The Sun. — London, England, 1850-04-18 00:00:00

[The following appeared in our Fourth Edition of last night :—] FRANCE. The Committee on manufactures assembled yester day, at the Luxembourg, under the presidency of M. Mimerel. The question of labour in factories both by children and adults, and that of Sunday working, was discussed. The two systems, viz., that of regulations, and that of absolute liberty, on which the opinions of political economists are divided, were also the sub ject of deliberation. The intervention of the adminis tration, with regard to children, was approved of, but its serious inconvenience, in a practical point of view, as regards the labour of adults, was forcibly pointed out. It was considered that it was a point which ougt to be settled between the workmen and their masters. With regard to Sunday labour, it was considered impossible to prevent by legislation the workman, who from habit or from the wants of him self or his family, should think proper to work on Sunday; but it was generally admitted that the mas ters should not be allowed to compel it, when their awn wished to take rest on that day. The National Assembly yesterday voted, on the motion of M. Leon de Malleville, a subvention of 70,000 f. to the Italian Opera. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 11th have arrived. The estates of the Prince of Peace have been ordered to he restored to him. General Urhistondo has left Madrid for England, to proceed, via Suez and India, to the Phillippine Islands, of which he has been appointed Governor. MADRID BoIAA, APRIL 11.—The Three per Cents. were done at 293- for cash ; the Four per Cents, at 13a for paper; the Five per Cents., 13k; the Debt with out Interest, at 4 1-16th; and the Coupons, at 8. ITALY. The sitting of the Chamber of Deputies of Turin of the 11th was almost entirely taken up with the discussion on the abolition of differential duties on vessels of all nations, without regard to reciprocity. After a warm debate the principle of the Bill was agreed to, and the discussion of the articles adjourned to the following sitting. The Minister of the Inte rior presented several demands for credits, two of which to be applied to the aid of Italian refugees. The Opinione of Turin of the 12th states that in consequence of the vote on the Ecclesiastical Courts, the Papal Nuncio has demanded his passports of the Sardinian Government, and left Turin. Monsignor G.zsila, according to the Corriere Mercantile, arrived at Genoa on the 9th. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sza,—l observed in your Parliamentary report that it is stated that a petition was presented from Middlesborough against the duty on malt, whereas was against the repeal of the malt-tax. I beg to in close a copy of the petition, and shall be obliged by - your inserting it in your paper.—Yours, &c., JOHN tAYLOR, Middlesborough, April 15. PETITION AGAINST E. S. CAYLEY'S NOTION FOR THE REPEAL OF THE DUTY ON MALT. To the Hon. the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled. The humble petition, &c. &c. Your petitioners observe with regret that notice of motion has been given to repeal the duty on malt, with a view to increase the consumption of fermented liquors. That the evidence taken before the Committee of your Hon. House, on commercial distress, proved that the chief oause of that distress was an extreme scarcity of food. That in the opinion of your petitioners such scarcity is mainly to be attributed to the great consumption of grain iu the manufacture of intoxicating liquors, amount ing to nearly eight million quarters annually. That not only is the country impoverished by this ' large abstraction of grain from its legitimate uses, but the consumption of these liquors is the most prolific c :use of crime and pauperism. . That this crimo awl pauperism entail an expenditure on the Government, far exceeding the revenue derived from the duty on malt. Your petitioners therefore entreat your Hon. House nut to remit any part of the duty now levied upon malt. And your petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray, &c. HEALTH of LONDON during the WEEK. (From the Official Report.) A considerable decrease is observed in the mortality of the week ending last Saturday. The total deaths registered in the metropolitan districts, which in the previous week rose to 1,124, were last week only 893, whereas the average derived from deaths in ten col.- reiponding wevki of IS4B-9, and raised in propor tion to increased population, is 1,001, and in the last threw corresponding ws elts—namely, those of 1847-9, the deaths rose to about 1,050 and upwards. In last week, as compared with that immediately preceding, the d. athv classial as having been caused by zymotic or epi demic diseases are almost exactly c f the same amount; in this return there are 157, of which 7 were from small pox, 15 f:cen meas!el, 18 from scarlatina, 35 from boaping-cough, 4 from influenz!, all of which diseases, are et present less ftval than usual; there are also 37 from typhus, which is about the average; and 13 from di .rrhre r, 6 1, ofn remittent fever, 5 trom rheumatic fey r (uesides 3 from rhournatiam!, and 8 from erysipe la-, from which dise.ises the mortality is rather above the average. diseases of the respiratory organs still exhib:t n arnall increase on the average, though compared with the mortality of 'this class in the previous work, they show a reduction. Bronchitis, pneumonia, aithma, and otter cimplaints affecting the organs of respiration (with the exception of hooting eaugh and consumption) number 174, the average being 161; their progress during the last six weeks may be tracycl in the following numbers: —l7l, 182, 231, 254, 253, arid 174, these fluctuations being nearly c ,, iueident with rise and fall of temperature. Phthisis (or consumption) was East to 108 persons last week, an unusually small number; the year 1843 affords the only example of a corresponding week in which the mortality from this disease was so low; the aver age is about 150. On the 6th of April, in the Mary lenone Workhouse, a widow died, whose age is reported to have been 103 years; she sunk by " natural decay. " Oirthe 28th o f le.rch, in Ferry-street, Poplar, the daughter of a labourer, aged 3 years, died of privation, or according to the return made by the coroner ' s jury, froth "'natural d ea th acce l e rated by want." Two men and two women are registered as the victims of intera perance'. In workhouses 77 deaths were registered in the week, and in hospitals 58, of which 35 were in gene rat hospitals, 8 in naval and military, and 8 in lunatic asylums. DOCXIS. Dividend Amount • Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. ......,____ X I. d. £ N. d. East and West India... 61. pr cent. Stock. - 142 East Country .. 205. per sb. 100 0 0 - 21 London • 5l. pr cont. Stock. - 118 X Ditto Bonds •.. IL per cent. - - - St. Katharine .... •• •• 4 per cent. Stock. - 81 Ditto, Scrip - . - 95 0 I - Ditto 80nd5........ 1%1. pr cent. - - - Southampton .• •. - - 21. per cent., 40 0 0, 50 0 0 - BRIDGES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. --- - X. 5. d. X. s. d. Charing -cross•• - .. - - - - ISM Southwrk .......... - ICO 0 0 - - Ditto Nw of 754 p.c. 355. per cent. 50 0 0 - is Waterloo ............ - ' 100 0 0 - 334 Ditto Old Ann. of 41. 11. 4s. Od. - 80 0 I 27 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. Is. Od. - 40 0 0 24 Vauxhall .... ..• Av. 11. 70 10 3 - Is VITATER-WORILS. Dividendper of Amount raid. Price. Name of Company. ' 1 Annum. Share. - - £ i. d. X is. d. East Lonion••• ••••• • • I 81. 100 0 0 - 172 Grand Junction -•• •• 41. per cnt. 50 0 0 - 75 rent........ •• •• •• •• t al. 10a. 100 0 0 - 78 Lambeth -..-•• - •• 51. per cnt. 100 I 0 - 87 New Rivr Lndn Brage ' 21. 105. - - 55 Vauxhall ...... .• - - 51. per cat. 100 0 0 - 9$ West Middlesex • . . 61.05. pr cnt. - - 116 GAS-MIGHT AND COED COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ------- X. s. d. A. N. d. British •••• • • •••• •• .. I/. 40 0 0 Di 0 0 14 Ditto Provincial.... 11. Bs. 20 9 5 20 0 0 20 Brighton -......... 61. 20 I 0 - - City of London ...... 61. 100 II I 150 0 I - Continental Consolidat. has. 75 0 0 31 5 0 Equitable.. -....•• .. 50s. 50 0 0 60 0 I 27 imperial •• .... •• •• •• 31. SO 0 I 50 0 11 , 70 Independent ....... •• 61. 40 I 5 41 0 0 ' 56 London• • ............ - so 01l sots' $ - 50 • 0 59 5 5 - I 18 Do., Part. Preference 61. 25 I 5 215 5 I - Phoenix , ............ 4%1. 50 5 0 49 10 1 28% RAteliff .... •..•• •• • • 51. 100 5 0 90 9 0 ; 75 United General .• -• • 75. 6d. 50 0 5 SO 0 0 ' lb% Westminster Chartered 31. 50 0 0 - 46 Ditto, New .. • . -... 125. 50 0 0 10 9 0 , 9 FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basiughall-streot. _• _ . E. T. De'afield, Brook-street, Grosvenor square and Fulham, brewer, May 9, at halt-past eleven—J. We-bster, Southgate, Middlesex, dealer in raining shares, May 9, at tweli e —W. 13. Blaber, Little Mr...in, City, plumber and gLzier, May 10, at half-past eleven— W. 13wIdle, Irongatc-wharf, Paddington, timber merchant and saw mill proprietor, May 10, at twelve. In the Country. E. T. Colemln, Li!orninster, and Carnaby-itreet, St. 34,trylebune, scrivener and viine and spirit merchant, MaY. P. at twelve, at the Court. Birmingham. PALCIENT OF DIVIDENDS. G. Perigal aNd C. ,Brady, Clement's-lane: Lombard strp( wine merehaws, 25., on Monday, - 2. 9 d inst., and two ‘Atlf,s, qunnt Mondays, between eleven and three, at the offs c .f Mr. CAnnan, Birehin-lane, CitY• J. Henderson, 13elfa,t, bookseller and news agent, Is. 54 4 . any Wediwsday, between eleven and three, at the (Ace: of Mr. VVllitruere, lidiinghall-street. .1. Irnray, Old nahostreet-hill, Upper Thames street, stationer, and Mineries, chartEeller, 2id., any Wodnes d.iy, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore. Basinghall-street. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, liaainghall-street. J. In.bster, Southgate, Middlesex, (Leffler in mining shares, May 9, at twelve —C. Steno, Colchester, gro 8, at twelve —A. Wheeler, Buckingham, ca bi nc t maker, May 7, at one'—fl. Watts, Upper Bryan treet, Bryanstone-aquare, corn dealer, May 7, at ha'f-past eleven. In the Country. - D. Blackburn, T. Pickles, D. Crabtree,,and W. Black burn, ibbott Royd Mill, Halifax, cotton spinners, May an 7, at eleven, at the Court , Leeds—C. T. Glover ad elle iter, small. ware dea!er, May. 9, at twelve , at the C ,urr, 11•inehoster-7-11. J. Ilinxwan, Bury, apothecary, WI)? S, ateleven, at the Court, Manchester—J. Marge t , I - If dleton Manchester, cotton spinner, May 6 I 0, at _roy, , en , twelv ,, , at the Court, Manchester—J. Price, Binning. ham, . cabinet maker, May 15, at twelve, at the C ourt Bir m i nganir ..G. s, Flood and 11. B. Lott, Honiton, .D;vonshire;l;ankerp, ......g at the ay 22, at eleven, Court, Exete rf -W. -• 11am e l y, Crockernell, Devonshire, victual ler, May 22, at eleven, at the Cosa, Exeter. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. __ J. J. (I°lstin and W. M. Colson, Upper Holloway, rciern I3arneri and Bells-style, Middlesex, brickmakers and faithera—G. L. Betty, Taunton, Somersetshire, baker, certificate of th e third class—lV. IL Barnard, F, " Midhttrsr, „ Cooper, upholst er e r certificate of the third class—a. Ben., woiv,rhampton, locksmith, cer tificate of the third class —W. H. Malpas, Nottingham, innkeeper, certificat e of the first.class—H. Sutcliffe and J. W. Hurris, Rochdale, Lancashire, cotton spinners and manufacturers, certificate of the first class—W. Pales t 'II, Wrexhcm, ILabighshire, draper, certificate of the first class, ufteh 21 days from April 12. VARTNERSIIIPS DISSOLVED. V. Gill and W. Roebuck, Leed., linendrapers—W. and T. B at ! zan , T oxteti, Lancasaire—T. 11. 1.111;:kvrfdl, nittirqi,bam add D er b y, cabinetmakers— B. Hobson i... 1 Brandram. J.' 13. 'Peoe, A. I S . Brandram and T. W , liver', .Sine-liitte, merchants (so f ur as regards T. Weaver)— T. and W. Hitches, Shelton, Staffordshire builders—J. and A. Bull oug h an d W. Birtwistle' WatersitP; 1 - 42ricasbire, power loom cloth manufacturers' (s , fir 23 I egartls W. Liirtwistle)—S. Edwards and F.T. :it: 0 S aldinr, Lincohashimattorneys—G. Bland and T. tar" k linendrapers—Richard and R. Williamson, 0 ir,.' ;•: '. . Derbyshire, cor n millers—T. and W. / z :.- Vale, surgeons—F. La M ar k an d W. H . Ana ,,F ;461 4 p ateAhnefower-street,ship-brokers—W.Fl eem i ng it.4.4.4..5ky 4 t, Wolverhampton, chemists—l. Dodds !,..--- , , v - r i:Ge, tii,igniarlloltecs Soap W or k s , near R ot h erham, lii f , 1 1. 0)1604re,:slopt-n3anufacturers—T. Hitching, J. Stans [-„Alelkitafi 'I, Pegliffe, Halifax, joiners a nd w h ee l wr i g l 4 ...- ,••--:-::*. .. : 1 ... n . -.., . CANALS. ~• Names of tt 'Dividend pric , per p r f, Companies. 1 ; per e l Companies. . 4o ' A n „ m. I Nome , of i Dividend V: ' Annual. va ' 1 - ~.- - ▪ I X ----- Ashtn & ()hill 97' 71. 113 Macclesfield. 100 21. 108. 80 y.. • • 160; Barnsle 121. 180 Neatk ... •• • 100 M. 340 I2rknk&Abrg 151' 111. $5 Oxford ....• • 103 20/. 185 1 Birmingham' 40 41. I 86 Peak Forest. 73 31. 18s. 70 Coventry.... ;100 251. 210 Regent's.... 33' 11. 2s. 1 8! Derby ••• • • 'loo' 61. 63 Rochdale.... 15 1 41. 50q Ellsrnre&Dhs 1 133 s6s. 41 Sornrset Coal 1 50 , 71.105. 130 GrandJunetnlloo 51. 85% Do.Lk I'd St 12 I 61. p. c. - Grand Surrey 100 21, Oa. 30 Stffrd &Wore 140 W. 410 Grand Union , , 100 11. 10s, 24 Shrewsbury.. 125 Grantham ..1 - - - Stoarbridge.. 201. 300 Ken nt & Are 145 39 7s. 6d. 5% S evern and 1 1,, Lancaster . 'lOO 21. 32% Wye Ra 11.3 261 •••• 05 . - Leeds& Livrp ' 100 301. 322 Warwic k& Leicester .... 100 ' 51. 66 lairming. j 100 41 ' 64 Leicetr &Nth' 83 41. 48% Warwick& i 100 31. 42 Loucli horegh 142' 701. 510 N apton. Nfonmouthsh; 100 81. - Worestr 1;1 sintg.imrysk 100 - - Birming. 3 78 v. 4IN MeltnMwbry. 100 - - Wilts & Irks -14 s. 8 le ',vim OP SCOTTISH" COPSPANXES' PRICZS Dividend Amount to Name of Company. per of Paid. Pries. Annum. Share. -.--- --.-- ----- 4 s. d. A s. d Bank of Scotland 10 0 . 0 0 0 1 13 2, , British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 • 0 228 $ per sent. 10 0. 0 210 • 3/. 15, Caledonian Bank 211 0 0 0 6 ,; C cl l y ty de ol d G al l e as u g a ow nk ß . a . n . k 1 6651. per rr cent. 2• Commercial Bank • • • • 1 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 5 : 0 0 9 1 4 Eastern Bank.. •••• • • 71. per cent. 500 0 0 ,100 0 A 169 - . Edinb.& Glasgow Rank 61. per cent. 5/.12s 1 10 0 0 70 0 - fete of Man. Company 71. per cent. Exehangeßnk of Scot 4T. per cent. 100 6 0 0 0 50 0 0 12% National Bank 6 % per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 15 North of Scotland B ank 41. per c ent. 20 0 • 00 0 3% , North British Bank : - -- - Royalßank of Scotland bl. 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 60 0 0 74 Alliance Fire and Life 8341. pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 20% B. Accord. Lifeand Fire - 20 0 5 0 10 0 - British Guarantee Ins. 41. p er lent 10 0 0 1 0 0 16i Od Caledonian Fire Incur. 101. p er cent. 10 0 5 0 10 0 0 1 23 Colonial Life ... - 50 0 0 1 0 0 I/. 118. City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 6 0 2 0 0 21. 9s Edinburgh Life Incur 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 20% East of Scotland Life " - 10 0 0 015 0 - Eng. & Scot, Law Life 61. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 - Ilemrcules Insurance Co 7l. p e r coa t. 100 0 0 10 0 0 L tiur i aet e rico As anna s t o lu c re . iLr o a t irea S n c!o i tia L.i n i d ; , 6 31 1 .% . p p e e pr r er c ce e ca n ti t . . 11 1 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 . In f ra.. Co. o f Scetlnd Si. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 , 1 2 5 1 2 3 1. 5 ..0 1 .64 0 d! North British Incur 5/ pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 24A ' North & W est of Scot 61:per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 I Scottish Life an d Guar . - - 20 II 0 011 0 - 1381h1;na1nodnGIZitifee. 6k 1. pr cont. 20 0 0 1 0 11 2 s.O s Sc co o t t i - 0 0 015 0 - Stan lard Life ... Per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 3 94 United Dep. Assurance 51 , per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 16s 6d SI ZSCIII.X.ANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. A u ction Mart •••• • • • • 21. ss. 50 04.5.d.A. a. d. 0 - 25 Austra lian Agrienlturl 11. 100 0030 0 0 lb Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - Ditto, Ilalf Shares.. - - j 210 0 -...- Canada • • • • • .• (I. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 26 ... • • • Uppr Canada Bonds 51 . per cent. .__ 89 - rity Navigation •• • • -- - 91 Gen. revers. &Invest. 5 p.c.&b5,21100 0 0 100 0 0 94 E e g n u . i s ta t b ea te m i 51. pr cent. 100 0 0 1 100 0 e 105 Al. Ss. 15 0 0 14 0 0 London Institution . • • - - 78 15 11 G tze v r ig si a o t n io ry n Russell Institution •• • • - 26 5 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 91 . 100 0 0 60 e • b 2 c Penlnslr&Orient•Stm. 81 . per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 80 Reversionary Int. Soc. 44 1 . pr cent . Royal Mail Steam.... 6l 1 8 . 4 . p. 100 0 0 , 29 0 0 Van Diem:ties Land.. - South Australian ..... 11. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 19 FRANKFORT.—A number of orthodox Jews having rece ntly p Jewish resented a memorial to the Senate, requesting their sanction f ur t h e formation of a d i st i nc t re li g ions association, the Senate h as referred the subject to the comm ittee of the congregation of this city, and awaits their report thereon. , -.Tetrif4 Chronicle, THE SUN, LONDON, (so far as regards J. Cunliffe)—T. Tannahill and W. Davidson, Pbilpot-lane—J. C. Seaifa and W. Bentley, Leeds, linendrapers—H. Kaye, J. Kaye, J. Varley, T. Rhodes, and J. Knight, Holmfirth. Yorkshire, machine makers—T. Bradbury and W. Rushton, Birmingham, brassfounders—R. Worsley and T. Manley, St. Helen's Lancashire, grocers—W. Rowlandson and H. J. Atkin son, King -street, Cheapside, Manchester warehousemen. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. John Ingham, Manchester. Henry Guppy, Wooton, Southamptonshire. James Wild Wateridge, Lyndhurst, Hants, carpenter. John Smitb, Scarborough, porter. Charles William Fellows, Southampton, baker. Henry E Ides, Southamp t on, hairdresser. William Cass, Scarborough. . . Thomas Valentine, Southampton, chemist and drnggisi Jonathan Tuck, Norton, Suffolk, beerseller. Jabin Roberts, Great Grimsby, grocer. James Robinson, Gainsborough. currier. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. _ . P. Montgomerie ' Port Glasgow, merchant, to meet within the White Hart Inn, Greenock, April 22, and May 11, at twelve. A. Malcolm, Eirkahly, wood-merchant, to meet within Robot tson's National Hotel, lilrkaidy, April 24, and May 15, at twelve. W. and R. Tofcs, Edinburgh, printers, to meet within Kennedy's Ship Hotel, Edinburgh, April 22, and May 8. at two. PRICES OF SHARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER CODS, COMPANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING, LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 16. ZOtNT-BTOCZ ZAZINILS. Name of Company. Dividend per Amount of Share. Paid. IPr Asimun. Australasia .. Britsh North American Ceylon — Commercial of London Colonial .• ...• Gloucestershire • • • • • • Londn and Westrninstr London Joint-Stook . • . Provincial of Ireland.. Ditto. National of Ireland .. Nat. Provincial of Eng. Ditto, New. ....... South Australis • . •. Union of A.ustralla.... Ditto .. •........... Union of L0nd0n..... Union of Madrid ..... 12s. 51. per cent. 71. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 151 per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent.l 61. per cent. 81. per cent. 81. per cent. bi. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 61, per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. INSURANCE 0 Name of Company. Dividend per Annum. Amount of Share. Albion .............. Alliance Brit. and For. Ditto Marine. • • • • • • Atlas ....... British Commercial •• Clericl,Med .& Gen. Life County .............. Crown • • • • • • • • •• • • • • Eagle • ••••• European Life ••• • • • General .. •• •• • • .... Oboe Glardian ...... • • • • • Imperial Fire • ..• • • • . Imperial Life Indemnity Marine.... Law Fire •........... Law Life • • Legal and General Life Licensed Victuallers.. London Fire ........ London Ship • ........ ktarine ........... fed. Invlld & Gen. Life National Loan Fund.. National Palladium Life Pelican ............ • • Pncenix • • Pi otector Life.... Provident Life •• Rock Life...... • . Royal Exchan:e . Sun Fire.. Ditto Lite ..... United Kingdom L.." Universal Life.... Victoria Life 31. 101. 7114 s 6dic les 61. per cent. 13..6d. 78. Gd. b pr et.te bs. 31. 14s. 61. 434 per cent. 61. per cent. 51. 121. per ccnt, _ 12s. 11. sh. & bs. 11. 16e. 10s. 10s. 1 12s.per share 4341. per ct. SI. per cent. 61. per cent. N. per cent. 1 31. p. .h. k bs 57. per cent. 11. ss. & bs. ss. 61. per cent. 61. 10s. 17. 6s. 41. per cent. ►O% pr cnt. 51. per cnt. £ a. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 AO 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 ~MpeaT: A i . d. boo 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 $O 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 • 100 0 0 $0 • 0 10 0 0 2000 !Ito k. 100 0 500 0 100 0 100 • 100 0 100 0 50 0 5 6 25 0 25 0 100 0 50 0 20 0 100 8 50 0 ,o 0 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 01 100 0 0' Z s. d. 40 0 0 2 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 13 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 Paid. s. 4. 50 0 0 6 , 11 0 • 2 60 • 1 5 6 It s o 0 10 • • 21 10 0 • 6! 5 0 0 1 , 50 0 I ♦ll paid. II 60 0 1 36 10 SO 0 22! 10 • 1 20 0 3 2 10 II 0 4 2 0 1 • 1' 12 10 14 12 10 1 15 II 1 2 0 2 10 $ 0 2 0 211 10 0 01 2 010 01 I 4 • 0 4 10 • 0 - 40 0 4 STA .ADE (From the illanchester Guardian.) MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.--The tendency - to higher prices in yarns, which was experienced in this market last week, has been carried further to-day, in conse quence of the largely increased falling off in the receipts of cotton at the American ports, as shown by the Niaga ra's advice& The telegraphic statement from Liverpool caused a good deal of excitement, as soon as the spinners began to appear on 'Change; and limier its in fluence, a somewhat startling additional advance was required by many of the sellers. Some of the extreme quotations were, indeed, rather modified in the course of the day; yet, at the close of business, the average rise insisted on, by the trade, may be taken at a farthing per lb. upon the rates of a week ago. In throstle warps, both for shipment and home consump tion, it is a halfpenny. The sales to the manufacturers have rather increased, as have also those to the buyers for the East; but great perplexity has prevailed among the continental merchants, and they can hardly be said to have been in the market at all. On the whole, remarkably little has been done, but that little h as been at higher p r i ces (id. to id.); and the spinners have gone away decidedly firm, and appa rently much at c ase about selling. Except in long cloths, T's, and domestics, which show no improvement beyond a slightly increased inquiry for one or t wo qualities, the effect of the cotton report has been felt in toe goods market. The rise from the prices of this day Beek may be stated at lid. to 3d. on shirtings for exportation, and generally at lid. on what are called medium fabrics; but this rise has restricted the opera tions to an inconsiderable amount. At the quotations of this day week a very extensive business might have been effected; but, having sold heavily during the last three weeks, and finding themselves con stantly placed in a worse position, many in a more and more ruinous one, by the continual rise in cotton, both spinners and manufacturers have been more strongly convinced to-day than they were before, that there is nothing for it but higher prices or a diminished produc tion. The eourse which cotton is taking appears very likely to bring about an extensive recourse to " short time," from sheer necessity, and without any formal agreement among millowners. ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—There is no amendment to re port in the flannel market to-day; the merchants show no disposition to purchase, only for immediate use. This is the time of the year when the flannel business is usually flat. The wool dealers complain of having little to do, and prices may be stated to be much the same as they were on the preceding Monday. MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY. Since our last report manufacturers have been doing current business in suitable descriptions of goods for the season. • There is also more inquiry for thrown silks; without, however, any improvement in prices. The dyers are generally better supplied with work than for some weeks past. The raw silk market is quiet, with prices firm. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.--We have great pleasure in being able to report a more active state of things in our market. Light goods have gone uff very rapidly. Indeed, so great is the demand that the supply can scarcely be kept up. It is probable we shall have a very lively market next week, in consequence of the arrival of the American steamer. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.-.-There has been rather more inquiry to-day for sume descriptions of goods, especially for labtings of low quality, which are still very scarce, as the prices offered are not adequate to the cost of pro duction. There is a fair steady business doing in yarn, and the spinners are fully employed. We cannot report any alteration in the state of the wool market, which is far from active, and the quotations remain without varia tion. LEEDS, TIIESDAL—The marltot has been much better since our last report, and manufacturers are still making large deliveries to order, and stocks are low for the time of year. Business has also improved in the warehouses. The shipping houses continue busy, and some large sales have been made for the home trade. BANK OF FRANCE. ASSETS. Cash and ingots Ditto in branch banks Bills past due Bills falling due in Paris, of which 13,587,064 f. 25c. were receives from the branch banks ... Bills in the branch banks ... Advances on coins and ingots... ... Price. 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 ... Enterest 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 si,4 Miscellaneouseous I The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France on April 11; ... £336,613,715 74 .. 134,831,104 0 686,132 90 40,745,056 63 64,269,276 0 2,573,100 0 328,529 0 17,768,719 85 2,232,247 0 50,000,000 0 50,000,000 0 10,000,000 0 42,394,488 13 12,826,541 39 4,000,000 0 3,249,987 0 200,000 0 230,000 0 1,205,142 8 1,411,619 0 317,205 59 327,132 0 306,486 27 f. 776,516,482 58 LIABILITIES. Capital f. 67,900,000 0 Ditto of the Branch Banks ... 23,350,000 0 Reserve fund ... 10,000,000 0 Ditto of the branch banks 2,980,730 0 Reserve•immobiliere ... 4,000,000 0 Notes to bearer, in circulation 412,977,200 0 Ditto of the branch banks 70,452,675 0 Ditto to order (post-bills) 1,775,080 65 Account•current with Treasury creditor 37,859,664 57 Various accounts current 98,016,766 51 Ditto in branches „.. ... 24,457,244 0 Bills payable at sight ... 5,699,500 0 Ditto at branches 1 , 072,209 0 Bills of the branch banks payable by the Bank ... Ditto of the Bank payable by branches.. Dividends payable ... . . Liquidation of the Algiers Bank Discounts, interest, and expenses Ditto branch banksl Expenses anticipated ... Re-discounts of the last six months Ditto in branch banks Miscellaneous 6,532,217 7 3,236,543 0 325,761 25 16,005 0 2,480,396 65 1,072,776 0 256,152 40 263,317 26 285,209 0 1,507,022 8 f. 776,516,482 58 Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France, D'ARGOUT. We find by the foregoing account that the cash in hand has decreased within the week by 5,000,000 f. The amount of commercial bills discounted has decreased by, 2,500,000 f. The bank-notes in circulation . h ave deer( ased by 400,000 f. The balance t) the credit of the Treasury fee has decreased by 2,500,000 f. Th e sun d ry cre di ts have decreased by 2,250,000 r. The protested bills have de. creased by 100,000 f. PEDESTRIANISM. WESTHALL AND SPOONER'S SEVEN -MILE MATCH FOR 501. ASIDE —The seven-mile walking match, in which % Charles Westhall, " the Champion," and Wm. Spooner, to whom the former gave one minute and a half start, was brought to an issue on Tuesday, at Walton-on- Thames, about a quarter of a mile from the Walton station on the South-Western Railway. The men walked on a measured half-mile, thus turning 13 times to complete the 7 miles. At starting the betting was 6to 4 on Westhall, which decreased to 5 to 4 and evens, when nearly at the end of three miles he had scarcely gained a score of yards; soon after, at 3i to 4, however, 1 34 he began rapidly to lessen thedistance between himself and Spooner. At 4 miles, he had gained 90 yards on the distance covered in the time given. At 4i miles he had made another 30 or 40 yards; at .5i Spooner seemed tagged a little, and Westhall spurted away till at nearly 14 . 6i he got close to him, and going up, after turning for the last time, got by his man, and the game was up, Westhall winning in 58 min. 15 sec. by 30 yards. " OLD" SMITH'S EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE.— t 5, On Monday, Smith (of Ipswich) walked twenty miles !% and a quarter against time, at Bayswater, for 50/., three 1% hours being the time allowed, which he beat by two , minutes, covering the distance in 2 hours 58 minutes. 12s 12% SCENIC ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN THEATRES. —The Lyceum. Theatre, in an elegant version of Garrick's Lyman and p a Cyme / 1 ' genaa • , made into capital fun by Mr. Blanche, had a good opportunity to exhibit that high ideal of pastoral dress and, scene entertained there, and have taken full ad -4 vantage of it. Th e t aste shown 'in the costumes would i% justify any commendation, and in the two principal scenes, " Urganda's Palace in the Garden," and the c l os i ng " B ower of Roses," with a most ethereal distance, Mr. Beverley well „. maintains the reputation which Mr. Planchd has enabled him I 9, to achieve, and we have spread.—The Haymarket ca pi ta l scenes Norman, ,i edition of Ivanhoe, by the Broughs, is made to d e p en d more areon the far f p r e o n m i than ndi the ff ere at. pencil, The h t e h e o a u r g ly l: some of are the illitrai evidence of attention to details. One of th e persona, Robin 1 O says he is no arclaitect,—for " th oug h a Robin I am s Hood, not a Wren :" yet all his men are said to have berths iu " th e Woods and Forests." But, says one, A "Don't call them bricks , they'll think you mean to scoff 'ern, And give no duty, since the duty's off 'em." —ln the new piece at the Adelphi, called Playing Fi rst Fiddle, an amusing vaudeville spectacle, is a cleverly -arranged scene of the gardens of Choisy le Roi, with clipped hedges, beds with flowers, gardeti pavilion, statues, and gravelled paths.—Builder. A BIBULOUS JURYMAN. — An amusing scene oc- Price. A cu n r j re r d ew i n p e o t u e r r kin s : i session a c r o g u e r a t on w i T t h u e l s i d t t a e y;, i ng during coun t t e h r e fe it ac coin n o . f Two witne sses h a d b een exam i ned, w h en it was discover e d that a juryman, who had kept up a series of sotto yore com mentaries upon the evidence, and which was received by his colleagues as satisfactory proofs of his legal acumen, was most indubitably drunk. The fact was notified to the Learned Recorder, who said another julyman must be sworn, a• d de sired the indiscreet bacchanalian to leave the box. With an air of forensic gravity that was uncommonly ludicrous, he replied, " My Lord, I am a sworn juryman, and by the Sth George the Second you can't get rid of me - you can't turn me out." The Court was nearly convulsed with laughter, but submitted the point to the bar, who decided that it was allowed by law to withdraw a juror in cases of felony, so it was also permissible in cases of misdemeanour. The Re corder repeated his request that Mr. M. would giro place to a sober juryman. " What for ?" defiantly exclaimed Mr. M. The Recorder explained. Mr. M. persisted in remaining, and the exertions of a police-constable were called into requisition to remove him. The Recorder intimated that he would be fined 5/. for his misconduct; but we understand that he in tends trying the effect of a humble apology, with a view of procuring a mitigation or a remission of the penalty. —Bristol Mercury. THE GREAT TUNNEL OF THE ALPS. To complete a direct line of railroad communica tion between Boulogne and Venice and Ancona, and consequently, between London and the Adriatic, one only obstacle lies in the way. The chain of Mont Cenis and Mont Genevre, running nearly north-east and south-west, would cross such a line, and present, with their elevation of 11,000 feet, an insur mountable bar to tiny direct and continous railway. From London, as far as Chambery, by the Lyons railroad, all is smooth enough ; nay, that rail can and will, and indeed is now about to, p us h f ur th er , as cending to Mont Meilland, and St. Maurienne (names well known to old post travellers who directed their steps alcng the valley of the Arc, towards Lansle bourg), and by an ulterior effort, it will yet reach higher, as far as Modane, at the foot of the northern crest of the Graian and Cottian Alps. But once there all further progress is arrested, and no train can hope to reach the Italian side to Susa and Turin, and thence to the eastern coasts of the peninsula, unless a subterranean wayfare be pierced throw the snow capped barrier. What a magnificent problem is here presented to the inventive genius of the age ! What splendid re sults to be attained by its successful solution ! Such a problem has been actually under the consideration of the Sardinian Government since August, 1845. Its solution is no longer a matter of doubt. The possi bility of boring through the heart of Mont Genevre, and of linking Caarobery with Susa, north and south of that range, is a demonstrated truth. The great tunnel of the Alps is about to become a reality, under the auspices of Victor Emmanuel and the Piedmontese Parliament. Spector-General of Police ; unless they be persons of high distinction, when they will report themselves to Government direct. " 2. No foreigners of any description coming to this island as passengers on board of any vessel, will be allowed to remain, unless they can procure suffi cient security here for their good behaviour and for their not becoming a burden upon this Government ; such security to be given by the consul of the nation to which they may belong, or by some respectable housekeeper resident in the island, or by the master of the vessel in which they came, provided they mean to return on board the same vessel when she leaves the port. "3. This security must be in a form prescribed by Government, and be deposited in the office of the In spector-General of Police. "4. Any master of a vessel who may bring passen gers of the abdve description, and land them, or allow of their being landed, without submitting to the above mentioned conditions, will be obliged to take them back in his own vessel, or to send them back at his own expense, besides paying for their maintenance until an opportunity offers for so doing. " 5. All masters of foreign vessels will be further liable for any foreign seamen), or marinari di rinforza, on board of their ships, and if any such foreigners shall be landed in this island and left behind, without being able to give sufficient security for their good conduct, &c., they will be detained until an opportu nity offers of sending them off the island, at the ex pense of such master of the vessel; and all masters of Maltese or English vessels will also be liable in the same manner for such foreign seamen, or nzarinari di rinforza, beyond the complement allowed by law, who may be on their vessels. "6. Any person who shall give security for any foreigners, as above alluded to, will be subject, in the event of such foreigners having no honest means of livelihood, and becoming a charge upon Government, to defray the expense of maintaining the said persons until an opportunity offers of sending them hack to their own country, as well as the expense of their passage, and any arrears of police dues they may owe to Government. " 7. Any inn or tavern-keeper, or other person whatsoever, receiving into their houses foreigners not being provided with a regular permit from the police, will be liable to the same penalties and charges as are mentioned in the last paragraph. "8. These regulations will only be acted upon with reference to foreigners who may hereafter arrive in this island; but with regard to those at present here, should complaint be made against any of them, they will be instantly called upon for such securities as above-mentioned ; and unless they can procure the same, they will be forthwith sent out of the island. " 9. The Inspector-General shall take care that all foreigners permitted to reside here submit to the ex isting laws and regulations concerning them, and shall cause them to pay the duties established by Go vernment. " 10. Foreigners having letters of denization, or who may have served his Majesty faithfully, either in the navy or army, for a certain period, to be settled by Government; pensioners from the army and navy, friars, individuals under the age of twenty-one years, forming a family whose head , pays, or is duly ex empted from payment, and negroes who have been baptized, will be exempt from police dues, and will be furnished with a certificate to that effect. " 11. No f3reigner will be called upon to pay the police dues for residence, unless his stay within the island should exceed two months. " By command of his Honour the Lieutenant-Go vernor. The author of this gigantic scheme is the Chevalier Henry Maus, Honorary Inspector of the Genie Civil, the same who devised and executed the great works on the Liege Railroad. After five years of incessant study of this question, and many practical experi ments and calculations, including the invention of new machinery for boring the mountain, this officer made his final report to the Government on the Bth of February, 1849. A commission was thereupon named on the 13th of July, 1849, consisting of several distinguished en gineers, artillery officers, senators, members of the Government, and a professor of geology, to examine and give their opinion on the nature and feasibility of Chevalier Maus project. That commission, on the Ist of November last, being then under the presi dency of the Minister of Public Works, the Cheva lier Paleocapa, decided unanimously and entirely in favour of the project. Their report, together with that of Chevalier Maus, has recently been printed for private distribution, by order of the Sardinian Go vernment, illustrated by maps and plans, and all the various calculations, not only of expense, but of the mechanical difficulties also, which this great and striking project presents. An application for a part of the funds required to begin the great tunnel will be made to the Chambers forthwith, and the work, which it is expected will occupy five years, will cost 14,000,000 f. ; while the entire railroad of the Alps, connecting the tunnel with the Chambery railway on the one side and with that of Susa on the other side (in length together 36,565 metres, or 201 English miles), will cost 21,000,000 f. more, forming a total expense of 35 ,000,000 f. The great tunnel itself will measure 12,290 metres, of nearly seven English miles in length ; its greatest height will be 19 feet, and its width 25, admitting, of course, of a tlouble line of rail. Its northern entr ance is to b e at Modane, and the southern entrance at Bardonnech e , on the river Mardovine. This latter entrance, being the highest point of the intended line of rail, will be 4,092 feet above the level of the sea, and yet 2,400 feet below the highest or culminating point of the great road, or pass, over the Mont Ce nis. It is intended to divide the connecting lines of rail leading to either entrance of the tunnel into eight inclined planes of about 5,000 metres, or 21 English miles each, worked like those at Liege, by endless cables and stationary engines, but in the present case moved by water power derived from the torrents. The most remarkable part of the project, however, is the newly devised machinery and motive power by which the Chevalier Maus proposes to bore the great tunnel. It is as ingenious as it is new, presenting some extraordinary facts in mechanics which could hardly have been anticipated, but the truth of which has been tested and verified by practical essays made with working models of the natural size before the Govern These deserters were subsequently shipped to Al giers, at the request of the Neapolitan Government. On the 15th of July, the French steamer Lycurge arrived from Civita - v'ecchia, with 124 persons on board ; and on the 16th a Greek vessel arrived with 53 more. As none of the consuls could give the usual guarantees, the men were not allowed to land. In a dispatch, dated 20th September, Earl Grey entirely approves of the line of conduct pursued by the Governor of Malta. After remaining eight days in port, the Lycurge sailed. It was this refusal to allow the passengers on board the Lycurge to land which led to a protest on their part, and on the part of the cap tain of the Lycurge. The same conduct was observed towards subsequent arrivals. On the 25th September, her Majesty's steam packet Antelope arrived from the lonian Islands, having on board M. Manin and General Pepe, with their respective suites. Having passports from the lonian Government, they were all allowed to land under guarantee, with the understanding that they were to take their departure at the earliest opportunity. M. Manin and party sailed on 2d October, on board the French Government steamer Nile, for Marseilles ; and General Pepe and suit also sailed on the same day, on board the French Government steamer Leonidas, for Italy and Marseilles. No. 19 is a letter addressed by Mr. More O'Fer rall to Earl Grey, in consequence of the statements. made by Members of Parliament and the public press, charging him with inhumanity towards the political refugeee. After quoting the facts given briefly above, Mr. More O'Ferrall denies the accu racy of the statements made, refers to his official dispatches, and shields himself b e hi n d th e approba tion of her Majesty's Government. On the 12th December, Earl Grey wrote to signify his full ap proval'of the measures adopted by the Governor of Malta, and notifying that the correspondence respect ing the refugees, would be Lid before Parliament. The following dispatch from Earl Grey to Mr. More O'Ferral, bearing date 25th February, 1850, is important, as containing the latest regulations with respect to the admittance of foreigners into Malta : "9. While, on the one hand, her Majesty's Govern ment are anxious not to refuse hospitality in Malta to foreigners who are in diffi - zulties, on the other, it is their duty to take care that the interests of that island itself are not injured, and that no just cause of offence is given to friendly powers by its being allowed to become a place from whence plots may be carried on against the existing Government of any state in amity with Great Britain. "3. In furtherance of these views I have to instruct you not to prevent the landing in Malta of persons who may take refuge there from political troubles in any of the countries bordering on the Mediterranean, ment commission already mentioned. But these and the consideration of the immense results, social, com mercial, and political, that may be expected to flow from such a gigantic undertaking, in comparison with which the Thames Tunnel and the Britannia bridge become secondary objects, may form the sub ject of another.article.— Times. THE REFUGEES AT MALTA. A Blue-hook, containing copies and extracts of dispatches between the Governor of Malta and the Secretary of State for the Colonies, relating to the admission of foreigners into Malta, has been printed by order of the House of Commons. On the 13th of March, 1848, Lord Napier ad dressed a dispatch to the Right Honourable R. More O'Ferrall, Governor of Malta, informing him that the Neapolitan Government had consented to the expulsion of the Jesuits from Naples (under the pretext of a voluntary departure), and that Malta had been selected in the hope that they would find " that asylum which is never denied by her Majesty's Government to any class or colour of political re fugees." _ _ The precepts of humanity contained in the dis patch were acknowledged by the Governor. On the Bth June following, the French steamer Pluton ar rived at Malta from Naples with eight refugees on board, who took a prominent p ar t i n t h e i nsurrectint of th e loth May (1848). The French admiral ha& taken them on board from motives of humanity, but refused to land them in Sicily or Calabria, as they wished, from respect to the principle of strict neutrality in the internal dissen• sions of a friendly power. After some demur, they were allowed to land, but (on the same prin ciple of neutrality) passport s t o Si c il y were re fused to them. This was the first batch of refugees ; others speedily followed. On the 16th of May (1849) 238 persons, chiefly deserters, arrived at Malta on board the Archimede and Peloro steamers. These did not come under the existing laws regulating the admission of foreigners, the more especially as the Archimede was a Neapolitan vessel of war which escorted the deserters (virtu a ll y pr i soners ) with the humane purpose of saving their lives by landing them at Malta. This led to a correspondence with the Neapolitan b Government , ni a portion of th e d eser t ers eing nthe Lazaretto, the other s t o remain on board the Peloro unt il f urt h er not i ce. A allowed to lad statement of the whole affair was forwarded to Earl Grey, under date of May 17 ; Mr. More O'Ferrall at the same time addressed a dispatch to Prince Satriano as follows : provided such persons are in a situation to comply with the law of the island, which requires that before strangers are allowed to land, they shall give security against becoming a burden upon its resources from their inability to maintain themselves. " 4. The limited size and resources of Malta ren der it absolutely necessary that this should be en- forced, since.th - e community might otherwise be ex posed to the endurance of a burden which it could not bear without great inconvenience; but while this law ought to be enforced as a general rule, I should approve of your giving permission to foreigners to land, even though they should not be able to find the required security, in cases in which you may be satisfied that either from the state of their health, or from other special circumstances, the indulgence is called for by motives of humanity. "5. I concur with you likewise, as to the danger and inconvenience of allowing large numbers of strangers to be assembled within the fortifications of Valletta, or even to reside in their immediate neigh bourhood. I have therefore to instruct you on this head, that when foreigners arrive in large bodies, they should only be allowed to land on condition or taking up their residence in such place as you may point out to them, at a distance from the fortifications. They should be assured, that if they violate this con dition, they will be immediately required to leave the island. " Your Excellency must be aware that so large a number of persons, placed in their circumstances, cannot obtain a residence or maintenance in this island ; their temporary admission is intended by me as a mark of respect to your Excellency, and to afford time for an appeal to your Excellency's generosity, in the hope that you will extend the amnesty so gene rously granted to the Sicilians, to the misguided men who arrived in the Peloro, and enable me to send them to their country under the guarantee of your Excellency." In reply to Mr. More O'Ferrall's dispatch of the 17th May, Earl Grey replied as follows on the 18th June : "6. Lastly, with respect to avoiding the offence which would arise to foreign powers from permitting plots against their governments to be carried on from Malta; you have given good reason for supposing that a want of attention to this particular naturally leads to great injury to the commercial interests of the island. But independently of this consideration, such neglect would be inconsistent with what is due to friendly states. I have therefore to instruct you on this head to exercise the power vested in you by the Order in Council of Ist February, 1843, in order to the removal from the island of every foreigner who shall be proved to have abused its hospitality by avail ing himself of his residence there to carry on corre spondence with persons inhabiting any of the coun tries bordering on the Mediterranean, with a view to the overthrow or disturbance of their existing go vernments, whatever those governments may be." " Downing-street, June 18, 1849. " Sir,—l have to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatches reporting the arrival at Malta of a number of Neapolitan deserters from the Neapolitan army, in a steamer under Neapolitan colours, escorted by a Neapolitan steamer of war ; and I have to acquaint you that her Majesty's Government entirely approve of your proceedings in regard to those individuals. " Upon the general question to which you have called my attention in your separate communication of the 2d instant, as to the impropriety of allowing Malta to become the refuge of the outcasts of ail ad• joining countries, I have to acquaint you that her Majesty's Government are very sensible of the incon venience and danger of allowing persons of that description to congregate in Malta, and that we shall be prepared to support you in enforcing any suitable measures which you may think it necessary to adopt, either with the view of restricting the number of such persons to be admitted into the island, such as aged men, women, and children, or of removing th ose persons who may have been already admitted. " As a general rule, the existing regulation to re fuse admission to those persons who cannot show that they are able to maintain themselves, should admit of no exception which cannot be justified by the par ticular circumstances of the case. But there cannot be a doubt that every person, or number of persons, whose presence you may deem inconsistent with the maintenance of public tranquillity, or the safety of the island, should be forthwith removed under the exercise of the powers which are for that purpose especially vested in the Governor of Malta." The existing regulations for the admission of fo reigners into Malta alluded to by Earl Grey as fol lows : IMPROVIDENCE OF OPERATIVES.—A correspondent of the Builder says—Too many, it is to be feared, though they may not spend their days at the public-house and gin shop, yet devote their evenings to these places, sacrificing, by this means, not only a large amount of their hard earnings, but their health, the comfort and happiness of their depen dents in many instances—throw away at the same time both the opportunity and the means of self•culture—erect a com plete barrier to their own advancement—and themselves and families have, as their only reward, the humiliating reflection that they are sinking into poverty, neglect, and disgrace, whilst those with whom they once had equal prospects, but who have devoted to self-improvement what the former have sacrificed to Bacchus, are sustaining respectable positions— positions from which they themselves have been effectually , exeluded by having p re f erre d sensua l an d temporary gratifi cation to the more lasting blessings of industry, temperance, and frugality. Could our artisans be induced to cast off en tirely the fetters which a love of drink binds about them, we should soon be surrounded by a class of men characterised by intelligence, industry, and skill, and that which is now a lamentable truth, would no longer be so—that " Monday is a bad day for many, though a good one for the publicans." RIVER RIDDLE.—PORT OF PRESTON.—Captain Williams, RN., has arrived at Lytham, with an assistant officer, for the purpose of making a new survey, by orders from the Admiralty, of the River Ribble, with the adjacent coasts and banks, to the northward of Formby. This work is rendered necessary by the changes which have taken plack since the survey by Captain (now Sir Edward) Belcher, in 1836, and will lead to the publication of more accurate charts and sailing directions. The ac tual state of the river will now be made known to the pub lic from indisputable authority, together with the capabi lities of further improvement in its navigation.—Manchester Guardian. " INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF FO- BEIGNERS IN TIIE ISLAND or MALTA. "I. All matters relating to the regulation of fo reigners while resident in this island rest with the executive police, and, previously to their being landed, with the marine police, under the immediate control of Government. " 11. The following rules on this head are to be observed in future : " 1. All foreigners, on landing in this island, must immediately report themselves to the Intendant of Marine Police or his assistant, who will register their names and forward them on to the office of the In. THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 18, 1850. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. lIIARYLEBOLVE. Police-constables Bayfield and Anthony, of the D division, were charged on remand with having extorted 2s. from William Rlyne, a cab-proprietor and driver, residing at No. 41, Caroline-place, Rayswater, under a threat of charging him (as entered upon the sheet) with wishing to commit an unnatural offence with a person who was in his company. Mr. Bradley attended as bet ore for the prosecution, and Mr. Herring for the prisoners. Numerous witnesses pro and con. were examined, and the inquiry lasted nearly two hours. The truth of the serious allegation made by the prosecutor was denied in the most positive manner; and it was stated that both the prisoners had ever since they had been in the force conducted themselves remarkably well. Yesterday additional witnesses were brought for ware, and in the course of a long investigation it was shown that the prosecutor had, at different times and to different persons, made satements, some of which varied most materially from others which he had put forth in reference to the transaction. Mr. BROUGIITON ordered a further remand till Tuesday next. SOUTH WA RK. Louisa Susan Hartley, a young worn an,was brought before Mr. A'Beckstt upon the charge of having ad ministered a quantity of arsenic to her father, fur the purpose of poisoning him. Joseph William Hartley deposed as follows am a fellowship porter, and occupy apartments at the Hope, in Gravel-lane, and the prisoner, who is my daughter, has acted as my house keeper ever since the decease of her mother, six years ago. Between eight and nine o'clock that morning I returned home to my breakfast, and sat down at the table with the prisoner, who had previously poured out the coffee. I took up my cup, and on taking a mouthful I found it had a very strange taste, and remarked the circumstance to her by saying, " Louisa, what have you been doing to my coffee ?" The reply she made to the observa tion was, "I have done nothing to it, father." By this time, however, I was convinced that something of a highly deleterious nature had been mixed up in the coffee, as I found on retaining it a short time in my mouth that it burnt my tongue and lips. Upon this discovery I again addressed myself to the pri soner, who sat opposite to me sipping her coffee, and said, "Louisa, lam now more confident than ever that you have put poison into my cup, and I believe it to be either arsenic or oxalic acid." She again asseverated that she was totally innocent of such an act, exclaiming that if there was anything in the coffee it might be a little soda, which she might by accident have dropped in while preparing it. I doubted her assertion and said, "Then I shall taste your coffee, to ascertain whether it is like that which you have given me." I then took up the cup out of which she was taking her coffee, and having tasted it found that it was quite different in flavour to mine, and caused none of the unpleasant sensations in the mouth which I have described. I then told her that the coffee she had was not like mine, and added that I should save the contents of eny. • cup, to ascertain what deleterious ingredient had been mixed up with the coffee. I then took my cup off the table, and was about to take it away to another part of the room, when the prisoner 'made a sudden snatch at it, and got it away from me, and running towards a washhand- basin in which I had a short time previ ously washed my hands, dashed the contents of the cup into it, and afterwards rinsed the cup out, ex claiming that as I did not approve of the coffee she had made she should prepare another cup for me. I told her that I should not have any more, and im mediately took possession of the basin into which she had emptied the cup, saying that I was determined to ascertain the ingredients mixed with the coffee, so satisfied was I that they were of a highly poisonous description. She began to cry, and again repeated that she had done nothing to the coffee, but her tears and protestations of innocence did not prevent me from proceeding forthwith to Guy's Hospital with the view of having the contents of the basin analysed. On my arrival at the institution I had an interview with one of the medical officers of the establishment ; and having described the circumstances that had oc curred at my breakfast that morning, and exhibited the contents of the basin to him, he submitted them to an immediate test by dipping a piece of blue paper into the liquid, and on withdrawing the same it became of a deep pink colour, showing that a considerable portion of arsenic was mixed up with it. The complainant added, there must have been at least half a pint of water in the basin before the prisoner snatched the cup out of his hand and threw the contents in amongst it ; therefore what was pre viously in the cup must necessarily have been of a more powerful description than that which was left in the basin. Mr. A ' BECKETT inquired of the complainant whether ho had bad any quarrel or words with the prisoner to account for the alleged attempt on his life. Complainant—None whatever ; but of late she has not conducted herself properly. She has, without my authority or permission, pledged several articles of my dress when I have been from home, although she was in no want of money. I have constantly ex pressed my disapprobation of such conduct to her, but whether this caused her to act in the manner I have described I cannot tell. Mr. A ' BECKETT asked if the prisoner had ever exhibited any symptoms of derangement of mind ? The complainant, in reply, said that she certainly had evinced a very different temper and disposition to the rest of the family, and that he really believed her mind was affected. Mr. A ' BECKETT (addressing the prisoner) said you have heard the statement made by your father. Do you wish to say anything, or to give any explanation to account for the difference of the flavour of the coffee you provided for his breakfast and that which you had Toe prisoner, who stood sobbing at the bar during the examination, shook her head, and said that she had nothing to say. Mr. A'BECKETT said, that, before he should pro ceed any further in the investigation of so serious a charge, it would be necessary to have the testimony of the medical gentleman who analysed the contents of the basin ; and fur that purpose he should remand the prisoner for further examination. Yesterday the prisoner was brought up before Mr. A'Beckett for re-examination, when Policeman Ryan, 476 M, produced a note from Mr. Taylor, Professor of Chemistry at Guy's Hospital, to whom the contents of the basin had been sent, into which the prisoner threw the cup of coffee when her father discovered that something of a deleterious nature was mixed up in it. The note stated that the mixture in question had been submitted to the test of analyaition but that the process would necessarily require some days before it was completed. Under these circumstances, Mr. A ' BECKETT said that a further remand must take place, and he in quired if any further evidence tending to criminate the prisoner in the alleged charge of attempting to administer poison to her father was likely to be brought forward. Policeman Ryan said that subsequently to the ex amination that took place at that court on the previ ous day he had instituted a searching examination of the apartments occupied by the complainant and his daughter, for the purpose of discovering whether he could find any ingredient of a poisonous description therein. He, however, failed in finding any, but in the course of his inquiries he had an interview with a young woman who was well acquainted with the pri soner, and he had derived information from her which was of an important description. Mr. A ' BECKETT said that he should j grant a sum mons to compel the attendance of the witness, and that in the meantime he should remand the prisoner for a week. In the course of the day Maynard, one of the turnkeys of Horsemonger-lane Gaol, brought up George Spell, Hugh Conway, James Maxwell Bry son, James Scouton, and Samuel Morgan, five men who, with others, were convicted at the September assizes, 1848, at the Central Criminal Court, of being engaged in the Chartist riots that occurred at that period. The prisoners abovenamed were sentenced to two years' imprisonment each in the above gaol, besides the infliction of heavy fines; but, in consequence of representations in their behalf, their sentences have been commuted, and a communication was addressed to Mr. Keene, the governor of the county gaol, di recting the discharge of the prisoners on their pro curing bail to keep the peace for five years each. It was for this purpose the accused persons were brought to this court, and, the requisite sureties having been entered into, they were accordingly set at liberty. 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MURDER OF THE COUNTESS GOIZLITZ. Most of our readers must rememb?r the eir ellir stances connected with the death at Darmstadt of the Countess of GHlitz, and the suspicion which 10 5 tached fur so me t i me to the Count her husband , 'x i : hold the p os t o f Ch am b erlain to the Grand P3ll This suspicion was cause d pr i ncipally by the Wigs': ness with which th e C ount attempted to Prieir vent a disse c ti on o f th e b ody, but that was accounted for subsequently by evidence showing than the Countess had so great a horror of dissection t'r e she bad solicited her husband frequently to po ll ': that, in the ev en t o f h er d y i ng before him, her re. mains should not be exposed to such a pronee"l and had made this a special injunction in her will• i f any suspicion, howevur, had continued to attach it se to the Count, it has b een f u ll y removed by a tr i a l of Ibe murderer at Darmstadt, w hi c h , after last i ng more than a fortnight, just been t erm i nate d . It En3Y ~ he necessary, even for th ose w h o pa id attention ° tut case when it was before th e pu bli c more t h an yea t ago, to relate the leading facts briefly. Th e Counte, s : who was in possession of a handsome fortune io ue f pendently of that of her husband, was a woman he unbounded charity, but of an eccentric character. had for some years re,ided in apartments of the boo' s , separated from those of her h us b an d , w i th whom, b°"; ever, she was /on the best; terms, visiting him from ti si • to time, and receiving his visits. She had alavas,. s d considerable sum of mone y i n h er secreta i re, and us• also a rich coll ec ti on o f j ewe l s. S he had cause d est' ,. d locks to be placed on her secretaire, her drawers, ant the doors of her ro o m s , an d opene d t h e outer d o or,w r i her apartment to he r h us b an d an d t h e confides I servants. One evening, on the return of the Col a from the palace of th e G ran d D u k e, where he b been dining, he went as usua l t o see t h e Countesu,"6 .: fore retiring to rest, but co u ld no t o b ta i n admittanrr; and soon afterwards an al arm was ra i se d t h a t a . ' A had broken out in the apartment of the Count's& locksmith was sent for; th e ou t er d oor was broke•so open; the secretaire in the sitting-room of the Counte r was on fire, and she was f oun d l y i ng d ea d on thell° ° .: with her body partly cons ume d. A t t hi s t i me n o W I picion was entertained of h er h av i ng b een e nurdefe w n It was at first supposed that the secretaire had tak e s fire from the bougie ; but subsequently, as this nie ° f could not account for the carbonization of a pal 6 :4 the head and body of the Countess, it was irogigtr, that she had perished f rom spontaneous combus t i ° ; When suspicion fell upon th e C ount, i t arose entire,y from the anxiety that he displayed to prevent autopsy from which it w as i mag i ne d t h at h e ni , have administered poison, and then attempted to e t stroy the body to prevent detection. Nothing b i l l, the absence of motive for the crime and the wea l known affection which had subsisted between him an the deceased prevented his being sent to trial. So .0 time had elapsed, and this horrible affair' was 6 , 1 f t0 involved in mystery, when circumstances occurrenk• throw suspicion upon the valet of the Count, Pic Stauff, who occasionally waited upon the Countess' d was proved that on the e ven i ng o f t h e calamity, Sfa, whilst the Count was at th e pa l ace o f t h e G ran d Dil* t l he had on various prete x t s i n d uce d t h e other set/o.n of the household to go ou t, an d h a d rema i ned alone 1,./ the house fur nearly tw o h ours , w i t h t h e excep tion u t a visit to the palace to ascertain whether the C . 011 ,„ 11 was there, for the evide n t p ur p ose o f convincing turd; self that he could commit his intended crime *T o impunity. Another cir cums t ance to exc i te euePiel;l was that the keys of the ou t er d oors o f the apertl3l- of the Countess were not to be found, thus prowl that some person in th e h ouse must h ave used snc, then concealed them. It was suppose d that fi Oned • and jewellery belongin g t o th e C ountess h a d bee io removed, but of this ther e was no pos i t i ve proo f L l ie the early part of the i nves ti gat i on. A considereu'l quantity of jewellery remained, and the Count pfd not able to say what was missing. When Stauff 119 • been arrested new circ ums t ances came to light. It r• ri ," proved that he had sen t art i c l es o f jewellel3#o to his father, Henry Stauff, and that • had charged his br o th er J ames to bury Wit% jewellery at the f o ot o f a t ree. Many of the artic ie , found there were p rove d t o have been the Pry perty of the Countess. H enry an d J ames Stauff 'Her • therefore also arrest e d, an d t h e t h ree were b ro ught dr. last month for trial b e f ore t h e tr ib una l of Darmstadt The evidence on this o ccas i on l e f t no doubt a t i guilt of John Stauff, and there could b e no deu ,„ that his father and brother knew that he bad e" tamed the property by f ou l means, b ut t h ere We 11(11, thing to show that th e y h a d b een di rectly or ill rectly parties to the murder. It was also pro y d e ff that, after the murder o f the Countess, John St a g had purchased some verdigris, and mixed it st some sauce which wa s b e i ng prepare d i n t h e kite for; the Count, with the intention of poisoning 1 1 The medical evidenc e a t thi s tr i a l was cur i ou s tt o f interesting. Some o f th e mos t em i nent p h ys i c iansq Germany, and Baron Li e bi g , th e ce l e b rate d t h e rms ' desired by the C our t t o g i ve t h e i r op i n i on AS to the way in which the death of the Countess b il b2en caused— w h e th er s h e b a d b een burn ed intentionally or accidentally, and whether Von' taneous combustion in her case was pr °4 bable. The medical men performed several es; periments on dead bodies exposed to fire, pinei ll s burning furniture, and even a fac simile of the seaa . take, in a closed room, to ascertain whether the er g tensive carbonizati on o f th e b o d y o f the Coun tess could have been produced by accident, and they r e ; ported positively t o th e contrary. O n the quest i o n 6 1 ° f spontaneous com b us ti on , B aron L i ebig, an d th e other scientific men who joined in the reporkdei dared not only that it was impossible in the case f e the Countess, but that spontaneous combustion of tb human body in any case was impossible. They d e : Glared that the ordinary belief on this subject Ws s i : delusion ; that they h a d carefully examined the e / dence in all cas es o f spontaneous combustion that had been reported, and found it all so defecti ve as not to wei g h f or an i nstant against t heir conviction of the physical impossibility of ell G I an occurrence. Th e on ly po i nt on which the medic ° men and chemists differed—but that was of no portance as regarded the charge against John Stan n —was as regarded the degree of danger to 1100 0 life in the verdi g ris i n t ro d uce d b y hi m i nto the esll:t intended for the C oun t. O ne c h em i st declared ,- f°: instance, that if he h a d t a k en the same it would n e have injured him seriously, as the strength of the yet: digris had been in a grea t d egree carr i ed off by ebu Man ; another, on the contr a ry, d ec l are d as the i re e cult of several experime n t s th a t t h e strengt h o f the poison was materially increased by the ebullition' The whole trial was remarkable for the skill and ill; partiality evinced by the President, and the anxiety which was evinced by the Court to elicit the trut.bl , without having rec ourse t o any o f t h ose o bj eet i on sil means which have someti mes b een w i tnesse d in ti),4 courts on the Continent. John Stauff was fOO l l guilty of the murder, and sen t ence d t o i mpr i soni ng) for life. His father and brother were found guilty A minor degree, and only sentenced to a few proper imprisonment. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS• BRISTOL, APRIL 17. A STOCK EXCHANGE.—Our sh are mar k e t was d u ll t o - Vc uk ji and prices are l ower . Th e t ransact i ons were—Great W es tern Quarters, 12 —Ditto, 17/. Shares, 9 1 / a dis.—Midland, Bristol and Exeter, 36 dis.—North Staffordshire . 10% die' Ll VERrooL, APRIL 17. STOCK ExcHArfort.—Business on our Stock Exchang e was dull to-day, but prices had a tendency upwa rt e . The transactions we re as f o ll ow : —L ancashire and Y er -' shire, Consol., Fifths, 10 3 4 dis.—Ditto, Preference, 11k1 Ditto, Fifths (West Riiding Union), VA dis.—London North-Western, 101—Ditto, New Quarters, % dis—DTV Quarters (C), p.—Midland, ,31% —Ditto, Halves, 2 „,' dis. —South-Eastern and Dover, 123/—Ditto .1" —Ditto (No. 4). " gistered, 4%—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 11—Birke r head, Lancashire, and,Cheshire, 221. Shares, 1M54-0116 0 ' nian, Preference, 5/, Is. 3d. c.—East Lancashire, 6Y. MANCHESTER, APRIL 17. ea STOCK EXCHANGE.— We have h a d a more an imat ed market to-day, in consequ e nce o f th e i mprovement in 0 , London Stock Exchange, and prices are a shade higher. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—AII d escr ipti ons o f ra i lway stock iverti better to-day. The amicable arrangement between the Lee' don and North-Western and North Staffordshire Railway Companies appears t o g i ve genera l rat i sfaction. London er? North-Westerns were quote d , b uyers, 100, sellers, 1°L.... Ditto, New Quarters, 2 1-16 dis. RIRTHS On the 13th inst., Mrs. Edward Berger, Ilornsey-rise, of 11 daugh ter. On the 11th inst., in Albemarle-street, the wife of W• Portal, Esq., of a son. On the 12th inst., in York-street, Portman-square, the la d y of J. C. H. Colquboun, S.C.L., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 16th inst., at St. Peter's, Frome, by the Rev. Calvert. Mary, the second daughter of Mr. Edward Brtl r1 1 ,; f don, of the same place, to 'William Hallam, Esq., of '— Upper Forest, near Swansea. On the 11th inst., at Princes-street Chapel, Norwich , Sf; Eaden Lilley Esq., of Cambridge, to Rachel Martha, 00 daughter of N. Palmer, Etq. ,of Thorpe, near Norwich.. lc On the 11th inst., at the Chur c h o f th e Holy P" Brampton, Richard J. Shepard, Esq., of Tavistock-squar e, c f Cleopatra, eldest daughter of Lieutenant-C o l one l Warren , Thurloe-square, Brompten. On the 10th' inst., at Northampton, George Worley, Esq., of Sywell, to Georgiana Sophia Pell, second daughter of .lames Pell, Esq., of Sywell.lodge. On-the 1 tth inst., at St. P e t er ' s Ch urc h , S an d w ich, i ll : Rev. Charles Pitman Longl an d, of MaN field, Sussex . " uatheritte, youngest daught er o f M r. W. Neales, Sandwl , Kent. DIED. On the 13th inst., at kroworth Rectory, Leicesters/ • A Lieutenant •General Sir James Bathurst, K.C.8., aged On the 13th inst , at Dorset-place, Clapham-road, B I C I Oswald, Es.q.. late of Hong Kong, China. ,n • of On o— the 13th inst., i n D orse t- square, L on d on, William Phillips, Esq., l ate G overnor of the Presidency of P r ince - Wales' Island, in the East Indies. ife On the 14th i nst., at t h e British Aluseurn, Elizabeth, W of E. Hawkins, Esq., aged 70. On the 14th inst., John Alew, Esq., of Apton-hall, Bach' ford, Essex, aged 84. cl• On the 14th i n st., a g e d 77, Thomas Ensor, Esq., NeWhin cottage, Sherborne, Dorset. London: Printed and Published by MURDO TOUNOs No 112, Strand, Printer, at, The Sun O ffi ce. Na . 1 1 5 54 trcind, in tho Precinct of the Savoy, ip t!le Diiitllesvz, Thursday, April 18, 1850. 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