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

liaddecks, 4d. to. 8d each;. Oyst#rs, 128 to 42s NT 'bushel ; Pounders, 6d to is; Smelts, is 2d to Is 4I; :arid 131oaters,.10d to is I,d per di zen; Mackerel, 3d to 5d e.ch; SaltaCn; is 4d to l a 9d per lb ; an d S a l t Fish, 2a to 5d peril). BREAD. The 'prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from 6d to 7d; of household ditto, 4a to 54d per 4lb loaf. • HIDE MARKET. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 14,1 to lid; ditto, 641 b to 721 b, lid to IA.1; ditto, 721 b t o 80Ib, 2d t o lid; ditto; 801 b to 881 b, 24c1 to 2id; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 3d to 34,1; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 34d to 30; ditto. 104Ib to 1121 b, 311 to 4d. Calf Skins, light 2s 3d to 3s Od; ditto full 53 0,1 to 5.; 6d; Horn Hides, 61 to 6s 6d; Polled S hee p , 5s 8d to 7s 3 . 1 ; Kents an d Balf-breds, 4s 4d to 5s 4d; Downs, 4s 3d to 4s 10d; Shearlings, Gd to 81 BILY AZAILMJCZTP. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 Ss to 3110 s; Clover ditto, 31 Or to 41 lOs ; and Straw, 11 is to 1 / 8 s per load. A full ave rag e s upply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2110 s to 31 12:; Clover ditto, 3/ 04 to 41 8s; and Straw, 11 2s to 11 103 per 10 3 d. Supply good, and trade dull. WILITECEILATEL. Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 los ; Clover ditto, 310 s to 4/12s; and Straw,l/ is to 11 83 per loa 4 . Trade dull, at our quotations. MANSION-HOUSE—(THIS DAY.) Mary Asa Smith and Elizabeth Williams, two young girls, were brought up before Mr. Alderman Gibbs, charged with haring broken two lamps at the corner of the Mansion House. • The policeman who apprehended them stated, that when he found them in the act, they expressed their in tention of breaking the lamps all round had they not been sopped. They were fined 10.. each, or six weeks in Bridewel►. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) A couple of Irish women, who appeared to be mother and daughter, were charged with begging in the public streets. A police-constable found them yesterday afternoon begging in Trafalgar-square. He told them to go away, but, instead of complying with his request, they began abusing hits, and be took them to the station. Mr. JARDINE asked the prisoners what they had to say? The elder prisoner, a sullen, coarse•looking crea ture, asked " Arrsh noo, an' what should yer expect us to say, sure? We must ether beg or stale, and we pre ferred the beggin.' " Mr. JARDINE—Where do you come from? Prisoner It's the cunthry we are from, sure, where it's work we were looking for; but divil a bit of it could we get at all at all. Mr. JARDINE—But where did you sleep on Thursday sight? Prisoner—Beneath a thray in Hammersmith. Mr. JARDINE—And why did you come into town yes terday? Prisoner—To beg, sure; we are etarvin.' Mr. JARDINE—Why did you not apply to the parish if you are starving? Prisoner—Divil a bit o' use would that a bin; sorra a thrifle o' relate would they give us, yet. Harmer. Mr. JARDINE—I suppose you aro afraid they would send you back to Ireland again. Prisoner—Not a bit, yer Hanner; it's mighty little relate the likes ov us gets from the The constable who had them in charge said the elder prisoner, on the way to the station, made use of very filthy language, and told him morelthan once to go to Prisoner—Now, did yer leer? Hark at him now. Yer Worship, as we went along, a spalpeen says to us " Why don't yer sthop in yer own cunthry, ye ould hag," to which, yer Mintier, I makes reply, "yer better mind er own bisniss, young teller," and then says ho kick yer for two pins, will I," and then I did say "go to h— yer baste." Mr. JARDINE—When did you come from Ireland? Prisoner (nudging her daughter)-oh, about a wake, yer Hamer. Daughter—Me mither's bin here a long, long time time yer Harmer. Moth6r—Five and twenty year, but me darter come over last wake. Mr. JARDINE—WeII, you can't be allowed to beg in the streets. If you are in 'distiess the parish will re lieve you. B o th . prisoners—But, yer Harmer, we must—we can't @three,' and we're pawned our shawli, and iverything we have. Mr. JARDINE—Then you should apply to the parish. Mother--Divil a bit o' use that'll be—we must beg or stile. Mr. JARDINE said, under these circumstances he should commit them for fourteen days. Mother-,-Yer Hanner's mithy perlite. The lirisoners were then removed in custody. • WESTIVIINSTER--(THIg DAY.) Catherine Banks, a young Irish woman; dirty and clothed in rags, with an infant at her brea'st, was brought up before Mr. Burrell on a charge" of assault and the damage of property. From the statement of George Matte, the pot•boy at the Crown and Thistle public-house, Great Peter-street, Westminster, it appeared that about 7 o'clock yesterday evening the prisoner presented herself at the bar of the Crown and Thistle, and called for something to drink, which was headed to her. Shortly afterwards a man came in sad demanded, with considerable violence, the restoration of some money which she had taken from him. A desperate altercation ensued between the man and the prisoner, which resulted with the prisoner taking sown money out of her pocket and throwing it into the street, which the man picked up and went away. The prisoner returned to the bar and continued to make a disturbance, when the landlord, Mr. Edward Taylor, at tempted to turn her out ; whereupon the prisoner tlok a large aloof-door key from her pocket, with which she struck the landlord two violen__ blows on the head. Not content with that, she, on being turned to the door, threw a piece of copper at the window of the bar and broke a large square of plate glass, value 305., and hurled a paving stone, which she picked up in the street, at the head of the landlord; but, missing him, the missile struck the pot-boy on the arm. A policeman, Boddington, 184 B, was called to take the prisoner into custody, and in doing so, the prisoner managed to throw herself and him down upon the kerb stone, by which his back was hurt. When down on the ground she also bit the policeman in the leg. A little further on, on the way to the station, the prisoner at tempted a repetition •of the trick, but another police constable was called on to assist, and by this Means she was conveyed to the station., in spite of her violence and abusive language. The prisoner f , in her defence, said, whilst drinking in the bar of the Crown and Thistle, where she had taken refuge from the violence of her husband, whom she had just before left at home, her husband followed her and attempted to tske some money from her, and that whilst defending herself against her husband, the landlord came to turn her out, and in doing so, kicked her in the back. Being foiled by her husband, and'so in-treated by the landlord, she did in hekrage throw the piece of copperihrough the window. She asserted, too, that the policeman used considerable vielence in taking her into custody; that she was very scantily clothed, notwithstanding which, he tore her shawl off her, and exposed her nakedness, and also attempted to•take her baby from her. In aidation to this, he took bold of her by her hair and knocked her , head several times against the wall of the cell. Whea asked it she had any witnesses, she said two young men, who were in the cell at the time, and who cried "Shame," had been discharged. Mr. BURRELL ordered the prisoner to be imprisoned three months. CLERKEiiWELL.(THIS DAY.) An old soldier,.natned Daniel, a native of the Emerald Isle, was this morning - place at the bar before Mr. Twyrwhitt, charged' with begging. The policeman who took him into custody said, he saw him accost several ladies and gentlemen yesterday, in the neighbourhood 'of Holloway, and beg for alms in a very piteeus tone, saying he was Obeying, and had no money to buy any food •with. , -On being searched at the s tation-house, a Peninsular medal and several docu ments, showing he had been in the army, and ls. 6d. in money, and enough bread and meat for two hungry men were found upon him. , The account he gave of himself was that ho had been a soldier, but had been discharged since 1816. The MAGIsTnATE—What have you to say to the charge? Defenda nt—lt is (pile correct, your Worship; but this is the first time I have ever been before a ma gistrate, and I assure your Worship I'll never be found bogging in this part,of the country again. I am going to leave my medal and papers with the Duke of Wel lington, and I hope he'll give' me some assistance, for I can't get any work, and I have received no pension from the Government since my discharge in 1816. - The medal; 'Which the defendant prominently exhi bited on his breast, and the documents were examined by the officers of the court and found to be genuine. The defendant, in answer to inquiries, said the . regi ment to which be belonged was the 39th Font, which returned from India in 1847, after a long service in that ' country. Since 1816 lie bad obtained his livelihood by gardener in nurseries, working. as a and serving as a bricklayer's labourer, and doing other odd jobs. MAGISTaATS--W here were you enlisted? Defendant —At Enniskillen. I hope, kind gentleman, you will not punish me this time? AGISTRATE.--1 am efraid you have been making use of' the medal and documents to swindle people. None but a practi,ed beggar, who knew,skhoiwud gentleman ," toexite people's b u t sympathies woul d us e the word 401 you have not been seen here before, I shall discharge you. I'll do more honour to the modal than you appear to have done. I think if you go about disgracing it by begging in the s t reets, it ought to be taken from you. I be dr feDdan t then 1.. ft the court, evidently gratified at his release, but mumbling to himself, that he would rather part w.th anything than his medal. WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) MURDER OP AN INFANT BY ITS MOTHER, AND ATTEMPTED 6uICIDE BY TUR LATTER.- ' this day Emma sanderson, a married woman, wita charged be fore. Mr. klamm► l l, with having wiltullq murdered her male want child, at N o : 25, Napier-street, Shoreditch. A solicitor attended for the prisoner. Mary Fuller, servant to the prisoner, said, that she had been in the prisoner's service several weeks. Her husband is shopman to a statiouer in the City. Ihe prisoner, the previous afternoon, was in the kitchen, When she told witness to go and buy some tea. She had her baby in her lap—a male child about six weeks old. Witness lest her there. The prisoner has also three other children. Witness went out, and was absent about 11 quarter of an hour. On her return she found the children in the street. Witness opened the door, and proceeded to the kitchen. She then went into the back room of the first floor, which is the children's bed room. She there saw the tahy on the bed, Gld In Ooking behind the door she obserred the pri• soner there with a piece of cord round her neck. Wit ness ran down stair; and called Mr. Brown, a butcher living opposite, and they both went into the room wle re etre bed left the prisoner. - On seeing witness, she ex claimed "The baby is dead." Witness was then seut by Mr. Brown for a sergeJn; she also got a nurse, and went for the prisoner's husband► Mr. FIAMPIMti —What state of mind has the prisoner exhibited latterly? Witness—During the lest fortnight she has been very low in spirits. When I left on Thursday afternoon she was much depressed. John Browr, 27, Wirnbern-street, Hoxton, said that on entering the back room of the first floor, he observed the deccaied infant on the bed. The prisoner was rest ing against the edge of the bed. On seeing witness the prisoner remarked, "You have come too soon, or me and my baby would have been happy together." Wit ness then saw a piece cf cord tight round the prisoner's neck, and there was another piece round the bedstead, the end of which she bad in her band. She was in much mental excitement. He removed her to the front room, where she said, " Of course I shall now be hung." Wit ness observed, "It is a dreadful thing." She replied, "It is a pity we did not die together, as I am sure I shall be hung." The child was nearly cold. Mr. lissimlLL—Have you lately observed her state of mind ? Witness—Yes, Sir. On the Wednes►'ay previous, I, my wife and sister, remarked that there ap peared a vacancy in her eye, indicative of great melan choly, and of insanity. Mr. G. J. Amden, No. 1, Critchill•place, surgeon, stated, that he had examined the deceased child, and observed a mark on its throat, as if a cord had passed tightly round it, which was about a sixth of an inch in width. The child died of strangulation. There were marks of a cord round the prisoner's throat. He attended her at her confinement. During the last few days she has been in a low state. The child had a mark on his forehead and nose, which the prisoner con sidered was a disfiguration, anal which preyed upon her mind. She was told by some persons that it was through her fault the deceased had the mark. He endeavoured occasionally to reason with her. Policeman Collard, N 53, produced the cords. The prisoner, who was much depressed during the in quiry, and who had attempted suicide at the workhouse of Shoreditch, where she had been removed, was re minded. FALL OF THE STRUCTURE FOR. THE CHINESE JUNK.—(THIS DAY.) An accident of a very serious character, but fortu• nately unattended with say loss of life, happened this morning to a large wooden structure which has lately been in the course of; erection at the Essex-pier,: at the bottom of Essex•street, Strand, for the purpose of ex hibiting the Chinese Junk. This building was erected on piles driven down into the river, and was about 400 feet long, 60 feet high, and about 50 broad; and one side, the ends, and a portion of the roof, had already been enclosed in with boards. Throughout the night the whole shook and trembled under the influence of the wind, which was very high, and about ten this morning, while half dozen workmen were engaged in securing the wood work, the structure fell down with a loud crash. A strong gust of wind was blowing at the time from the east, and the piles were not strong enough to resist the pressure occasioned by the wind acting on the whole length of the side. Fortunately all the men escaped unhurt, except ose, who was precipitated from a con siderable height on the mud below, into which he sank several feet, and another, who we regret to say received such injuries on his arm as to render it neces sary to remove him to the hospital. We un derstand that men have been employed on this building nearly a month, and that the cost of it will be about 500/. It is clearly apparent that the piles were by no means 'vow or numerous enough to bear the superincumbent weight, and, as we presume, the wood work must have been raised either under the supervision of the district surveyor, or with the consent of the City corporation, there must have been consider able neglect on the part of the authorities. If the acci dent had happened at some future time, when the place was full of visitors, a serious loss of life might have ensued. EASTER RECREATIONS.—Few capitals offer greater opportunities to the intellectual holidaymaker than this vast metropolis. The following is a list of the different edifices and places open gratis or on payment of a small sum for ad mission:—Museums. —Asiatic, Gratton-street ; Antiquarian, Guildhall; British, Great Russell-street ; College of Surgeons', Lincoln'e-mn-fields; East India Company'!, Leadenhall street ; Geological, Somerset-house; Hunterran College of Surgeons', and Linnman, Soho-square ; 'London Missionary's, Blomeeld-street, Finsbury; Missionaries'; Saul s, Alders. gat e - s t r eet ; Economic Geology , Craig's-court, Charing cross; Royal Institntion, Albermarle-street ; Royal Society's, Somerset-bouse ; Royal Society of Antiquaries'; Soane s. Lincoln's-inn-fields; United Service, Scotland-yard. Bank of England, Custom-house, Guildhall, Gresham College, Dulwich Gallery of Paintings, Royal Mint, National Gallery, Royal Exchange, School of Design, Somerset-house; Trinity house, Tower-hill; University College, Westminster Abbey (to some parts only ) ; Westminster-hall, Woolwich Arsenal, Greenwich Hospital, House of Commons, House of Lords, St. James's Palace, sic. ; the above are all open free to the public, or by tickets, which may be easily, obtained on ap plication. Admission to the following-is by payment of Is. to 2s. : Cosmorama, Regent-street; Royal Colosseum, Cy clorama and Diorama , Reg ent ' s- p ark. (Is.)—MadameTus saud's Exhibition , Ba ker-street; Burford's Panorama, and Panorama of New Zealan d, Leicester-square ; Overland Route to India, Waterloo - plac e ; the Nile, the Mississippi, and Missouri, Egyptian-hall, Piccadilly; Arctic Regions, Hyde Park-corner; Royal Polytechnic Institution, Regent-street; Society of Arts, Adelphi. Monument and Tower of London, 6cl. St. Paul's Cathedral, free during Divine service, 2d. any ether time. Thames Tunnel Id., Sic. Besides the above are the St. Katharine, London, West India and East India Docks ; the Soho, the Pantheon, Oxford-street, and other bazaars, and numerous other places well deserving a visit—the courts of law, &c. FATAL CONFLICT.—We have to record an occur rence which has stained this hitherto peaceable county with crime, and stamped the brand of disgrace on the townland wherein it took place. The particulars of this fatal outrage, which hurried a human being into eternity, took place on Tuesday last, at Gortnaghy, within one mile of Dungiven, cn the road leading from that town to Newtownlimavady. On the morning of Tuesday Mr. Williams Stevenson, a col. lector of county cess and poor rates in that district, pro ceeded to the townland in question, accompanied by some five or six a ssistants, for the purpose of seizing upon the goods of defaulters who had not paid their county cees. After 'calling at the houses of several peasons, who, although they exhibited symptoms of hostility, nevertheless did not pro ceed to open violence, he at last seized upon and was driving off the ground three cows belonging to a man named Rotten Guinn but before he had proceeded with them above two hundred yards, the people rose indiscriminate oth ly, rus hed forward , ar med with stones, spades, and et deadly weapons, and closed in upon the party who were taking away the cattle, attacking them with as much fury as it' they had been beasts of prey whom they had met to sur round and destroy. Mr. Stevenson himself, and some ot ids assistants, narrowly escaped, after being pelted with stones; but one of them, named Thomas Andrews, who happened to be nearest to the cows, was struck with a spade and severely injured, and, in addition, was cut in the back of the head with a stone, and received another heavy blow from a missile in the back. His assailants, having thus mal treated their unhappy victim, quietly withdrew, and his own party returned, and succeeded in conveying him to Dun given. Doctor Moore was promptly in attendance, for the purpose of examining and dressing his wounds. but before the operation was performed he had breathed his last, having only survived about an hour from the time the at tack was made. A warrant has been issued by Mr. Ogilby for the apprehension of Robert Guinn ' his wife, Margaret, and his son, Robert , who have all absconded.—Derry Standard. We ask advice, but we mean approbation.—Eliza Cook's Journal. THE FIRE AT NAPLES.—A very curious coincidence has happened here; the King's enormous stock of English coals, upwards of 75,000 tons, and which is stowed in sub terranean caverns near the Arsenal, having shown signs of spontaneous combustion on the very night of the outbreak of Vesuvius. Against the advice of the chief contractor, the King had these coals stowed here close to his palace, in stead of at some caverns that had been recently dis covered near the grotto of Possillippos where atmospheric air would hoe obtained free access to them, and ob viated this catastrophe. Shortly after the French revolu tion, when affairs in Europe were so utterly deranged, the King feared communication with England would be cut off, in which case his war-steamers would lie in harbour use le.s, an easy prey; beca use here, as all over the Medi terranean ports, the steam communication is entirely de pendent on pe rfde Albion, for the means of locomotion. The quantities of smoke that burst out from these caverns, and from under the pavement and road near the arsenal, prevented all traffic of foot passengers; and as the whole is near the dockyard, and quite in front of Vesuvius itself, the curious spectacle was pre sented of a mimic volcano belching forth volumes of smoke, accompanied by a sulphurous overpowering stench, that quite rivalled ,( the big concern over the way." Gangs of fireats and dockyard men work night and day bringing out this immense stock of coals, the greater part of which ap pears charred, see embling coke; and soldiers patrol the road to prevent the iip preach of the public, as there is danger from the flames, several of the labourers having fallen down insen etble while exposed to them. D IORAMA or THB OVERLAND ROUTE TO INDIA. —Some portions of this beautiful exhibition, which is to be opened to the public on Easter Monday, at the Gallery of y's Gallery) Regent-street, were exhi- Illustration (late Rain bited to private view on Thursday, and from what we saw on that occasion, we have no ,hesitation in affirming that, as a work of art, the Diorama of the Overland Route is infinitely superior to any mov in g diorama that has yet been presented to public notice. The portions exhibited on Thursday con sisted of views of Gibraltar and of Malta, of a moving Diorama of the transit across the Desert from Cairo to Suez, of a vi ew of the Island of Ceylon, and another of Calcutta. The views were most effective, and as we understood from several gentlemen present, who had performed the journey, that they are as accurate as they are beautiful. Mr. Stocqualer explained and commented on the exhibition as the different views were exhibited, and his intimate know ledge of Oriental hie, manners, and scenery renders his re marks exceedingly valuable, as well as interesting. Several of the most eminent artists of the day were present, and there was but one o pinion expressed as to the merits of this most interesting exhibition. ASTLEY'II AMPHITHEATRE. —We understand that the forthcoming Easter spectacle at Astley's w ill transcend anything th a t • has hitherto been attempted even at th i s , the theatre, par excellence, of spectacle. It is en ti t l e d Time Four Sons of Aym on ; or the Days of Churleniagne, and the write r has availed himself of the incidents of the legend to produce one, perhaps, of the most splendid hippodrannatic spectacles ever presented to the public. Several most interesting effects have been introduced, which are perfectly new to the stage. and during the course of the spectacle the whole of Mr. .Batty'a unrivalled stud (including camels, &c.) will be intro duced. After the spectacle young Hernsndez, who has been re-engaged, will appear every evening. THE CAR NIVA L.---NAPLES, F in. 24.— Y es t erday was the last day of as stupid a carnival as could be con ceived. The tact is, the " the times are out of joint." 'niece is universal gloom, depression, and uncertainty all over Italy, and, I may say, Europe. Every day here sinis ter reports are spread as to outbreaks at Paris, Berlin, or Vienna. The weather, too, has been most rascally. Gales of wind, torrents of rain; with intermittents of a tramontana that penetrates to the marrow, and the thermometer (Fah renheit) down to twenty-eight degrees. The suffering and misery among the poor are inconceivable. They seem aneantis by the cold ; and walk about with charcoal pots in their hands, or sit howling over one and calling on the eternal San Gennaro. The paucity of visitors, on whom they in fact live, has reduced the beggars to the *eft! of deepelr. Englishmen, who' only know Nap:es from iteists and romancists, would discover no recognisable fea ture of their beau-ideal. Clouds, gloom, dirt, cold, wind, rain,beggars out of doors ; paltry wood fires, doors and windows made to let in the air arid draughts, no carpets, no society (or little), nothing stirring; no magazines, no newspapers, or old ones, no friends and relatives, no good English cheer, with English coals, and an English grate, and the dear poker, tongs, and shovel, to bang and knock the tire about with, and thus afford a safety-valve for the escape of concentrated ennui; no clubs few dinner and no nice tea parties, with the hissing urn and dtavrn window• curtains, and cosy round game or hand at wist. None, none of these in-doors. Only the stiff formal academy balls, with here and there a dull ambassador's ball •, much parade 'and ceremony, little or no cordiality or friendly feeling.--Chronicle. EXTRAORDINARY LAMB —An ewe, belonging to Mr. W. Roebuck, farmer, Woodside, llonley, dropped a lamb on Tuesday morning weighing 13ths.—Leeds Mercury. "RIGHT HAND TO TIIE WALL."—The Glasgow magistrates have placarded the walls of that city with in structions to pedestrians to keep "the right hand to the wall." In this district people walk in a "through other," higgledy-piggledy fashion. STATE or TRADE AT NOTTINGIIAM.—Lace—We do not notice any improvement in our business; indeed there is generally more doing the week or two preceding Easter than is the case this year—this festival failing earlier than usual, and the extremely cold weather are, perhaps, sufficient reasons to account for some diminution in sales. Doubled yarn is still as high in price as ever. Hosiery -We have not any change to note in this trade. The hosiers are acting on the defensive, by making only such goods as they can im mediately sell. The price of yarn is a mere trifle more in favour of buyers.—.Nottinghani Journal. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.-011 Tuesday, the 12th inst., Master Emrys Eyton, youngest son of John Prys Eyton, Esq., of Kinsale-house, Flintshire, met with an un timely death. He had been amusing himself with another boy at the smaller of two dams, near his father's lead works of Llanerch-y-mor. They both got into a boat which had been left there, and Master Eyton began sculling. He missed one stroke and fell into the water. Though there was help within a few yards. the other boy fled through fear and con fusion, and retired to bed at his usual hour. About nine o'clock his companion was missed, the water of the dam was drawn off, and the body was found after it had been in the water between four and five hours. This melancholy occur rence has plunged an amiable family into the deepest afflic tion, and has produced a deep sensation among a wide circle of friends, by whom the young gentleman was much beloved. —Liverpool Mercury. ANECDOTE or A CAT.—A merchant residing at Balloch, on the banks of Lochlomond, has a cat which has had three litters of from four to live kittens annually for the last eight years. On the 15th instant she produced her first for the season, of five, when three of the kittens were drowned and two left. The cat seemed to feel deeply the loss of her young, and on the second day after they had been taken from her she left her nest for a short time, and re• turned carrying gently in her mouth a young hare, which she placed snugly beside her own offspring. Since that period she has regularly suckled the stranger, and the three have thriven famously. They are now strong enough to play about, and the hare seems to be the favourite of the family, both with the old pass and its own playmates of the nest. , Inverness Courier. LONDON AND NLACKWALL RAILWAY.—This com pany have petitioned, under their common seal, in favour of Mr. Ricardo's Bill for the better regulation of railway traffic, on the ground that the evils it seeks to remedy are of consi derable magnitude, and call for the intervention of the Le gislature. In cases where, by means of branch lines, pas sengers might be conveyed to their destination by a shorter road, at less expense and time, they are now, by the man ner in which traffic is conducted on the main lines, compelled to travel by a longer and more expensive route; and there fore, practically, the main lines obtain a complete monopoly of the traffic to the exclusion of the branch lines. Peti tioners state that they have reason to complain of such con duct on the part of the directors of certain railways with which they are cofinected by a branch line, made at the ex pense of the London and Blackwall Company. • Tsai WEATHEL—The weather in March is gene rally fitful and capricious, but this year it has been more than ordinarily changeable. About three weeks ago we had several most delightful and balmy spring days, which gave a great impetus to vegetation; but this was succeedd by biting • winds from the north and east, having occasionally some of the March bluster about them. On Monday after noon snow began to fall; before midnight a thin coat of It covered the whole town, and by the dawn of the following morning the depth of snow on the ground had increased to about five inches. On Tuesday night there was a severe frost, which added still further to tire wintry aspect of the scene. On Wednesday night there was again a severe frost, but yesterday was bright, dear ' and sunny. We learn that this supplemental winter has been general in the United Kingdom, and the weather has been very cold in France and other parts on the continent. Snow fell in Rome on the morning of the 17th instant. We have been favoured with the following note from Croxteth Hall, the seat of our dis tinguished neighbour, the Earl of Sefton :—‘' Three thermo meters here on Wednesday night stood at the following points—one at ten, one at haS-past eight, one at seven o'clock, indicating 22, 23k, and 25 degrees of Fahrenheit.—Livegsool Mercury. THE GREEK GIRL.—I accepted his invitation, and when we were comfortably seated on a divan, iu a back room, overlooking a little moonlit groVe, and had our pipes tilled and lighted, my young frind clapped his hands, upon which a lady made her appearance, beautiful as Artemis, and with much of her character of mind and features. It was his sister. "Aglaia," said he to her, in a most gentle and affectionate tone," bring us some coffee; this is an Eng lish gentleman, so you need not fear." Aglaia soon vanished, and returned with the coffee, which in such houses is always kept in readiness. While she was pouring it out for us I made several attempts to address her iu Ilomaic, which I spoke so abominably that, it quite upset her gravity, and she laughed outright. She was a girl of about seventeen, tall, tair for a Greek, with large 'liquid black eyes, and a profusion of black hair. Her brother seemed intensely pleased at the admiration she excited in me. He said in Italian, of which she did not understand a word, " Confess that beauty has not yet vanished from Greece." " No," I replied, " nor will it ever disappear from the country, so long as you and your sister remain .in it." At this he laughed, and sai Aglaia, sit down and sing a' ong; mother will hear you, and be delighted." Without further .ceremony the Greek girl seated herself and sang. Of the words I could not judge, for through her pronunciation, I could attach no meaning to them. Btu: her voice was rich and melodious, and she seemed to sing with all her soul. I fear I shall scarcely be atble to express in what consisted the diff,rence in her manner and that of the Italian women. if 1 say she was austere it will convey a wrong idea. She seemed like an ir ilocent child with a woman's form. A veil of extreme modesty enveloped her. She expected no admiration, and courted none, but talked with the most natural simpl city. I was often reminded of her afterwards by the young Bedouin women I saw in the desert, beneath their fathers' tents, though no Arab ever possessed features like hers; so deli cately proportioned, so soft, so fair, so radient with intellect. J. A. St. John (in Tait). THE FIRE AT PORT DUNDAS.—A. computation has been made, with as close an approximation to accuracy as the circumstances will allow, of the loss occasioned by the ,estructive tire to which the mill and grain store of the Messrs. Currie, at Port Dundas, last night fell a prey. 'According to the estimate formed, the value of the property destroyed was at least 12,0001, the whole of the building, carryingear ic e s , which is seven stories in height and was filled with ma chinery and goods, having been completely gutted. Both the proprietary (the Port Dundas Distillery Company) and the occupants, are, however, covered by insurance. The origin of the fire which has produced such disastrous results has not yet been ascertained. It seems , indeed , quite inexplicable, as in neither of the upp er flats, from which the flames burst forth, are there any gas cemniunica tione—the pipes having been removed some time since, on the occasion of a trivial fire which occurr ed in the p remises —and no one had visited them a f ter five o'clock in the even ing, at which hour , of course, there was no necessity for eight o'clock, when the place was shut u anya lantern. At llseemed quite safe, and in order. In these cir cumstances, tup, it is conjectured that the cause of the conflagra tion must be sought for either in the overheating, through friction, of a portion of the machinery, or the casual commu nication of some stray spark through an open window. Much credit has been deservedly bestowed on the firemen, for the perseverance and energy which they displayed. But for these, it is certain that the store contiguous to the mill, and which was erected about a year since, would alio have been consumed. Fortunately this was avoided, and the only damage done there was the wetting a portion of the stock. Baillie breghorn, and others connected with the committee on watching and lighting, were present, and took an active part in directing the proceedings 'of the men. Captains Smart and Mackay were also present, and, by the admirable regulation which they enforced, effectually pre served order, and succeded in facilitating the operations of those engaged about the building. The crowd was immense, and as usual at such gatherings there were intermingled with those composing it not a few sharpers and pickpockets, who norsued their avocation most industriously.—Glasyout Lai y MINING IN AUSTRALIA. —The following is an ex tract from a letter written by .a gentleman in the commission of the peace, who is resident in the neighbourhood of the Burrs Burrs Copper Mines, and addressed to a friend in this 'country :—" Our mining interests here are getting on capi tally. At the Burra Burrs they have now about bOO people at work; and in a conversation I had a few days since with their secretary, who is a townsman of mine, I learnt that they could now employ from 100 to 200 more miners if they could get them. Let this be known in Devon and Cornwall. You may entirely depend on it. We want also blacksmiths and carpenters, stonemasons, &c. Good men, with a ready hand and a clever head, if steady and industrious, are sure to do well. We have too many of the serail' and scrubs— there are chaps out here who would be dear at sixpence a day." AN EXTRAORDINARY COURSING MERTING.—On Wednesday last Mr. Walsh, surgeon at the Lincolnshire Lu natic A ylum, gave a treat to a great number of the patients, by taking them to the estate of Sir E. H. Bromhead, Bart., at Thurlby, in order to enjoy the sport of coursing hares. Mr. Walsh has several good dogs, and the day was spent in a very pleasant manner. Such recreations as these are likely to end very beneficially for the unfortunate patients in the asylum; their minds are divarted, and their health much im proved. During the day several persona resident in the ueighbourhood of Thurlby met the party, and so well con ducted were the patients that it was difficult to tell which were the ,itAane amongst the company. —Nottingham Journal. I litsTAim.-7,A. day or two since a corporal of the Royal Artillery, whose name is saidto be the very common one of Smith, was tried by a court. martial, and seetenced to be reduced to the ranks. The prisoner was tried as belong ing to a certain battalion, and, after having had his "stripes" taken ff, and being otherwise degraded, he turned round and coolly asked his commanding officer whether it was. Smith of the ; nd battalion, or the 4th, that it was intended t' degrade. On further inquiry it tur n ed out that the man had been brought to trial under a wrong (.esignation, as far as the number of his battalion was concerned; and as the error was deemed fatal to the conviction, the lucky rascal was set at liberty, and restored to his former rank. The Commissioners of Inland Revenue haVe issued directions to her Majesty's officers, directing them not to allow any drawback on bricks "shippel tor exportation of er the 27th instant. FuEE CHURCH AT GOUROCK.—We understand that the Rev. Wm. Fraser; Free Church Missionary, son of Pro vost Fraser of Canada, has received and accepted a call . to the Free Church at Gourock.—lnverness Courier. The snow on some parts of the Lincolnshire wolds is a foot deep. rtariJ 72bttten GERMANY. In the sitting of the 2Gth inst. the Administrative Council informed the committees of the two Houses that the acceptation en bloc of the Charte of the Con stitution would be sanctioned by the Administrative• Council, provided always that the fundamental laws are allowed to stand over, and that a simple majority of votes shall be decisive in the revision. M. Hassenpflug, from Kassel, has taken his seat in the Administrative Council. GREECE. The Oesterrechische Correspondenz has (by way of Trieste) a telegraphic despatch from the Piraeus, of the 19th inst., stating that the state of uncer tainty continues, that Admiral Parker has liberated 11 Hellenic vessels, and that a British courier arrived at Athens on the 18th istst. ITALY. A letter (torn Rome, of the 20th, in the Nazionale of Florence, states that the Pope has again postpimed his return. The Concordia of Turin states, that on the 22d, the Genoa and Milan diligence on being examined at the Austrian frontier, was found to contain a parcel of portraits of Mazzini, Garibaldi, and other revolu tionary characters. As none of the travellers thought it safe to claim the parcel, they were all taken before a commissary of police, who sent them under escort to Milan, where, after undergoing a minute search, they were set at liberty. Letters from Naples, of the 16th, announce the arrival at Messina of the French squadron that was stationed in the Archipelago. It was expected at Naples with the first favourable weather. The Nazionale, of Florence, of the 22d inst., con tains the following : " The Tuscan Government would neither be constitu tional nor free if it was true that it refused the mediation of Piedmont for the settlement of its difference with England, and insisted on the mediation of Rus sia. By declining that of Piedmont it would betray disinclination to pursue a constitutional course, and, if it demands the mediation of Russia, it is evident that the measure has been im posed upon it, and that. consequently, it is not free. It is not . the interest of /tidy that the influence of Russia should increase in the peninsula, particularly in Tus cany; and, moreover, they offer a gratuitous insult to Eng land by proposing to her a mediation which she cannot and will not accept. Why,expose Leghorn to be block aded by the English squadron? If the Tuscan Govern ment accepts the Sardinian mediation, reliance may be had in the sincerity of its promises, and it will prove that it acts freely; but if it claims the Russian mediation, it places itself under the necessity of continuing to violate the constitution." THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette of this day.) Field-Marshal his Royal Highness the Duke Of - Cam. bridge, K.G., and G.C.13., is about to remove from his residence in Piccadilly to Marlborough House, Pall mall, ret.ently in the occupation of the late Queen Dowager. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will ultimately hare possession of this palace. ANOTHER BLOIT-11P AT HOONSLOW.—Lient.-Colonel the Earl of Cardigan bas placed Major Joner,of his Regiment, under arrest. We shall learn in a day or two the particulars of this fresh exercise of authority. What a chapter might bo written on the arrests in this regi ment since it fell into the hands of its present com mander! Amongst the en dits of the day, in reference to the office of Adjutant-General, it is said that Lord Fitzroy Somerset is to succeed to the office, and Lord Charles Wellesley to become the Military Secretary to the Com mander-in-Chief. We have strong reasons for dis believing these remota& DEATH OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR JOHN MAC DONALD, G.C.B.—The Adjutant General to the Forces, whose death took place at his residence in Bruton-street on Thursday. was an officer of fifty-five years' service, a considerable portion of which was passed in the Field, and thirty .two years of it in the bureau of the Horse Guards. He entered the Army in 1795, served in Ireland during the rebellion, was afterwards at the capture of Malta, the landing in Egypt, and the battle of March 1801. In 1807 he was on the Staff of Lord Cathcart, in Swedish Pomerania, and subsequently served at Copenhagen. He was afterwards at Walcheren, and in the ensuing year was Deputy-Ad jutant General at the defence of Cadiz, and the battle of Barossa. During the Peninsular War, he was present at the actions on.the f Ni . ve and the sortie from B a yonne. Sir John Macdonald was appointed Deputy-Adjutant General In 1818. On the death of the lamented Sir Henry Torrens, Sir Herbert Taylor succeeded to the su perior office of Adjutant-General, and Sir J. Macdonald had a regiment given to kin) by way of compensation for his disappointment. On the death of Sir Herbert Taylor he became Adjutant-General. His professional capability was remarkable. He had, in the earlier period of his career, great sagacity and application. His official com positions were distinguished alike by good taste and per spicuity; and he entertained a strong sense of justice, though ate did not always evince the strongest judgment. By his death the Colitnelcy of the 42d Highlanders be comes vacant. He obtained the Regiment „upon the de mise of Sir George Murray. MILITARY EctrooLs.—The Canteen attached to the Anglesey Barracks,' Vcrtees, is being converted into a school-room for the uto of the soldiers in garrison. The Board of Ordnance have taken a house at Liver. pool for the purpose of being converted into a barrack: MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal of this day.) An &lenge amount of business hes been transacted this week, and shares generally continue firm in most of our leading mines. The reports received from tLe mining districts during the week aro of a satisfactory character. Tincruft continues in the same improving position as last reported, and a great many shares have changed hands at an advance. Alfred Consols have very much improved since our last, and transactions have taken place at a considerable advance, and shares still in demand. Tbe'7o fm. level, east of shaft, is worth 20L per fm.—still im proving. The wince under the 60 east is worth from 401. to 50/. per fathom for copper alone; the 60 end is iearly solid ore, worth 70/. per Iw. A large number of Penzance Consols shares have changed hands during the week, and the mine is repre sented to be progressively improving. Levant, Boswidden, and Botalluck shares had ad vanced. At Bosorn Mine, a fine lode of tin has been discovered going down in whole ground under the level. A new water-wheel is in course of erection, which, when completed, tin will be returned at once. At Spearne Consols, a rich lode of tin has been cut in the 60 fathom level on Button White's lode; this being in virgin ground, will give 66 fins. of unexplored ground from the 60 to the 128 fm. level. Several trrnsactions have taken place in the shares of the Wicklow Copper and Sulphur Mining Company. This company was formed at the close of the last year for working copper ore, lead, and sulphur in the rich mineral basin situate near the Vale of Avoca, which embraces the well-known mines of Bellymutagh, Bally gaban, Cronebane, and Connoree, all of which have uniformly returned large profits. Sales of lead ha►e been effected at good prices, and preparations are making for the shipment of sulphur ore, for which there is a de mand at remunerating prices, for the alkali works in and near Liverpool. At Wheal Providence (South "Sydenham), a fine court• of lead was recently discovered, and a further discovery has been made during the week, more to the west of the former course. At the Treviskey and Barrier bi-monthly account, a dividend of 101. per share was , declared on the former. The profits on "the two' 'Months' working amount to 1,2551. Is. 5d., which, added to credit from last account, leaves in hand, after payment of the dividend, 921.45. Id., with ore bills not yet et maturity. The lode in the 236 end is producing 2 tons of ore per fm., and two stopes in the bottom of the same level, are turning out 5 tons each per fm. In the 248 fm. level the lode is yielding 7 tons of good ore per fm.; 505 tens have been samplsti for,January and February, and 450 tons are ezpectsd to be raised for March and April. At the bimonthly meeting of the Keswick Mining Compy, th e favour a n of , mines of statement 9B of accounts 981. 13s. 13 g.2d. a showed a o ud a b profit-e 0 1l 4 a n u c . e o i n n the Jan. and Feb. workings. The report from the lead mines are highly favourable. At the South Wheal Tolgus meeting, held at the mine on Wednesday, the accounts were produced, showing— Balance last account, 410/. 3s. Ild.; ores sold, less dues, 1,986/. 18s. 11d.--- -- -2,3971. 2a. 10d.—Costs and merchants' bills 1,2511. 10s. 4d. A di v id e nd of 21 . 20 s . per s h are (6401.) was declared; leaving balance in favour of ad- venturers, 5051. 12s. 6d. At the West Wheal - Seton 'meting, held at the mine on Tuesday, the accounts for January and February were presented, showing—Balance last account 118/. 13s. 4d.;" costs and merchants' bills, 781/. 15s. 5d.--=9OOl. 'Bs. 9d.—Ores sold, less dues, 5581. 13s. Bd.; call in 'January, 2004 leaving balance against adventurers, 1411 15s. Id. At the Lamherooe Wheal Maria meeting, the state 1 1 - meat of accounts showed a balance of 2371.95. 2d. against mine. From the great improvement which has recently taken place (and, acting upon the recommendation of Mr. A. Murray, jun., the adoption of more vigorous operations), the meeting resolved upon a special meeting being convened for the II th April, to arrange fur a suf ticieut call to meet their improved prospects. At the hi-monthly meeting of the Hencock Silver- Lead Mining Company, the balance-,heel showed a credit of 1311. in favour of mine; but fur the purpose of meeting costs of future operations, a r all of 3s. per share was deeMed necessary. The prospects of the mine are considered highly favourable. The Welsh mines, especially in Cardigan, are repro- - tented to be look i ng remarkably well. At Esgsir LI. e, the taunter lode, in the 52 fir. level, has improved, yielding from 20 to 25 cwts. i f ore per fm. At Llwyn melees, the 8 fro. level west is in a very good course if ore, and the Mopes over this level have the finest lode yet seen-30 tons have been sampled. A large number of shares in Black Craig and Craigton have changed hands. In Foreign Mines there has been a considerable amount of business transacted in Imperial Brazilian, United Mexican, and National Brazilian shares, arising from the very favourable accounts received froni* mines' during the week. St. John del Rey, Copiapd; Cobre, Santiago, Linares, and Australian shares have also chseged hands. LITERATURE. ANALYSIS of the AUSTRALIAN COLO NIES GOVERNMENT BILL. By A. . Mackay, Esq., Barrister-at-Lau•, Author of the " Western World," the " Crisis in Canada," 6-c. This pamphlet, which is published by the Society for the Reform of Colonial Government, contains nut only an able analysis of the Government Bill, but strictures and comments on its provisions, which, coming from the pen of one whose authority on these subjects stands so deservedly high as does that of Ale: Mackay, are entitled to mast respectful attention. Mr. Mackay is decidedly opposed to the plan of one chamber, in which Government nominees shall sit in conjunction with representatives elected by the people. He is in favour of two chambers, both elective, on the plan of the Senate and Congress of the United States. He likewise objects to the Go vernment plan of federation, and expresses his disap proval of leaving open questions of boundary between the colonies, seeing that the Anglo• Saxon race have everywhere shown themselves peculiarly sensitive on questions of boundary. lie therefore suggests that the Imperial Parliament should in the present Bill settle the question of the boundaries of the various Australian colonies wherever practicable, so as to prevent future boundary disputes arising among the settlers. In conclusion, we recommend this pamphlet to the careful consideration of all who take an interest in this subject. THE LAW AND PRACTICE RELATING TO THE SALE AND TRANSFER OF ENCUMBERED ESTATES IN IRE LAND, as regulated by statute 12 and 13 Via, c. 77 (the Encumbered Estates Act) with introduction, explanatory notes. The Act, new general rules, forms, and directions for regulating proceedings for sale rf encumbered estates, and a very copious index. By James 0' Dowd, Esq., Barrister-at- Law. This volume, though of small and convenient size, is a very able and comprehensive commentary on one of the most important Acts of modern legislation in reference to the sister country. The necessity for such an enactment had been long felt. The embar rassed state of a large body of the Irish landed pro prietors, whose estates were so overcharged with en cumbrances as to render it impossible for them to properly cultivate and improve the land, and thus give employment to the labouring population ; who had no other resource in a country without trade or manufacture, eminently called for such a measure. Wisdom and sound policy dictated that the Legisla ture should interfere to facilitate the transfer of pro perty from a proprietary no longer able to discharge its incidental duties to a more wealthy one, capable of giving employment to labour, and by this means of relieving the country from ruinous taxation and overwhelming pauperism. The Act, 11 and 12 Viet., c. 48 , which attempted to effect this object through the old machinery of the Court of Chancery, was found inefficient for the purpose, and the present Act, 12 and 13 Tict., c. 77, was passed " further to facilitate the sale and transfer" of estates so circumstanced. The present Act creates an entirely new tribunal, which transcends in power, as it almost supersedes in practice, the Irish Court of Chancery. The immense extent of its original jurisdiction may be inferred from the fact that it can confer a valid title behind which it will not be necessary to go on any future occasion, and froth its decisions no appeal will lie without the permission of the Court itself. A prac tical and useful book on a subject of such vast im portance must be deemed an acquisition of great value to the practitioner, and we may congratulate the talented author on producing► such a book. There is no point likely to come under the cognizance of this new court left untouched ; and in some parts of the Act itself, where the meaning is not very definitely .expressed, the able writer explains the text by the most happy and apposite elucidation!. Mr. O'Dowd has been recently appointed to the office of Solicitor- General of Tobago, an appointment quite incommen surate with his legal knowledge, his professional stand ing, or his public services. 1 legal review is not precisely the subject to encumber with a criticism on the mode of distributing political patronage.; but we cannot avoid esaying that the Whigs have never been hitherto very famous for advancing those most capable of serving them ; and though Mr. O'Dowd may be sent to Tobago as Solicitor-General, or Mr. O'Neil to the genial climate of Sierra Leone as Queen's advocate, we do not think the Irish bar re ceives a fair or legitimate share of patronage. In deed the whole system by which Government patronage is at present managed requires correction. The heads of departments seldom know the fittest candidate for office. They take the report or recom mendation from minor officials, who frequently crowd the lists with the names of their own friends or their nominees, to the exclusion very often of more com petent candidates. We seldom trouble ourselves with such matters, but a sense of fair play, as well as of justice to gentlemen Is he have rendered services to the Government and the country, induces us to throw out these hints, and will further induce us to keep a watchful eye on patronage managers in every depart ment till Ne shall see imperial favours conferred alike upon English, Irish, and Scotch. IYe shall, mayhap, on a fitting occasion, return to this subject, and give some instances both of abuse and neglect which have come to our knowledge through authentic sources. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM METROPOLITAN STEEPLL'CII ASE. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sous. each, 10 ft. and 5 only if declared on or before the sth of April. Yrs at lb Yrs at lb British Yeoman a 11 7 Leo Sir Peter Laurie a 11 5 Falcon a 9 10 The Victim Proceed a 10 10 I Bayonet Fugitive Miss Collingwood a 10 1 Ploughboy Lit'le Paul Rachel Maria Day The Oaks Thurgarton Spangle a 9 10 1 Little Fanny Ace of Trumps... a 910 NEWCASTLE-ON. Acceptances for the Yrs at lb Canezou 5 9 2 Ellerdale 6 8 4 John Cosser 5 8 Glendower 5 7 11 Malton 5 7 11 Nunnykirk . 4 7 11 Bullinufad 6 7 8 Sylvan 5 7 8 Elthiron 4 7 7 Gluten 4 7 7 Miss Ann 4 7 5 Bolus 4 7 4 Raby Snowstorm 4 7 2 Westow 4 7 2 Velez 4 7 0 Duc de Bratitut 4 6 8 Testator 4 6 61 Castanette 4 6 61 •TYNE MEETING. gorthumberland Yrs at lb The Knout . Jenny Lind 4 6 4 Reality 5 6 2 Roland 4 6 2 bh by Don John 6 6 0 Lord Saltoun Gulliver Deicoon Countess of Albe marle Seignor of Holder- ness 3 5 5 Mark Tapley Knight of Gwynne 3 5 2 First-rate 3 5 0 Equiria 3 4 10 Isuthe Angean I Wallace BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FmnAr. TRH NORTH ARPTONSIIIRII STALES.-7 to 2 agst Os terley (t), Gto 1 agst Mounseer (t), 7 to 1 agst Ilar riott (t), 9 to 1 agst Mahratta (t), 9 to 1 agst Bolus, 11 to 1 agst Chantrey, 15 to 1 agst 13allinaftscl (t), 20 to 1 agst Halo (t), 20 to 1 agst Velox (0, 20 to 1 agst Syl►an (take 25 to 1). TRY A LTIIORP PAnL STARES.-2 to I agst Prestige (take 5 to 2), 5 to 2 agst Buckhound (take 3 to 1). METROPOLITAN 11 ANDICAP-2 to 1 agst Cheerful (t), 25 to 1 egst any other. CHESTER Cur.—Nothing done. Offers to take 1,000 to 70 about Cossack, and the same . about Peep•o'-day Boy. bEnur.—Not a bet laid. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS, Duke of Cleveland's hds., Tues, Greta•loridge; Fri., the Groves—at 11. Bramham Moor hds., Mon., Paper Mill Bar; Wed., Byrum; Fri., Bishop Wood-10i. Captain H. Lewis's hrs., Mon., Morton•bridge; Wed., Stephen's Cross, Marton Moor; Sat., Wild Goose bleb 1 Uurwith hds., Thurs., Ovardinadale-101. Cleveland hds., Mon., Lythe—o ; Fri., Ormeiby-10i. Tindal hds., Mon., ileyside-10. Durham County h ds., Mon., Willington; Wed., Pen shaw ; Fri., Maiden Law-10i. 1850. The following is the House List of Governors and Directors of the Bank of Eng!and for the year ensuing:— rot.: 601'2113(01M Henry James Prescott, Esq., Governor. Thomson Hankey, jun., Esq., Deputy-Governor. FOR DIRECTORS. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. lAlfred Latham, Esq. Arthur Edwd. Campbell, Esq Jame Malcol - m, Le nla, imson, James Morris, Esq. Sheffield Neave, Esq. George Warde Norman. Esq. John Horsley Palmer, Esq. Sir John Henry l'eiiy, Bart. Willism Thompson, Esq. Ald. Thomas Tooke, jun. Esq. *Robert Wigram Crawford, L. *Benjamin Buck Greene,Esq _tailor }Amu. Edward llenryChapman,Esq, William Cotton, Esq. Ilonamy Dobree, Esq. Charles Pascoe Grenfell, Esq. John Oliver Hanson, Esq. John Benjamin Ileath,'Esq. Kirkman Daniel Hodgson,Esq. Henry Lancelot Holland, Esq. John Gellibrand Hubbard, Esq. Thomas Newman Hunt, Esq. Charles Frederick Huth, Esq.. N.B.—The gentlemen against whose names an asterisk is placed, are new candidates for the direction. The election for Governor and Deputy-Government will be held at the Bank, on Tuesday the 9th April, and for Directors on Wed nesday the 10th April, from ten o'clock in the forenoon till four in the afternoon. AN EXIMPLARY FowL.—Yesterday a gentleman residing in this neighbourhood sent to our office for inspec tion an egg, which, in point of size, might properly be held up as an example worthy the imitation of all the hens in the country, and possibly might stimulate them to greater productiveness. It weighs close upon three ounces and a half avourdupois ! (An extraordinary egg weighs two ounces.) Its dimensions are six inches and a half round the centre, and two inches and three quarters in length. This monster egg was laid by a black Spanish fowl, and the owner in forms us that the hen has this season laid several other eggs fully as large as this, if not larger. This, we submit, is one of the advantageous results of the cheapening of barley which the most imaginative corn-law repealer over antici patedo—Shefe/d Times, MAJOR HERBERT EDWARDES. (From Bentley's Miscellany for March.) Deeds of adventurous daring aro of no unusual occur rence ; and had Major Edwardes cola- distinguished himself as a gallant soldier, it is probable that the artist and the engraver would nut have been called upon to furnish hie portrait, and that we should not have been re quired to supply a notice of his life. Fortune favours the brave ; but only the brave who are resolved to ex tort a smile from her. The man who, at the age of twenty -eight, in a subordinate capacity, planned and ex ecuted a series of brilliart operations which suggested the siege of Moultan, and resulted in the subjugation of the Punjaub, is a hero whom a Clive would lave de lighted to honour, as a Wellington has been prompt to applaud. A portrait of such a man, and a notice of him, however brie, cannot but be interesting to our readers. Herbert Edwardes, the sole survivor ef three brothers, is the son of the lave Rev. Benjamin Ede ardes, Rector cif Frodealey, iu Salop, and is descended from no old Welsh family. Losing both parents while yet very young, he was brought up by a near relative, John Tho mas (lope, Erq., of Nedra', in his native county. Ms education was begun under the Rev. Charles Dehefosse, or Richmond. Surrey, and completed at King's College, London, of which institution (degree's then not being obteinalile) he became a n associ a t e . Despairing of tusking his way in England, ho solicited and obtained from Sir Richard Jenkins, Bar., G.C.8., an appointment to India, at a period of life much ',ter than is usual, tar he came of ago on his vos age out, an event which was not celebrated by a devoted tenantry, and which ruffled nut the leaves of the ponderous books in Threadneedle-street. His fellow-passengers in the Wishner Castle have since recalled, that (to relieve the tedium of the so)ege) ho edited a weekly ship news paper called the ;Fulmer Gazette, and that for twelve weeks (Mirabile dicta !) he conducted that journal with• out offence. Ile landed at Calcutta on the 29th January, 1841, and was shortly afters ards attached to the Ist Bengal lure peen regiment, then just returned from the first Affghan war, joining it at the close of the year at Kurnal, en the north-west frontier. Our young hero now began to study the native lan guages and Anglo-Indian history; and soon attracted notice by a series; of monthy letters on political subjects, in the Delhi Gazette, to which he affixed the signature of Brahminse Bull. These were variously attributed to several old civilians in the Bengal presidency ; but the real author (after preserving his incognito for two years) was at length discovered; and in November, 1845, he was selected by Sir Hugh (now Lord) Gough to be an aide-de-camp on his personal staff. In the same month he passed an interpreter's examination in three native languages. At this time the first Siekh war broke out, and Lieu tenant Edwardes sustained a severe wound in the thigh at the battle of Moodkee, while carrying Sir Hugh Gough's orders. During the second battle (Ferozshuhr) he was lying with the wounded in Moodkee fort; but he was sufficiently recovered to bake part in tho battle of Sobraon, which closed the ca:-Tooign. He now accompanied Sir Hugh Gough to Lahore, and in March, 1846, was recommended by the gallant veteran to the notice of Sir Henry Harding°, the then Governor-General, who placed him on the new political staff formed at Lahore under Sir Henry Lawrence, whose private secretary ho became, remaining with him until 1848, when the declining health of that distin guieed diplomatist compelled him to return home. Shortly after Lieutenant Edward's received his new appointment, he received a wound in his head while as sisting Sir Henry Lawrence to put down a religious tu mult in the city of Lahore. A month afterwards be assisted at the siege of Kote Kangra (the Rajke Kote of Lawrence's Adventurer in the Punjaub). In September, 1846, he was selected to relieve Major Macgregor, C. 8., in the important charge of the city of Lahore; but he 'had scarcely reached that capital when (the revolt of Seikh Emamooden breaking out in Cashmere) he was ordered to proceed to Jummoo, and rouse Mcharaja Gholab Singh, to the assertion of the rights which had been ceded to him by the British Government. To effect this, Lieutenant Edwardes opened negotia tions with the Seikh himself, whom he induced to deliver up the secret orders to rebel which he had received from Raja Lal Singh, the paramour of the Ranee. On this, the Seikh was permitted by Sir Henry Lawrence to surrender, and giving himself up to Lieutenant Edwardes at the foot of the Cashmere hills, he was by that officer conducted to Lahore. On the evidence of the papers thus obtained, the Raja Lal Singh was brought to trial under the walls Of Lahore, was deposed from the Ministry, and banished to Hindustan. • While the new treaty of Lahore, December, 1846, was being ratified at Byrowal, Lieutenant E twardes was left in the sole political charge of Lahore; and for his exertions in appeasing a second religious tumult as the festival of the Mohurrum, he received the thanks of the Court of Directors of the East India Company. In February, 1847, he was deputed, in command of a Seikh army, to make an amicable financial settlement of Bunnoo, an Affghan valley west c f the Indus. Failing in this—as Itueleet Singh had failed for a quarter of a century—he projected and proposed to the resident ar Lahore the plan of a regular military reduction and oc cupation of the valley, offering to conduct the cape dition. This plan, recommended by the Resident and approved by Sir Henry Hardiege, was at once carried out. • Lieut. Edwardes, iu December, 1847, was dispatched with five thousand men and two troops of horse artidery; and in the brief space of two months to levelled the walls of four hundred fortified villages, built a strong fortress in their st. ad, and run a military ri ad through the heart of rl o valley, by thePe means entirely subju gating it. While effecting this, his life was take a.- tempted by certain patriots of Emilio°, who sought to assassinate him in his tent. Oa the second occasion h, only ascarel b) shooting the assassin with his own hand. The reduction of Bunnoo was barely accomplished whets die Moultan rebellion broke ow. We have recorded several important servir es which Lieutenant Edwardes was enabled to render to his coun try while yet a very young man; we have new- to tell of those transactions upon which his 'mule for the pre sent rests. In March, 1847, a treaty had been concluded, by means of which the Governor-General (Lord Ilardinge) had undertaken that the Punjaub should be managed during the minority of Maharajah Dulcep Singh. Ile engaged to control the civil internal administration of the country, and to maintain tranquillity within, as well as to provide for its external security; and this he en gaged to do at theespecial instance of the Siekh Surdars. The consequence of this arrangement was that a peace en sued in the Punjaub to which it had long boon a stranger. But in April, la4B, occurred the treacherous murder at Moultan of Mr. Vans Agnew and Lieutenant Anderson, young men of great promise, and who had already dis tinguished themselves. This event gave rise to cotnino tions in Moulton, which speedily spri ad into other pro vinces, and resulted in a general insurrection of the Punjaub. Wee!' the Governor-General, the Earl of Dalhousie, became convinced that it was hopeless to expect that the commotion at Moultan would die away, by the submis sion of the Dewan Moolraj, the chieftain commanding at Moultan, or that it could be extinguished by the force applied to put down the rebellion, he prepared to enter into a vigorous war. At this tune Lieutenant Edwardes, recently appointed assistant ire the management of the country in the neigh bourhood of Moultan, and having at his disposal a single native regiment only, conceived the design of driving t' e rebel Moolraj into his f rtresr', and rescuing the whole of the country round Moultan from his grasp. Ile effected this, and he achieved it without the assistance of a single European soldier. Such was his character, such the confidence he inspired amongst the natives, such the means that he used, and such the revenue he raised at the moment, in the very country he was rescuing from the treacherous Moolraj, that he was enabled to raise all the mountain tribes, to discipline these raw levies, and to drive back that chieftain into the very walls e f the fortress from whose citadel he oppressed the surrounding country. It was on the 18th of June, 1848, tint lie gained his first victory, and took eight out of ten guns which the rebels brought into the field; and on the Ist of July, having been joined by the troops of the Newaub of Bhewalpore under Lieutenant Lake, he fought a se cond battle, and again completely routed the array 01 the Moolraj, capturing two more guns. It was during these operations that lie lost the use of his 1.04 hand, by the explosion of a pistol in his belt while arming for a fight. In these Lattlos Lieutenant Edwardes inspired confidence among the troops by his exertions. and by his uniform ability commanded the affections and the respect of the natives who followed in his army. Although, in the first instance, the Governor-General of India and the Commander-in-Chiet considered that the season would net admit of the march of European troops, yet in consequence of the great efforts that had been made by Lieutenant Edwardes and Lieutenant Lake, it was thought advisable by Sir F. Currie, the resident at Lahore, to dispatch: a forte amounting to about seven thousand men of all arms under Major-General Whish, from Lahore to Moultan. We have all read of Whisk's attack on and capture of Moultan, which formed so bright a page in the subjugation of the Punjaub. No sooner were these brilliant operations of Lieu tenant Edwardes known in this country, than the Ge vernment recommended him to her Majesty as an officer well worthy of immediate distinction; rewatda of what ever nature not being usually bestowed until the ter mination of a war. The Queen at once conferred upon the young hero the local rank of Major, and made him a Companion of the Bath. The Court of Proprietors, following the illustrious example, voted him a old medal, the execution of which was ent ruste d to Mr. \Vyon, and which will soon be ready for presentation. On the vote of thanks in the House of Lords to the Earl of Dalhousie, the Governor-General ; to Lord Gough, the Commander-in -Chief; and to other distin guished officers, the Marquis of Lansdowne specially referred to Major Edwards, and gave a glowing descrip tion of his exploits. Viscount Llardinge " agreed in what had been said by the Noble Nlarquis with regard to Major Edward's. He had been in communication with him while in India, and had found him to he a most sensible, intelligent, and clever young man. In a letter which he had received from him, he stated that ho was most anxious that the comrades who participated with him in his services should also be associated with him in his praise, par ticularly Lieutenant Lake and Lieutenant Pollard, late is student in the Kine's, College, and Lieutenalit Nichol. son and other officers who had distinguished-tiwinselves." And the Duke of Wellington said, " I entirely Concur in the approbation which the Noble Marquis has ex pressed of the conduct of Major Edwardes and other officers in the course of these actions. They have im mortalized themselves ly their conduct. It is impos sible to speak too highly' of Major Edwardes cu d the other gentlemen who Lave been engaged in these services. After such praise as this, what more is to be said? Major Edwardes reached England with his old com mander, Lord Gough, a few weeks since, and is now re siding in his native country to recruit his health and strength, offer a nine years' set vice in India, larked by the performance of deeds which it has fallen t) the lot 01 very few At such an age to achieve. RAILWA Y RETURNS it.ulm ♦T TEATTIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Ran. ways for the past week—that Is to say, up to the date to which tin respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the semi we.k in the previouti Ye. r "I- t 9 Week Last f ending =LAME OF RAILWAY. We4k. r = 0q G.) -, Mill=1•••• , . 1•• • • =.................. ••••.........., ...............1 Mar. 23 Aberdeen ... ...... ... •••••• .. ..... 9 g di 37 4311 Atliens and Boulogne ....• ••••• • • • • - ion 23 Belfast and Ballymena 590 • • 24 Birkenhead, Lancashlre, and Cheshire 816 800 24 Bolton, :Ilack burn, Cli theroe, and W. Y. 489 372 24 Brittol and Exeter ............ • ..... 3,155 - 17 Cale donian.. ..... ...... .... •• • • ...• 6,291 4,883 24 Chen ter and Holyhead ... ... .......... 1,453 • 1.210 21 Dub/ tn and Drogheda.. .... • ......... 920 , 744 26 Dubl. n and Kingstown •• • • .......... 0t46 0 17 21 23 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen •. • • • • 1,030 1,017 21 East Anglian ~ t 07 622 23 Edinburgh and'Glasgore . ... ........ 23 Edinburgh and Perth •••.• • • • • • 3 . 034 3 ,501 • • 2, 116 1,014 24 Eroteri i Counties and North Eastern.. 14,379 12,668 24 East Li meashire ••• • . ..... .......• •• 2,1•09 j,ygg 24 Eastern Union"... •..••• • .. • • ,a •• •• 1.808 1,150 23 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr •••••• 2,761 2,868 2.1 Glaegow and Greenock• ....••• . • • •• 1,032 952 17 Great Northern and E. L.......• • • 3,090 1,0 3 23 Great Southern and Western .. .• •• .. 4,149 24 Great Western, ke 1 24 Laricashive and York s hi re.. .... •• • ... 11,170 118,6:r77 09 17 Lancaster and C a rli s l e .. •. • • ...• •• • • 3,171 2,033 - Leeds and Thirsk .. .. ••..•••• • • . • • • - ' - 24 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport• •.• 96 2a Londonderry ant Enniskiilezi •••• ... 84 . 140 143 21 London and North Western, &c...... 41,609 , 37141 24 London and 81ackw a 11.......... •• • • 604 , 417 23 Louden Red Brighton .... ..... ...... 7694 7,416 24 London nod South Western....... • • 8,,43s 8,495 - Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire - 3,374 24 Midland, Bristol, and Birmi ng h am.... 20,106 20,384 24 Midland Great Western (Irish) .... • • 1,012 1,072 23 Monklands .. 791 736 `l4 North British ••..•••••••.• •• • • • • • • • • • 3,075 2,613 23 Paris and Rotten . 23 Rouen and Havre ..••••. • • • • • • • .... 2,080 2 3;5 24 Scottish Central • ...... ....... .. .. . • 1,251 963 28 Scottish Midland • • .... 24 Shrewsbury and Chester ••••.• • • • • .. 1,343 . 1,403 24 Shropshire Union .. - .............. 446 23 South Eastern and Branches ........ 8,592 6;870 17 South Devon ........ . • ..... ... 1,707 1 415 'l3 Taff Yale .•.••.••-.. • • • • • • • • , .• • ... 2 24 Ulster ... ,000 801 683 - Waterford and Limerick.......... - - 17 Whitehaven Junction ... •••••• • • .• • . 201 174 - York and Newcastle .•••••••• • • .• .. - 11,336 24 York aad North Midland. •• •• - •••• 6,793 6,557 COURT CIRCULAR. NSOR, Fitm.ar. Her Majesty and hi s Royal H ig hsss Prince Albert took their usual morning walk. The Royal Family took their walking exercis• in the Slopes and Windsor Park. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the do mestic household, attended Divine service in the private chapel of the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent also attended the service. The Hon. and Re.. Gerald Wellesley officiated and administered the Holy Communion. There is no addition to the royal dinner party this evening. The Earl of Carlisle left town on Thursday, for his seat, Naworth Castle, Cumberland. Dispatches from the Governors of Ceylon and New South Wales were received at the Colonial-office on Thursday. GREAT CIRCLE SAILING. Mr. Towson has the merit of introducing in navi gation a new feature, of such obvious truth and de cided advantage that it is only surprising that navi gators have waited till this time of day to adopt so self-evident a fact. The importance of the principle appears to us to be so great that we think it will be interesting to our scientific readers to quote in our columns a short popular account thereof:—" The un precedented short voyage made by the Constance has been acknowledged to have arisen from the applica tion of a simple scientific principle to navigation, by which a month has been saved from the average time occupied by modern voyages. There is nothing visionary or abstract in the principle on which this iii provement is founded ; but it is one that has obtained the universal consent of civilised mankind—that this earth is a globe. But as a practical principle this fact has been too much disregarded by the mariner. His chart is a plane, and by it he has been accustomed to navigate the ocean, and we can scarcely persuade him that the portions of distant lands are otherwise than they appear on the chart. This error was of little importance whilst the Mediterranean sea was the principal seat of commerce, and the transit of the At lantic Ocean was an event of rare occurrence. Then it was that Mercator's chart was received from the hand of its inventor as a most acceptable boon to the navigator. But now a very different order of cir cumstance exists. The members of the same British family are antipoded to each other, and the chart of half the earth's circumference is more frequently em ployed than that of the Atlantic had been a few score years since. Under these circumstances, the Alerea tor's chart has become inadequate to meet all the requirette-nts of the navigator. Ile is now called on by the men of science to regard the earth's true form, and when he undertakes voyages to distant lands to take into consideration the circumstance that the chart is an artificial contrivance, which in many instances may lead him to false conclusions. To avoid the erroneous conclusions drawn from Merca tor's chart, we would re fer the mariner to a work published by the British Admiralty two years since, entitled " 'Tables to Facilitate the Practice of Great Circle Sailing," constructed by Mr. John Tow son. We do this with greater confidence, since by its aid the Constance emigrant ship has shortened her voyage at least a month. But he will undervalue these Nbles if he imagines it will only enable him to follow Captain Godfrey in his track to Australis, which route his late voyage has demonstrated to be the best practicable track. It is serviceable in all cases of voyages to regions situated at a great dis tance east or west of each other, both in shaping his track, and in choosing his tack when unfavourable winds prevail, for we are convinced that errors in both these particulars are of daily occurrence, arising from his disregarding the globular formation of the earth The track pursued by the Constance is denominated by the author of the work alluded to, " Composite Great Circle Sailing," and is usefully employed when the great circle route would lead to impfacticable la titudes. In the southern oceans it is . peculiarly applicable, since in Captain Godfrey's maximum latitudes, 50 deg., favourable winds continually prevail for going out by the Cape and coming home by the Horn. To Australia 900 miles is also saved, and in a voyage to New Zealand 100 miles more. Beside, this advantage, the region of storms is avoided. Around the Cape of Good Hope is the only track in which storms prevail which an emigrant ship has to pass after she has crossed the tropic of Capricorn. In future voyages the mariner, by following Captain Godfrey's track, will, to use a sea term, " give the Cape a wide berth ;" so that we may anticipate that voyages on Captain Godfrey's track will not only be completed in a shorter period than previously, but that this improvement in navigation will confer the additional advantage of a greater degree of safety from wreck. We are assured by scientific men who are peculiarly qualified to give an opinion on this question, that the system of great circle sailing offers immense advantages ; and we find America and se veral continental states are already adopting Mr. Towson's tables.—Athemeum. FOREIGN POTATOES.—The vessel Pearl, which has just arrived from St. Michael's with a cargo of orangeA, has brought a quantity of new potatoes, the growth of that southern district. VERY BAD INDEED.—An exchange paper says-- " The girls in some parts of Pennsylrania are eo hard up for husbands, that they take up with printers and lawyers. '— Canadian paper. " Massa, Dandy Sam made comblunderum !" " Well, what is it?"—" Pose I shoot bullet troo deal board wid him pistol, what e l se I make beside round hole?"—" Gib him up ?"—" Why I make a riddle." Trim CHOLERA IN LoNpos.—The Board of Health have published a neat diagram, on card, showing the deaths from cholera in the sixty weeks ending the 24 t h of Novemb er, 1 849, to every 10,000 inhabitants in each dis trict of London, and the annual mortality from all causes, e o a f eh th d e is d t i r s ic tr t i , cta the abo a v v e erag tbe e elevation thew a ter of Trinity liigh-water mark; also th e d ens i ty of the popu lation, the average annual value of h ouses, and the amount companies the mp inhabited nies sup supplying parts ing paid for the relief of the poor. From this table it ap ; ear s that the inhabit an t s o f t h e north side of the Thames are at an average elevation of M feet- above the high water • mark, while the density of the popula tion is in the proportion of 52 to an acre and 8 to a house, the houses averaging the annual value of 461. The weer is supplied chiefly from the Thames above Battersea, from' the New River, and the Lea. The inhabitants of the south side of the Thames are on an average only 5 feet above Trinity high-water mark ; and as regards density, in the proportion of 14 to as acre and 6 to a house, the houses averaging 251. in annual value. The money expended in the relief of the poor by the inhabitants of the not th side was I s. in the pound, by those of the south side Is. 6d. in the pound house-rent. 'filo water is chiefly from the Thames below Battersea and the Ravensbourne. The general mortality did not differ much on the north aria south sides of the river; it was 251 annually in 10,000 inhabitants of the north; 257 in 10,000 inhabitants of the south side of the Thames. The density is less in the Surrey districts of London, which have onty . this great advantage over their northern neighbours. The mor tality from the cholera was very different. It was 44 on the north, and 127 on the south side of the Thames, in 10,000 -inhabitants. It also appears that the value of houses de creases very regularly in the bands of districts proceeding • eastward from blaryiebone, Hanover-square, and St. Mar tu Bethnal-green. Thus, the average value of houses is, in Hanover-square 1531., St. James 1281., St. Giles 601., Holborn 521., Clerkenwell 33/., St. Luke 2.84 Shoreditch 201., Bethnal-green 9. Politeness of the heart consists in an habitual bene volence, and an absence of selfishness in our intercourse witk society of all classes.—Eliza Cook's Journal. John Stitt, captain of the smack Earl Grey, of Wigton, was drowned off the Bell Buoy on the 15th, • steamer having run foul of his vessel whilst she was lying at anchor. The Chancellor of the county of Durham, b3ra Ist. docision, declared that odd-feUoire' lodges are illegal. rnE SUN, ON RDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1.850