great value to the practitioner, and we may congratulate the talented author on producing such a book. There is no point likely to come under the cognizance of this new court left untouched; and in some parts of the Act itself, where the meaning is not very definitely expressed, the able writer explains the text by the most happy and apposite elucidations. Mr. O'llowd has been recently appointel to the office of Solicitor- General of Tobago, an appointment quite incommen surate with his legal knowledge, his professional stand ing, or his public services. A. legal review is not precisely the subject to encumber with a criticism on the mode of distributing political patronage . ; but we cannot avoid saying that the Whigs have never been hitherto very famous for advancing those most capable of serving them ; and though Mr. O'Dowd may be sent to Tobago as Solicitor-General, or Mr. O'Neil to the genial climate of Sierra Leone as Queen's advocate, we do not think the Irish bar re ceives a fair or legitimate share of patronage. In deed the whole system by which Government patronage is at present managed requires correction. The heads of departments seldom know the fittest candidate for office. They take the report or recom mendation from minor official', who frequently crowd the lists with the names t,f their own friends or their nominees, to the exclusion very often of more com petent candidates. We seldom trouble ourselves with such matters, but a sense of fair play, as well as of justice to gentlemen who have rendered services to the Government and the country, induces us to throw out these hints, and will further induce us to keep a watchful eye on patronage managers in every depart ment till we shall see imperial favours conferred alike upon English, Irish, and Scotch. We shall, mayhap, on a fitting occasion, return to this subject, and give some instances both of abuse and neglect which have come to our knowledge through authentic sources. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM METROPOLITAN STEEPLECHASE. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared on or before the sth of April. Yrs st lb Yrs at lb British Yeoman a 11 7 Leo a 9 10 Sir Peter Laurie a 11 5 Th• Victim Proceed a 10 10 Fugitive Miss Collingwood a 10 2 Little Paul Rachel Maria Day The Oaks Thurgarton Spangle a 9 10 Ace of Trumps a 9 10 Falcon a 9 10 The Thrush .... Bayonet The Last Forester a 9 6 Ploughboy Skim Alfreda My Precious Betsy 5 9 4 Molly Lansquenet a 8 12 Little Fanny NEWCASTLE-ON- Acceptances for the / Yrs et lb Canezou 5 9 2 Ellerdale 6 8 4, Jan Cosier 5 8 2 GleTidower 5 7 11 Malton 5 7 11 Nunny kirk 4 7 11 Ballinafad 6 7 8 Sylvan 5 7 8 Elthiron 4 7 7 TYNE MEETING. gorthumberland Plate. Yrs st (The Knout Jenny Lind 4 6 4 Reality ......5 6 2 Roland 4 6 2 bh by Don John 5 6 0 Lord Saltoun a 5 10 Gullivor Deicoon Countess of Albe- Wanes 4 7 7! Miss Ann 4 7 5 Belus 4 7 4 marlo 3 5 8 Seignor of Holder !less 3 5 5 ___ Raby 4 7 2 Mark Tapley Snowstorm 4 7 2 Knight of Gwynne 3 5 2 Westow... 4 7 2 First-rate 3 5 0 Ve Du l : z 4 de Brabant 4 67 ° 8 trocheEquiria 3 4 10 3 4 10 Testator 4 6 6 Aegean Castanette 4 6 G. Wallace BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY. THIS NORTLIADIPTONSHIRR STASES.-7 to 2 agst Os terley (t). Gto 1 agst Mounscer (t), 7 to 1 ugst Har riett (t), 9 to 1 agst Multratta (t), 9 to 1 agst Belus, 11 to 1 agst Chantray, 15 to 1 agst 13allinafaid (t), 20 to 1 agst Halo (t), 20 to 1 agst Velos (t), 20 to 1 agst Sylvan (take 25 to 1). THE ALTHORP PARK STAKES.-2 to 1 agst Prestige (take 5 to 2), 5 to 2 ugst Buckhound (take 3 to 1). METROPOLITAN HANDICAP-2 to 1 agst Cheerful (t), 25 to 1 apt any other. CHESTER CUP.—Nothing done. Offers to take 1,000 to 70 about Cossack, and the same About Pcep-o'-dsy Boy. DERRY.—Not a bet laid. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS, Duke of Cleveland's hds., Tues, Greta-bridge; Fri. the Grove3—at 11. Bramham Moor hds., Mon., Paper Mill Bar; Wed., Byrom; Fri., Bishop Wood-10i. Captain H. Lewis's hrs., Mon., Morton bridge; Wed., Stephen's Cross, Marton Moor; Sat., Wild Goose Nest Hurwith hds., Thurs., Overdinsdale-10i. Cleveland hds., Mon., Lythe-9; Fri., Ormesby-10i. Tindal hds., Mon., Healayside--10. Durham County hds., Mon., Willington; Wed., Pen shaw; Fri., Maiden Law-10i. 1850. The following is the House List of Governors and Directors of the Bank of England for the year ensuing : FOR. GOYIM:IORM. henry James Prescott, Esq., Governor. Thomson Ilankey, jun., Esq., Deputy- Govetnor. I , OIC Henry Ilulse Berens, Esq. Alfred Latham, Esq. Arthur Edwd. Campbell, Esq Jame Malcolmson, Esq. Edward Henry Chapman,Esq. James Morris, Eel. William Cotton, Esq. Sheffield 'Heave, Esq. Bonamy Dubree, Esq. George Warde Norman, Esq. Charles Pascoe rentell, Esq. John llorsley Palmer, Esq. John Oliver Hanson, Esq. Sir John henry Pelly, 13art. John Benjamin Heath, Esq. William Thompson, Esq. Ald. Kirkman Daniel Hodgson,Esq. Thomas Tooke, jun. Esq. Henry Lancelot Holland, Esq. *Robert Wigramo Crawford, John b e r w a t ri n d a l n l thbubna Hunt, q . Esq Thomas 'Benjamin Buck Greene, Esq Charles Frederick Huth, Esq. ' Ge 1 N.B.—The gentlemen against whose names an asterisk is placed, are new candidates for the direction. The election for Governor and Deputy-Government will be held at the Bank, on Tuesday the 9th April, and for Directors on Wed nesday the 10th April, from ten o'clock in the forenoon till four in the afternoon. AN EXEMPLARY FowL.—Yesterday a gentleman residing in this neiphbourhood rent to our office for inspec tion an egg, which, in point of size, might properly be held up as an example worthy the imitation of all the hens in the country, and possibly might stimulate them to greater productiveness. It weighs close upon three cunces and a half avourdupois ! (An extraordinary egg weighs two ounces.) Its dimensions are six inches and a half round the centre, and two inches and three quarters in length. This monster egg was laid by a black Spanish fowl, and the owner in forms us that the hen has this season laid several other eggs fully as large as this, if not larger. This, we submit, is one w of h i t c h h e th a e d v m a t o t t s a t g i e m o a u g s rneastuill.tse corn e w cheapening ev o e f r bar ailt i y . patcd.--Shellield Times. MAJOR HERBERT EDWARDES. I(From Beneey's Miscellany fur Match.) Deeds of adventurous daring are of no unusual occur rence ; and hal Major Edwardesonly distinguished himself as a gallant soldier, it is probable that the artist and the engraver would not have been called upon to furnish his portrait, and that we should not have been required to supply a notice of his life. Fortune favours. the brave ; but only the brave who are resolved to ex tort a smile from her. The man who, at the age of twenty-eight, in a subordinate capacity, planned and ex ecuted a series of brilliant operations which suggested the siege of Moultan, and resulted in the subjugation cf the Punjaub, is a hero whom a Clive would have de lighted to honour, as a Wellington has been prompt to applaud. A portrait of such a man, and a notice of him, however brief, cannot but be interesting to our readers. -Herbert Edwardes, the sole survivor of three brothers, is the son of the late Rev. Benjamin Edwardes, Rector of Frodesley, in Salop, and is descended from an old Welsh family. Losing both parents while yet very young, he was brought up by a near relative, John Tho mas Hope, Esq., of Netley, in his native county. Ilis education was begun under the Rev. Charles Delafosse, of Richmond, Surrey, and completed at King's College, London, of which institution (degrees then not being obtainable) he became an associate. Despairing cf making his way in England, he solicited and obtained from Sir Richard Jenkins, Bart., G.C.8., an appointment to India, at a period of life much later than is usual, for he came of age on his voy age out, an event which was not celebrated by a devoted tenantry, and which ruffled not the leaves of the ponderous books in Threadneedle-street. His fellow-passengers in the Weimer Castle have since recalled, that (to relieve the tedium of the voyage) he edited a weekly ship news paper called the TValmer Gazette, and that for twelve weeks (mirabile dicta:) he conducted that journal with out offence. He landed at Calcutta on the 29th January, 1841, and was shortly afterwards attached to the Ist Bengal Eurc peen regiment, then just returned from the first Affghan war, joining it at the close of the year at Kurnal, on the north-west frontier. Our young hero now began to study the native lan guages and Anglo-Indian history; and soon attracted notice by a series of monthy letters on political subjects, in the Delhi Gazette ' to which he affixed the signature of Brahmince Bull. These were variously attributed to several old civilians in the Beep' presidency; but the real author (after preserving his incognito for two years) was at length discovered; and in November, 1845, he was selected by Sir Hugh (now Lord) Gough to be an aide-de-camp on his personal staff. In the same month he passed an interpreter's examination in three native languages. At this time the first Siekh war broke out, and Lieu tenant Edwardes sustained a severe wound in the thigh at the battle of Moodkee, while carrying Sir Hugh Gough's orders. During the second battle (Ferozshuhr) he was lying with the wounded in Moodkee fort; but he was sufficiently recovered to take part in the battle of Sobraon, which closed the campaign. Ho now accompanied Sir Hugh Gough to Lahore, and in March, 1846, was recommended by the gallant veteran to the notice of Sir Henry Hardinge, the then Governor-General, who placed him on the new political staff formed at Lahore under Sir Henry Lawrence, whose private secretary he became, remaining with him until 1848, when the declining health of that distin guised diplomatist compelled him to return home. Shortly after Lieutenant Edwardes received his new appointment, he received a wound in his head whiie as sisting Sir Henry Laws once to put down a religious tu mult in the city of Lahore. A month afterwards he assisted at the siege of Rote Elangra (the Rajke Kote of Lawrence's Adventurer in the Punjaub). /n September, 1846, he was selected to relieve Major Macgregor, C. 8., in the important charge of the city of Lahore; but he had scarcely teached that capital when (the revolt of Seikh Emamooden breaking out in Cashmere) he was ordered to proceed to Jummoo, and rouse Mcharaja Gholab Singh, to the assertion of the rights which had been ceded to him by the British Government. To e ffect this, Lieutenant Edwardes opened negotia tions with the Seikh himself, whom he induced to deliver up the secret orders to rebel which he had received from Raja Lal Singh, the paramour of the Ranee. On this, the Seikh was permitted by Sir Henry Lawrence to surrender, and giving himself up to Lieutenant Edwardes at the foot of the Cashmere hills, he was by tnat cfficer conducted to Lahore. Oa the evidence ( f the papers thus obtained, the Raja Lul Singh was brought to trial under the walls of Lahore, was deposed from the Ministry, and banished to Hindostan. While the now treaty of Lahore, December, 1846. was being ratified at Byrowal, Lieutenant Edwardes was left in the solo political charge of Lahore; and for his exertions in appeasing a second religious tumult at the festival of the Mohurrum, he received the thanks of the Court of Directors of the East India Company. In February, 1847, he was deputed, in command of a Seikh army, to make an amicable financial settlement of Bunnoo, an Affghan valley west of the Indus. Failing in this—as Ruujeet Singh had failed for a quarter of a century—he projected and proposed to the resident at Lahore the plan of a regular military reduction and oc cupation of the valley, offering to conduct the expedition. This plan, recommended by the Resident and approved by Sir Henry Hardinge, was at once carried out. Lieut. Edwardes, in December, 1847, was dispatched with five thousand men and two troops of horse artillery; and in the brief space of two months be levelled the walls of four hundred fortified villages, built a strong fortress in their stead, and ran a military road through the heart (if the valley, by these means entirely subju gating it. While eflecting this, his life was twice at tempted by certain patriots of Bunnoo, who sought to assassinate him in his tent. On the second' occasion he only escaped by shooting the assassin with his own hand. The reduction of Bunuoo was barely accomplished when the Moultan rebellion broke ou'. We have recorded several important services which Lieutenant Edwardes was enabled to render to his coun try while yet a very young man; we have now to tell of those transactions upon which his fame for the pre sent rests. In March, 1847, a treaty had been concluded, by means of which the Governor-General (Lord Hardinge) had undertaken that the Punjaub should be managed during the minority of Maharajah Duleep Singh. He engaged to control the civil internal administration of the country, and to maintain tranquillity within, as well as to provide for its external security; and this he en gaged to do at the especial instance of the Siekh Surdars. The consequence of this arrangement was that a peace en sued in the Punjaub to which it had long beau a stranger. But in April, 1848, occurred the treacherous murder at Moultan of Mr. Vans Agnew and Lieutenant Anderson, young men of great promise, and who had already dis tinguished themselves. This event gave rise to commo- Lions in Moultan, which speedily spread into other pro vinces, and resulted in a general insurrection of the Punjaub. When the Governor-General, the Earl of Dalhousie, became convinced that it was hopeless to expect that the commotion at Moultan would die away, by the submis sion of the Dewan Moolraj, the chieftain commanding at Moultan, or that it could be extinguished by the force applied to put down the rebellion, he prepared to enter into a vigorous war. At this time Lieutenant Edwardes, recently appointed assistant in the management of the country in the neigh bourhood of Moultan, and having at his disposal a single native regiment only, conceived the design of driving the rebel Moolraj into his fortress, and rescuing the whole of the country round Moultan from his grasp. Ho effected this, and he achieved it without the assistance of a single European soldier. Such was his character, such the confidence he inspired amongst the natives, such the means that he used, and such the revenue he raised at the moment, in the very country he was rescuing from the treacherous Moolraj, that he was enabled to raise all the mountain tribes, to discipline these raw levies, and to drive back that chieftain into the very walls of the fortress from whose citadel he oppressed the surrounding country. It was on the 18th of June, 1848, that he gait el his first victory, and took eight out of ten guns which the rebels brought into the field; and on the Ist of July, having been joined by the troops of the Newaub of Bhewalpore under Lieutenant Lake, he fought a se cond battle, and again completely routed the army of the Moolraj, capturing two more guns. It was during these operations that ho lost the use of his right hand, by the explosion of a pistol in his belt while arming for a fight. In these tattles Lieutenant Edwardes inspired confidence among the troops by his exertions ; and by his uniform ability commanded the affections and the respect of the natives who followed in his army. Although, in the first instance, the Governor-General of India and the Commander-in-Chief considered that the season would net admit of the march of European troops, yet in consequence of the great efforts that had been made by Lieutenant Edwardes and Lieutenant Luke, it was thought advisable by Sir F. Currie, the resident at Lahore, to dispatch a force amounting to about seven thousand men of all arms under Major-General Whish, from Lahore to Moultan. We have all read of Whish's attack on and capture of Moultan, which formed so bright a page in the subjugation of the Punjaub. No sooner were these brilliant operations of Lieu tenant Edwardes known in this country, than the Go vernment recommended . him to her M a j esty as an officer well worthy of immediate distinction ; rewards of what ever nature not being usually bestowed until the ter mination cf a war. The Queen at once conferred upon the young hero the local rank of Major, and made him a Companion of the Bath. The Court of Proprietors, following the illustrious example, voted him a gold medal, the execution of which was entrusted to Mr. Wyon, and which will soon be ready . for presentation. On the vote of thanks in the House of Lords to the Earl of Dalhousie, the Governor-General • to Lord Gough, the Commander-in-Chid; and to other distin guished offieers, the Marquis of Lansdowne specially referred to Major Edwards, and gave a glowing descrip tion of his exploits. Viscount Ilardinge "agreed in what had been said by the Noble Marquis with regard to Major Edwardes. He had been in communication with him while in India, and had found him to be a most sensible, intelligent, and clever young man. In a letter which he had received from him, ho stated that he was most anxious that the comrades who participated with him in his services should also be associated with him iu his praise, par ticularly Lieutenant Lake and Lieutenant Pollard, late a student in the King's College, and Lieutenant Nichol son and other officers who had distinguished themselves." And the Duke of Wellington said, " I entirely concur in the approbation which the Noble Marquis has ex pressed of the conduct of Major Edwardes and other officers in the course of these actions. They have im mortalized themselves by their conduct. It is impos sible to speak too highly of Major Edwardes and the other gentlemen who have been engaged in these services." After such praise as this, what more is to be said? Major Edwardes reached England with his old cona maeder, Lord Gough, a low weeks since, and is now se siding in his native country to recruit his health and strength, after a nine years' service in India, marked by CANALS. Names of 0, Dividend' „,, Names of pi 'Dividend Companies. 4 per ...". Companies. i An t e i r iva. Price. et Annum. en --- -- - Ashtn& Oldh 97 71. 118 Macclesfield. 100 ( 21. 10s. 10 Barnsley •• • • 160 121. 150 Neatk ••• • • • 100 161. 341 2rkuk&Abrg 150 11. $5 Oxford.• •• • • 100 201. 155 Birmingham 40 41. 86 Peak Forest. 78 31. 18s. 70 . Zloventry..•• 100 2bl. 210 licgent's•• •• 38 11. Ife. 18% Derby ••• • • 100, 61. *l3 Rochdale.. •• 55 , 41. 1032 Ellsmre&Clis 133: 565. 41 Somrset Coal 15071.101. 130 lrand.lunctn 100' Si. lb% Do.LkFdst 12 1 61. p. c. - Grand Surrey 1001 21. Os. 30 Stffril&Werc 140 251. 410 4rand Union 100' 11. 10s. 24 Shrewsbury.. 125 151. - Grantham .. -1 - - Stoerbridgc. 145 201 . 300 Kennt & Avn 39 71. 6d. 534 Severn andl 2/. 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Life and Fire _. 20 0 0 010 0 - British Guarantee Ins. 41. p er se nt. 10 0 0 1 0 0 16J 6d ..laledonian Fire Insur. 101. p et cent . 100 0 0 to 0 0 23 .lolonial Life - 50 0 0 1 0 0 11. Os. :sty of Glasgow Life AI - Per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. 121 Edinburgh Life Insur. Si. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 20% Test of Scotland Life.. - 10 0 0 015 0 - Eng. & Scot. Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 917 6 - 1 jercules Insurance Ce. 71L. Per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 :wan4 % Co. of Scetind Per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. p e r cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11. 10s Mercantile Life .. •• • • 41. per cent. 10 0 0 010 0 ss. Od. - National Fire and Life SI. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1 228.0 d north British Insur. • • 5341. pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 26 north & West of Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 - Scottish Life and Guar. - 20 0 0 011 0 - ;cot. Mas. and Gen. Life - 0 0 0 15 0 ' - icottish Union Insrace. 6%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1231.0 d standard Life •• • ... • • 51. per cent. 60 0 0 4 5 0 1 9% United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1 161 Cd MISCMLILANZOITS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Prise. Annum. Share. ---.. _______--. A. a. d. A. 0. 1. !Didion Mart .• ...... 2/. ss. 50 0 0 - 25 Australian Agriculturl 11. 100 0 0 30 0 0 15 Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - Ditto, Half Shares.. -- - 210 • - Canada ... • • .... •... Gt. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 25 Uppr Canada Bonds Si. per.cent. - - - fifty Navigation .... - - - 91 Gen. Revers. & Invest. Bp. c.Sz. 61,21 100 0 0 100 0 0 94 Equitable Reversionry s t, pr cent. 100 0 0 1100 0 0 105 Gen.SteamNavigation 11. Is. 11 0 0 l4 0 9 2734 London Institution ... - - 78 15 0 - Russell Institution.... - - 26 b 0 - Peninslr& Orient.Stm. 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 78 Reversionary Int. Soc. 4341. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 91 Royal Mail Steam.... 61 18. 4. p. e. 100 0 0 60 0 0 51 South Australian ... .. 11. per share. 21 0 0 25 0 0 19 Van Dioman's Land.. - 100 0 0, 29 0 0 - BANK OF (From last nig An Account, pursuant to the Act 71 the Week ending on Saturday, lUUZ DZP, X. Notes i55ned........ 30,472,835 I Z 30,472,835 Dated the 28th day of March, It PANNING r, X. Proprietorecapttal.. 14,553,000 Rest - . ........... 8,899,969 Public deposits (In cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say ings-bauks, and Di vidend accounts) .• 9,211 322 Other deposits 9,943,548 Seven day and other bi 115.... 1.036.557 ENGLAND. gh t's Gazette.) 'th and Bth of Victoria. cap. 82, for , the 23d day of March, 1850. .IXTMENT. £38,374.396 Government debt .. 11,875,100 Other securities .. .• 1,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 16,195,758 Silver bullion ...... 277,077 1 £ 30,472,835 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashivr. 850. •EPAILTMIN T. Government scent!. tles(includiug Dead Weight Annul ty) .. 14,418,854 Other securities •. • • 11,291,119 Notes .............. 11,854,315 Gold and silver coin • . 807,108 £38,374,396 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. ,K5O. Dsted the 28th day of March, 1 • EXPECTED VISIT OP THE EX-KING OP THE FRENCH. —We hear that the Marquis of Bristol has very kindly placed his Kemp-town mansion at the service of the Count de Neuilly, and that the aged exile, with his amiable consort, may be shortly expected to take up their temporary abode with us. Their arrival may be looked for about the rid of next month. The Duke anti Duchess de Nemours and family, and not improbably the Duchess of Orleans and the Count de Paris, will accompany the illustrious pair.— Brighton Guardian. the performance of deeds which it has fallen to the lot of very few at such an age to achieve. RAILWAY RETURNS Rani/AY THAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail• wit; s tbr the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the SAWS in the previous year:— •;=a , „ Week Last ' & 0,1 ending N A3IE OF RAILWAY. week. 7,., :.,,.. G . ~., x x Mar. 23 Aberdeen .. ...... ...........• ••• • • 937 455 Amiens and Boulogn e . ......... •• •• - 1,332 23 Belfast and Ballym ena .. .. .......... 541 590 24 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 815 ' 800 24 Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and W. Y. 409 372 24 Bristol and Exeter .................. 3,355 - 17 Caledonian • ••• • ...... 6,291 4,8e5 24 Chester and H01yhead............... 1,453 1,210 21 Dublin and Drogheda ••• . • • ... .. .. .. 920 744 26 Dublin and Kingstown •.• • • . .......• 566 655 23 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen .. :..... 1,030 1,017 24 East Ang1ian........................ t. 07 622 23 Edinburgh and Glasgow . ...• ...• 3,036 3,501 23 Edinburgh and Perth ..... ..... .. 2,116 1,814 24 Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. 14,379 12,668 24 East Lancashire .................... 2,809 1,988 24 Eastern Union...-. .. •...... ....... 1,809 1,150 23 Glasgow, Kihnarnock, and Ayr ...... 2,761 2,868 23 Glasgow and Greenock.. .... ... .... 1,032 952 17 Great Northern and E. L........... 3,090 1,635 '23 Great Southern and Western ........ 4,149 3,411 24 Great Western, tkc.................. 18,379 18,077 24 Lancashire and Yorkshire ..... ....... 11,170 11,609 17 Lancaster and Carlisle • ..... ........ 3,171 2,033 - Leeds and Thirsk ....... ..... ...... - - 24 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.• .. 96 84 23 Londonderry and Enniskillen ...... .. 140 143 24 London and North Western, &c. 40,659 37,141 24 London and 81ackwa11.............. 604 417 23 London and Brighton ........ ...... . 7,694 7,436 24 London and South We5tern......... 8,468 8,455 - Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire •-• 3,374 24 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... 20,106 20,384 24 Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... 1,072 1,072 791 736 24 North British .... • 3,075 2,615 23 Paris and Rouen .••• • • • ............ 5,332 4,429 23 Rouen and Havre • •• •••• •••• 2 ,080 2 3:6 24 Scottish Central •• • • 23 Scottish Midland •••••••••• • . • • •• •• 379 249 24 Shrewsbury and Chester 24 Shropshire Union .. • •• •• - 23 South Eastern and Branches ........ 8,592 6,570 17 South Devon.-- „. . . ........ 1,707 1,413 23 Taff Vale .........................• 2,055 - 24 Ulster . - Waterford and Limerick............. - - 17 Whitehaven Junction ............... 201 174 - York and Newcastle . .... • ......... - 11,336 24 York and North Midland ........... 6,793 6.557 COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDAY. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert took their usual morning walk. The Royal Family took their walking exercise in the Slopes and Windsor Park. - The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the do mestic household, attended Divine service in the private chapel of the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent also attended the service. The Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley officiated and administered the Holy Communion. There is no addition to the royal dinner party this evening. The Earl of Carlisle left town on Thursday, for his seat, Naworth Castle, Cumberland. Dispatches from the Governors of Ceylon and New South Wales were received at the Colonial-office on Thursday. GREAT CIRCLE SAILING. Mr. Towson has the merit of introducing in navi gation a new feature, of such obvious truth and de cided advantage that it is only surprising that navi gators have waited till this time of day to adopt so self-evident a fact. The importance of the principle appears to us to be so great that we think it will be interesting to our scientific readers to quote in our columns a short popular account thereof:—" The un precedented short voyage made by the Constance has been acknowledged to have arisen from the applica tion of a simple scientific principle to navigation, by which a month has been saved from the average time occupied by modern voyages. There is nothing visionary or abstract in the principle on which this im provement is founded ; but it is one that has obtained the universal consent of civilised mankind—that this earth is a globe. But as a practical principle this fact has been too much disregarded by the mariner. His chart is a plane, and by it he has been accustomed to navigate the ocean, and we can scarcely persuade him that the portions of distant lands are otherwise than they appear on the chart. This error was of little importance whilst the Mediterranean sea was the principal seat of commerce, and the transit of the At lantic Ocean was an event of rare occurrence. Then it was that Mercator's chart was received from the hand of its inventor as a most acceptable boon to the navigator. But now a ♦ery different order of cir cumstance exists. The members of the same British family are antipoded to each other, and the chart of half the earth's circumference is more frequently em ployed than that of the Atlantic had been a few score years. since. Under these circumstances, the Merca tor's chart has become inadequate to meet all the requirements of the navigator. He is now called on by the men of science to regard the earth's trite form, and when he undertakes voyages to distant lands to take into consideration the circumstance that the chart is an artificial contrivance, which in many instances may lead him to false conclusions. To avoid the erroneous conclusions drawn from Merca tor's chart, we would refer the mariner to a work published by the British Admiralty two years since, entitled " Tables to Facilitate the Practice of Great Circle Sailing," constructed by Mr. John Tow son. We do this with greater confidence, since by its aid the Constance emigrant ship has shortened ber voyage at least a month. But he will undervalue these tables if he imagines it will only enable him to follow Captain Godfrey in his track to Australia, which route his late voyage has demonstrated to be the best practicable track. It is serviceable in all cases of voyages to regions situated at a great dis tance east or west of each other, both in shaping his track, and in choosing his tack when unfavourable winds prevail, for we are convinced that errors in both these particulars are of daily occurrence, arising from his disregarding the globular formation of the earth. The track pursued by the Constance is denominated by the author of the work alluded to, " Composite Crreat Circle Sailing," and is usefully employed when the great circle route would lead to impracticable la titudes. In the southern oceans it is peculiarly applicable, since in Captain Godfrey's maximum latitudes, 50 deg., favourable winds continually prevail for going out by the Cape and coming home by the Horn. To Australia 900 miles is also saved, and in a voyage to New Zealand 100 miles more. Besides this advantage, the region of storms is avoided. Around the Cape of Good Hope is the only track in which storms prevail which an emigrant ship has to pass after she has crossed the tropic of Capricorn. In future voyages the mariner, by following Captain Godfrey's track, will, to use a sea term, " give the Cape a wide berth ;" so that we may anticipate that voyages on Captain Godfrey's track will not only be completed in a shorter period than previously, but that this improvement in navigation will confer the additional advantage of a greater degree of safety from wreck. We are assured by scientific men who are peculiarly qualified to give an opinion on this question, that the syztem of great circle sailing offers immense advantages ; and we find America and sE veral continental states are already adopting Mr. Towson's tables.—Atheneeum. FOREIGN POTATOES.—The vessel Pearl, which has just arrived from St. Michael's with a cargo of oranges, has brought a quantity of new potatoes, the growth of that southern district. VERY BAD INDRED.—AII exchange paper says— " The girls in some parts of Pennsylvania are so hard up for husbands, that they t a k e up with printers an d lawyers." -- Canadian paper. " Massa, Dandy Sam made comblunderum !" " Well, what is it ?"—" Pose I shoot bullet troo deal board wid him pistol, what else I make beside round hole?"—"-Gib him up ?"—" Why I make a riddle." THE CuoLarta IDI LONDON.—The Board of health have published a neat diagram, on card, showing the deaths from cholera in the sixty weeks ending the 24th of November, 1849, to every 10,000 inhabitants in each dis trict of London, and the animal mortality from all causes, the water companies supplying each district, the average elevation of the inhabited parts of the districts above the Trinity high-water mark; also the density of the popu lation, the average annual value of houses, and the amount paid for the relief of the poor. From this table it ap pears that the inhabitants of the north side of the Thames arc at an average elevation of 51 feet above the high water mark, while the density of the popula tion is in the proportion of 52 to an acre and 8 to a house, the houses averaging the annual value of 461. The water is supplied chiefly from the Thames above Battersea, from the New River, and the Lea. The inhabitants of the south side of the Thames are on an average only 5 feet above Trinity high-water mark; and as regards density, in th e proportion of 14 to an acre and 6 to a house, the houses averaging 251. in annual value. The money expended in the relief of the poor by the inhabitants of the north side was Is. in the pound, by those of the south side ls. Ed. in the pound house-rent. The water is chiefly from the Thames below Battersea and the Ravensbourne. The general mortality did not differ much on the north and south sides of the river; it was 251 annually in 10,000 i n h a bi tants of the north; 257 in 10,000 inhabitants of the south side of the Thames. The density is less in the Surrey districts of London, which have only thy great advantage over their northern neighbours. The mor tality from the cholera was very different. It was 44 on the north, and 127 on the south side of the Thames, in 10,000 inhabitants. It also appears that the value of houses de creases very regularly in the bands of districts proceeding eastward from Marylebone, Hanover-square, and SL Mar tin's-in-the-Fields to Bethnal-green. Thus, the average value of houses is, in Hanover-square 1531., St. James 1281., St. • Giles 601., Holborn 521., Clerkenwell 33/., St. Luke 281., Shoredtteh 20/., Bethnal-green 9. Politeness of the heart consists in an habitual bene volence, and an absence of selfishness in our intercourse with society of all classes.—Eliza Cook's Journal. John Stitt, captain of the smack Earl Grey, of Wigton, was drowned off the Bell Buoy on the pth, a steamer having run foul of his vessel whiLst she we.; lying at anchor. The Chancellor of the county of D arhatn, by a late decision, declared that odd-fellows' lodges are illegal. IL 81. 4%1. 31. 7s. 6d. Paid. Paid. Price. Price US 75 lA% 47 9