The Sun. — London, England, 1850-03-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, _ . THURSDAI T EVENING IN BANKS,Pit 1 ASSURANCE, R s A N O C F E , sHA R E S EVENING, A N iFi;OD:THEEviarc _I: Gm: last night - Ting MARCH i 28, geh tf0:11 1850. appears - ... ~_ MARKFT NEWS--(THIS DAY.) l'?•17, the number of policies issued was 69 ;in 1843, 161;in , LITERATURE. A WIFE KILLED by her HUSBAND. ' 18 19, :2.03; and since the Ist of January this year, 82. Ine I --.22:-. Qx- Iv:2W 43 , ..,V1V1 .A.lir:a. al,' Mar, 3::',L/Fita.T.l... D T E he N r 3 r i o A vis ß ion K al AND en total income of the company at the present time derivable PEOPLE I HAVE MET. By N. P. Willis, Yesterday et 2 o'clock, Mr. Bedford, the coroner The ma: hots w,re w.. 11 suppli , d with each kind of PANIES' STOCK, from premiums, after deducting assurances lapsed by deaths meat, the civ man i for r , hich ru1, , ,i1 he at/ at at barely tta- i and other causes, amounted to upwarcs of 5.:.,00/. ~ he num- Molitor (f " Pencillings by the Way." for Wcanninster, and a jury ef 15 highly respactable HED EvE F: y o sp Or y c s it ,D L ti ;mar) . prices. Beef. from 2s 4d To :)? 4d; Mott" , .1 her of policies issued was CO.i, and the amount aisurcd The maxim which affirms that truth is stranger inhabitants of the parish ad S. Paul, Covent•garden melds ° To il : 2. Si t., 3s 6 , 1 ; Lamb, 4.1 10d to 10:1; Veal, 33 to 1 178,38i , 1. Owing to the prevailing epidemic last year, the than fiction has been very forcibly elaborated in the (of whom Mr. ex-Churchwarden Ashcroft acted as Schleswig-Holstein having 3t; 101; and Pors;3. , to 4: par Sibs, by the carcase. I looses by death had tlir exceeded the usual average; the total preface to . this Yoh: , me. , a life 1 ~ . ' LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 26. " Re - I is not so common- foreman), assembled at the Old Drury Tavern oppo site the it of Drury-lane Theatre, ' for the habitants to pay taxes t ....._ eleor eee e. , ......., Ix .e.• • r 4.. losses by death, since ne commencement of the company, Government, they compile , 14.1 . T,-iFIEL:I).-.Meadow day •, 2/ 8, to 3/ 108; Close( was 3,972/, 19s. 11(1. The report was adopted, and a series place as it is represented, ' says 18 r. Y 1 illis, " the ZOINT-STGCJEE 32.3.7 MM E. having be:aa passed, contrasts, surprises, combinations, and novel situations, purpose ( il` ILTI;rhIP: into the circumstances attending ,i , ,,t0, 2/ 18s to 41 lOs ; F,,. :4traw, l i li. ~,, 1' 83 per of complimentary and for resolutions the meeting separated. which some say are only found in plays, occur in the death of Odra. Sueen Moir, aged 39 years, wife Name of Company. Dividend A=OLIIII that . it was contrary to the I this proceeding, but the Be; load. A full averaga aualy, and a heavy demand.per of Paid. Price. every-day society-with the difference, that those in of , _Mr. Alexander Moir, carryieg on business as a Australasia.......... ct. pert cent. 40 1 00 6 d o g . 82 2 4 05 0 100,6 d. 0 0 ' _ ___:: Annum. Stare. the Government strongly 1 UrnnuEv.LAND.-1 1 41eadow liay, 2/ lOs (.0 3112,, t_.!lover NORTH BRIT 'sit PakILWAY.-On the last arch of vi ta . o rth Am - erican 1 ---- oi. p p ec e r r C e e e n t , Z 25 05 . .the a play are published to the world, while those in baker at 24, Brydges-street, Covent-garden. The The proceedings excited unusual interest in consequence tiv L eiy ett t e h D r a s t A f t r h N o e m Bucharest c ditto, 3/ Os to 4,.! 6s ; mud Straw, I/ 2s to 1/ lOs per the Roxburgh viaduct being completed in a few . days, there will be a passage across the feviot, at a height, it is stated, • private life are known only to one or two. LiTtßtplsiAanNtrlo load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. c010 . n n ia1 . ...... evacuate Danubian psi G io i n o i accstersatire - • • • • dread of misrepresentation conceals from us most of of a very generally circulated rumour to the effect earwarexerapee. - Meadow thy, 21 10s to 3! 10. , ; " hitherto only attainable by the feathered tribe." .. 51. per cent. 100 0 o 25 0 o j es ov er v e , leaving by the extrem Th fourth an ditto, 3/ Os to 41 12t ; and Straw, 1/ is to I/ 8, per GREAT LUXEMBOURG COMPANY.- -e . , , the machines of life. r • • The freedom that the deceased had for some time past suffered ex- commeretai . o . iL - 0 . a . d . 0; 1 51 tie: cent.cn . , 100 _0 o 20 0 o - Clover7esastihre heel ill-treatment arisent_.rom f rholmn blows r i n ti h i u e s t b e d a husband, and the ed latter that h i e n r - N Aresu, &c., and part were b nual meeting was held at Brussels, on the lbtli instant. Iho load. Trade dull, at barely late rates. to . draw truly in fiction gives a fidelity to portraitures peree r cant.ee n o 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 o o 2 2 0 5 0 0 o o 2 - 4 MEAT IYZARICETE3. report stated that the directors were in treaty with the Go in a story which would be almost impossible even in the course of Friday and Saturday last. The appre aL o ° a n c d i o n n a e n o d i W t t i l e e t s. t e ; .n 1 i. a 0 : k n. ,i ; . . t. ... ; I 8 6 6 1 1 1 . ... percent. 50 - 0 " o 1 1 0 3 SOUTHALL, MARCH 27.-The supply of fat stock on vernmeHt ai regards the questions at issuebetween it and Ditto }tension of Mr. Moir, and his subsequent examine in the principalities was nol sale to-day was tolerably good. The demand ruled the company, and, it was hoped, on advantageous terms. Al- a literal biography. It is not from his imagination, as is commonly supposed, but from his store of private tion at Bow-street police-court on Monday last, Nat. ~ I tr o n f e il a r i t af ri n .. 51. p p e e r r e c e e n n t t . 100 0 0 0 o o 2 2 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 _- 0 0 0 _- together the directors looked forward with confidence to the heavy, at birely last week ' 's prices Bee, from 2s 8.1 ti , renewed support of the shareholders. Resolutions were observation and knowledge, that the author draws his t te e n in d: at t i i sts t he o em i b nc ne ri t a i : r e ayi the t e l x4 e nn t t he ref r zd m to, lre atliir Provincial: _ I ,, roci a afT:r e l d from whence they ' e 3s 101; Mutton, 3s 4d to ••.1d; Lamb, 58 to 6s; Veal, passed giving the directors full and ample powers. Ditto, New. ....... 51 :I I:, per per cent. ceiit. 100 _ ... 0 0 32: 10 0 0 _.-- Bracla and Fokscha 'fh , most effective pictures of character and human events.N. D ti itto, New......... V. per cent. 10 00100 0 - ; • • n ' and Wallachiar 33 4d to 35 8d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3i 8.1 per Sibs, to DUTCH RHENISH RAILWAY.-The alterations in South Australia ..E...g.. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - sink the otTal. • . . . It is one of the rewards of the Union of Australia-- 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 o this company's statutes, suggested by the Liverpool Cola over-envied and under-paid profession of literature jury . inconveniently crowded with The Porte and the Cab ROMFoRD, MARCH 27.-Primo Beasts, Sheep, and . per- Lames, commando.' a steucly sale, at full prices. Other- tattles, have 'received, by royal decree, the approbat:on of the King of Holland, and will be imported into the laws and that the world is led unaware through the author s sons anxious to hear the evidence. upon an amm wise, the trade ruled dull. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 8d; regulations. The company's stall is tu be re-organized, which, heart, and sympathises with all that has mated Mr. Mosely, the vestry-clerk of St. Paul's, Covent- Ditto ........ • • .... 6/. per cent. - Mutton, 3s 01 to 4s 4d; Lamb, 5s to 6i; Veal, is 4,i it is expected, will effect a saving of 30 per cent., and no- him." After perusing these arid other equally garden, with Mr. Churchwarden Wilkinson, and Mr. 2 10 0 - nesty, which will be soon p Union of London 6l. p ercent . 50 0 0 10 0 0 11% , N •-, • to 3s 8,1; aud Pork, 3s 4(1 to 3s 8d per Sibs. Suck- gotiations have been received for a junction of the line with truthful end beautifully expressed sentiments in Israel, one of the overseers, attended to watch the - Union of Madrid ..... - 40 0 0 40 0 0 - ''lr. k ell, ex-members of the ling Calves. 18s to 245; Quarter•old Store Pigs, 16.; those of Prussia. the preface, we turned with pleasurable antici- case on behalf of the parish. INSITRANCE COMPANIES. are excepted, as well as 1 were compromised in the at to 21x; and Mulch Cows, with their small C alf . 14/ to Izisu Souni-E 3STERN R tILWAY. - DUBLIN, patrons to the work itself, in the full assuranc e that we After swearin g the j ur y the coroner complained of Dividend Amount 181 each. Marton 27.-The half-yeariy meeting of this company was person of Prince Ribesco should meet with copious revelations of that inner the smallness of the room in which they were assem- Name of Company. por of Paid. Price a 1 HAILSHAM, MARCH 27.-Our market was flat to-day, held yesterday in their office, Kildare street. The chair was Annum. Share. lutionary movement of 18-I . J. E P 1 d The directors' report but we have no material :lite) ation to notice in prices. occupied by Mr. E. ,ec mou . world of thought and feeling which so greatly exceeds bled, and directed the summoning officer to obtain a --- - Beef from 3s 01 to 4e ; Muttoo, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Lamb, stated that stringent measures had been adopted for the re t c i , e - in interest the superficial world of adventure. more suitable At turn . apartment, to which the jury might re -56 4d to 5s 8,1; Veal, 3s to 3s 61 per Sibs. very of calls in arrear, and a sum of 28,937/. (including first, we must confess, after viewin g the body. This painful duty was Albion ...• •••••• • • • • 3/. 10s. sfo 5 0 d e . I fso I. ti. Alliance Brit. and For. 7114561 &bs 100 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 80 . BANK OF Western Company) id b • hen erforined the 21 8 era ly disappoieted. The preface had hinted to t p , coroner and jury for that par- The following is a return o ARUNDEL, MARCH. 26.--We had a slow trade at calls paid by . the on that S a aut u h n er t n t i i in d ri ' l l ig the last six months. A ptto marine.•• •• •• 61. per cont. 100 0 0 60 0 5 7: Of F ' drooping eurreucies. . Beef from 3s Od to 3s 101 ; Mut- ha s e beea directors received have subsequently used their best endeavours us that, mutate nomine, each character and incident Pose proceeding to the late residence of the deceased, Bri r is ,; * U;;,„;;;;;;; •:, 1 7 3 8 8. p S e d r . s p h r ar sh e . 5 5 g 0 0 5 6 6 8 16% ranee on March 21 :- ton, 38 6d to 4s 6d ; Lamb, 5 , • 2d to 5s 6d; Veal, 3s in to procure from Government an advance of 5,000/. to aid had reality for its foundation, and to 1 the first of the where the body was found lying on a table in the Cloriel,Med.& Gen. Life bpi ct.& bs. 100 0010 e 0 20 Cash and in A SSV ingots to 3s 6d; and Pork, 35 2d to 3s tid per Sibs. back kitchen. When the completion of the line, anti have every reason to believe nineteen sketches here collected is " a revelation of a ten the sheet with which the re- &e 0 u w nt i ,............•• af, too 0010 0 o se Ditto in branch banks CHICHESTER, MARCH 27.-Prime Beasts and Sheep that their application will be successful. In this event a si- previous life," of the original truthfulness of w hi c h mains were covered was thrown aside, an expression 14s. 50 006 0 0 14% • 6s. 50 0 0 6o e 6 Bills past due were in moderate request, at fall prices, but all other miler amount of the capital of the company will be required Mr. Willis will find it a hard matter to pereueele even of horror escaped from all present, the body, from Europeaa Life •.• •• • • 4X, per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 15% Bills falling due in - • Paris, kinds of stack ruled dull. Beef from Os to 3a 10d ; to be called up, but which the directors will regulate with as the most credulous. Twenty-five years before the head to foot, being literally covered with bruises and , General 4:;,be - - 50 0 b% 12,346,560 f. 94c, were roost Mutton Os 4d to 48 4d; Lamb, 5i 2d to 5s 6d; Veal, little inconvenience to the proprietary as possible. The re- _ - 122 ' lbs port recommended that interest to the Ist March inst., at the c Os 2d to 3s 6d •; and York, 3s 2d to 3s 6d per 8 .wounds of old and recent commencement of this narrative, we are informed, that wou . t date. The inspection coin- r ard i a iiir -. - " .. '5l. 100 0 0 36 10 0 43 • • the branch banks Suckling Calves, ennesepainter had suddenly a be- P Qu' rter old store Pigs, rate of 4 per cent. per annum, be paid on all shares not then aVI 18s to 255; A -e, feted the ur re-asse e e .. l. )3' mbled at the Two Spies Ta- Imperial Life :. •••• :•• :•• . 121 per cent 500 0 0 so 0 0 •230 Bills in the branch bank; 16s to 20s, and Milch Co Ws with their small Calf, 16/. to in arrear, and warrants prepared and forward according y. frothed widow to deplore his loss. An English traveller, vern, B . ydges-street, where a room of somewhat les. 100 0 0 10 0 0 15% Advances on coins and ingots, Indemnity Marine •• • • 11. sh. & bs. 100 II 0 20 0 0 40 a The engineer's report stated there can be no doubt what- aged twenty-five (and gifted from infancy with an larger dimensions had been obtained. Law Fire -•• •• ...... at° by the branch banks - 100 0 0 210 0 2% • 18/. each. ever but the line may be opened for traffic throughout by intuitive faculty for drawing) by chance meets with The first witness called was Mary Anne Bryant, Law Life ••• • • • •• .. 11. 165. 100 0 0 10 0 0 44 Ditto on French public securit the month of September next. The report having been Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 49i Ditto by branch banks... . CORN AVERAGES. adopted, and the retiring directors re-elected, the meeting an Austrian baroness, some twenty years his senior, wife of Charles Bryant, of No. 7, Middlesex-street, Licensed Victuallers .. - 500 100 198. Ditto to the State on Bons du' GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN' broke up. and, mirabile dicta, is recognised by her as her Somers-town, who said she was second cousin of the London Fire •••• • • • • 10s. 25 001910 0 17 - London Ship • ........Ditto on the loan of 150 milli( 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 if o: the Weekended Marco 21, 1850, made up from the Returns of the Al B D NI ON R. ECKETT L 9 • .-Our readers will find in dead lover in a new form. She writes to him a letter deceased woman, and had been frequently in the marine.. ..... 12 1 17 Routes of lasi - ectors in the different Cities and Towns in Eagland and Waless.per s iare 100 0 0 15 0 0 9 the reserve fund • per Imperial Quarter. • truly eloquent from the • of ' another column an energetic address to Mr. Beckett Denison, - habit of visiting her. She called her upon on Satur- se dIIISt - •• - e.ay d Gen.Llfe 4y. per ct. 50 0 $ 20 0 2% Rentes, disposable funds wIIKAT. I EARLEY.' OATS. 1 ITE. I BEANS. I nue. signed by n o fewer than 295 out of the 3713 . electors of the ate tenderness, joy, and sorrow, with which it over- day last, about half-past one o'clock, when deceased National Loan Fuld- 5/ per cent. • Nationc Life... fa . P 20 0 0 slO a 2 }4 Investments of the new brand PRICE .• `sir 8d I 23s 4d I 156 2d I 23s bd 1 235 10d 12as 2d Selby district of the 15 eat lading of Yorkshire, reproaching flow,. The astonished but believing youth peruses complained of having been very much illused by her eenadium Life • ...::..:: si p p y r c c e e r z l i t t . te b g 0 8 09 o 0 270 the public funds nunEs ON FOREIGN CORN. hint in terms not more severe than just, for his violation it with " exquisite pain." He tells us (and here husband. While his back was turned, deceased beg- - _s. Ile., - Hotel and furniture of the Bre warn. 1 BAILEY. I OATS. I BYE. I BEANS. I PEAR. ,I of the principles on the faith of which he obtained their votes raceuix ••• ...... •• 31. p. oh. &be - 141 15 Od la Od le Od is Od Is Od Is 0 and interest, reminding him of the splendid triumph wine. • h again Mr. Willis will have few believers) that o love god witness to ask him to allow her to go to bed, as el elector Life- -. • - 61. per cent.. 20 0 0 1 - 0 0 Real property of the branch b, he had achieved through the reliance placed by the consti- lasts till death, but it is mortal. The affections, how- she had been up all the previous night. She said to l' t r o u c l - id L e i r l it Life-. .. - 11. ss. & Ns. 100 00110 0 0 26 Di tto Interest in National Discount SHERIFFS' COURT.-( THIS DAY.) tuency upon his profession of positive Conservative and ever intense and faithful, I now know," he proceeds, wanes?, " You might say to him ' Let Susan go and Royal Exc ' ha . n . g - e .. - - .ss. 11 00,010 o AN branch banks ... (Before Mr. Commissioner BURCHELL.) Protectionist principles, and upbraiding him with his bitter " are part of the perishable coil, forgotten in the lie down.' " Witness asked her husband, as requested, Sun Fire ....... ••• .... 61. 105. 61. per ceat. Stok. - 210 Bills protested at Paris - - 205 l on Ditto at the branches ... : Ditto pre ..... There were very few cases set down for trial, and return for their confiding ?u t apor t t o h n morevottheaonnotnheeoccads, ' grave. With the memory of this love of another and he refused to allow her to go to bed, and said she 47 Ad ress. United kingdom 1, 4/.per cent. 20 - 0 . 0 ' 4 --; 0 4 Expenses of administration of I undefended except one, in which Mr. M. D. Hill, Q.C., Teein het i ra3 t - ing their in e u a a res e t m in nr e e ress his life, haunting me through my youth, and keeping its must mind eec ors, g g emphatic y and impressive than the shop. Witness remained with universal Life.. , lO% pr cat. 100 00110 0 0 - Ditto of the branches .. was counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Ryland for the d hint to the Hon. Member that it vow of visitation, I had given the whole heart of my deceased until half-past three o'clock, Victoria Life- - we have at comman , - 40 0 4% Miscellaneous ... ... . defendant. would have been but just and honest to have resigned his second youth to another. Affianced to her, waited interval her husband frequently boxed her ears as Mr. RYLAND said he was placed in a, very peculiar trust before he forfeited the pledges which he had yolun- for by her, bound to her by vows which death had hard as he could with his open hand ; and once when DOCZ.S. • position, for he was instructed that he could not go to tartly made, and, with a sarcasm at once justi- not divided, I had but one course to pursue. I left , she got up to serve a customer in the shop, he kicked Dividend Amount trial in the absence of a material witness, who was en. lied and rendered more poignant by its perfect Name ef Company. per of LIABILIT Gratz in an hour, never to return." The twice-be- her behind with great force, because, as he said,she raid* Price. Capital ... gaged at Judges' Chambers, and he hoped that the application and the peculiar circumstances of the _ Learned Undersheriff would postpone the case on an case, intimate that he may enjoy by their toleration his le- reeved heart of the constant Baroness soon ceased to did quick not move enough. The deceased and her '" _ Ditto of the Branch Banks affidavit of facts. • gislative existence in connexion with the West Riding during beat. This history, regarded as a melodramatic ex- husband frequently quarrelled, and he very often East and West la.'s... 61. pr cent. Stock. X 5. d. X 5. d. Reserve fund ... ... the remaining period of the present I . ) arliament, but these %Oa - 141 Ditto of the branch banks The UNDERSHERIFF said he had do power to post- travaganza, and narrated as it is in a deeply struck her. She never struck him again, but used to East Country ••• 205. per sh. 100 0 0 - 21 manful voters assure their present representative London . pone the case, except by consent, unless the record was true and . pa'hetic and passionate strain, possesses a remonstrate with him and say, " Man alive, don't Dot - 119 he be officer of th • " We hope . that "never again shall - - Notes to bearer, in circulation withdrawn. this significant hint will not be lost upon those who may a , t certain attraction, and excites the interest of touch me." Witness mentioned the deceased's corn. soKetharine ........ 4 per Cont. Stock. - - 8 N Ditto of the branch banks Mr. HILL-Then I shall be placed in a worse position resent be disposed to waver in their faith in other parts of the reader, but, after the promises held out by the plaint of ill. usage to her husband, and he requested Ditto, 5crip......, • - - 65 00 - than my Learned Friend, for the costs will be against r p .he ' country. - He raid. preface, its perusal is not quite satisfactory, and the witness to examine her head, remarking that he knew Ditto Bonds. • 4%1 pr cent - Ditto to order Bentham • ••• • • • * - - (post-bills) pton •• .. - - 21. per cent., 60 00,80 0 0 - Account-current with Treasur me. but on the costs being paid I will consent. CAPE of GOOD HOPE.-Two days ' later papers story which succeeds it, and which we shall not re- he had hurt her. Witness did so, and found her left The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF - Then the case is to _ , C ape,Various accounts current butthey do singlecapitulate, " The Phantom Head upon the Table," have arrived from t h e not conta i n a ear and all that part of the head dreadfully bruised. - BRIDGES be adjourned by consent, on payment of the costs of Ditto in branches Dell fact of interest. possesses similarly unnatural, without the same at- There were also cuts upon the head, and the hair was N ame Dividend Amount Bills payable at sight .. the day. ToRQUAY.-We had several showers of snow and tractive, characteristics. But there are nineteen of matted with congealed blood that had issued from of company. per ef Paid. Price Mr. HILL-Counsel ' s fees allowed, of course. Annum. Share. Ditto at branches •.• hail ma Saturday last, between the sunshine, which is a great these sketches of " People I have Met ;or Pictures them. Witness told deceased's husband how much --- ________. _ Bills of the branch banks p. Mr. RYLAND-Oh, dear, no. iu this place, even in the depth of winter. of Society and People of Mark, drawn under a thin she was injured, but he did not appear to take any Charing-cr055........Z. 5. d. Z. 5. d. the Bank ... . Mr. 11ILL-Oh, certainly yes, my kind friend. There rarity - _ L AUN CHES.-Yesterclay (Monday) Veil of Fiction ;" and many of these nineteen chap- notice of it. Witness left the house about half-past Southwrk .......... 15 !4 Ditto of the Bank payable is a golden rule-" Do as you would be done unto." I STEADS-BOAT 12 0 0 --- 2 by t were launched in succession at individually th '.l having first given deceased • Ditto Nw of 734 p.c. 355. per cent. lC Dividends payable shall expect a "refresher," and no doubt you will. We no fervor than three s eame j rs . . , • tors are so excellent as to render the three oclock, c ock, Duinharton, from the builtang-yard of the enterprising hem - 100 0 0 - had better settle it amicably. Messrs. Denny Brothers. 'llse following is a note of their whole volume generally agreeable. Neither is the water to bathe her head. Witness returned about six and Ditto Old Ann. of 81. 11. 4s. Od. - 60 0 0 2: Liquidation;of the Algiers 132 Mr. RYLAND-With pleasure; for what can't be cured of . . - a . 1 The Queen ; length 135 feet, promise of the introduction unfulfilled. The sketches found deceased apparently tipsy. Her husband had Ditto NW ditto of 71. 11. Is. Od. - 40 0 0 25 Discounts, interest, and ex en respective dimensions.- . Vauxhall .• .. . - Av. 11. 70 10 3 - 18 Ditto branch banks must be endnred. ' Id 7 feet. 9 The Lunar; length of character are, for the most part, characterised by just returned home from delivering some bread, and - ••• breadth 17 feet, depth of AO .. - Expenses anticipated ... The record was then withdrawn, the case standing iO5 feet, breadth 14 feet, depth of bold 7 feet. 3. The Nep- as much truthfulness as the incidents of the he asked her whether she had supplied certain cos- WATER-VIOR.RS. Re-discounts of the last six net over for a fortnight. tune,. length 160 feet, breadth 191 feet, depth of hold 9 feet. two first stories were for improbability. In tomers. She replied that she had not ; upon : Dividend Amount Ditto in branch banks The Court only sat ten minutes. The Queen is intended for the Arrochar trade, and the two the third tale, " Getting to Windward," we meet which he swore at her and boxed her ears as Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Miscellaneous - ____-_ latter are to be employed at St. Petersburgh. The Luna is . • , Annum. ,Share. ••• ..,,, with the following reflections. They have been quoted hard as he could. He then directed her to put -- MANSION-HOUSE-(THIS DAY.) built especially to act as a ferry, I.iing b , ullt, with two sterns . before ciders in order,to save time. lhe day being nne, , but we cannot be too often reminded of their some bread in the shop window, and while she was • £ s. d. X p. d. Henry Gregory was brought before Alderman Gibbs aud two rudders, cold, there was a numerous attendance of truth, for it is a truth which if generally acted upon in the act of doing so she fell insensible on the shop- East London Grand Junctio . ..... - - 41. 81. t 100 0 0 - 173 Certified by the Governor of on remand, charged with having embezzled various althoughecta torsto piercin g winless the series of launches, all of which went would make the current of society flow more smoothly, floor. Witness ran towards her and saw that the , _ 7 1 1; ). c . n . 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 --.... 78 76 eutns belonging to his employer. The prisoner • NI in excellent style.- Glasgo w Daily Mail. and the lives of individuals pas' more happily than at blood was spurting out from a wound on her temple. 3l Lambeth ...... •• •. •• , 51. per cat. 100 0 0 - 99 We find by the foregoing 1 id a carrier in the employ of Mrs. Philip's, grocer ~., , , New itivr Indu Brdge ; 21. 10s. UORONEIt s I N Q UEST . -SUICIDE IN WESTMINSTER. present. Truly has Tom Hood exclaimed- Witness then called out, " Oh, good God !uncle, cousin Vauxhall 55 hand has increased within the of King William-street, City, and was empowered uxhall ............ 151. per cut. 100 0 0 : 98 -Yesterday morning an inquest was taken before Mr. Beds West Middlesex. - . 161.05. amount of commercial bills d to receive money from her customers in various ford, at the Northumberland Arms, Charles-street, West- " Evil is wrought is in a fit; pick her up. " He replied that he wouldpr cnt. - - Us iby 250 000. The pretested I parts of the town. It appeared from the evidence the body of Thomas Evans, aged 53 By want of thought, not. Deceased presently revived a little and walked minster, on view of GAS-LIGHT AND CORE COMPA 1 ' NIES. 105,000 t. Tho bank-notes in called that the prisoner had received 1/. 13s. 9d. from years, who committed suicide by shooting himself. The evi- As well as by want of heart." with witness into the back parlour. While doing so : Dividend Amount by 500,000 f. The balance to t .1 ' /Are. Morven, grocer, of Westminster Bridge-road, and deuce went to prove that the deceased was a carpenter by And truly has Mr. Willis written in the passage re- 1 she said "lam in a fit and • a very bad fit. Don't Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. has decreased by 2,250,000 f. for which he had signed a receipt which was produced, trade, and had for some time past lodged with his wife at ferred to :- leave me ; for God's sake don't leave me, Mary Anne." Annum. Share. increased by 4,750,000 f. but of which he had given no account to his employer; the house of Mr. Whitmore, a fruiterer, &c., Charles -street, „ Ilovv little we know what is in the bosoms of those These were the last words she ever uttered. 'Witness --- - • also 8/. Is. 63., from Mrs. Drew, grocer, of Whitecross- to whom he was nearly related. About seven o clock on around us! How natural it is, however, to feel and act wished to put her to bed, but her husband said she British .. •••••• • • • • •• 11. Z. a. d. Z. s. d. which only 11. 6s. had been accounted for. The Tuesday morning a loud report of firearms waskesrd by . if 40 0••1641 0 14 THE FRENCH street, of as we knew-to account for all that appears on the should never go into a bed of his Ditto Provincial.• 11. Bs. 20 0020 0 0 20 rear of ' ' defence was that the confusion resulting from Mr. Whitmore's porter to proceed from a loft at the . _ _ again. Deceased The report of the Comm prisoner s sl.per cent. ,20 0 0 - - i .-. . . . and to his surface by the limited acquaintance we have with dream- was then standing over a sink, and presently her CT 's - m iLondon -- - • from a variety of places had the premises. lie quickly hastened to the place, and f . having to reueive money __ - ' tecelpts was on Friday di sti towed • produced the apparent default in his accounts.-Com- great astonishment a corpse-blood was flowing copiously from his clothes, and we know not the cause-to approve or condemn, with- the floor, with her heed resting on the kitchen steps. Equitable........ •• • • 501. pr share, 50 00500 0 27 •i t 1 milted. smoke, as if from a recent discharge of powder, was curling out allowance for chagrin, or despair, or love, or hope, or She lay there insensible for more than two hours, at Independent ... .... •• 61. percent. 40 0 0 40 o 0 56 of Imperial .........• •• 3/. per cant. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70 report which had already upwards from his body. A large horse pistol was found distress-any of the deep under-currents for ever at " timeexpenses it proposes asl BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) lying by his side, and upon an examination of the body it which succeeded Ditt0.............. - • work in the depths of human bosoms. The young lean • witness's millions on the ordinary and so 0 0 60 0 0 18 Alexander Moir, who carries on the business of a was ascertained that the deceased had shot himself through at your side at a dinner h duel b inner party may have aon is in persuadin Mr. Moir to allow deceased to lie on Do., fail, Preference 61.pe - r cent. 25 101 10 0 On - the extraordinary expel baker at 24. Brydges-street, Covent-garden, was placed the heart with a charge of small shot. The deceased tor- the children's bed. She remained perfectly insensible hands for the morning, or a disgrace imminent in credit micenti ............. 4%1. per ct. 1,0 0 0 90 0 28 that, it would have feared at the bar before Mr. Hall, charged with haling caused merly held a responsible situation in the works of Messrs. up to midnight, when witness and her husband left liatcliff ..... ........ 10 0 S o 0 0 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 75 Cubitt, the extensive builders, but he had latterly been out or honour, or a refused heart or an accepted one nearly United General ... 7 5 5 1. 6 d. vices for which it was • the death of his wife, Susan Moir.o lbi crushed Imade ' - or near y happy ;or (more common still to go hotne. At eight o'clock on the following Westminster Charte . red . The court was crowded with visitors. . of employment. He had been unable to get another silos- 3/. 50 00 - eetr vide. This may be reacli It will be recollected that a verdict of manslaughter lion in consequence of his advanced years, and it was sup- and less allowed for) he may feel first the impression of morning witness was Sent for, and found deceased in Ditto, New •••- •• - 128. 50 0 0 10 0 0 BA, lysin g the nature of the ex dt' .:atcircumstance had caused him to be very low and disease, or the consequences of an indigestion ;and for the same state. At her earnest instigation a medical a . was found against the prisoner by the coroner's jury Pose • CANALS. 1,408 millions for the ordina desponding, which lie had been of late, and which resulted his agreeableness or disagreeableness you try to account man was then sent for, but deceased , never rallied, and which sat upon the body. in his committing the determined act. The jury, without by something in yourself, some feeling towards yourself died at five minutes after eleven o'clock on the fol-amount includes in the first i Names of r; Dividend , Names of pj 'Dividend which are only matters of ore The prisoner is a Man of thin stature and very any hesitation, returned a verdict of Temporary insanity. _ a s if -,, ii, ) and you only, could affect his spirits or give lowing Monday morning. Companies. ;I per I' rice. Companies. 1 per meagre appearance. GooD FRIDAY.- To-morrow being Good Friday a colour to his mood o manners. The old man's thought m Annum.: Price. areal charge ;43 millions fi Jolla Johnson, a journeymen baker, in the employ John Johnson was the first witness called-I e I said I it will be observed as a close holyday at the Bank of lag- of death, the mother's overwhelming interest in her of Air.___ _ the recovery of revenue and su Moir, said that on the night of Frida last y .0 .t am a journeyman baker, in the employ of the pie ,. "eerier. land, the Stock-Exchange, Lloyd's, S.iuth Sea-house, East child, the woman's upspring of emotion or love, are than 326 millions representing Oa Friday night hq master called me at eleven o alock India-house, and the different Docks, the Cir.ittnn-house, Ex- visitors to the soul that conic) unbiddeu and out of his master called him as usual, at 11 o'clock, shortly Ashtn& Oldh 97 71. 113 Macclesfield. 100121. 105. 50 i d Barnsley• •• • 1601 121. 180 seats .. •• • • 100 161. 340 1 debt ; there, therefore, really to go to work, uud shortly afterwards I heard blly c . se, i and all the Government departments, with the excep- time, and you can neither f -Mt nor mourn s,cure after which aft 1 heard • hea great noise over head, as of larknk&Abrg l lsol 61. 85 Oxford.. •.•• i ou , 201. 165 penses annually demanded fur mistress screaming, and my master speaking , in a very tion of the Post-office,: a vhich will be openquarrelling, and a cry of distress from a also as the usualre receiving- i i the against their interruption. It would explain many a the persona nr v n e l i ziat .• i to o I m . 2 15 0 % R Pe e :k oi t t '? B rest : 78 , at. i:s. 7180 country a sum of 735 millions loud and angry milliner. I did not hear _a t n ,r Y receiving of letters newspapers, coldness could we look into the heart eonce4led from us. I _i deceased woman. The noise was similar to that the metropolis; ew i t a l i tere will, however, te Derby •• •• ••• • 100 1 6/. 63 Rochdale.. • • g a g 1 41. * 64! 725 millions that the Commit blows, but 1 heard a " tasselling "on t o . houses througlou We - should (fun pity where we hate. love where we f o one person dragging another across the room, and Ellsnire&Chijl33 565. 41 Somrset Coal 150: 71.105. 130 iof 40 millions. It did not c The noise last .d more than half an hour. no delivery in town after 12 o'elocla The chief money order think we cannot even forgive, admire where we curl the it continued up to three o'clock, to such an extent Grand3 , unct 1100 i 51. 85 1 , Do.LkFilSt 12161. p. c. - h h h ft' L b I - t t drag- office, Aldersgate street ;t e ranc -o ices- om art -s trees ~, Grand Surreylloo 21. Os. 30 Stffrd &Wore 1 4 01 28/. 400 going beyond that figure w The noise was similar to that of one . person Borough, Strand, Charing-cross, and Old Cavendish-street- tip with scorn and indignation To judge without reserve that witness could not get any sleep. 'Witness did Grand Union; 100! 11. 105. 24 Shrewsbury.. and it continued up 125 lat. - country demanded the arms ging another across the room, . t the noise, as well as the other places, will he closed both for paying and of any human action is a culpable temerity, of all our not hear any words distinctly, but he could tell that Grantham •-1- i - _ stoarbridge.. us 2° L 3 " present effective strength. to three o'clock. I listened on the stairs o h h ur I granting orders; also, all the courts of law, and police- sins the most unfeeling and frequent. his master was speaking in a very "ferocious" man- i l e „, e ,, n c n as tie te e r Avid 75. 6d. 5% Severn andl 10, 21. 32% Wye Ra 11.3 26 21 . °'• - the increase of the receiptl but did not hear anything distinctly, At t at o the offices. Bills of exchange becoming due to-morrow will Independently ofsuchreflections as the aboee,which ner. On the Saturday afternoon witness saw his Leeds& Llyrp . !100 301. 322 ' Warwick& knocked on the ceiling to call my master down to the be paid this day, as all places of public business will be would redeem even a dull book, Mr. Willis's aerie master knock deceased about and shortly afterwards Leicester ...• 100 11. 63% Binning. 100 • I 4 2 63 necessary to devote its all bakehouse. The occurrence I speak of took place in the closed. lions are given in a style which is always interesting she fell down insensible. 'Deceased'scousin asked wit- 8 4 receipts are Leiestr &Nth, 3 ; 1. 46 Warwick/CI estimated at 1, Loughborogh 142 701. 510 Napton. i 100 31. 43 parlour above me. Oa Saturday morning I saw ae wrss BRITISH RAILWAY. - RESIGNATION Or and is often remarkable for au almost epigrammatic ness to assist i• • prim in these estimates the . , 3 ....3 ~... -.:.,,,„... tnapthQr in the parlour, but __ . ..e. O r n raising her, but his master would not Monmouthsh, 100 81. - Worcstr ;1 ',Tr, I..TVATTni . AND STOKNItB.-We understand that on terseness, as, for example, when speaking of the allow him. ll* said " D-n her, let her get up h .. er- NI ritgomrysti , 100 - - Birming. 78 31. 42 lieltnNiwbry' 100 - - Wilts & Brks, -, 141. domains of a portion of the 9 amount of 9,105,000 f. Of th BOW-STREET.—(THIS I)AY.) Alexander Moir, who carries on the business of a baker at 24. Brydges-street, Covent-garden, was placed at the bar Vlore Mr. Hall, charged with having caused the death of his wife, Susan Moir. The court was crowded with visitors. It will be recollected that a verdict of manslaughter was found against the prisoner by the coroner's jury which sat upon the body. The prisoner is a man of thin stature and very meagre appearance. Juhu Johnson was the first witness called—He said I am a journeyman baker, in the employ of the prisoner. Oa Friday night my master called me at eleven o'clock to go to work, uud shortly afterwards I heard any mistress screaming, and my master speaking in a very loud and angry milliner. I did not hear any blows, but I heard a " tusselling" on the floor. The noise last 'd more than half an hour. The noise was similar to that of one person drag ging another across the room, and it continued up to three o'clock. I listened on the stairs to the noise, but did not hear anything distinctly, At that hour I knocked on the ceiling to call my master down to the bakehouse. The occurrence I speak of took place in the parlour above me. On Saturday morning I saw the deceased and the prisoner together in the parlour, but I did not hear her make any charge against him in my presence. At six o'clock in the evening of the same day the was taking some bread out of the window, and while doing so fell down in a fit, and I and her niece helped to pick her up. The prisoner was present, and he said, " Let her wait there an:i be d—d, until she recovers herself;" or " Let the d—d b— lie and be tl—d." I saw my mas;er next day, Sunday, and I asked him how Mrs. Moir v. as, and he said he was astonished it had not happened before now. That was all that passel. I was examined before the Coroner, and this is all I know of the transaction. (The examination was proceeding when our report left.) tions are given in a style which is always interesting and is often remarkable for au almost epigrammatic terseness, as, for example, when speaking of the alteration effected in a naturally noble minded and excellent man by an intercourse with refined so ciety, he says—" He seemed perfect, but he seemed to have arrived at perfection like a statue, not lihe a picture—by what had been taken away, not by what had been laid on." Similes and expressions of this character, more or less happy, add not a little to the forcefulness of the descriptions, and impart to them a somewhat unusual charm. Replete as it is with beautiful, because natural portraits, lively scenes, re flections worth pondering over, and remarks worth listening to, we have not perused with un mixed satisfaction the whole of this volume. The story of Lady Ranelgold, for ex ample, we would gladly have omitted. The unfeminine heroine and her voluptuous boudoir are most repulsive to our taste. On the other hand we were charmed, as all who read it must be, with a rural sketch bearing an unromantic title (all Mr. Willis's sketches have strange titles), "Born to love Pigs and Chickens." Here we read of Miss Margaret Pifflit, a country damsel, betrothed to a young farmer, hut by no means contented with her unfashionable lot. Scorn ing the abbreviation of Meg, the delicate Margaret adopts the name of Margerine, copies the fashions from the magazines, &c. A city maiden, as elegant and graceful as Margaret would fain be; comes to pay a visit to her country friend. Poor Margaret with great pains prepares a " boudoir" for her fashionable friend, but the gentle Julia prefers the farm-yard and the hay-field. Notwithstanding her personal and mental attractions, the town lady has a natural heart, she is, in fact, as the title informs us, " born to love pigs and chickens ;" and as she watches the young farmer at the humble labour so looked down upon by the ambitious Margaret, she recognises the native dignity of man's first employment, and she thought " how much more finely a man looked when making hay than a dandy when waltzing." The sequel of the story we shall not tell, but we com mend it to the attention of all rustic Margerines. Another tale, entitled " Two Buckets in a Well," is most interesting and most excellent ; but we have already dwelt at such length on this delightful volume that we must now content ourselves with very cor dially commending it to our readers. Ere we take leave of Mr. Willis, however, we would briefly hint to him that (the sketches being partly American and partly European), we have been, generally speaking, better pleased with the American scenes—they are endued with a greater freshness and vitality. Com plaints have been made of the perversions of English painters to American portraits. We would gladly see more of transatlantic brethren pourtrayed by native pencils, and judging from the few specimens already familiar to us, the study would be both pro fitable and delightful. So we bid Mr. Willis not farewell," but "au revoir." NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY.—RESIGNATION OF THE ENGINEMRN AND STOKERS.—We understand that on Monday lest the enginemen and stokers of this company gave fourteen days' no;ice of resignation, in consequence of certain reductions which the directors have determined to make in the amount of their remuneration. The pay of the enginemen, who are divided into four classes, is about an average of 65. per diem, and we believe it is intended to re duce their pay on those days they are not traversing the line, but are only in the shed cleaning or repairing their en proportional reduction also to be made gives,i t h case of f a t d h a e y ti , raemen. In ordinary cases we understand that the in-door work seldom requires more than one day a week, unless the engines reduction sstained serious damage, in which case, however, the on the weekly income of the men would be very considerable. In these days, when economy is on all hands pressed on the directors of railways, retrenchment had been made pretty extensively on must lines in this quarter, but on the reduction in question being proposed, the men determined in a body to quit the service rather than submit to have their pay curtailed. We under stand that the matter still remains in stalu quo, the directors as well as the men holding out ; but as another week of their notice has to elapse, we trust the directors will be able to make such arrangements as will preserve the public con venience and security.—Edinburgla Courant. hironTATiorr or Hors.—A parcel of hops, be lieved to be of British growth, having been returned to this country from one of the European ports, to which place it had been previously sent from this country, application was made to the authorities for delivery of the hops duty free, as there was no difficulty in proving that they had been so ex ported from hence as stated, but it appearing to be a legal enactment that hops having once been exported from this country, are on reimportatien liable to be considered foreign equally as those actually of foreign growth and produce, and to be leviable with the duty due on hops imported into this country from abroad, it was decided that the request could not be allowed. TESTIMONIAL TO BRITISH SEAMEN.—A commu nication has been made to the authorities of the Customs' department, by Mr. Hayter, the Secretary of the Treasury, signifying that Mr. May, the Consul-General of the Nether lands, having made a further representation to their Lord ships, requesting the delivery duty free of a package for warded to him from the Government at the Hague, by a steam-vessel from Rotterdam, containing a silver cup and two snuff-boxes, intended as presents to Captain Moir and Part of the crew of the English vessel Minerva, for services ren d e red to the crew of the Dutch ship Gertrude, which was lost in August last off the Cape of Good Hope, he (Mr. Ilayter) was to desire, on the part of their Lordship, that the authorities would give the requisite directions for en suring a compliance with their Lordships' wishes in this matter, by granting the request; and the necessary direc tions have therefore been given for the free delivery of the articles for the purpose mentioned. Wu have very great pleasure in thus recording this appropriate testimonial on t he part of the Dutch Government to British seamen for gallsnt services rendered to its subjects at sea, in addition to some former presents to the same deserving individuals from parties more immediately concerned in maritime affairs. The same vanity which leads us to assign our mis fortunes or misconduct to others prompts us to attribute all our lucky chances to our own talent, prudence and fore thought; not a word of the fates or stars when we are get ting rich, and ever y thing goes on prosperously. —Eliza Cook's Journal. Asul3UßTON.—Stern win ter has • • again visited us now at the close of March ; heavy showers of snow have fallen since Saturday, accompanied with sharp frosts. LICENSED VICTUALLERS. —There were on the 10th of October last, according to a return to Parliament, which was yesterday printed, as many as 34,800 licensed victuallers in England; besides which there were 2,697,757 persons licensed to sell beer to be drunk on the premises, and 330,200 persons licensed to sell beer, but nut to be drunk on the premises. BREWERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. —Yesterday a return to Pariiament was printed, showing that on the 10th of October last there were 2,507 brewers in the United Kingdom, comprising 2,257 in England, 154 in Scotland, and 96 in Ireland. They consumed in the year 19,658,052. bushels of malt. SUNDERLAND TIDE SIGNAL.--A new tide signal has been recently erected at Sunderland, designed by Mr. Meik, which appears well adapted for such purposes. It consists of a tower carrying a dial, on which is exhibited the height of the tide. The figures are painted on a web of copper wire gauze, mounted on two copper rollers, on which it is wound and unwound by the motion of a float, acted upon by the rise and fall of the tide. In order to increase the scale of the figures, to make them visible at a great distance, the motion of the float is multiplied by a wheel and pinion, as four to one; the wire web will, consequently, pass over four feet while the tide rises or falls one foot. At night the dial is strongly illuminated ; and as the letters are about 21 inches high, they can be seen, and the height of the tide ascertained, ut a considerable digaucc —Durham Ad vertiser. The first witness called was Mary Anne Bryant, wife of Charles Bryant, of No. 7, Middlesex-street, Somers-town, who said she was second cousin of the deceased woman, and had been frequently in the habit of visiting her. She called upon her on Satur day last, about half-past one o'clock, when deceased complained of having been very much illused by her husband. While his back was turned, deceased beg ged witness to ask him to allow her to go to bed, as she had been up all the previous night. She said to witness, " You might say to him ' Let Susan go and lie down.' " Witness asked her husband, as requested, and he refused to allow her to go to bed, and said she must mind the shop. Witness remained with deceased until half-past three o'clock, and during that interval her husband frequently boxed her ears as hard as he could with his open hand ; and once, when she got up to serve a customer in the shop, he kicked her behind with great force, because, as he said, she did not move quick enough. The deceased and her husband frequently quarrelled, and he very often struck her. She never struck him again, but used to remonstrate with him and say, " Man alive, don't touch me." 'Witness mentioned the deceased's com plaint of ill usige to her husband, and he requested witness to examine her head, remarking that he knew he had hurt her. Witness did so, and found her left ear and all that part of the head dreadfully bruised. There were also cuts upon the head, and the hair was matted with congealed blood that had issued from them. Witness told deceased's husband how much she was injured, but he did not appear to take any notice of it. Witness left the house about half-past three o'clock, having first given deceased some warm water to bathe her head. Witness returned about six and found deceased apparently tipsy. Her husband had just returned home from delivering some bread, and he asked her whether she had supplied certain cus tomers. She replied that she had not ; upon which he swore at her and boxed her ears as hard as he could. He then directed her to put some bread in the shop window, and while she was in the act of doing so she fell insensible on the shop floor. Witness ran towards her and saw that the blood was spurting out from a wound on her temple. Witness then called out, " Oh, good God ! uncle, cousin is in a fit; pick her up." He replied that he would not. Deceased presently revived a little and walked with witness into the back parlour. While doing so she said, "lam in a fit, arid a very bad fit. Don't leave me ; for God's sake don't leave me, Mary Anne." These were the last words she ever uttered. 'Witness wished to put her to bed, but her husband said she should never go into a bed of his again. Deceased was then standing over a sink, and presently her strength appeared to fail, and she sank down upon the floor, with her heed resting on the kitchen steps. She lay there insensible for more than two hours, at which time witness's husband came, and he succeeded in persuading Mr. Moir to allow deceased to lie on the children's bed. She remained perfectly insensible up to midnight, when witness and her husband left to go home. At eight o'clock on the following morning witness was sent for, and found deceased in the same state. At her earnest instigation a medical man was then sent for, but deceased never rallied, and died at five minutes utter eleven o'clock on the fol lowing Monday morning. Jolla Johnson, a journeymen baker, in the employ of Mr. Muir, said tlsat on the night of Friday last his master called him as usual, at 11 o'clock, shortly after which he heard a great noise over head, as of two persons quarrelling, and a cry of distress from the deceased woman. The noise was similar to that of one person dragging another across the room, and it continued up to three o'clock, to such an extent that witness could not get any sleep. Witness did not hear any words distinctly, but he could tell that his master was speaking in a very "ferocious" man ner. On the Saturday afternoon witness saw his master knock deceased about, and shortly afterwards she fell down insensible. Deceased's cousin asked wit ness to assist in raising her, but his master would not allow him. Ha said " D—n her, let her get up her self." Witness had seen deceased intoxicated once during the fortnight he had lived with her husband. Amelia Meredes proved having lodged in Moir's house during the last two months. She had fre quently seen deceased with black eyes in that time, and on Saturday, about five, hearing a dreadful noise of quarrelling, she came down stairs into the passage, and while there heard deceased scream out, and cry " Oh, oh! you'll kill me—you'll kill me I" Her husband replied, " Yes, I will kill you ; I will murder ou before I have don e w ith you." Witness also heard deceased's little boy call out at the same time, "You'll Mr. Joshua Watki surgeon, kill my mother, fathe r .' of 11, Chandos street, proved having been called in to see deceased on Sunday morning. She was then perfectly insen sible—her head, face, and neck enormously swollen , and her features greatl y di s t o rted. He saw at once it was a case that w ou ld t er minate fatally, but en deavoured to avert the mischief as long as possible. The deceased continued in a state of complete insensi bility until Monday morning, at eleven o'clock, when she died. Witness had since made a post mortem ex amination. On stripping the body, he found it co vered with bruises and contused wounds, from the crown of her head to the lowest part of the back. On opening the head and removing the skull cap, witness found considerable extravasation of blood on the outer covering of the brain, and upon the right hemisphere of the brain there were five or six ounces of coign lated blood. The brain itself was perfectly healthy and unusually firm, and there was not the slightest effusion in any of the cavities. On opening the chest the lungs were found highly congested, but otherwise free from disease, and the heart and great bloodvessels were in a state of perfect integrity. The stomach, altogether, was healthy, and did not emit the slightest smell of spirituous liquid. CORONER—What do you consider to have been the immediate cause of death ? 'Witness—Compression on the brain, arising from an effusion of blood on its right hemisphere. CORONER—HOW was the effusion produced? Witness—Without doubt by the external injuries de ceased had received. The integuments and muscles of the head were contused in a manner I never saw before. In fact they were a perfect jelly.—(Sensation.) CORONER—By what means could these contusions have been caused ? Witness—By blows or falls. Continual blows, even with the open hand, would be sufficient to cause them. Other evidence of an unimportant character having been adduced, The CORONEU charged the jury, remarking that the points for them to decide were, first, how the de ceased came by her death ; secondly, if by any in juries, how they were caused ; and, lastly, what degree of responsibily attached to any individual so causing them. The Learned Gentleman read over the depositions at length, and, after pointing out the legal difference between murder and manslaughter, left the case in the hands of the jury. The court was then cleared, and the jury, after re maining in deliberation about half an hour, agreed to a verdict of " Manslaughter against Alexander Moir." The C a.oner made out his warrant for the com mittal of the accused, and the various witnesses were bound over in the usual manner. The accused formerly occupied a very large house in the Strand, now the Lancet office, and he is at present one of the leet jury of the district in which be resider. MARLBii.O'-STREET—(THIS DAY.) ASSAULT ON A PuLICE-CONSTABLE.—A gentleman, who gave the assumed name of George Ttnnkins, of Tredegar-square, was charged before Mr. Bingham, with being drunk and assaulting Police-constable 200 C while in the ex,cution of his duty. The complainant stated that, last night about twelve o'clock, he was on duty in Great Windmill -street, when his attention was called to the defendant, who was very drunk and creating a disturbance at the door of a public house in that street. Witness endeavoured to persuade him to go home quietly, but instead of following this advice the defendant struck witness in the face with great force. Witness then took him:into custody. The defendant, who pleaded intoxication in extenua tion of his offence, was fiaed 20s. for striking the constable. DISTURBANCE ♦T THE PICCADILLY SALOON. — William Conned was brought before Mr. B►ngham, charged with being drunk and creating a disturbance at the saloon in Piccadilly. Burnet, 20 C, stated that about three o'clock this morning he was on duty in Piccadilly, when ha was called to the saloon, at the door of whits was the prisoner in a state of intoxication, trying to force his way, but being in liquor the proprietor refused to admit him. Defendant then became very abusive, and created such a disburbance, that witness took him to the station. Mr. Bingham fined defendant 20p. CLERKEN WELL.-(T HIS DAY.) A half-starved looking lad, named John Welling, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing two pieces of bacon, four pieces of butter , som e mutton, a qu a ntity of plum pudding, and other eatables from a safe in the area of a house in Bayham-terrace, Camden-road. The policeman who arrested the prisoner said he was passing the house about six this morning , when his sus picion was excited by seeing a youth kneeling down in front of the railings. On coming up the youth ran away, but the policeman put his head down the area, and called out " All's right," when the prisoner emerged from a cellar with the articles of provender in his possession. and when taken into custody excused hiins,ll for being found in such a position by saying he was very hungry, and thought he was doing no harm in going down the area to partake of the good things below. The prisoner had nothing to say . to the charge, and was remanded until Thursday, to give an opportunity for the arrest of his companion, who bad managed to escape with other articles. A youngster named Dallaway, described in the charge-sheet as fourteen years, but in reality no bigger than a child of six, was charged with stealing a pair of trousers, some other articles (f wearing apparel, and a shovel, from a house in . Cambridge-place, Acre-town, and of having disposed of them to a marine-store dealer, saying they n ere the property of his grandfather, wbo hai just died, and that his mother wished to get rid of them. There being other charges against the prisoner ho was ordered to be brought up on Thursday next. --- SOUTHAMPTON, MARcif 26.—Tne Peninsular Com pany's steam-ship Montrose, Captain Bowen, with the Pe ninsular mails, left this afternaon. She had ten passengers, a full general cargo, and specie to the amount of 4,000'. The Ripon, Captain Moresby, with the heavy portion of the India and China mails, is hourly expected. The Euxine, Captain Evans, belonging to the above company, will leave on the 29th for Ccnstantinople, &c. PROFESSIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.—The annual meeting of this company took place yesterday at the offices in Cheapside, Major Stones in the chair. The report stated in the year ltZ47 the deed of settlement was signed by 73 parties, and 7,450 shares allotted ; in 1848, the respec • tive figures were 140 and 4,035; in 1849, 1,036 and 24,550 ; and since the Ist of January this year, 272 parties had signed the deed, and had 2,515 shares allotted to them; so that the 40,000 shares of the company Wore nearly all absorbed• iu LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICTA Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price, Annum. Share. B. d. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 230 Caledonian Bank •• ••• 8 per sent. 10 0 0 2 10 0 31. 17s City of Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 12% Clydesdale Bank •• •• •• 6% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 13% Commercial Bank 7l. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 170 Eastern Bank•• •• •• •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 9yj Edinb.&Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 5/. 15s Exchange link of Scot.. 4/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 14% Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 - National Bank 6% per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 15 North of Scotlandßank 41. percent. 20 0 0 6 0 0 3% North British Bank :.• Royal Bank of Scotland 51. per Cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 135 Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 90% Western Bank .• • • • • • • 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 74% Alliance Fire and Life 8%1.pr cent. 10 0 0 10 8 0 20% B. Accord.Lile and Fire 50 0 0 0 10 0 - British Guarantee Ins. 41. per tent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 16_1 Gd Caledonian Fire Incur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23 Colonial Life City of Glasgow Life GI. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. 12s Edinburgh Life Insur. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 20% East of Scotland Life.. 10 0 0 0 15 0 - Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 17 6 - Ilerculos Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Insur. Co. of Scotlnd•• il. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Life ASBOC. of Scotland 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 ,11. 100 Mercantile Life ...... 41. per cent. 10 0 0 0 10 0 ; 4s . Gd. National Fire and Life bl. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1 228.0 d North British incur. 5141. pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 25 North & West of Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 - Scottish Life and Guar. 20 0 0 0 11 0 - Scot. Mas. and Gen. Life 0 0 0 15 0 , - Scottish Union Insraco. GUI. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 231.6 d Standard Life • • • • .. • . W. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 9% United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 'l6s 681 MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X. s. d. £. a. 4. Auction Mart • • • • • • • • 21. Sc. 50 0 0 - 25 Australian Agriculturl 11. 100 0 0 , 30 0 0 15 Anglo-Mexican Mint ll. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - Ditto, Half Shares 2 10 0 Canada ... • Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per cent. - City Navigation Gen. Revers. & Invest. 5 p. c. kbs, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 94 Equitable Reversioury 51. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 105 Gea.SteamNavigation 11. Bs, 15 0 0 14 0 0 27% London Institution - 178 15 0 - Russell Institution - 26 b 0 Peninslr& Orient.Stm. 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 78 Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 92 Royal Mail Stearn .• .• 61 18. 4. p. c. 100 0 0 60 0 0 51 South Australian ...•• 11. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 19 Van Dieman's Land lOO 0 0 , 29 0 0 -- THE ROYAL VISIT TO lIOLYROOD.—We learn, from a source on which the utmost reliance may be placed, that, according to present arrangements, her Majesty and Prince Albert will, in visiting Scotland in August next, reside at liolyrood Palace for either two or three nights; but whether this will take place in going to, or returning from, Balmoral, is not yet decided upon. We understand that extensive re pairs are in course of being made upon liolyrood Palace ; and we may mention, as one of the chief causes why larger water pipes are being laid along the High-street and Canongate, that it is the intention to introduce, for the use of the Royal Family, a much greater supply of water than At present ez ist3 in the Palace—Scotsman, Laws are like grapes, that being too much pressed, yield a hard and unwholesome wine. —Eliza Cook's Jourxal. SMUGGLERS.—About three o'clock on Sunday morn ing, as William King, chief boatman in the Coast Guard service, was visiting the men on the different guards in this district, he caught sight of a man running away from the direction of No. 9 guard. He followed him some distance, but in the darkness soon lost sight of him. He then proceeded to apprise John Perkins, a commis sioned boatman on No. 9 guard, of the circumstance, and told him to keep a good look-out. lie then went behind the wall of Adelaide-crescent, and Perkins down to the beach. Shortly after they had separated he heard a pistol, which had been fired on the beach by Perkins; and, on going up, he discovered that Perkins had found a small boat at the edge of the water, containing five tubs of contraband spirit', but there was no one in or near the boat, and the night was too dark to enable them to discover any vessel at tea, had there been one near. They seized the boat, At about ten the same morning they observed the Isabella lugger weighing anchor'. They had hal suspicion of this vessel, and when she came to shore they boarded her, and on finding the vessel smell strongly of liquor, and picking up a small piece of hoop, such as is used for tubs, and some brick sinkers on board, they took the two men in the lugger, Paine and Newington, into custody, and detained the vessel. These men were on Monday examined before the bench of magistrates, and remanded till Saturday. On Monday twenty-five tubs were captured in a fly belonging to a person named Teesdale, which was being driven from Broadwater to Worthing, and the horse and fly were detained, but the driver and the smuggler who Ras in charge of the spirits escaped, the latter jumping out of ono door of the vehicle as one of the C 0391 Guard - entered the other.—Briyhion Gazette. ASSETS. [The following appeared in our Third Edition of last night :—] DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The Provisional Government of the Duchies of Schleswig-Holstein having made an appeal to the in habitants to pay taxes to it instead of the Danish Government, they complied with alacrity. It was reported that the Prussian Government had advised this proceeding, but the Berlin State Gazette says that the Government strongly opposed it on the ground that it was contrary to the armistice. BANK OF FRAN CE. The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France on March 21:— Cash and ingots f. 340,248,701 41 Ditto in branch banks 141,226,556 0 Bills past due ••• ••• ••• 661,229 18 Bills falling due in Paris, of which 12,346,560 f. 94c. were received from the branch banks Bills in the branch banks Advances on coins and ingots... Ditto by the branch banks ... Ditto on French public securities ... Ditto by branch banks... ... Ditto to the State on Bons du Tr6sor... Ditto on the loan of 150 millions ... Rentes of the reserve fund ... Rentes, disposable funds ... investments of the new branch banks in the public funds ... Hotel and furniture of the Bank ... Real property of the branch banks ... Interest in National Discount Bank ... Ditto branch banks Bills protested at Paris ••• •.• Ditto at the branches ... Expenses of administration of the Bank Ditto of the branches ... Miscellaneous ••• 39,396,234 22 65,036,919 0 2,995,700 0 386,877 0 19,278,769 85 2,501,367 0 50,000,000 0 50,000,000 0 10,000,000 0 42,514,988 13 12,826,541 39 4,000,000 0 3,239,831 0 200,000 0 230,000 0 1,402,889 93 1,458,631 0 198,411 38 236,803 0 412,108 72 L 788,452,583 21 ... ... f. 67,900,000 0 ... ... 23,350,000 0 Reserve fund ... ... 10,000,000 0 Ditto of the branch banks ... 2,980,750 14 Reserve-immobiliere ... 4,000,000 0 Notes to bearer, in circulation 393,776,700 0 Ditto of the branch banks ... 71,765,900 0 Ditto to order (post-bills) 1,748,846 0 Account-current with Treasury creditor 87,284,360 14 Various accounts current 81,774,454 83 Ditto in branches 23,835,329 0 Bills payable at sight 5,247,000 0 Ditto at branches 1,300,336 0 Bills of the branch banks payable by the Bank ... ... 6,199,911 52 Ditto of the Bank payable by branches.. 3,762,665 0 Dividends payable Liquidation;of the Algiers Bank ... 18,915 0 Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 480,440 6 Ditto branch banks 865,025 0 Expenses anticipated ... 260,787 50 Re-discounts of the last six months ... 263,317 26 Ditto in branch banks 285,209 0 Miscellaneous ... ". 931,690 51 f. 788,452,588 21 Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France, D'ARGOUT. We find by the foregoing account that the cash in hand has increased within the week by 4,500,000 f. The amount of commercial bills discounted have increased by 250,000 f. The pretested bills have diminished by 105,000 t. Tho bank-notes in circulation have decreased by 500,000 f. The balance to the credit of the Treasury has decreased by 2,250,000 f. The sundry credits have increased by 4,750,000 E THE FRENCH BUDGET. that the agreement will be nearly unatll• mous. Although no farther concession is made in domestics, the difficulty of selling is in no degree diminished. What stock there is, how ever, appears to be in few hands, able and dis posed to hold on against any further fall, now that the production is so greatly curtailed. Printed cloths are in very limited request, at the lowest rates of last week. In all descriptions of 40-inch *shirtings, how• ever, and particularly in those weighing seven pounds and upwards, the transactions have been of consider able extent for the Calcutta and China markets. The makers are now, for the most part, more or less under contract and, consequently, disposed to harden in their demands. The report of the Committee on the Budget of Receipts was on Friday distributed to the Assembly. The Committee reminds the Chamber that in the report which it had already presented on the budget of expenses it proposes a saving of more than 40 millions on the ordinary and of more than 44 millions on the extraordinary expenses. In going beyond that, it would have feared to compromise the ser vices for which it was indispensable to pro vide. This may be readily understood by ana lysing the nature of the expenses which amount to 1,408 millions for the ordinary budget of 1850. This amount includes in the first place nearly 264 millions which are only matters of order, and do not constitute a real charge ; 43 millions for expenses incurred for the recovery of revenue and sundry products, and more than 326 millions representing the amount of the public debt; there, therefore, really remains to pay the ex penses annually demanded for the public services of the country a sum of 735 millions, and it is on this sum of 735 millions that the Committee proposed a reduction of 40 millions. It did not consider itself justified in going beyond that figure while the interests of the country demanded the army to be kept up to its present effective strength. It was therefore to the increase of the receipts that it considered it necessary to devote its attention. The ordinary receipts are estimated at 1,251,523,967 f. It com prises in these estimates the price of the sale of the domains of a portion of the old Civil List for the amount of 9,105,000 f. Of this subject the Committee proposes the abrogation of the decree of 1848, which authorises the Minister of Finance to sell the woods, forests, and lands of the old Civil List, as this property having now become the domain of the State cannot remain subjected to a special measure. The Committee proposes an additional article, to the effect that no national property can be devoted to the public service but by a Bill. The report states that the reduction of the duty on salt has been very prejudicial to the in terests of the Treasury. The receipts for January and February of this year are less by 3,550,000 f. than they were in the corresponding months of 1849. While admitting that there may be an increase in the consumption, the Committee expresses a doubt whether it will give the advantages expected from it. The old duty would have given an amount of 70 millions, whilst the actual duty will only realise about 29 millions, which will make a loss to the Treasury of 41 millions. The duty on potable liquors received in 1849 is only nine millions lower than in 1846. That duty figures in the budget for 100 millions. Without in any way prejudicing the result of the parliamentary inquiry, the Committee observes how injurious the suppression of that tax would be to the Treasury. The reveuue from Algeria stands at 14,340,000 f. The receipts resulting from the special bills are only set down at 32 millions, as they will only come into execution during the last eight months of the year. The stamp, registration, and patentee duties established by the Bills presented by M. Massy and by the present Minister, will give for the entire year forty millions. The postage on letters will produce eight millions. The extraor dinary receipts are set down in the budget for eighty-four millions, of which ten millions arise from the re-payment to be made by the Northern Railway Company, which will then remain a debtor for 35 millions; three millions for the duty on the transfer of the succession of Madame Adelaide, and 71,895,150 for the fonds de dotation and the arrears of the sinking fund. This last sum, however, the Com mittee only admits temporarily, believing it will be im possible not to take into account in the budget of 1851 the engagements entered into towards the creditors of the State. The Committee establishes the excess of the ordinary expenses over the receipts of all kinds at 588,870 f. ; and as there have been already new credits voted for a sum of 14 millions, the net excess of the ordinary expenses is 14,588,870 f. The Committee does not present any modifica tion as to the creation for the services of the Treasury, and for the negotiation with the Bank of France, of bonds bearing interest payable at fixed dates, the amount of which has been fixed at 200 millions. The Minister of Finance has demanded authorization to inscribe in the Grand Lirre or the public debt and to negotiate by means of public competition a loan of 200 millions. The Committee has considered it its duty to strike out this article. ROCIIDALE,DIONDAY.—The market has been ra ther thinly attended to-day, and the business trans acted has bee❑ more limited than it was on the pre ceding Monday. The wool market continues slack, and prices have rather a downward tendency. MACCLISFIRLD, TUESDAY.—We have to report a chequered sort of market for manufactured goods. In the piece trade there is a fair demand, as also for goods suitable for shippers ; but the demand for the home market is but slack. The cold weather we have lately experienced has, no doubt, had the effect of holding things back to some extent. On the resumption of business, with warmer weather, we hope to see a good demand, at remunerating prices, as the accounts from China appear decisive, the prices of silk being fully established, and a con siderable diminution of supply upon what was pre. viously expected to be the year's total. The dyers, in some instances, are receiving snore work from the warehouses. The raw silk market is quoted with much firmness, chiefly on account of the overland mail, lately arrived, which reports supply at 13,500 to 15,000 bales maximum. Some letters speak of the former Lumber as being the probable quantity, and prices fully 25 per cent. higher than last season. HUDDERSFIELD, TUBSDAT.—There is little visible change in our market since Tuesday last, buyers still continuing timid. There seems to be some hope of the price of wool sinking; till which, combined with more favourable weather, a better state of things cannot be expected. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—The attendance in our Piece Hall to-day was not large, nor was Much busi ness done. As prices seam likely to recede, the mere chants are very shy of purchasing; and what goods are sold are quoted at rather lower rates. The same may be said of yarn ; the shipping houses buying very sparingly, and the spinners having to submit to a reduction in price upon all new contracts. There is not much doing in wool, and the quotations are on the decline. LEEDS, TUESDAT.—We have had an indifferent market, both on Saturday and to-day; the merchants acting with great caution, and only buying sparingly to meet present demands. The manufacturers aro still busy with orders, and stocks are low. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian) 11ANCHESTLE, TUFSDAT.—In mule and water twist for exportation, there is no material change since last week. Common 40 s are taken with fully as much readiness for the East; and there has b een a little more inquiry for spinnings adapted to the markets of the Levant. Yarns suitable for the Euro pean continent continue to be bought only in small parcels, for purposes of assortment, at the lowest pre vious rates. Taking warps and weft tor home con sumption in the aggregate, they have yielded a little further in value since Saturday ; and it is only in this way that the sales have been somewhat increased. The serious decline in this last class of yarns has rendered a trade which, not long ago, was a compara tively good one, almost as bad as that of water twist. Short time is, therefore, impending in this depart ment. At Stockport a meeting of the principal mill owners took place yesterday, and was adjourned until to-morrow. In that borough there is a steam-power c,f at least 3,000 horses and, up to this time, some thing like three-fourths are pledged to four days, or thirty-nine hours per week. We are assured COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early morning walk. The Royal Family took their accustomed airings in the Slopes and Windsor Park. His Royal highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback this morning, attended by Colonel Bouverie. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening included her Royal highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Spoil, and Mr. Birch. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Alderman Hum phery, M.P., Messrs. R. Archer and A. Christie, churchwardens of St. George ; Mr. Bailey, church warden of Christchurcb, Spitalfields ; Mr. Vousley, churchwarden of Bermondsey ; Mr. Messer, secretary, St. Marylebone ; Messrs. Overseer Lloyd, Thomas Parr, Pepper ill, and Cottle, guardians, St. Androw, Holborn; Mr. May, churchwarden, St. Saviour's ; Mr. Tarplee, churchwarden, St. Luke's; Mr. Healy, churchwarden, St. Pancras ; and Mr. Day, vestry clerk, St. George the Martyr, transacted business yesterday at the Home-office. DANUBIAN PROVINCES. Letters from Bucharest of the Bth announce posi tively that the Russian troops had at last begun to evacuate the Danubian principalities; part of them were leaving by the extreme frontier near Kistritza, Aresu, &c., and part were being concentrated at Kra love, from whence they were to proceed towards Bracla and Fokschan. The force that was to remain in the principalities was not known. The Porte and the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh have agreed upon an amnesty to be granted to the Moldavian and \Vallachian exiles. From this am nesty, which will be soon procisimed, Mr. Elida and Mr. Fell, ex-members of the Provisional Government, are excepted, as well as the four young men who were compromised in the attack committed upon the person of Prince Ribesco a few days before the revo lutionary movement of 1848. NATAL INTELLIGENCE. - PORTSMOUTH, WBDNESDIT.—The Lily, 12, Com mander Bedford, was inspected yesterday, and her crew mustered and paid in advance at Spithead, by Captain Blackwood, of the Victory. She sailed to day at noon for Devonport, to ship the mail and re ceive final orders. The Electra, 14, and Rapid, 8, were taken into the basin yesterday, ready for docking ; they were taken in to-day to be refitted for re-commission. The Fantome, 14, was undocked last evening, and taken under the shears ready for roasting, as she is to be fitted and rigged for commission. The Sharpshooter iron steam-vessel, Lieutenant. Commander J. C. Bailey, together with her Ma jesty's dispatch yacht Elfin, Acting-Master Balliston commanding, were removed from the steam-basin to day refitted. The Sprightly steam-tender, Acting-Master Allen commanding, proceed e d l as t even i ng t o Ply mou th with supernumeraries. The Dauntless steam-frigate is progressing fast with her rigging. She has topmasts up and fidded, topmast rigging fitted, &c. ATPOINTMENTS. Wootwicn, MARCH 27. Master Frederick R. Sturdee (1843), from the Centaur, flag-ship on the coast of Africa, to the Tortoise, 12, store-ship at the Island of Ascension. Master William Bayford, to the Centaur, vice Sturdee. Assistant-Surgeon John N. Ryder, to the In• trepid screw steam-vessel fitting for the Arctic ex• pedition. Commander J. 0. Johnson (1849), Commander William F. Barnett (1846), and Lieutenant J. W. Vaughan (1848), have been appointed to-day to study steam at the Factory at Woolwich Dockyard. The Myrtle steam-vessel went up the river yester day from Sheerness to Blackwell with masts and spars for the Assistance, fitting at Mr. Green's shipbuilding yard for the Arctic expedition. It has been decided that the present masts of the Intrepid, Lieutenant-Commander John Bertie Cator, are to be taken out, and other masts, ten feet longer each, are to be substituted. The Dasher steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Parks, was taken out of the basin to-day, after hay ing been thoroughly refitted. The Magicienne steam-sloop has had her ballast and weights, with which she was tried between the Nore and Mouse Light, taken out, and a party of riggers have been selected to take her round to Chatham on Saturday next, to be made ready for sea at that port. The Megarx steam-vessel is taking ballast on board, preparatory to being tried down the river. The Cygnet sloop, 8, Commander Robertson, just returned to Portsmouth from the Coast of Africa, brought home one sergeant and four gunners of the Royal Artillery from St. Helena, and they joined head-quarters at Woolwich garrison yesterday. TOTNES ELECTION. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) TOTICES, 'WEDNESDAY, FITS O'CLOCY.—This bo rough has been thrown into a slight state of elec tioneering excitement by the appointment of Lord Seymour (one of its Members) to the office of Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests, which renders a new election necessary. Lord Seymour having stated in an address issued to the electors last evening that he would meet them at the Guildhall this day, a very numerous muster took place this afternoon shortly after three o'clock, to hear his Lordship's sentiments on the principal political topics which are at present occupying the attention of the country. The Hon. Candidate, after explaining the reason of his again coming before them to solicit a continuance of the support which had been so often before given to him briefly contrasted the condition of Great Britain with that of some of the neighbouring kingdoms. lie then entered at some length into the financial position of the country, and showed that the Government bad made large reductions in the naval, military, and ordnance estimates. These reductions, he considered. had been effected partly through the exertions of a Committee appointed by the . liouse of Commons, eve, which he himself presided, and of which Mr. Cobden, Mr. Hume, and Sir James Graham were also mem bers. He then stated his firm and unalterable attach ment to the Established Church, but strongly depre cated the angry disputes and unseemly quarrels which had been occasioned by some of its members, and al luded to the late action of the Bishop of Exeter against the Western Times for the report of a speech of his delivered at Totnes, which appeared in that paper. The Hon. Candidate, after briefly glancing at the principal Ministerial measures now before Parlia ment, particularly that for the extension of the suf frage in Ireland (of which he avowed himself a warm supporter), concluded an admirable speech, which was listened to with great attention, by earnestly so liciting a renewal of the confidence which had bees on so many occasions reposed in him, and of which he had ever sedulously endeavoured to prove himself worthy. A placard has been issued by the extreme party in the borough, stating that a candidate of true Reform principles will solicit their suffrages ; but there can be no doubt whatever of Lord Seymour's re-election by a triumphant majority. It is stated that Mr. Miall will be the Radical cau• didate. _ _ The nomination will take place on Saturday. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, hLtscri 27. STOCK EXCIUNOL—Tkere wa no businem winitteTer don to-day. LIVERPOOL, Waxcn STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was extremely dull to-day, the amount of business done was limited, and prices had a declining tendency. The transactions were all follow :—London and North-Western, 161 1 —.Dittci, New Quarters, Bs. M.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, ConsoL, 344-- Ditto, Fifths, 9% c. dig.—Ditto, _Preference, 12 1 7 . 2 --Ditto (West Riding Union), 8L,4 c. dig.—Leeds and Bradford, 99 SBsj—Ditto, Halves, 25 %---South-Eastern and Dover (No. 4), Registered, 4/. 11s. 3d. c.—Ditto, Thirds, 4 % —Dutch Rhenish, 61. Is. 3d. MANCHESTER, llktcn 27. STOCK EXCHANOR.—The market to-day was rer7 fat, and there was not much business done; prices, however. are almost stationary. The transactions were as follow : Lancashire and Yorkshire, 34;4—Ditto, Fifths, 9% dig.—.• Ditto, 321. (late Extension), 12 6.16 din—Ditto (West Riding Union), 81,4 dis.—London and North-Western, Manehestes and Birmingham (C ), Q uarters, 9 - 16 c.---North Staffordshire, 10 % — South-Eastern and Dover, 14—Ditto, Third! (No. 4), 14 c. 4 11 - 16 —Ditto, Scrip, 47i —Caledonian , 8 3 / 4 —Ditte, Pre. ference., 5 3i—Great Nor thern, % die. BIIEMINGHXM,Lshcff 27. SToCIC EXCHANGE.—The share market was extremely quiet to-day. Little business was done, and only trifling de viations from last quotations. North Staffordshires were done at 10 dis. The rumoured arrangement between that com pany and th e L on don and North-Western has had a favour able infl uenc e, small though it may be, upon the price of iti shares. YORK, BiAlcu 26. STocic ExcHatcc3E. 7 The transactions to-dav were as follow :—Eastern Counties, 71. 6s. 3d.—North British, Thirds. 2/. 16s. 3d. Shrewsbury iwd Dirmiugham, Preference. tl. Hi& N.