The Sun. — London, England, 1850-03-25 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Ithrch 23. Their Lordships met at Four o'clock. MUTINY BILL. On the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, this Bill was read a third time and passed. MARINE MUTINY BELL. On the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE t his Bill was read a third time and passed. Their Lordships then adjourned. FRANCE. The last portion of pardoned insurgents from Brest, 85 in number, arrived on Friday morning in Paris by the Havre Railway. M. Lacollonge, late editor of the Organization du Travail, who was sentenced to imprisonment for 20 years by court-martial for having taken part in the insurrection of June, 1848, was sentenced on Friday by the Assin Court of Paris to an additional impri eonment for one year for having attempted to escape from prison. M. Cournet, a naval officer on half-pay, was sentenced to a similar imprison ment for having supplied Lacollonge with the means of escape, and M. Debeine, who likewise aided, was sentenced to imprisonment for six months. A. grand review by the President of the Republic is to take place in the Bois de Boulogne on Easter Monday. All the infantry quartered in Paris and in the forts adjacent, including the 19th Regiment of the Line , lately arrived from Rome, are to be on the ground. accompanied by the cavalry, consisting of one regi ment of Carabineers and several regiments of Lancers and Dragoons. M. A. Thouret has presented a proposition to the Assembly, the object of which is the foundation of a Caisse Nationale de Secouts et de Retraite, in favour of the firemen who fall victims to their devotedness in cases of fire. He proposes to procure the money ne cessary for this fund from the fire insurance com panies and from the proprietors of houses not insured. The annual donation is to be 400,000 f. for the 80,000 firemen presumed to exist in France. The Assembly on Friday adopted, without any de bate, the following resolution : "The National Assembly declares that there is no motive to authorise the judiciary proceedings required by the Attorney-General of the Court of Appeal of Paris against M. Michel (de Bourges), representative of the people, on account of a speech delivered by him on the Ist of March, in the electoral reunion of Mont martre." ITALY. The Roman official Gazette of the 15th contains the following announcement:— " The most eminent and reverend Cardinals, compos ing the commission of Government, having received the joyful intelligence that his Holiness the Pope Pio 11. will. iu the first week after Easter, enter into his do minions, communicate the same to the respective Mi nisters of State, in order that they may make the neces sary disposition for all that regards their respective administration." The same gazette contains a notice relative to railroads. Toe object of it is to declare that, in case Messrs. Alfieri and Conte, to whom the execution of the railway uniting the two seas, from Ancona through R,:me to Civita Vecchia and Porto d'Anzo, was confided, do not, before the month of September next, make sufficient progress in completing the con tract signed by them on the 7th of November, 1846, the engagement will be declared null and void, and that fresh tender, to be hereafter decided on, will be received from other parties in the meantime. The Costituzionale of Florence, of the 15th, states that the Austrians intend sending a garrison to the fortress of Porteferraio (Elba). MINING IN TELL IGEN CE. (From the Mining Journal.) An average amount of business has been transacted this week, and the market generally continues firm, with an inquiry fin. shares in most of our leading mines. Allred Consols and Wheal Tremayne are represented to hare improved, particularly the former, in the 60 fin. level, where the lode is now worth 701. per fin. South Tolgus, Trevikkey and Barrier, South Frances, Condurrow, and Devon Great Consols, have been in re quest during the week. Botallack is reported to have improved, and shares 'have been sought for at a considerable advance on our former quotation. Tye directors of the Devon Great Consols, at their meeting yesterday, declared a dividend of 5,120/., or Si. per share, being for net profits arising from sales of ores raised in the months of November and December last. After payment of the dividend, there remains in hand a balance of 21,6391. 2s. 7d. in cash, ore bills not at maturity, and Exchequer-bills applicable to the, general purposes of the company. By private and official letters from Tincroft, we learn that the mine continues progressively ,improving, im portant discoveries having been •'made during the week. At North Tincroft engine-shaft, the lode is worth 501. per fm. The: 100 fin, west is worth 401. per fin., with a load six ft. wide, and no north wall. The 90 west is worth 45/. per fathom ; three ft. of the lode is solid. Grant's lode is worth 701. per fm. Chappel's lode, in the 100 west, is worth 25/. per fin., and a wins.) under this level is now worth 20/. per fm. The mceting of Wheal Buller adventurers was held on Tuesday last, when the accruints for January and February were passed, and a dividend of 191. 103. per share declared. The mine was represented to have con siderably improved, and dividends of 201. per sharp were promised in future. lialant..e from Last account, 376/. 10;. 3d.; ores sold (less dues), 2.356/. 16s. 9d.=2,7331. 7s. Costs and merchsnt , ' hills, 6551. 33 ; by dividend of 121. 10s. per share, 1,6001.; leaving balance in hand, 4981. 4s. The usual two-montbly meeting of the Consolidated Mines was held at the mine on Wednesday last, when ,the aucounts for January and February were presented, showing--Balance last account, 1,4001. Bs. 3d.; ores sold (less dues), 5 8311. 9s. 21.=7.231/. 17s. sd. By c,ists and merchants' bills, 6,4701. is. 9J.; leaving balance in hind, 8111. 15s. Bd. At Fowey Coesols account for four months to the end of a.icenaha . , 1849, the stst'ment showed profit of 2081., which, added to balance from last meeting, gives 6,990/. A dividend of 1/, per share was declare, carrying to credit of company 6.4961. The prospects of the mine continue just the same as they have been for a consider able period. At the West R.,lgooth meeting, the report stated that the cost f ,r the month or February had been 901. 3s. 7d. Tae shaft WAS down 15 f'ms., and a new lode had been cut, producing good tinstuff. At the Bryn-arisn meeting. the accounts showed— Ores sold, 2301. 4s. 103.; cells received, 918/. 6s. 6d.; !saving balance againit the mine of 81/. 2s. There are unpaid calls, however, amounting to 281/. 13s. 6d.; to me-t liabditie=, a call of 2s. 63. per share was made. . . At the 13wIch Consolida el Mines meeting a resolution was passed declaring all shares absolutely forteited on which the call of 21. per share, made in Del. last, be not paid on or before the ,19 h April next. The report from the mines is highly favourable, the prospects being very gratifying, and SO tons of ore will be sampled on Satur day (this day). At West Tolgus and Trtloweth meeting, the accounts for the twelve months ending February showed a balance of 2501. Bs. 3d. against the company. The shares were increased to 940, and a call of 10s. per share made. At Caradon Wheal [fool:onr account meeting, accord ing to the statement of assets and liabilities, a ba'ance of 4741. 7s. sd, was found against the company. The re maining shares were quadrupled, making them 572, and a call of ss. per share made. At West Wheal Treasury account meeting, for five Months, a balance of 1,432/. was found against the mine; but for the erection of a new engine -house, and other requisite machinery, a profit of 423/. I Is. 11d. would have accrued. The shards were increased to 1,024. The mine is represented in a progressing and improving po sition, and likely to pay costs by the end of the year, Upwards of 3,0001. worth of ore hare been sold since August last. Shares in the following mines have changed hands since our last:—Devon Great Consols, Treviskey and Barrier, Tincroft, South Tolgu., Trelawny, Mary Ann, Trebano, Penzance ConsolP, East Gunnis Lake, Kirk cudbright, South Tamar, Bedford United, East Tamar, Condurrow, Alfred C onsols, . s Tr emayne, lieroddoot, Stray Park, Spearne Console, Balleawidden, Botalleck, Esgair Llee, South Wheal Fran c es, &c. • In Foreign Mines, the principal business transacted has been in St. John del Rey, Copiapo , United Mexican, Linares, Santiago, Cobre, &c. THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette.) CAPTAIN COLLINSON'S BEHRING'S STRAITS EXPRDI- TioN.—The last opportunity of catching the Behring's Straits Arctic Expedition, overland, was by the last Wes t India Mail, via Panama. By this route we believ e Captain Collinson has bean officially informed that no intelligence has been received of Sir John Franklin, and that in the Enterprise, commanded by himself, and the Investigator, by Commander M'Clure, he is to proceed in execution of the orders given him by the Admiralty, on his quitting England in January last. Tan BEAR-sxm CAP.—We understand that Lord Gough has expressed a wish to defray the expense that would be incurred in providing the men of his regiment, the 87th, Royal Irish Fusiliers, with the bear-skin cap. OPERATIONS, CHATHAM—Active operations for the present year's instructions of the officers and men of the Royal and East India Company's Engineers, as well as the corps of Royal and East India Company's Sappers and Miners, have been going on during the past week oa the site of last year's siege operations, the first parallel adjacent to St. Mary's Cesetnate3 being con siderably advauced. The various batteries, magazines, approachPs, and remaining parallels wi ll be proceeded with in sacceasion. Tho taming operations will be pushed on simultaneausly both for the attack and defence. NEW BAYONET.—We believe it has been finally re solved to introduce a new bayonet into the British army. The weapon, we hear, differs from the one actually in use. inasmuch as it dispenses with the angle, This will make the bayonet wound something less deadly, but it will render the instr u m e nt li g hter, and so far a ss i st t h e v;gour of the soldier's thrust. Major-General Lord Frederick Fitzelarence, commanding the district, intend* to erect at his own expense, a bust (on a pedestal) of the Duke of Welling ton, on the esplanade, Southsea Beach, in commemora tion of his Grace's landing on that spot OH his return, in 1814, from the campaign in the Peninsula. REGIMENTAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES.—The Secretary-at- War has issued a circular to the several staff officers of peoioners, to the effect that the Commissienell Pp pointed by the Act of 12 and 13 Vic., cap. 71, to make an eqa;table distribution of the funds of the abolished regimental benefit societies, have derided that the pen sions shall be continued to the men as a public charge, except when it may be satisfaclorily shown that it would be more to the advantage of the pensioner and his family redeem the annuity by an immediate pay ment of a SUM of money. The staff officer is, thereLre, called upon to report whether the pensions should be continued, or whether the man is of such prudent habits and in such circumstances as would justify the commu tation of the pension. PLYMOUTH GARRISON.—The 32-gun battery at St. Nicholas Island is ordered to be re-formed, as also the battery on the Bluff. There has been no brigade day or " trooping" during the week, in consequence of the ab sence of the Major- General. A defensible guard-house in the main ditch of the Citadel at Quebec is ordered to be erected, at an expense of 7381. Staff-Surgeon Mapleton, M.D., attached to the Depot Battalion at the Isle of Wight, is on leave of absence to the 31st of March. RECRUITING SERVICE.—The appointment of superin teniling officer of the Gloucester Recruiting Station is about to become vacant by the retirement from the ser vice of Lieutenant Evans of the 69th Foot. CANTERBURY BARRACKS.—The Scots' Greys will commence their march to Dublin on the 10th of April, for embarkation to England; and as the regiment will occupy these barracks, they aye being put in a thorough state of repair. Captain Herbert Gall, of the 14th Light Dragoons, has been appointed Aide-de-Camp to Major-General Barr, commanding the southern division of the Bengal Army. Staff Assistant-Surgeon Peile arrived at Southampton, from Gibraltar, on Monday, in charge of invalids of the 34th, 56th, and 67th 11,giments, and proceeded with them to Chatham on Wednesday. ORDNANCE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Senior Surgeon Stewart arrived from Nova Scotia on Tuesday last, having been ordered home to assume the duties of the head of the department at Woolwich, as Resident Sur geon, consequent on the retirement of Sir John Webb, the Director-General, and Dr. Thomas, the Deputy In spector-General. THE TROOPS IN SCOTLAND.—The 13th Light Dra goons will replace the 2d Dragoon Guards at Edinburgh and Glasgow; the 13th Light Infantry from Behest to Fort George and Aberdeen; the 21st Fusiliers will move from Edinburgh to Glasgow; the 27th, luniskilling, from Glasgow to Stirling, Perth, and Dundee; the 93d Highlanders from Stirling, &c., to Edinburgh. NINEVEH ANTIQUITIES.--.WS are enabled to an nounce that the antiquities and curiosities lately dis covered in Nineveh will be conveyed to England by her Majesty's frigate Cambrian, 40, Commodore Plum ridge. The gallant Commodore has sent the ship to the Persian gulf to receive them. • We understand that the Right Honourable Fox Maule, M.P., the Secretary at War, is shortly expected at Portsmouth, on an official visit. Deputy Commissary -General Bowers has embarked at Gibraltar for England, in the steam-ship Madrid, for the purpose of proceeding on duty to the West Indies. LAW IN TELLIUENCE. ROLLS' COURT, March 23. CARLISLE V. TUB SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. Mr. TURNER moved in this case for an injunction to restrain the directors of the South-Eastern Rail way Company from the payment of dividends. The application was made upon the ground that the com pany was restrained, by the 42d clause of their Act, from paying any dividends until the whole line of railway was completed. It appeared there were ori ginally three companies, entitled, the London and Brighton, the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings, and, the South-Eastern Railway Company, which were amalgamated with the South •Eastern Railway, which, by the provisions of the Act of Incorporation, was hound to complete their line within seven years; and the line from Ashworth to Woolverhithe, which had been in competition, and was subsequently incorpo rated with the South -Eastern Railway, and which they were bound to complete within three years, and restrained fi-om , paying any dividends in either case until the bees were completed. Not withstanding these restrictions, the directors had paid dividends on the shares, which had not met with any opposition on the part of the share holders until the last meeting was held for declaring the dividend, when the difficulty was rait,ed, and the plaintiff in consequence filed his bill, and now sought the present injunction to restrain the company from making any further payments, which it was contended was illegal, and in contravention of the Act of Parlia ment. The injunction was resisted on the part of the company, on the ground that by a true interpretation of the Act, they were not precluded from paying dividends. That great inconvenience would arise to the shareholders from a suspension of these payments, and that the plaintiff had, by his acquiescence in former payments, disqualified himself from imposing the restriction upon the company sought for by the present motion. It was further alleged that the company bad funds at their disposal applicable to these payments; it was proposed on their behalf that they should be allowed to file affidavits in support of that allegation. Mr. Turner and Mr. Bovil having been beard in support of the motion ; and Sir Fiztroy Kelly, Messrs. R. Palmer, and Paley for the company, Lord LANGDALE said, the funds of the company could not be applied to private purposes. It was formed for a public purpose, and in that view such companies were invested with large powers. They could take any land in the line without the warrant of the owners, powers which were allowed them on the presumption that they were far the public good. The mistake was, that the directors thought that they could act in a manner most advantageous for the shareholders without being bound to act strictly under the provisions of their Act of Parliament. In this case, there were three companies, and with re gard to the line from Ashworth to Woolverhithe they were empowered to transfer a portion to the South- Eastern Company, which was to become part of that company, and then came the clause with regard to the Ashworth and Hastings line, which, if not com pleted within three years it was not lawful for the South-Eastern Company, unless authorised by Parliament, to pay dividends until the whole line was completed. It was said that the terms of the enactment were so general, that of necessity they should be inter preted to be limited, and that the Legislature never could have meant that the dividends should be stopped until the whole of the line was completed. It had been already decided in that court, and confirmed by the Lord Chancellor, that the directors of these companies were bound to act within the terms of their Act. It was still open to consider whether, under particular circumstances, funds might not be applied for the convenience of the shareholders, consistent with the Act of Parliament. The case of Lord Pow is was still pending, and that point had not yet been decided. Great suffering might be inflicted upon the share holders if the dividends were now stopped. tie would allow the defendants to put in the affidavit proposed, by which the question might be raised, whether there were special circumstances which would legalise that payment. He should grant the injunction against any further payment of dividends, except that last de clared ; but nothing should be done, in the meantime, until after the hearing upon filing the affidavit. His Lordship added that be would grant an action at law if it was asked for. The injunction was granted against the payment of any future dividends ; but nothing was to be done with regard to the last dividend until after a decision upon the queJtion, to be raised after filing the affidavit. ARCHES' COURT, March 23. (Befire Sir HERBERT JENNER FUST.) JUDGMENT—CONOLLY V. CONOLLY. The LEARNED JUDGE gave his decision in this case, which has already been argued, and concerns the ad missibility of certain responsive allegations offered on behalf of the wife. The Rev. Pierce Conolly is the party proceeding against Mrs. Cornelia Augusta Conolly. Their marriage took place in 1831, at Philadelphia, according to the rites of the United States Episcopal Church; and the fruit of the union was five children, three of whom are alive. The par ties cohabited until 1835, when they agreed to em brace the Roman Catholic faith, andlook the neces sary step s f o r a dmission into that church, with a view to Mr. Conolly's becoming a Roman Catholic pursuance with which object they both took a Vow of perfect chastity. Mr. Conolly then proceeded t o R ome, b ut i n July, 1843, returned to America, w h ere h e was rejoined by his wife, and they continu e d t o li ve together unt i l Apr i l, 1844, in the sa me h ouse, but still observing their vow, preparatory to a decree of sepa ration being obtained, which wou ld no t on l y allow Mr. Conolly to take holy or d ers i n t h e Church of Rome, but also permit his wife to enter a conven t as a nun. On a petition being presented to P o p e Gregory the Sixteenth , the Cardinal's. vicar- genera l pronounced a sentence which was said to have the effect of a decree of separation. Mrs. Conolly entered the convent of the Sacred Heart at Rome, and her husband assumed the ecclesiastical dress. He wa s afterwards ordained a priest, and in May, 1846, , came to England, and became chaplain to the Earl of Shrewsbury. Mrs. Conolly also came to England, and founded a community of relgious women at Derby; that community afterwards removed to Hastings, and Mrs. Conolly was now its superioress. In .order to qualify her for the office, it became neces sary she should take vows of poverty and oledience, and accordingly in December, 1847, she did so, and also renewed her vow of chastity. The allegation given in by the wife pleaded that her husband at first consented to her taking these oaths, and entering into this society ; but that he after wards entered a protest against her taking the vows, on the ground that he would be liable for any debts she might incur. In January, 1848, he went to Hastings, and demanded an interview with his wife, which, however, was declined on her part, where. upon the present proceedings had commenced. In the 21st article of the allegation the law of the Roman Catholic Church, as set forth in the decretals, was pleaded ; it was to the effect that a husband and wife might lawfully separate by mutual consent, in order , to enter into religious orders, and that such separa tion must be approved of and allowed by the Pope. This was stated to have all the force of a legal sen tence of separation, and was pleaded as the law appli cable to the case. The Court did not think the ques tion at all determined by the fact. No cases had been cited to show that laws, which were peculiar to one state, were necessarily taken notice of by other coun tries. It was not sufficient that such was the law of Rome, it ought to be shown that such law had been received and acted upon in this kingdom. The Learned Judge then referred to several autho rities for the purpose of showing how the law of lex loci contractus had been applied in the consi deration by those courts of foreign marriage con tracts. Among others he mentioned a decision of Lord Stowel, 2nd vol. Consistory Reports, " Scrimshire v. Scrimshire," p. 395. Dr. Hactgard's Reports, &so, p. 416, the case of " Dalrymple v.Dalrymple," and Mr. Bruge's work upon the Colonial Laws. Tne court in all cases which had come before it had adopted as its own the laws of the country where the marriage was contracted, in determining the question of the status of the parties. That principle, however, did not ap ply were the laws were not a part of the j us gsntiun, and the subjects of all nations were not equally interested in them. It was not to the law of Rome the Court was to look for the rights, duties, and obli gations arising from the marriage state. With regard to that question it would look to the laws of England alone. What were those laws? One was, undoubt edly, the cohabitation of the parties—they were not permitted to separate voluntarily from each other—to be released, and dispense with that obligation which was a part of the marriage contract : separation, on the contrary, must be attended by a judicial sentence. On the subject of a sentence of separa tion, it had been properly observed in the argument that a sentence pronounced by Consistory Courts was entitled to considerable atten tion. This was shown in the case of " Sin clair v. Sinclair," Ist. vol. Consistory Reports, p. 296, where Lord Stowell remarked that sentence of sepa ration decreed by proper courts abroad, would be en titled to consideration in our courts here. In the present case, however, the alleged sentence was pro nounced by the Vicar- General of Rome, simply upon the petition of Mr. Conolly, in which he set forth the resolution of himself and wife to live in perfect chastity, his intention to enter the Roman Catholic Church, the fact of Mrs. Conolly's having entered the Convent of the Sacred Heart, and, in conclusion, he prayed that his ordination might take place without the usual letters from the Bishop of Philadelphia, as that would create delay. Upon an audience with his Holiness, the prayer of the petition was granted, provided Mr. Conolly's wife took the vow of perpetual chastity. This answer to the petition, however, was no sentence of separation ; indeed the parties had only pleaded that it was "tantamount to a sentence of separation." It enjoined a vow of per petual chastity, but it certainly -' did not, pronounce that the parties were, entitled to live separate and apart from each other. Under such circumstances the Court was of opinion that this was no sentence of separation, or even tantamount to a sentence pronounced by a foreign Court. With re gard to the question 'of profession in this country, re course had been bad to the statute of 10 Geo. IV., c. 2, an Act for the relief of his Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects. It was perfectly clear from that Act that Mr. Conolly could not have entered into any religious community after it came into operation in the year 1829. He came to this country in 1846, and remained here without being a professed member of any religious community. With regard to Mrs. Conolly, the Act did not apply, as she would be exempted under the 37th section. She would be in the same position as she was in before the passing of the Act. The case, then, came to this. Here was a person admitted into holy orders in the Church of Rome who was at Rome for a temporary pur pose, but had no fixed domicile there. Of course he was then subject to the Roman law, but he did not carry those laws with him when he came into this country. It would be no answer to an action for debt incurred by Mrs. Conolly, that she was the professed head of a a religious community in this country, and therefore empowered by the laws of Rome to live separate and apart from her husband. Neither, if such might be supposed, would it be any answer to a suit for adultery. Mr. Conolly would not be bound by this vow of separation to abstain from bringing a suit for separation by reason of adul tery. The Court only put such a case as one in which it would be impossible for the laws of Rome to bind parties here. Under all the circumstances, without having any means of judging what Mr. Conolly's motives were, beyond the fact pleaded, that he was at present liable for any debts she might incur, the Court was of opinion that, even if the wife's allegation was admitted, the suit would not be barred, and the Court must therefore pronounce against it, whatever might be the effect of such a decision. The Proctor for Mrs. Conolly gave notice of nppea ASSIZE INTELLICirENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—Mai/stone, March 2.3. (Thfore Mr. Justice MAULS.) Edward Price, 25, labourer, was indicted for the crime of wilful and corrupt perjury. Mr. Horne prosecuted. It appeared in this case that the offence imputetl to the prisoner was of a very atrocious character. It seemed that having some spite or against two persons who resided in his neighbourhood, he had de liberately gone before a magistrate and sworn that he had seen the persons in question in the act of com mitting a capital felony of an abominable character. It was distinctly shown that there was not the slightest ground for the charge, and the evidence did not leave the shadow of a doubt that the prisoner had wilfully perjured himself. The jury, without the slightest hesitation, returned a verdict of guilty, and the Learned Judge, after making some appropriate remarks upon the aggra vated nature of the offence, sentenced the prisoner to pay a fine of one shilling, to be imprisoned a week, and then to be transported for seven years. (Before Mr. MONTAGUE CHAMBERS, Q.C.) George Sutton, George Buchhurst and Thomas Buchhurst, three young men, of respectable appear ance, who surrendered to take their t r i a l, were in dicted for misdemeanour, in being upon certain land, in the parish of Crayfurd, armed, and in pursuit of game. Mr. Clark and Mr. Strange conducted the prose cution ; the defendants were represented by Mr. Dawson and Mr. Addison. The circumstances of this case were of rather an extraordinary character, and it occupied the court for several hours. It appeared that the prosecutor was a gentleman named Burnett, residing at Crayford, where he occupied a considerable quantity of land. On the night of the 29th January an under keeper in his service, named Brazier, was out watching, accom panied by two persons, named Eaves and Etheridge, and about ten o'clock they heard the report of a gut), in a wood called the Square. According to the evi dence of these witnesses, they proceeded in the direc tion whence the sound of the shot appeared to pro ceed, and Brazier stated positively that he saw three men in the wood, and he declared these men to be the prisoners at the bar ; and he likewise stated that Sut ton had a gun, and that one of the others had a pheasant in his hand. The men got away at the time, and soon afterwards, the assistance of a policeman having been obtained, he was stationed at one of the outlets of the wood, and upon Thomas Buckhurst coining out he took him into custody, but the others got away. In the course of the case, it was elicited by the counsel for the defendants, that after Sutton and George Buckhurst had got away, Brazier had given Eaves a snare, and instructed him to go to a public house at Woolwich, where he was likely to meet these prisoners, and an arrangement appeared to have been made that he should treat them with liquor, and inti mated that he was concerned in poaching transactions, and by getting into their confidence induce them to make some admissions with regard to the offence with which they were now charged. Eaves acted up to his instructions, and according to his evidence, the pri soner George Buckhurst made a statement to the effect that he and his brother and Sutton had been into Burnett's woods to look for game, and that he was afraid his brother bad been taken into custody ; and he likewise represented that Sutton also made a sitni• lar admission to him. The witness who spoke to these conversations admitted, after a good deal of fencing with the questions that were put to him, that he tossed with the prisoners for beer, and he would not say that they had not had as much as six quarts of beer while they were together. He also said, with regard to other matters, that he could not remember anything respecting them, and added that his memory would be better according as he was paid, and that he should remember more if two sovereigns were given him than if he had one only. It likewise appeared by the depositions that were put in, that when before the magistrate one of the witnesses stated that when he saw the prisoners in the wood he did not know them, whereas, on the present occasion, he swore positively to their identity. The Learned Counsel for the prisoners, in their ad dress to the jury, made some severe remarks upon the conduct of the keeper and his assistants; and after observing upon what they considered the ev il effects of the was g en am° laws they said that th e p resen t prosecu tioninstance of the zeal whi c h was i n f use d ' into such prosecutions. They then remarked upon the facts of the case, and urged upon the jury that there had evidently been a conspiracy among the par ties to convict the defendants, and to support the present charge. Some severe comments were also made upon the conduct of the under-keeper, in sending the other men to the public-house to give the prisoners liquor, and to endeavour to entrap them into some admissions ; and after remarking upon the insproba bility of the prisoners making the statements which the witness represented, they called upon the jury not to place any reliance upon such testimony, and acquit the defendants. Mr. CHAMBERS, in summing up, said that in the judicial position he then had the honour to occupy, he could not help expressing his strong disapprobation of the abominable proceeding that had been adopted, of sending a parson to treat suspected parties with liquor, with the intention of worming out statements from them, with a view to convict them of an offence. He made use of the strong observation that it was abominable, because he felt that the conduct of the parties deserved that appellation. In savage countries the act of eating and drinking together was considered among men a pledge of good faith and confidence, and he could not permit such an act of treachery as had been proved in the present instance to pass over with out expressing the opinion, in his judicial capacity, that it was disgraceful in a civilised country, and re pugnant to the law of England. The Learned Gen tleman then proceeded to draw the attention of the jury to the facts of the case, and said, that under all circumstances the statements deposed to by witnesses who did not report them until some time after the transaction, was a description of evidence to be looked upon as very unsatisfactory, and in the case of a per son who was employed expressly to obtain a particu lar statement, and under such circumstances as had been deposed to in this ca ,, e, he said it did not appear at all impossible that he should have invented the conversation, if it had not actually occurred. The jury at once returned a verdict of Not Guilty, and the defendants were ordered to be immediately discharged. MIDLAND CIRCUIT, Derby, March 22. TAYLOR V. TAYLOR. Action of debt upon a promissory note for 501. Mr. Hayes for the plaintiff ; Mr. Whitehurat, Q.C. and Mr. Denison for the defendant. The plaintiff and defendant stand in the relation of father and daughter-in •law to each other, the de fendant having married his son. The case of the plaintiff was this :—He was in the glass-trade; his son was apprenticed to the same business, and when out of his time wished to set up for himself. To enable him to do so, the father gave him a promissory note for 501, the money to be called in if the son was successful in business. He was successful in starting, but died about three years from his commencement. The defendant's case was, that she had paid more on her husband's account since his death than there were assets, and this she proved by putting in various accounts, the payment of which she was enabled to verify ; there being several others of serious amount she could not strictly prove, and therefore was de barred the benefit of haying them taken into account in her favour. Mr. WHITEHURST characterised it as a very hard action, which, if successful, would throw his client into gaol. The Learned JUDGE seemed to concur in opinion as to the harshness of the proceeding. The jury found for the defendant. March 23. (Before Lord CAMPBELL.) Ann Orchard, aged 41, was charged with having, at Lepton, on the 13th of November last, killed and slain her husband, John Orchard. The present case was a very distressing one. The prisoner, a very respectable-looking-woman, and of good character, had been in the service of the present High-Sheriff of Nottinghamshire. On marrying she quitted service. Her husband, however, was a very loose character, and there is no doubt gave his wife great cause for complaint. On the day in question they had been dining, when the wife, provoked by his al luding to some of his liasons, took up a broken plate and threw it at him. The jagged part of the missile struck the deceased on the temple, wounding an ar tery ; blood flowed copiously, but it was ultimately stopped. The deceased was, however, incautious enough to begin eating some grapes, and subsequently went out. The hemorrage recommenced, and brought on tetanus or lock jaw, of which he died. The High-Sheriff for Nottinghamshire (Mr. Strutt) and two of his daughters gave the prisoner a very high character. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, but recom mended her to mercy. The Learned JUDGE, taking all the circumstances into consideration, sentenced the prisoner to one month's imprisonment. She had previously been out on bail. William Cowley, alias Fletcher, aged 31, was charged with having stolen one ewe, on the 24th of January, at Breadsall, the property of one Mr.Pacey. Mr. Willmore conducted the case for the prosecu tion. The short facts of the case were these :—On the morning of the 24th of January a ewe sheep was missing from the field of Mr. Pacey, but the body of a lamb was found that had been taken out of its inside. From information obtained by the police the house of the prisoner was searched, and an old cradle, in a spare room, some piechs of mutton and bones were found, and spots of blood leading up to the cradle, as if it had been brought there freshly killed. The skin of a sheep was also fund on the premises, sworn to by Mr. Pacey as the skin of the animal in question. The prisoner told the officer who arrested him he had the mutton from his sister. His defence now was he bought the mutton fa. Is. 63., believing it was a drowned sheep, and his object was to feed the dogs and ferrets which he kept to destroy rats. The jury found him Guilty. A previous conviction for felony was then put in, and he was sentenced to be transported for 15 years. OXFORD clitCun'.—Shrewsbury. (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) On Friday last Mary Catherine Newton was in dicted for the wilful murder of her mother, by stran• gulAtion and burning. The prisoner had been twice before tried for the same offence, but the jury bad been discharged without agreeing to a verdict. Mr. Phillitnore appeared for the prosecution. The evidence went to show that in 1848 the pri soner was in the service of a person named Dyer, at Bridgenorth, and her mother was in the habit of oc casionally calling upon her. Oa the 4th of December in that year the mother came to see the prisoner, who treated her very coldly, but it did not appear that there had been any quarrel between them Mrs. Newton complained of being cold, and Mary Corfield, a fellow-servant of the prisoner, gave her some re freshment and some rum and water, after which Mary Corfield went to bed, and lefc Mrs. Newton on a sofa in the kitchen, where she was to sleep. The fellow-servant had not been in bed long before she heard Mrs. Newton calling out, " Don't, Kitty." She went down stairs quietly and listened at the door of the kitchen, but as there did not seem to be any quar relling between the prisoner and her mother she returned to bed. In the middle of the night the family were roused up by a quantity of smoke issuing from the kitchen ; when, upon examination, Mrs. Newton, was found lying, burned to death, across a step leading to the brewery. The prisoner was in the kitchen undressed, and evinced no concern at the death of her mother. The floor of the kitchen was wet, and bits of rag were lying about, and the cover of the sofa spotted with oil, which was supposed to have been poured out for the purpose of increasing the flames. The prisoner was searc h e d , an d h er clothes were found to be wet up to her knees; her stockings were also wet and dirty, and part of her shift was burnt. The servant girl, Mary Corfield, detailed various outrages she had seen the prisoner inflict upon her mother a month or more before this event. _ ..._..... At the conclusion of the evidence Mr. Huddlestone addressed the jury for the prisoner. Mr. Justice PATTESON summed up the evidence with great care and minuteness, and the j u ry, a f ter twenty minutes' deliberation, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The trial commenced at nine in the morning, and did not terminate till midnight. WESTERN CIRCUIT—Exeter, March 22. (Before Mr. Justice TALFOURD.) Robert Curtice Bird, described as a farmer, aged 31, and his wife, Sarah Bird, aged 34, were indicted for the wilful murder of Mary Ann Parsons, a parish apprentice, by striking and beating her to death. The facts of the case have already been fully before the public. Much interest was excited as to the event of the trial. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was fourteen years of age ; she had been taken into the service of the prisoners from the union work found it house on the 29th o f September last, when she was in perfect health. O n the 4th of January she died, c a o n v d er h e e d r mwiotthhebr,ruuipseosn, an goidzsga considerable sore an d see the body, abcess on the back, over which a plaster had been placed. There were marks of blood between the shoulders, and other signs of ill usage having been inflicted. The prisoners bad admitted that they h a d punished the child ; and the female appeared very de sirous that no inquest should be held upon the body. Evidence was given by several persons, who bad seen both the prisoners ill use the child. The medical witnesses at some length described the injuries in flicted. Death was found to have resulted from con gestion of the brain. There were several wounds on the back of the head, and either of those injuries were likely to produce effusion, although it could not positively be stated that they bad bad that effect in this instance. _ _ _ Mr. SLADE having addressed the jury for the pri soner!, The Learned JUDGE alluded to the medical testi mony, and said he thought there was a want of that positive evidence which was required in so serious a matter. A lengthened argument then took place, when his Lordship remarked that the evidence failed to bear out the injury which had been alleged, and both pri soners were accordingly Acquitted by the jury. NORTHERN CIRGUI T.—Liverpool, March 23.: (Before Mr. Baron RoLFE.) George Winterbottom, aged 49, was indicted for manslaughter, in having caused the death of John Siddall, at Oldham, in February last, by putting him into a vapour bath, and immediately afterwards put tin', and exposing him to cold in a shower-bath, whereby his lungs became congested, of which con gestion he died. It appeared from the statement of Mr. Monk, for the prosecution, that the deceased was a youth of the age of 17, who was in a consumption, and had con sulted the prisoner, a person who, until a few months before, had been an operative in the cotton trade at Oldham. The prisoner called himself a herbalist, and had in his house what he called medicated and reno vating baths. He placed the deceased in a hot steam bath, and as soon as he was taken out he placed him in a cold shower-bath. The youth had been treated in this manner several times previously to the 10th February last. On that day he was again subjected to the same treatment. On his being taken out of the cold bath an emetic was given, and he became very sick. He requested permission to lie down. After a few minutes prisoner went up stairs, and in a few minutes returned, saying the de ceased was in a fine sleep. In less than half an hour afterwards the deceased died. On a post mortem ex amination it appeared that the left lung of deceased was full cf tubercles, and incapable of the functi , )n of respiration. That the right lung was congested until it was almost solid, and could not respire. This was the cause of death. It was alleged that the treatment was grossly unskilful, and ha i produced the conger• tion of the lungs. At the close of the opening of the Learned Counsel, Mr. PoLLoca asked his Lordship whether from the case, as stated on behalf of the prosecution, the charge of manslaughter could be sustained. His LORDSHIP said that male fides must be shown, or such an amount of ignorance as implies male fides. The question was, whether the prisoner had done his best, for if that was so the prisoner ought not to be tried for manslaughter. All great improvements had taken place in opposition to the old practitioners. And if people were liable to be tried for acting contrary to the regular system, no one would attempt to make new discoveries in medicine. When a person had acted bona fide, a charge of manslaughter, according to the late case, cannot be supported. Verdict, Not Guilty. CIVIL COURT—(Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.) RIGBY V. HEWIT. The plaintiff, in his declaration, stated that he was riding upon an omnibus, and that the servant of the defendant was driving bis omnibus in the same road, and negligently drove against that on which the plaintiff was riding, by which he was thrown off and seriously injured. The defendant denied the neg ligence. 'Mr. MARTIN (Mr. Addison with him) stated the plaintiff's case, and called witnesses, who proved that on the 9th of May, 1849, the two omnibuses were being driven on the road to Ardwick•-green, near Manchester, and were racing, there being an opposi tion between them. On coming near a cart, the om nibuses came in contact, when they were going at a furious rate, and that on which the plaintiff was riding was driven into the channel, and the plaintiff being at the end of the seat, it came in contact with a lamp post, and the jerk threw the plaintiff off, injured his head most seriously, and he would never be the man he was again. It would seem that he fell with the back of his head upon the curbstone, was insensible, and thought to be in a hopeless state, and had several medical men attending on him. The base of the skull was fractured, and notwithstanding every thing that skill could do was done for him, he long continued in a precarious state, and his mind appeared permanently deteriorated. Mr. Buss (Mr. Cobbett with him) addressed the jury for the defendant, contending both drivers were equally in fault. Mr. Baron Ror.rs summed up, and told the jury that the mere fact that the omnibus on which the plaintiff was riding WAS driven at a furious rate along the road, did not of itself prevent the plaintiff from recovering, if there was neglect on the part of the defendant; if they thought the injury resulted from the misconduct of the defendant's driver, the plaintiff was entitled to their verdict for reasonable compensa tion for that injury. The jury found for the plaintiff, but to the sur prise of many at least gave damages only 501., the doctor's bill being VV., and the plaintiff being a re spectable manufacturer, at Manchester. M. Bliss tendered a bill of exceptions to his Lord ship's ruling. SURREY SESSIONS. (Before Tuos. PUCKLE, Esq., and a full Bench of . _ Magistrates.) James Hayes, 26, described in the calendar as a bricklayer, was indicted for stealing a half-sovereign and a half-crown, the property of the South-E astern Railway Company. Henry Francis Martyn, clerk to the South-Eastern Railway C.mipany, stated that a little before ten o'clock on the night of the 2d instant he was engaged in taking money at the Greenwich terminus. The Prisoner came there and paid for a third-class ticket. Witness had previously placed a half-sovereign and four half-crowns on a shelf near the counter, and while he was stamping some tickets the pri soner c mtrived to steal the money mentioned in the indictment. Another passenger informed him of the circumstance, when he went after the prisoner and demanded the money back. He denied taking it, but on being searched the money was found on him, when he offered to return it, and begged to be forgiven. Charles Thornton stated that on the night in question he was going to Greenwich, and while standing at the pay-office he perceived the prisoner put his hand over the counter and steal the money, with which he proceeded towards the train which was about to start. He went to the clerk and asked him whether he had lost any money, when he examined the shelves and missed a half-sovereign and a half crown. Witness immediately pointed out the pri • soner as the thief, but he stoutly denied all know ledge of the robbery. A policeman was called, when he acknowledged stealing the money, and wished to be allowed to depart. One of the railway constables stated that he appre hended the prisoner, and found a half-sovereign and a half-crown in his waistcoat pocket. He pulled him into the superintendent's office, when he ac knowledged stealing the money, and wanted to be allowed to depart. The CHAIRMAN briefly summed up the case, and the jury, without the least hesitation, returned a ver dict of Guilty. The COURT sentenced the prisoner to three months' hard labour at Brixton, and to hP once whipped. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CITY POLICE COMMITTEE. T. Adams, of the Queen's Head, Cree Church-lane, w•as summoned before Aldermen Copeland and Wil son, for serving on Sunday morning, contrary to the statute. Sergeant Teague stated that at 25 minutes past 11 en the day in question he went into the defendant's house. Found two men smoking in front of the bar, and five men in the tap-room smoking. There was a pot on the table containing beer, and there was an other measure, which had recently contained gin, as he smelt it. He took the beer to the bar, and asked the landlord whether he had drawn it. He said he had for a lodger. Mr. Wire said some of the men were lodgers. One was the landlord's brother, and his son, who had corn. to dine with him. There was also the potman, and three lodgers, and they were all that were inside. Defendant's wife said the beer was served to the potman, with some bread and cheese, he not having had his breakfast. The potman proved that fact. Aldeiman WILSON alluded to the smoking. Mr. Wire said that was no offence. He appre hended that to convict the defendant it must be proved that liquor was served. Alderman WILSON said they could not allow a house to be opened for sale of liquor, even to relatives, friends, or lodgers, and convicted the defendant in the sum of ss. and costs. CLERKENWELL. Mr. Maley, landlord of the Albion Tavern, Thornhill-road, Islington, was charged with assault ing Wm. Eyleg, a tailor. It appeared that the complainant went with ano ther man to defendant's bar, and commenced a row with some customers, when Mrs. Hockley mildly re buked them. The plaintiff then turned his wrath upon her, and the defendant, having heard him call her vile names, went to turn him out. He re- sisted and began flourishing his stick, which Mr. Hockley immediately wrested from him, and broke over his back. Mr. Wakeling elicited these facts in cross-examina tion, and hoped that the bench would agree with him, that the complainant only got that which he richly deserved, for a man who would so treat a woman ought to be well licked. kr. TYRWHITT was decidedly of the same opinion, and dismissed the charge. MARLBOKOUGH-STREET. Richard Gosling, a butcher, was charged by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with having stuck a knife wantonly into a dog. Charles Clark was in Great Windmill-street on Tuesday last, when he heard a terrific howl from a dog. He turned round, and saw a dog run out of a butcher's shop with a knife sticking in his back. The defendant, who was the only person in the shop, ap• peered sorry for what he had done. The prisoner admitted he threw the knife at the dog, but without any intention of hurting it Mr. HAKDWICK said, had there been clear proof that the injury was inflicted intentionally, he would have committed him at once, without a fine. The fine of 40s. and costs was inflicted and paid. Charles Hughes and John Gibson were charged with furious driving, and with knocking down, in the Haymarket, a wine-merchant and his wife, named Fannin. Mr. Farnin said he, on Friday night, was crossing the street by the Haymarket, when he was knelled down by a chaise, in which were two men. Wit neAs's wife was also knocked down. Police-constable 110 A heard the cry of " Stop them," and after learning what had happened, he got into a cab, and pursued the defend Ants, who were going at the rate of twelve miles an hour. He over took them in Regent. street. The defendant Hughes said he was driving. He was not aware he had knocked any one down, and the rate he was driving did not exceed his usual p ice. Mr. HARDwicx inflicted a fine of 3/ each, half of which waM to be given to the complainant, for the injuries he had sustained. Mr. Farnin wished his moiety of the fine to he placed in the poor-box. The fines were paid. Elizabeth Bunning, an Irishwoman, was charged with stealing a sin,ll joint of co,.ked lamb from the residence of Lord Foley, 26, Grosvenr ire. From the evidence of the cook, and still room boy (a strapping young man), it app'ared that the pri soner called to see the housekeeper. While the ser vaot's attention wa' oth,rwise engig , d, she cenitrivrd to possess herself of the lamb, and was walking with it under her s!ial,vl, when she was stopped and questioned. She d hiving anything abou- her, but on lifting the shawl, the lamb :v.is found. In defence, the prisoner denied taking the Limb. She was sent to the House of C wrecrion for a month.- THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1850, WORSHIP-STREET. Robert Stafford, a demure. looking elderly nrin, described as a house-nain. er, was hreuvht up for tia examination before M.. A-tiold, charged with havi incited a young man m the service of Mr P-ate Hays, of the Fox Tavern, Paul-street, Finsbury, to plunder his employer. John Taplin, barman to the prosecutor, stated that he had known the prisoner for several weeks as 11 frequent customer at the house, and on calling there as usual for his supper beer, on the evenin g of Fri.ta. se'nnight, the prisoner asked him if he was not abou , to leave his situation ? Witness answered that he was, upon which the witness beckoned him to the other end of the counter, and intimated, in a low whisper, that he could put him up to a " stunning" scheme. On asking him what he meant, the prisoner went on to say, " I know a young man aho held a similar situation, before leaving which he told me that if I would come in the evening and put down a shilling on the counter he would give me change for half-a-crown ; or if I tendered him sixpence, he would understand it to be a shilling, and having acted upon the suggestion I went every evening while he re mained, and when he left we divided thirty shillings between us." The prisoner then urged witness to enter into the same arrangement with him, as it was impossible for a discovery to take place, and that they would go halves with the booty, to which he expressed a feigned assent, but immediately ap prised his master of the base proposal as soon as he had left the place. On calling for his beer on the Sunday evening following, the prisoner observed that they would not do it on that night, although he was not very particular, and witness replied that he was quite right, as it would scarcely be safe. On the en suing Tuesday evening he again presented himself at the bar, but observing the prosecutor seated in the ad. joining parlour, he carelessly requested the loan of a newspaper, with which he left, but returned shortly afterwards and ordered a pint of beer, for which he placed sixpence on the cou:,ter, and significantly asked the witness "if it was all right." Witness replied, in the same tone, "It is, I have got 2s. for you," and handed to the prisoner fivepence half-penny in copper money, together with two shillings, which had pre viously been marked by the prosecutor, and clutching the amount io his hand, the prisoner hastily quitted the premises, but was instantly pursued by a police sergeant who was in attendance, and taken into custody. Sergeant Harvey, G 14, stated, that upon over taking the prisoner, he seized him by the arm and inquired what change he had in his hand, to which he at first answered " only 4f 1.," but finding that he was about to search him, he at lengh admitted that he had also two shillings. Witness thereupon took from him the two marked shillings and the copper money now produced. Mr. Roblin., who attended as solicitor for the Li censed Victuallers' Protection Society, to conduct the prosecution, cited several cases in which it had bee❑ decided that the mere solicitation of a servant to rob his employer constituted the offence of misdemeanour, although the latter had not actually acceded to the commission of the felony, and stated that it was most important that the law relating to such cases should be clearly understood, in consequence of the artfu► nature of such a system of robbery, and the serious extent to which licensed victuallers had suffered from similar depredations. Mr. ARNOLD fully concurred in the observations of the Learned Gentleman, and the depositions having been completed by Mr. Vine, the chief clerk, the pri soner, who reserved his defence, was fully committed to Newgate for trial. 80 U 7 11W ARK. James Stevens, slim White, a respectable-looking man, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Henri, charged with having' in his possession a quantity of illicit spirits, and offering the same for sale, contrary to the statute. James Barton, assistant to Mr. Hulme, surgeon, in the Blackfriars-road, stated thst on the previous after noon the prisoner entered the surgery and asked him whether he wanted any spirits, at the same time he produced a quantity in a bladder, and stated that it was 60 over-proof, and that he could let him have it at the rate of 123. a gallon. Witness told him Fe did not any at that time, when the prisoner gave him his address, and said he could supply him secretly with any quantity. After he left the shop witness went to the Excise-office, in the Blackfriars-road, and in formed the supervisor, and shortly afterwards the prisoner was taken into custody. John Evans, an Excise officer, stated that be met the prisoner in the Blackfriars•road, with a large bag in his possession. He stopped him and asked him what it contained, when he replied " only a few dirty clothes !" Witness seized the bag and found it to contain a bladder with rather more than half a gallon of spirits. He examined it and ascertained it to be illicit spirits, when he took him into custody. In defence, the prisoner said he was a French po lisher, and the spirit he had in his possession he pur chased to use in his business. He denied selling spirits, or offering it for sale, and the fact was that he went into Mr. Hulme's shop for some medicine, and not for any other purpose. The Excise-officer informed the Magistrate that the prisoner actually went to another doctor's shop and offered the spirits for sale. He was well known to the Excise as a dealer and manufacturer of illicit spirits. An assistant to Mr. Hornblower, chemist, in the Blackfriars-road, stated that the prisoner entered their shop and offered some spirits for sale. He refused to purchase it, and gave information to the police. Mr. Brown, supervisor of the Blackfriars district, said that he had examined the spirit, and found it to be of illicit manuficture. Mr. HENRY—What do you charge the prisoner with ? Supervisor—l charge him with hawking spirits without a licence, under the 3d and 4th George the Third, which rendered him liable to a penalty of 1001. Prisoner—l deny hawking the spirit. I purchased it to use with French polish. Mr. HENRY-It is quite clear from the evidence of the chemists that you offered the spirits for sale, and I shall convict you in the penalty of 1001., and in de fault commit you to prison fur three months. THE (;(.)UNTIE MARKETS layEßroor., MARCH 23.—The business this day is small, but there is no perceptible change in the value of anyiarticle of the grain trade. s. d. a. d Wheat, per 701 b : English, white .. 6 0 to 6 2 Do. red .. 5 6 5 Irish, best red 5 2 5 4 d. s. d Do. Meal, perl96lb 12 0 13 0 Barley, Etn,lish, pr imperial quarter 25 0 to2G 0 Irish, Scotch, and 11 anx,per 601 b.. 3 0 3 2 Foreign, grinding 2 9 3 I gye, par 4sOlb . 22 0 24 0 Beans, English, pr imperial quartr 29 0 30 Irish and Scotch, per asoth.. •• 25 0 — 2 6 0 Dutch •• •• 28 0—29 0 Egyptian • .. 20 0— 22 0 Yeas, English, per imperial quartr 30 0 31 0 Foreign •• •• 27 0 2FI 0 Oats, per 451 b Scotch, Do, lower quality 4 9 ➢faux, red and wh. 5 4 5 8 Dantslc, high mixed 6 8 6 10 Do., mixed .. 6 0— 6 3 Rostock, &c.. .- 6 0— 6 2 Hamburgh and _ _ Lower Baltic .. 5 8 5 10 American & white 5 10 6 0 Canadian, /red 5 4 5 6 Antwerp &Louvain 5 8 5 10 French, red.. .. 5 4 5 6 Hungarian and Mariaropoli • • 5 2 5 4 Odessa, Polish .. 5 6 5 7 Do., common .. 5 0 5 2 Egyptian •• • • 4 -'" 4 8 Flour, English & Irish, per 2801 b 27 0 2_2 . Do., extra One 3 2 0 -- 34 United States, per barrel • • Indian 4so 1b .4 . w corn, hi t e per 2 2 2 0 8 1 G O -6 2 22 8 12 6 00 Canadian MANCHESTEK, MARCH 23.—. At our market this morning no change was observable, a moderate consumptive bu,iness only . b e i ng practicable, in which, however, the full quotations of this day se'nnight were generally realised. CoLcuicaus., MARCH 23.—The trade has been dull in this district during the week, and the return of wintry weather, and a slight fall of snow this morning, by no means tended to improve the tone of our market to-day. The best samples of white wheat fetched 455, and red 37s to 40s ; barley, which was rather lower, 25s to 28s per quarter, and white peas 233 to 28s. and Ikelsh, old 2 9—2 10 [risk, new, best me - allog 2 3 2 31 Do., mid and inf. 2 0 2 Old • • • • 2 3 - 2 4 Oatmeal, English, & Seoteh,pr24olb `I2 0 22 6 Irish, new .. 20 o—2l 0 1) 0. ,o d 19 0 -- 20 0 At Chelmsford, on Friday, the best samples of wheat fetched Is per quarter more, but in other respects business was dull. The supplies of barley are falling off in that district, but still there is no rise in price. The quotations were—white wheat 86s to 435, red 34s to 40s ; barley 24s to 26s ; gray peas 26s to 285, white 30s. In the markets of Suffolk wheat has maintained its quota tions this week, and in some instances there was a slight advance, but in other articles little was doing. At Ipswich peas, which were in plentiful supply, were is to 2s per quarter lower. Barley was cheaper both at Hadleigh and at Woodbridge, and dull in sale. At Bury the best descriptions of wheat sold readily at Is advance. The tame was the cue at Stovvmarket on Thursday, but barley was Is cheaper. The spring corn has been got in in good order in this disteet. WORCESTER, MARCH 23.—The market to-day vas better, and good wheat fetched better prices than for the last f,r,night. English white 16s tid, and red 15s to 153 6d per bag. Foreign wheat scarce, and well supported. Making barley 33 to 3s 6d per bushel. Grinding qualities must be quoted at 21 9d to 3s. Malt 7s 6d per bushel. Oats. English, 2. 6d to 3s per bushel; Irish 2s 6d. English beans 125 to 13s 6d per bag ; foreign 35 to 3s 6d per bushel. Peas rather better, white qualities selling at about 4s, and grey 3s tid per bushel. Spring vetches 4s 6d to 5s per bushel. At Stourbridge market on Friday the demand was brisk, and wheat advanced s per quarter. Barley also held for higher rates. Oats as last quoted. Beans and peas well supported' and a fair busines. doing. At :sratford.on- A von market on Friday the supply of wheat was limited, and prices were rather higher. Best English white wheat averaged 16s per bag, red wheat 14s 64 per bag. A t Kidderminster the supply was good of all kinds. Wheat 14s 6d to 15s 61 per bag. Making barley 3a 3d per bushel, grinding 10s tid per bag. Wolverhampton market was firm, and prices, if anything , must be quoted a trifle higher, though millers were very reluc tant to increase prices, and farmers asked more money. Oa LK SITE, AIA It CH :!I.—The relative weight per tour bushels of the three prices of wheat were 18st 6ib, 18st 01b, and 16st 131 b. Oats. 12st 'lib. 12st 21b, and lust 81b Barley, 16st 1011a4 15st 141 b, and 14ist 13:b. Peas and beans, 18st 121 b, 17st 101 b, and I , st llbs. Qrs. - Best. Current. Inferior. 92 Wheat ... ./:2 0 0 £1 16 0 .L 1 11 6 10 , 5 Oats 316 Barley 21 Peas and Beans 1 9 0 1 6 0 1 5 6 Average of wheat 3ss 51d. Azaanszn, MA KCH 2 —Grain—Oats 13. to 13.6 d, 401 b pet bushel ; oats, new, oos ud to 00s; foreign oats, i 3 Os Od to ON Od per yr.; barley, 18s to 19. od, 52Ibs per bushel; bear, 18s to 191 0d,521bs per bushel; w heat. 38, to oatmeal, lls fid to 12s tid per boll ; flour, 30s to 32s per sack. Provisions—Beefr 4d to 6d per Ib ; mutton, ditto, 4d to 6d; veal, ditto, ed to 8d; pork, per lb, 3,1 to sd; lamb, per Ib, Od to Od; t. pet• stone, 4s to 4s 6ti ; potatoes, per peck, 10d to 1s; hay, per cwt, Os to Os ; rabbits, each, 6d to 7d; hares, each, is IA to 2s ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os; butter, per lb, 8d to lOd; eggs, per doz, 5d to 7d ; cheese, per cwt, 18s to 2:3s ; hens,Per pair, _a 6d to 'is Od ; chickens, ditto, 2s t,d to 2s tad ; ducks, ditto. 2 8 Od to 2s 6d ; ducklings, ditto, Os to Os Od; turkeys, each, 4s Od to 5s Od; geese, ditto 3s 6il to 4s; butter for exportation ( present cure), per cwt, 00s to 56s ; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, Od to Sid ; 41b loaf, 6d ; 21b loaf, 3d ; pork, per stone of 141bs. 3s 6d to Os Od; poi k fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od ; pork largo. 3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of 204 lbs, Os to U. Meal—Oatmeal, Is 2d to Is 3d; barley dust, 6d to 7d; peasemeal, is 8d to Is 10d; aids, 6d to 7d; bearmeal, is Id to is 2d; flour, Is 8d to Is 10d ; barley, per lb, Id to 2d; barley flour, Is 2d to Is 3ti. GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET, MARCH 2l.—At our market to-day the number of cattle shown was —oxen, 760; sheep. 721. The supply of good cattle was the best we have had this season. Prices reiwined much the same as last maaket. Best ox 495, realised from 44s to 46s per cwt, inferior cows ana bulls from 30s to 364 per ditto, sinking the offal ; nearly 1111 sold. Owing to the small supply of sheep prices were a little higher. Best aged wethers brought 6d per lb, current prices from 4 3 / 4 d to 5d per ditto; all sold. DUBLIN, MARCH 22.—Our market to-day was very mo derately supplied, and prices of every description of grain were fully supported, but Indian corn was dull, at former rates. White wheat, 20s Od to 23s Od; red ditto, lo s Od to 213 Od ; barley, 9s Od to 12s Od ; oats, per barrel, 8s Od to 10s Od ; oatmeal, lOs Od to lls Od ; bakers' flour, per cwt. 12. 6d to 15s; Indian corn, per 4801 b, 25s to 27s 6d. CORK MARCH 22.—The trade continues ve r y dull; indeed it may be said to have come to a complete stand, but little business, and that little on the most restricted scale, having been transacted during the week. A few arrivals of foreign grain continue to take place. Amongst them we notice one of oats from Lisbon, the first we remember to have heard of from that quarter. The receipts of home grain, for the reason al•• ready assigned, are small, the amount for the week being- - wheat, 175 brls, at 15s to 18s 6d per brl; barley, 600 brie, a t 7s to 11s per brl • oats, 2,353 brls, at 61 to 11 s per brl. The few trifling lots of wheat coming in have been taken at about the prices of last week. Barley and oats however have receded in value. In prepared Irish wheat the busisais doing is very trifling. For foreign also we experience a mere retail sale at $ decline of 6d per brl on all descriptions. We quote the value of Polish Odessa 22s per brL Neither in barley nor in oats have we any transactions to record. We qnote the value of each nominally the same as when we last wrote. The flour trade continues exactly in the state last reported. Bakers par • chase only as their immediate wants require, hence the kiwi' ness doing is a mere consumptive one. Prices remain unal tered. Indian corn continues to meet a very slow sale, and in, some cases the article has been sold at a d ec line 01 2s 6d per ton. Indian Meal is excessively dull of sale.- - Flour—First 12s Od to 13s Od ; extra 141 Od seconds, lOs 6d to 12s ; households 9s to 10s Od; thirds, 7s toes per cwt. Oatmeal 10s to 00s Od; Indian meal 6s 9d to 7* ; wheat" meal. 10s to ' , Os Oil per cwt. Indian corn 127 s 6d to 135 s per tou. Bran 3/ I7s 6d to 4/ Os per ton. Hay—Farmers 25, to 365; averago 335; dealers 32s to 38s Od; average 36s per ton. Straw—Faunal 13s Od to 25s Od; average 21s; dealers 00304 to 005 Od; average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 61d; household loaf 5d to bid per 41b. Fresh butter, 9d W 10J per lb Eggs -3sBdto 3s 10d per hundred. Coale - : Newport 15s; Lydney 17s ; Landore 151; Best Nest° Culm 145 per ton. Tallow 401 Od to 00s per 0 1 ' 4 ." Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imp er i a l gallon. Meat —Beef 4d to 6d; mutton 5d to 6d; veal 5d to ; pork 3id to 34c1; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages 5d per lb. Hops 131 Os per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 2s 6d to 31 51 per ton. Bark—Barbary 71 5 s to 815 s; Val.:mil. 14/ to 01; French 7155; English 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool lOs to 12s per s tone. Hemp 321 to 00/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 16s to 17s ; re d ditto 20, to 22s per barrel ; Newfoundland 9' Os to 11/ per ton. Timber—Memel, 85s per ton; deals, first quality, 1 81 ; second quality, 16s per 11/0. Hides—Market 14s to 205; salted I3s to 210 per cwt ; calf skins lid to 2101 per lb. Potatoes, white 8d to lOd ; Minions 12d to 13d; Guano Peruvian, 111 10s; Icbaboe, 9/ per ton; Tar—Archangels 191 per barrel. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. _ 1.1 V ERi°olll.. MARCH 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was firm to•day's but the amount of business done was limited. The trans actions were as follow :—London and North-Western, 105 1 ,4 —Ditto, New Quarters, A dis.—Ditto, Quarters (C), ' R. —Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol., Fifths. 9 .i• Is. 3d. dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 13:1 —Midland, 39 Ditto, Halves, 251. 3s. gd. dis —Dutc h Rhenish, 6 dia —East Lancashire, 2i % —York and North Mid land (East and West Riding Extension), Preference, 6 per cent. till 1850, 3% dig. MANCHESTER, MAncit 23. STOCK EXCRANott.—Business on our Stock Exchange to-day was very dull, and prices stationary. BIRMINGHAM, Mmscx 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—As usual on Saturdays, there wee little business done on our Stock Exchange to-day. There was, both yesterday and to-day, a demand for Shrewsburf and Birmingham Shares (a circumstance somewhat remark' able after the meeting on Thursday), but no sellers at hot quotation. Prices ranged generally as for the last few days YORK, MARCH 22. Srocie EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were go follow:—Caledonian, 10A....Y0rk, Newcastle. and Berwickt 13 5 ,4—Ditto (Newcastle Extension), BA—Ditto (G. N. f" Purchase), Lady Ponsonby's new novel, "Pride:and IrresolU' tion," just published, is ealculivei to confirm the pre diction made by thelimes on the appearance of The Discipline of Life"—that the noble author was " to become one of the first hands in this class of liters . tare." "In the st'ries which compose these volumes (says the Atheneum) the feeling for character is stronS and deicate. The authoress bears a close resemblanc e to the authoress of Two Old Men's Tales.' Her sty!e is flowing and simple without tenuity. Depth of ft e king and elegance of mind are alike indicated by her mode of dealing with the subjects selected by her—which form second series of illustrations of the Discipline of Life. Pride' is presented in the story of Ada Mowbray--' 5 complete an impersonation of that fascinating sin as wit s ever framed by the hand of woman. She carries i t with a high hand till the discipline of storms' bresa l upon her head. In the tale of 'lrresolution' are set forth the sufferings of a deep-hearted, gentle, r efined, girl, who marries a feverish and inconstant man, an d who perishrs under the discipline. We cannot but imagine that in the outset Lady Ponsonby laid ou t another rate for her heroine, the excellent Susan Grevil le." STATE OP TEADE.—BIRMINGIIAM, SATURDAY.'" There is li , tle to report respecting the trade and mane' factures of this town and neighbourhood. The iron interests of South StaffOrdshire are said to be drooßiegt but, notwithstanding, there is yet no intimation grre! l of a fall in prices. The meeting usually held FreWO' nary to the general quarterly meetings of the iron' masters of South Staffordshire, will be held in a few - lays, and a more p a:awe opinion of the future prospects and intentions of the trade can then be farmed. In the more general manittawurp: of Birmingham the mert are comparatively e ell employed, and, in 'owe di:scrip' Lions of business, over hours are required for the '4O ting-up" of orders. [ADvEsTisFmENT.]—The Dreadnought Hospital Ship and Saint Thomas's Hospital outdone in the Cure of Wounds and Meets by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.--John Newington, a tailor, living in Adrian-court, Dover, was I, patient on board the Dreadnought, and again at St. Thomas 's Hospital for three weeks. for a very bad ulcerated leg of long standing, without obtaining the least relief at either of the above institutions, but was cured immediately afterwards by Holloway's Pills and Ointment. The truth of this staterneot can he attested by Mr. G. Ashmore, a very respectable chemist at Dover.—Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, Landon. BIRTELY On the 16th inst., near Tunbridge-wells, the wife of A• Brett, Esq., of a son. On the 20th inst, at Eaton-place, the lady of Lieutenant -. Colonel Carpenter, of a daughter. On the 20th inst., at Ocklev-green, Surrey, the wi fe of Lieutenant-Colonel Walter gmee, Bombay Army, of a daughter. On the 2 'th inst., at Douglas, Isle of Man, the wife of Captain H. Murray, of a eon. On the 2ls inst., at York, the lady of John Bower, Esq. , of a daughter. (m th.e Jones, 2lst Eq.. inst., at of Islington, under u l n o d o e . r o c f h a lo d r a o u fo g r b m t , er t : e_wif_e of E. c On the 22d inst., in Albio n - r oad, Stoke Newi n g to R. Heathfiela, of a daughter. AAA JED. On the 19th inst., at the British Embassy, Paris, Henry, eldest son of the late Sir Henry Webster, to Emelie Louise, relict of the late Mor Fitzßoy el Somerset. On the 20th inst , aj at :A. Micha 's Church, Pimlico, Lieut.- Colonel D. H. onsid ne, t o Philalelphia, daughter of the late John Gibson, Esq., her Majesty's Vice Consul at Turin, and relict of Major-General Consid ine. On the 21 St inst., Dr. S. L. Gill, of Stepney, to Annie Eyzabeth, only daughter of li. Hill, Esq..bflnehouse. DIED On the 24th inst., Sophia, the beloved wife of John Scott/ Esq., of 4, Devonshire-hill, Hampstead, in the 59th year of her age, after protracted illness, which she bore with avant' plary meekness and submission to the Divine will. On the 19th inst., at Ritstone, near Skipton-in• Crave n, Waddilove, Esq., aged 60. f On the 19th at Arlington-place, Clifton, Major G. Ll• Robinso”, H. E.1.C.5., aged 56 . On the 2 th inst.. at Harrow, aged 38, Julia Georg iannt the wife of A. M. Perkins, Esq., of Regent- quare. On the 20th inst.,aged 62 J Worthington, Esq , o f Collier hill, Hollinwood. near Manchester. meOrnia,tge2wlisfte of s j‘tininß.Gjr.eßatutßt,uesgseeldl-3s4treet, Bloolusburl' 11.4.ncion: Printed and Published MUR No 112, Strand, Printer , at The Sw' Office,. "si .Strand, in the. *h e gwvoy, in the 00W1v 111(441tidoc, Mon,iq r Much 25, 1850.