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

N ANT) rs.—No r'S of the stokers, re being 's. The 1 intend artment r things - meat of ?TONAL hat this iropriate )f excel in-upon- nu easy is well e estate frontage hat this ire votes progress ation be once a ust and EBE ting will fund for at the meet Idea( FICE,-. pril, and le duties issioners but, in removal business aria on left the Chateau Iken by r. ileald , zligntrai. It LAM. )nMon vies and ton was id York stances: m Bury Lion and prisoner rich was .ailfrays prisbtar tting on to East is fief et t ; but, iverpool e police. Ws. and ; or, in of t int de )d. fare; mem unani- sing the in the follow -25/. in of the ds life ; to the rton, on 'ging to nsewor rgaretta ber last, rul John d in the on the rviously in order =crazy • Eagle, humane horn he indered —Con- rightoa t fortu officers is men d, and on th• Lunch a galley, rincipal a crew of his 'ulcers, tubs of shads ring too [ duck 'riyht9n. i Oa Mr.. arrived ondon before' to re eed his I. Ilia d, aad iages; third. aptain the A arrival trgrn, afoul", with a it by r the preach peared know,- meat e )ee n store ewe- - the di s of her a small muquets eared at singing use of to be . corre lug item in C`•aii- ... $755 ... 20 ... 60 ... 20 TILE SUN, 10NE1. 7 and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER 7 0 THREE. The s a l es of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 10,000 bales, of which 1,000 Atcerican were taken for export, and 3,000 on speculation. 'The market closed firmly. The sales comprised 7,0)0 Americ B at sp. to 70 ., 6 00 Pernam, &c., at qd. to 7d., 1,500 ahta, at bid. to (3-0.; 200 Egyptian, at 70. to 811.; and. 00 Su ra t, at 4,1 d. to sd. - per lb. —liailmay Shares Were again heavy at a further decline. The sales e f Wheat last week in the mark As which re gulate the averages were 8` ) ,342 qrs., and of blrley 47,556 quarters. - The intelligence from the continent seems this morn ing to offer no features of mercantile interest, but politi cally they read better, and the German question, it i s thought by p art i es well acquainted with the inovemer t . and poli c y o f Austria and Prussia, will her satisfac torily arranged. The Danish acivices are likewise more promising. In the Amsterdam Stock-market on the 2d it st. there was more demand for home securities. Trio Dutch Tw o - and-a-Ilelf per Cents. were 53 11-16 to 1. Spanish Stock was flatter, Portuguese firm, and in South Arne lima not much was doue. The agitation of the question of railway audit, upon the necessity Of which all are agreed, though there i, a difference of opinion as to the most advisab!e form, led rec -Ltly, at a meetin g of the prop r ietors of on e o f th e Austrulas'an banks, to the mooting of the question whi - ther an audit was not expedient likewise fur joint-stock bank', tied although the motion medic in that Particular instance are f was not supported, e e Bank ar fom b e i ng satisfied that t ecause the of England, &c., are not under such a restriction the Other establishments should be free from it. Ls men'abla instances of loss from mismanagement and otherwise, are patent to all who have ever inquired into the matter, and we agree with the writer of the fol lowing lette r , addressed to'the editor of the Bankers' Nag nine, except that we think the shareholders them selves could do all that is requisite, if they only over came any false idea of delicacy towards the di rectorates. The writer observes:—"Recent events in railway m atters have brought before th e public the necessity of a Government, or other audit bein g instituted as a check on their board of di rectors ; and I am only surprised that the disasters which have befallen joint - stock banks in England swag 18 36, sh ou l d not have been more seriously noticed by the publi c ; and that prop r i e t ors ( w h o , b y t h e way, are embarked in th ese concerns to the fullest extent of their fo their yearly and half.yearly accounts tested by a public accountant, or auditor duly appointed for this purpose. "No person can deny that the Marylebone Bank, the Bank of Manchester, the Northern and Central Bank, the North of England Bank, the Royal Bank of Liverpool, and many others, have smashed, in conse quence of mal-administration and dishonesty on the part of their directors and managers ; and if a wholesome cheek, in the way of an independant audit' of the Poaccount& of these concerns had been imposed by the Government at th e per i od of their foundation, the de- mrable exposures since brought to light by the Parlia entarY Commissions of Inquiry would never have been k nown. " The law report s o f the present day show us the daners gawaiting the private fortunes of each and every individual who has the misery to be, at the time of its failure, a partner, or in the most remote degree con n;erteetd Awiith 3 thtu in a - sa shareh o ld er ; an d I cannot therefore Bleatyour ar gumen t, t h at b ecause a ll t h e banks t have been managed w i thout having separate bankst of audits that the mod ern and newly-instituted joint-stock England and the colonies are safe without this whole some check having been established between them. The Bank of England, the Bank of Ireland, and the Bank of Scotland have very large paid-up capitals, and are incorporated by royal charter ; and the rules for their government are so laid down, that they are bound - their under a p ena lt y o f a f or f e i ture o f privileg es , several matters according r ules to t he strict of of incorporation. This deed provides for the amount of Ca pital, the election and re-election of directors, the qualification of voting at elections, &c., &c.; and it is just these very points which are of the most vital conse quence to the future prosperity of a bank, but which are almost, if not wholly, neglected. Let an unprejudiced man P of b usiness take up t h e reports which are annually eouutntfroyr,thanbdysay f var i io , us banking est a bli s h ments i n t hi s tain e d from the stateme n t s th ere i n con grew, he could in any way pronounce whether things going on rightly for the shareholders and the public, hether the things were only ' being made pleasant' for the directors and their friends." The English Stock market is extremely quiet again, but one or tw o money purchases strengthened Con sol, which were done at 96* when' only 96 for Ac count. The premium on Exchequer-bills has teen 665. to 6 es., and on India Bonds 90s. Ili the Foreign Securities business has been tolerably animated Mexican have been fluctuating a: 27i- to 28i. It is s t ated that t the amount, with interest, of he ne xt instalment of the indemnity money not yet disposed of will be about 1,750,000 dollars. The recent failure of one or two large operators has been very da maging to this security. Peruvian Deterred Bonds have been quoted 261, and the Active 68 to 68i. Spanish Three per Cent,. have been 36,t to 37; and Portuguese Four per Cents. 32i. Buenos Ayres Stock has been 53 t' 54. Dutch Two -and-a-Half per Cents. 55i. cline way Shares are exceedingly flat, and a turther de canTae e ha% occurred in the quotations. last week's Railway Receipts, ascertained up to this day, arc iu round figures as under:— 1850. North-Western £39,690 South-Western 10,147 Mi dland, . C aledonian . North 5 901 Staffordshire 1849. 40,032 8,741 20,351 4,908 CLOSING PRICES. PR in,- ONE a —...0 OF BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK. I, - ij " Cent. l; limit, A n i.iiiri, , .... ..„ 9514 96% -- „riZ Arms. to expire Jan.lB6o — , Ditto 30 ears, Jan. 5, 1860 S 5-16 8 5-16 Ir ldi_ l l Bondy 1 COOL 9 ~, "Ago under 1,000/. . ....... up„ naola•for Account 95% / 8:1,1 96 4 zebequer Bille. 1 1 ./.(1. & 2d 1,0001. June 66 6S p 5001. June Small. June 66 68 p 96 90 p 96% 68 p 68 p 6. p CLOSING PRICES. ~ P RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK ONE . iitazulan Bonds R _ Ditto, New 1829 and 1839 8 a - i 4 uenos'Ayres , Bonds, 6 per Cent Danittoish D. Account ..... ***** 69 **** 51 53 51 80nd5,1825,3 per Cent ...... _ Ditto 5 per Cent. 2 3 0, P 27i p Ditto, Scrip M Ditto ie 4n , '. E s x l) ' J v a Cn Account . 6 n C t .. i f p B4 o n 6 's w . . i t . i 1 C° .• ul3 In s-- Ditt o , **** 28 28v 27 7 / 2SM 21 1 4 , 8 Ai Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Ce n t ........ Di tto, Account 6BE4 63 43 % 67% x d 27 Ditto Def er r e d 26% _ Portuguese 5 per Cents. .. 32 Ditto, 4 per Cent. • 32 1 4 Ditto, Account . ****** •••• 106 1 ,4 _ It Dist Bonds _ Ditto, 4% per Cent:l , than 5 l7 17 ** er Cen t . , 840 * •...... 94% Ditto Account *** . .. .. ditto. Passi v e I 7 B WA 17 171 4 171 4 37 ' Ditto. 3 per Cent hi ' London. thvntends on the above pave 131 go Beligan, 4 1 4 per Cent. 55!.,( 1"..t,,a per Cent 12 Guild. .. 5 514 ~ 553 i Ditto. Account Dbitto. 4'per Cent. Certificate? 8474 85 x d 85 x x cl o. Bonds .. ...... . - d .1111SINESS DONE CLOt•IN , I RAID RICES Or VAY 0 Es. PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Aberdeen ............... 50 — dill Do. Preference . ... ..... 81 ...... dis. konber. Not, Boston, and Eastern Junction 7 %...... . ta, B hira and Galloway.. 7% tt:,,st County Down 30 -1 48 ts Hants Extens. tot )Vest. Per.s per et.) 6 ...... Tcoinghtun and Ox -I°ll unct., calls duly ~aid, or with a guaran. 20 ...... _ b.PO, without guarantee 20 ...... ulrrniny. Wolverh'ton, and I,' udl ey, calls duly td, or with guarantee 15 ...... -- 1r on. without guarantee 15 ...... --- .•••••••• Irrning.,Wolverh'pton, „and Stour Valley ..... 131. 14e ... -- .15;r1tenhead, Lancashire, ..., , sand Cheshire Junc.... 23 ..... _ 8 (stet and Exeter ...... 100 • . .. die. Cacho,Ditto Thirds .... ..... 33 1 _ Aledghain‘hire ..... 17% — onian .... . ....... .. 50 Ditto, NEW IC4 Pref... 10 i chb tto,Clydesdale Jfuic 50 zter and Holyhead.- 50 — •• •••••• _ oat ° p c . - D i , Preference •.,, La reet London & Ports , Mouth .......... . ..... 514 — tiVnblin and Belfast June. 48 --.. — ... ,undallsit Enniskillen 30 ''llaut Anglian, 254, L. & E. !Lod L. and D.. ... 25 UO. 184, E . & IL.. 18 t, Do, 34 10., Pref... 3% — .4itto, 7/. 17s , 7 per ~, Cent., Prefe rence 2 .astexn C0up1e,........ 2O bo New Pref.rerce, DRuer Cent. . „....... 10 i _ tto, Extension, 5 per Nuent., No.l .... ... .. 61.133.41... P Lttc , ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... P D o. North. & Eastern, .., 8 Per Cent. ........ 50 DA Dtto. 5 per dent.... 50 t. • New ............. 43 ...... .48terri Union, Class A UDiAlate E. IJ , Shares) 25 tto, Class A, ditto,,. 6 p, Class B & C ...... 25 East Do . ..,"crip (6 Per cent.) 20 Lancashire ......... 25 Di tto, New Quarters 6 % - ........ u o-, 6 per Cent. Pro — ,h 4 ference Quarter. ..• 6%••N•• E ". , t, Lin Quarter .._. guar 6 per Cent. .. ....... 25 _ 411.1113urgh and Glasgow 50 ..».• L.Pito• Half Shares „. 25 — '-uir., Perth, & Dundee 25 Ditto, Newport ....... .. 15 .. ... -- P.:Xeter.Yeovil, & Doreh. 2% -_ txeter and Exmouth... 21s. UlsBsow, Dumfries, and .... , Carl inle ............ 8/. 6s. 8d.... _ ulasgow,Kilmar.,& Ay r 50 ..... „ bo.Prefereneo ConB o l. Woucester 8: Dean Forest 121,,,...... *** ....... .. 61.,,wct Northern ......... 2 ‘ ,' , 0.. A Deferred .., 12%.,,„,.. ",u., li t B 6 nor Cent... 91,4. 4 -'o.s 6 pet Cent. Pref. 12%, "" '• 86% 54. 70 x d - 5% - 1% 7% - P - P ;rant Sonth. and West. ( Ir4and) 5O ...... ••• ..... ..... Ditto, Eighths 11,4 G:, 1 ',.. N orth of England.loo ......220 .... Ditto, 1 , 7 ow, 401 4O Ditto, ditto. Ditto. New, 301 Ditto. New,ls/... ...... 15 ...... Great Western 10U ...... 52 51 %s 4 Ditto, Shares 5O ...... .• 2" • • ••• •• Di t t o ; 1 ,. ; Sh ares Ditto, Fifths Ditto, New 171........ 15 ... Hull and Selby Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... 48 Do. Quarter Shares... 12 1 ,4 — .. — Lancaster Pnd Carlisie... 50 ...... Ditto, Thirds Lancathire& Yorkshire 10(1 Do. Quarters ......... 2314 — ... Do. Fifths.... ........ .... 10 Do. Thirds .... ........ 18 - Do. Ncw.Gua.6 per et. 10 Ditto (lludderqield and Shelf.) 5O -- •• Do. (W. Riding Union) 11 !4 2SV, ... • . Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Thirvk •••••• 5 0 Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 34..•..• .• — Do., do. No. 0 10 Do., do. ....No.. 3 5 Do., Pref. Quar., 1813 9 Liverpool, Crosby and Southport . lO London & Black wa11...11/. 63. 3d... .. ... .. L 'noon, Brighton, and South Cow... —. 100 ...... Do.. New, guaranteed 6 per Cent . .lOO - Do•Guarant. 5 per t t... 9 ...... 10%.... Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 ...... - Ditto ditto..:.. 1852 50 ..... 1.4.nd0n and Greenwich 12/15. 4d... .. ... ..... Ditto, Preference. 2O London and N Wt,tern 100...103 1 4 1 4% 103 102 3 / 4 103►4 Ditto, New Quarters 12 ...... 10 3 / 4 li c % % l O l /z Ditto, Fifth. l2 ..... 11 1 1 4 l O4 Do. 40/.Shares(L.M.) 40 Do. 104 (M. & B.) C. 1 ...,.. 1 1 4.•. ....... ... 1 1 A London &S.Weat9rn ..100 ...... 60% • 61 3 / 4 , Do, New 501......... 92% Do. New 40/. 34 Do., New Preference. 5 Londonderry&Coloraine 25 ..... —..... ........ Do. 1 / 4 Shares .......,. 5 - ........ ..••,.. Londonderry and Ennis killen 25 -• Do. % Shares ... 6 1 4 Lowestoff. guar. 4 per ct 20 Ditto (6 per ct.) Manchester,l3uxton,and Matlock Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 25 ... Do. New 1 aI. Pref lO ......, 654 . 6% Do., Manchester and • incoln Uni0n......4/. 2s. die Midland ... ... ..... ......tt 0 ...... 353 / 4 % 35% Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do., 50/. Shares ..... 30 .. ... 2N, 3 2% Do.Birm.. and Derby ICO Do. Consolid. Bristol& Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 ......122% 122% Ditto,Brist• &Glocstr. 42 Ditto ditto 22/. 78. .. ... Do.,ErewashVal.,Pref. 50 Ditto, Leieest.& Swan- nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar.: 5O Newcastle and Carlisle.loo ...... Do. Quarters Newmarket Do. Extension Newport, Abergavenny, bnd Hereford • 6 •••••• - - Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor .. 20 Norfolk .... •....1.....100 Do. New 201. De. Extension ... Do. Guaranteed s%pc. 5 Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 ...... Northern Counties Union 4 ...... North British ...•....... 25 ..... 8 1 ,4 x.d ...... Ditto Preference North Staffordshire ... 17% 6%..... North-Western . 13% Oxfmrd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton 5O - _ ..... Preston & Wyre 25 ... .. Do. % Shares (A) lO ...... ...- ...... .... Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Hitchin ... 4% .. ... Do. Shepreth Eaten . % — ... cottish CCntrAl Scottish Midland Ditto, New Shrewsbury and Bink... 13 1 4 ...... - di5..:... .. Ditto ditto. Class B. 9 - ..• 4 , " 11.1 ..... ...... Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewdbury and Herefd. 5 ...... Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) — Ditto Halves ... Ditto Oswestry Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10 - Shropshire Union S'uth Devon 5O ...... - - Do. Preference South Statrorddllire BIA — ....... ... .... south Eastern .. 3 3 1 41 1 3 ,4%...... ..... 13% Do., N 0.2. Do., No. 3 .-.... ...... 3U ..-.. 13 ... Do., Registered No. 4 10 ...... 4t,i.... • 4% S nith vt alai •( , nth Yorkahire, Don c Ater, and Uoola l3 Sr &Bel& Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 18 Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... S ...... TAW Vale Extension ... 8 ... ~. ..... ... " Tlames Haven Dock and Rzilway Vdie of Neath ... .. lO %' at orford and Kilkenny 20 Waterford and Limerick 47 1 ,4 — Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wic,klw and Dublin -..............- Wear Valey 6 per Cent Guaranteed ... ... Do. do. dc.... 25 Do. do. do. ... 15 ..... West Cornwall ..... .... 7 1 , ... .. - Whiteaven & Furness 18 Windsor ' Staines, and South Western ..... ... 14 ...... ..... .. ....... Wilte, Somerset, & W By - mouth ' Vork, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... ......—... 25 Do. I'Cevccastle Eaten. 20 D.. G.N.E.Pretercuee 8 ..... A Ai Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway lOO ...... rork and North Illidltnd 50 ...... 15% 15% D:tl, Preference ...... 10 FOREIGN RAILWAYa. Atli; o It:Han (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 5% tioutogne and Amiens-. 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 20 Demerara ....... ..... ...... 1714 — ••• — Dutch Rhenish ..... .... 8 ... .. East Indian Ditto ...... ..... .... ..... 20 Great Indian Peninsular o - ••• ......... ••• Do. Do. ... —.— 1 Louvain Ila i`Sambra ... 7 1 A — Luxembourg Ditto l% Madrid and Valentia 2 ...... Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... ... ...... .. , Northern of France l6 Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 . ..... .........„ .. Paris and Orleans ...... 20 ..... .... ...... Paris and Rouen 2O ...... ... Paris and Strasbourg Rouen and Havre ...... 20 ...... - Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... 2% ... 2% Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Nantes .. 13 ...... Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasseit ..... 20 West Flanders B 3 /4 .• .... --- JOINT STOCK BANKS. A mitralasia British North American 50 Colonial 25 Commercial of London 20 London Joint 5t0ck...... 10 ...... London & Westminster. 20 ...... ationalProv. England. 35 — - Ditto New... ..... ...... 10 National of Ireland 2 2 1,4...... .... ........ ... Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New ..... ..... 10 Union of Australia - Ditto, New ........... 2%...... . — Union of L0nd0n......... 10 ...... 12 Union of Madrid 40 — LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 4.—Wind S.W , fresh breeze and squally, with rain at times. DEAL, APRIL 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Sir Thomas Gresham, Walensley, China. Arrd. froze the River, Ra milies, Hobart Town; Emma Colven ' Shanghae; Can dahar, Adel a id e , S ou th A us t ra li a; Munez, Gambia; Princess Victoria, Cape of Good Hope; Santa Anna, Havannah; El Dorado, New York; Bachelor and Ed mond, Quebec ; Deva, ditto; Perthshire, St. John's, New Brun sw i c k. COWES, APRIL 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Ursus Minor, Mickleson, New York. Sld. Blenheim, Hobart Town. FALMOUTH, APRIL 3.—Wind S.S.W., strong breezes. —Arrd. Juhn Johnston, Jansen, Pernambuco; Resolu cior, Fabugas, Havannah, for Antwerp. Dutionum.—Arrd. Sarah ADA, Liverpool, from St. John's, New Brunswick, malting Rater. FALMOUTH, APRIL 3.—The Argo has been surveyed and commenced landing her cargo. CASTLETOWN, MARCH 30.—The Candace. of Shields, cut 124 days, was spoken 23d inst., short of provisions and water, and supplied by the Margaret, arrived here. BELFAST, APRIL 2.—The Preston, Dundalk to Glen gall, struck on the Cannon Rucks on the night of the 30th ult., and has become a total wreck; crew drowned. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 3.—Wind S. to S.W., squally. —Arrd. Betsey, Atkinson, Messina, for St. Peters burgh, with sails split, and to stop a leak above her water-line. LONDONDERRY, APRIL 2.—The Mars, of Ballycastle fir this port, sank on the 29th ult., mar Duna!} Head, with her masts visible above water; crew saved. PETERHEAD, APRIL 1. —Part of the stern of a vessel with " Marse Packet, of Sunderland " painted on it in yellow letters, was washed on shore yesterday at rod- LON DO N, dam. A bag and a board painted " Forster Smith," and an car branded " VTillism Grant," hale washed on shore also. QUEENSTOWN, APRIL E.S.E.; very strong. —Arrd. Sr. Antonin, Aux Cayes; Fortunato, Miratelle; Raguser, Agt norier; Moxbay, Ceaninha. STRANGLORD, APRIL I.—The vessel reported on shore in Cloughty Bay on the 30th ult., proves to he the Peggy, Liverpool to Aberdeen. but will be got off alter discharging'. A schooner funk on the Reef in Cloughty Bay, supposed to be the Prestor, of Belfast, as a piece of board so name I, and a box of seamen's clot hes, marked "Robert Colvin," or " Robert Cottqrel" has wttOted on shore; also a corpse. BRISTOL, APRIL 3.—Wind S.W., strong.—Arrd. Kite, Smythe, China ; Susan, Penton, Demerara; Lucy, P. Cherry, Barbadoes. - - , LIVERPOOL, Aram 3.—Wind S.—Arrd. Ellen, iledi field, Rio Grande; Hero e f Sidon, Spence, New Or leans; Urgent, Pollock. Charleston. Off port, Bezer end Isabella. Sld. Woodstock, Quebec; Tam O'Shant , r, ditto; Fidelin and Ivanhoe, New York; Breaddbane, Ilalif.x; Chair°, Valparaiso. Put back, Earl of Lons dale, Rio Janeiro, as 200 sailors who were on board, and entered f,r the Brazilian navy, reu>el to proceed. 4th, 10 30 A.M., The John It. ,kiddy, hence to New York, wai driven on shore, lbt instat,t, on the coast of Wexford, supposed near Glasscarrick. The master, nist , ?, and part e f crew remained on board ; :passenge:s and remainder of crew have landed. The wet 7r is up to her second deck. BEIUMA ass, APRIL 3.—The WEton has got off shore and proceeded fur Liverpool. The Emmor, Irwin to Hartlepool, and the Victuria, for Liverpool, have got off shore and hauled into deep water, after discharging. The Robert and Mary, of Aberystwith; the Mercury, Cardiff to Liverpool; and the John, of Bideford; have been on those, and must discharge, having received considerable damage. SHEILDS, APRIL 3.—A schooner, said to belong to Tburso, is on the Hood Sand; crew saved. LONDON, APRIL 4.—The Mereir, sailed from Car- diff 27th September last for Bremen, and has not since been heard of. HAnwictr, APRIL 3.—Wind S.W.—Sld. Quebec, for Quebec; Wolfscove, Quebec; Aurora, St. Juhn's, New Brunswick; Amazon, St. John's, New Brunswick; La tons, St. Andrew's, New Brunswick. rtitrD 321ittion NORTHAMPTON RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Earl Spencer's Plate of 1001. Brennus ... ... ... ... ... ••• 1 Alonzo ... ... ... - ... ... 2 The Althorp Park Stakes for two 3'rs old. Receipt filly ... ... "ID ... "II ... 1 Prestige ... ... .. ... ... ... 2 Buckhound ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 Pytch4ey Stakes for threelyrs old. Compass ... Give-and-take ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 10s; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 4/ lOs ; and Straw, 1/ la to 1/ 8s per loao. Trade very dull, at barely stationary prices. C UMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/ lOs to 31125; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 41 7a; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 1/ 9s per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly at our quotations. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended March 28, 1850, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors In the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHAT. 'BAXLEY.' 0/TS. 1111. I I BLANBEANS.?ZAP. PRICE .. 1 37s 9d 1 23s 6(1 15s 2d 211 7d ,S. 23s 10d 125 s 3d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. wnEAT. NARLET. I OATS. I A. I BEANS. PEAS. is Od is Od is Od Is Od Is 01 is 01 SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.) MANSELL AND ANOTHER V. CRAYSTONE. This was an action to recover the sum of 161. for goods sold. The plaintiffs are grocers in the city, and the de fendant is a chemist at Chateris, Cambridge. There was no defence to the action. The defendant in a letter had, however, given a curious reason for non payment, which was, that the agreement between them was that the first order should be paid on the second order being given, and he intended to bind them to that strictly, but as he did not want any more goods at pre sent the amount was not due, but he had often times af terwards promised to pay. The jury gave a verdict for the amount. This was the only case tried. MANSION-HOUSE-(THIS DAY.) A WHOLESALE THlEl.—Francis Jervis was brought Wore Mr. Alderman Gibbs upon remand, charged with having stolen a time-piece, a watch, and other articles from Mr. Watley's distillery at Battersea, the property of various persons employed about that establishment. There were also other charges of stealing a bed•quili and a bird, which showed that the prisoner had car ried on an extensive series of depredations from every house he visited. Many articles had been ti aced to dif ferent pawnbrokers; but there was reason to suppose that there were many others of which no trace could be discovered. More than twenty duplicates were found in his possession. The prisoner was fully committal. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Two young men, named Burke and Cronan, with a young woman, named Williams, were charted with having created a disturbance in Drury-lace, and as- saulted the police when engaged in the execution of their duty. The disturbance arose in this way. Yesterday fore. noon a butcher, who was bleeding from the mouth, called upon constable F 47 to take Burke into custody for an assault, and while he was in the act of doing so Burke kicked him most desperately, and Cronan, coming to the assistance of his companion, attempted to rescue .him. A struggle took place, which attracted a mob to the spot, and, as is too often the case, the mob aided with the offenders, and a general row ensued. Eventually other conrables came up, and the two male prisoners were after some further resistance safely lodged in the station. In the course of the struggle Burke and the constable fell with great violence to the ground, and the prisoner being the undermost the back of his head came in contact with the curbstone, and a dreadful gash was inflicted on it. While the prisoner and the constable were kicking and rolling together on the ground. the Ii took the opportunity of throwing further difficul ties in the way of the constable, by pulling and tugging vigorously at his hair, but luckily she was captured in the act by another constable, and marched off to the station amidst the yells and jeers of the mob, which, of coune, was composed of the lowest grade of fieople, who looked upon the whole affair as a capital joke. The constable stated that there could not have been less than 300 or 400 persons present, and it was with considerable difficulty that he and his colleagues succeeded in securing the prisoners. The two male prisoners were too drunk at the time of their arrest to admit of their being at once brought before the Court, and consequently they had been locked up all night. Mr. Wontner attended on behalf of the prisoners, but finding that the evidence could not be shaken in the least degree, he left it for his clients to give their own history of the transaction. Cronan, who described himself as a printer, said the butcher struck his companion first, and they had several rounds before the constable came up. Burke, who was also a printer, said he would have gone quietly to the station had he been the aggressor in the first instance; but it was the butcher who ought to have been taken, and not himself. The female denied the charge against her. She sim ply cried " Shame" when the police began to use their truncheons, and she was immediately pounced upon by some of the force. Mr. HALL sent Cronan to the House of Correction for a month, his companion for fourteen days, and the fe male he fined 20s. or ten days. They were then removed in custody. WESTMINSTER.—(THIS DAY.) Ellen Collins, a middle-aged, respectably•dressed woman, whose face bore evidences of recent ill .usage, was charged before Mr. Burrell with assaulting and threatening the life of Thomas Cross, a cow-keeper, re siding at 5, Alfred place, Chelsea. It appeared from the statement of the complainant, whose face was cut and scratched in several places, and who gave his evidence in an offensively flippant manner, that the prisoner was his housekeeper. On coming home to dinner yesterday, about oae o'clock, he had oc casion to find fault with the prisoner for allowing her children (for she had had children), as well as his own, to make away with some old iron from his premises. Some high words ensued, in the course of which the prisoner snatched up the poker and attempted to strike the complainant with it, but he got out of her way, having, however, intimated to her that she was to leave her service. The complainant returned to the house again in the course of the. after noon, when he found the prisoner packing up her clothes, and preparing to leave; angry words were renewed between the parties, during which the prisoner said she would not leave the house until she had been on the complainant. The com a basket belonging to the pri rpelaviennagnetd theni n some , : pjt 7 h a eyd soner at her; whereupon she seized a large dinner plate, and smashed it over his head, wounding him slightly on the cheek. The complainant was again making o ff when the prisoner seized a sword-stick which stood be hind the kitchen door, and commenced belabouring his lead and back soundly with it. A struggle ensued be tween the belligerents, in the course of which the com plainant broke the sword stick in two, and threw th e prisoner down on the stairs. Contriving to get away from her, he went for the police, and gave her in custody. The complainant's sor, a boy barely eleven years of age, partly corroborated his statement as to the assault. The prisoner in her defence said she had prepared the complainant's dinner comfortably for him yesterday, and on his coming into the house to dine ho complained of her allowing the children to take away some old iron from the house. She replied that she had her domestic duties to perform, and could not always be answerable for wha'; his boys did. The complainant then began abusing her, ending with giving her notice to leave the bowie forthwith. blicrtly afterwards, on his return to THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 18.50 the house, some more angry words ensued between tht in, and the complainant snatched up a basket in which she had been packing her things, anti threw it at her head, which cut her eye severely. He then upset a table and broke a plate wh'eh belor r.,,d to her, and she smashed a plate of his to be quits with hiM ; but this she did on the fender, .and not over his head, as he had sworn. In self-defence also she did take the sword-stick from be hind the door and strike the compla;nant ; but he sot. 11 wrenched it from her, and with it violently chastised her about the body and legs. He also nearly tore all the clothes off her back. A fine intelligent boy, son of the prisoner, whom she called, deposed to icing present during the quarrel, and corroborated his mother's statement as to the complain ant's throwing the basket at her, adding thatAtefore any blows were struck the complainant had threatened to knock his (witness's) mother's " b- teeth down her throat." A son of the complainant himself also proved on b - half of the prisoner, that he sags• his father (the coin plainam) sinking the prisoner with the sword-stick, and threatening to murder her, and that he ss a* at tracted to the house by hearing the prisoner shouting murder. Mr. BURRELL was of opinion that the assault had he , n mutual, and di,charged the prisone , but ordered that both the complainant and the prison,r should be bound over iu their recognizant:us in the sum of 20/. to keep the penes , each towards the other, for six months. CLETIKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.) A young woman named Enfma k‘•niitli was placed at the bar, bt fore Mr. Tvv)mhitt, charg,d with st, alirz a coat, a waistcoat, and two pair of sheets from the house in which she lodged, and with having pledgqd them with two different pawnbrokers. The prosecutor, James Matthews, stated that the prisoner was a lodger in his house, in Ann-street, Pentonville, and that be saw the articles in question see in an uelocked drawer, in a front room which he occu pied, on Sunday last. Yesterday afternoon he found they had disappeared, and as his suspicions attached to the prisoner, he taxed her with the theft, when she acknowledged she had taken them, and she produced the pawnbrokers' duplicates, and he accordingly gate her into custody. The articles were produced by the pawnbrokers, who stated they had been brought to them by the prisoner. She made no answer to the charge, and was committed to take her trial at the next sessions. Ann Smith, a stout and by no means bad-looking damsel of the pavi, was charged by James Parmenter, an Italian image maker, with stealing a silver watch, a gold chain, and 2s. Gd. The prosecutor, it appeared, was' passing through Holborn last night, about twelve o'clock, when his atten tion was directed to the prisoner, whose charms over came the sensitiveness of his amorous disposition. He ventured to accost Ler, and with a winning smile, pecu liar to his countrymen, soon pierced the heart, as he supposed, of the hesitating lady. Though scarcely able to speak our vulgar English, an acquaintance immedi ately sprung up between them, for love makes itself un derstood despite of all obstacles, and he prevail e d on her to allow him to accom p an y h e r home. The place of her domicile was a questionable court somewhere in Gray's Inn-road, but for any thing he knew, it might havo been the most Lishionable house in the neighbourhood. They retired to rest, but while the gay Lothario was reposing in the arms of Morpheus his lady love took advantage of the opportunity to disappear with all his valuables. When daylight broke, and the un fortunate gentleman rose from his slumbers, he was as much astonished as he was indignant at the deception practised upon him. He gave information to the police of the circumstance, and they soon traced her out, but she had nothing upon her but 2s. The prosecutor gave a rambling and unintelligible ac count of the occurrence, and as there was no direct evi dence against the prisoner she was discharged. THE WRECK OF THE ROYAL ADELAIDE STEAMER. CORRESPONDENCE AND PARTICULARS RECEIVED TRIG DAY. Up to twelve o'clock to-day, the secretary at Lloyd's had not received intelligence of the finding any of the bodies of the unhappy sufferers by the foundering of this ill-fated steamer, excepting the two that had been landed at Margate previously mentioned. The manager of the City of Dublin Steam Naviga tion Company arrived at Margate last night from London to proceed to the wreck, .and to obtain accu rate information of her position on the sands, and the probability of any portion of her being saved. The gale of wind that has been blowing the who:* of this night and this morning leads to a supposition that not a vestige will be found, her remains having either been swept away by the tremendous seas or have bean swal owed up in the sands. Mr. Hartley, the agent of the company, has handed us copies of two letters he received this morning, which will be found to contain further details, on the sad sub ject of the wreck. Particulars the second will be observed was sent by the chief boatman of the Coast Guard station at St. Nicholas station, to the company's agent at Plymouth. London and 'Southampton, Dublin, Belfast, Liverpool and Falmouth Steam-packet Office, Vauxhall street, Plymouth. April. 3, 1850. Dear; Sir,—l regret exceedingly that the dispatch of an answer to your favour of the Ist, should have been omitted by yesterday's post, and I hope this will reach you in time to be of use. You will see by the enclosed est that only few persons left this port' by the ill-fated Adelaide ; but I should think her pissengors from Cork to Londoa must have been from 150 to 200. I have no means of ascertaining, with any degree of certainty, what the number war, as I get no list from Cork, and take no account of those who land here. I send you a letter I have this moening received from Margate, which may give you a few particulars, to enable you to obtain further inforspation from the same writer. I am, sir, &c., ROBERT CLARK. T. Hartley, Esq., Leadenhall-street, Loudon. Gentlemen,—l beg to acquaint you of a melancholy catastrophe that haprened at our station on Saturday night, about 10 45 P.M. We observed two rockets and a large red light in the direction of the Tongue Sand, outside of the Queen's Channel, and we observed the red light again at eleven, and at 11 38, when we never saw it afterwards. The wind blowing hard from the S.E., and a heavy sea running, particularly on the sands. At daylight we saw the remains of a large wreck lying close to the Tongue beacon. Unfortunately the sea was running so high at the time that we could not launch our boat. But one of the Margate luggera, coming through the Queen's Channel, fell in with two dead bodies, each having a lift-preserver on, with blue clothes; one app eare d to b e the mate and the other the engineer. Tu-uay (Monday) the wreck has been surrounded with boat, and it has been my duty to examine them. I have gleaned what information I could, but lam afraid it is a bad job. She is a largo steamer, and there is nothing left of her betides her machinery and bow, and one side, and the only thing that they found that 'cads to her identity is a large lantern marked "Royal. Adelaide." Her cargo and light gear must have driven on the Essex coast, as not a vestige is to be seen in the Queen's Channel, As the wind was blowing so long from the east, the Margate boat men were not on the look out ; neither did any of the pilots see anything of it, and the Tongue light-vessel fires signals of distress. Ido not think there was a craft of any sort riding in the Queen's Channel at sunset, so what became of the poor souls on board Heaven knows. If any person w i s h ?s any infor mation concerning the unfortunate seamen, I shall feel happy to supply all I can obtain. I am constantly boarding the boats to glean something respecting the remainder ut the crew. I have examined some copper and brass handler, but with the exception of the lantern can find nothine that leads to her na me, but there are a g rea t man y b oa t s ' putad from Margate through the other channel, I am, Sir,yours, Jon tireits, Com man di ng Boat man, Coast i.' Guard Station, St. Nicholas, Margate. •FFICIAL RETURN OF TUE CREW DRo'XNED. The annexed return of the unfortunate crew of the Royal Adelaide was received this morning by the secre. tary of the Company from Liverpool. It appears nearly the whole of them belonged to that port, and many hare left large families to mourn their melancholy fate. Wm. Gowler, chief mate; George North, second mate; William Scott, third mate; William Reilly, chief engi neer; William CroOk, second engineer; Charles Cock land, fireman; John Delany, ditto; Thomas Williams, ditto; John Doyle, ditto; William Bell er , di tto; J ames Moore, ditto; Patrick Carey, coal trimmer; Michael Wolfe, ditto; William Seayen, sailor; Francis Neico, ditto; John Stamper. ditto; Robert Tozer, ditto; Jo seph Morgan, ditto ; Ambrose Turner, carpenter; Thomas Butter, boy; Henry H ill ier, stew ard; Sarah Garetty, stewardess. The Royal Adelaide steamer was insured in several offices; her loss and cargo is reported to exceed 30,0001. THE LATE MURDERS AT JUMPER GREEN.—We understand that Pearson, who, there can be no doubt, in- humanly murdered Dr. Wilson and his mother at Juniper Green on the 24th u lt., w as removed from the Calton Gaol here to the Penitentiary at Perth on Friday last. His re moval took place on a certificate signed by two medical practitioners, in terms of the Act, that lie was labouring under insanity. He will, therefore, be lodged in "that part of the Perth Penitentiary which is devoted to the reception of lunatics. He will, notwithstanding of this, be brought to trial in the usual course.—Scorsinan. A MAN BURNED TO DBATIT.—On Saturday evening Mr. Kemp, aged 83, residing in llrxton Old Town, while sitting before the fire, was seized with a fi t (it is supposed), and f e ll on to he grate. When he was dis covered the left side of his face was completely burnt oft There was no one present at the time. The regrets o f a f ee li n g heart may harmoni ze w ith a contemplation of na t ure an d an enjoyment of th e ti ne arts; but frivolity, under whatever lorm it appears, deprives atten tion of its power, thought of its originality, and sentiment of its depth.—Eika Cook's Journal. Tit EDUCATION QUESTION. -A large and in fluential me e ti ng o f t h e i n h a bit a nts of Manchester was held in the Tow n H a ll, on T ues d a y, convened by the Mayor, i n compliance with a requisition signed by 509 merchants and manufacturers, for the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning Parliament in favour of a national system of education upon a purely secular basis. John Putter, Esq. the Mayor, occupied the chair, and the had was erlwdeil at an early period of the morning; indeed, for several hours before the opening of the doors, they were literally besieged by the friends and opponents of the Lancashire Public School system. So gre a t was t h e cro wd that a very small portion of the people in attendance could be accommodated in the hall, and a second meeting, embracing from 2,000 to 3,000 people, was constituted outside. Upwards of an hour having been spent amidst indescribable uproar and confusion, the Rev. Francis Tucker proposed the adoption of a petition in favour of a national secular system of education. The Rev. J. Taylor seconded the proposition. The Rev. Canon Stowell moved an amendment in ' favour of the introduction of the religious element; but after a long and very stormy meeting the petition was adopted. MAGAZINES, &c.—(CONTINUED). NEW 11.10 N THLY. The New Monthly again opens with some verses 1 7 Leigh Hunt. The anecdote which they celebrate is so well worthy of attention, and it is here so grace fully narrated, that we gladly transcribe it entire : TIIE BITTER GOURD. INSCRIBED TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE. BY LEIGH HUNT. " Grace," in good truth, ronown'd for that rare art CAll'd Perfect Tact (if it indeed be art Whose shill implies an all-embracing heart), Lokmat's lord,—the only thing, In all he did, beyond thy compassing;— In Lokmnn's self,—the spirit more than free, Which thou hadst shown as well, bad'st thou been he. Lokman the Wise, therefore the good (for wise Is but sage good,_ seeing with final eyes), Was slave once to a lord, j, alous though kind, Who, piqued sometimes at the man's master mind, Gave him, one day, to see how he would treat So strange a grace, a bitter g o urd to eat. With simplest reverence, and no surprise, The sage receiv'd wli t stri teh'd the donor's eyes; And, piece by piece, as though it had been food, To 'oast and gloat on, every morsel chow'd; And so stood eating, with his patient beard, Till all the nauseous favour disappetted. Ves.'el, and confounded, and dispos'd to find Some ground if scorn, on which to ewe his mind, " Loktntn!" exclaim'd his master,—" In God's name, How can a slave hims.elf become so tome? Have all my favours been bestow'd amiss? Or could not brains like thine have saved thee this?" Calmly stood Lokman still, as duty stands.— " Have I receiv'd," he answer'd " at thine hands Favours so sweet they went to mine heart's rout, And could I not accept one bitter fruit 7" " 0 ',Amon!" said his lord (and as he spoke, For very love his words in softness broke), " Take but this favour yet:—be slave no more:— Be, as thou art, my frie:erl and counsellor:— Oh be; nor let me quit thee, self-abhorr'd;— 'La I that am the slave, and thou the lord." * See the ground-work of the story in D'ljerbelot, and other Eastern authorities. Lokman has sometimes been called the Arabian 4Esup ; and sometimes thought to have been 2Esop himself. Horace Smith's " Musings in my Study" are con tinued. A quotation from Fulton, to the effect that "as there are many wayside flowers scarcely worth gathering individually, which would neverthelesi contribute to the value of a nosegay, so do spring up in the mind many thoughts of trifling separate value which may be well worth collecting into a posy," forms an appropriate motto for the collection. Of these "Musings" the most amusing is on "The Metempsychosis," or the supposed transmigration of human souls into the bodies of lower animals, as asserted by Pythagoras. Some of Mr. Smith's meta morphoses are exceedingly happy. He suggests, for example, that " worldly priests might be converted into hawks, which only fly heavenward in pursuit of prey ;" "anglers would exchange the amusement of the rod for the anguish of the hook ;" " fox-hunters, metamorphosed into hunted foxes, should be allowed the daily privilege, after a desperate run, of being in at their own death I while authors, and more espe cially critics, realising the nickname sometimes be stowed upon them, and converted into real book worms, should pass their lives in defacing the leaves by which they are supported, and constantly picking holes in the works before them.' An article on " Literature Lind the Exhibition of 1851" laments that, while princely patronage and publie encourage ment are being (so justly) awarded to scientiffc and artistic labourers, men of literature are still unrecog nised and unrewarded. In this article it is truth fully remarked, " Those who stand on the high places of the earth scarcely understand what real necessity, what actual suffering means. They dream not what it is to a noble mind to be obliged, like the worms, to crawl upon the earth for nourish ment, because it has not strength to endure famine. Life moves around them with so much grace and splendour, and beauty, that they drink of life's sweet wine and dance in a cheering intoxication. They find nothing within them which can enable them to understand the real sufferings of the poor." On the subject of the proposed Exhibition, we fipd the fol lowing excellent and, unfortunately, correct observa tion as to the scanty reward apportioned to those to whom honour is really due : " This gorgeous silk, that graceful and various tinted shawl—the one from Howell and James's, the other from Everington's—are laid before the eyes of a thousand eager admirers; nine hundred and ninety-nine out of the thousand go their way, commenting and expatiating on their beauties, and praising their elaborate elegance and exquisite workmanship, and highly commending those whose wealth or capital has enabled them to offer such articles of refined luxury to the public gaze, as to admire them on the persons of those who have means to possess them. Not a thought, however, not a care is vouchsafed to the artisan who has laboured to produce such trea sures, or is one a ord of grateful praise bestowed on the designer or the workman. No; from the shops I have named, or any others, they are said to have come; what more is required? Not a single syllable is uttered of where obtained—by whom pre dueed ? Suffice, there they are to be purchased by money and worn for the admiring world. And so is it from the beginning to the end of the chapter. Tho very shirts we wear, the coatr, the boots, the hats; the very bread of life by which we are sustained; one and all are the products of hard-working, ill-requited, unremitting, struggling labour; yet not a jot of gratitude is produced in our hearts; that they have toiled and slmed, while we, perchance, have slept calmly on a bed of down, or enjoyed the frivolous pleasures of life. We look on and wonder; remunerate the master tailor or the master baker, and there ends the aura total of our thought. I would venture to hope that in this great Exhibition f all nations, the poor artisan may have the benefit of his head or handiwork." DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Milman's tragedy of Fazio, compressed into three acts, was revived here last eveniug., when Miss Laura Addison sustained the part of Nance, and by her admirable performance of the character produced a sensation that has never been Equalled since Miss O'Neil left the stage. The following notice of Miss Laura Addison's performance appears in the Morning Post; and we entirely agree with the opinion whicn our contemporary expresses :—" The tragedy of Fazio affords a wide scope to the actress of Bianca—indeed, the entire weight of the play rests upon her exertions. The author has ingeniously contrived that all the pas sions of woman's heart shall be reflected in this one creation, the remaining personages being but poorly conceived and weakly wrought out. Miss Laura Addison enacted the part of Bianca with consummate skill. Ready as we have always been to do justice to this young actress's genius and litr powers, both of apprehension and e x ec u ti on , we have never h(situted to indicate the points upon which, in our idea, the ad , vantage of experience would have better enabled her to do justice to her own vivid conceptions. But in her personation of Bianca she leaves to criticism the sim ple record of the highest artistic success. It is no easy tack to reconcile to the eye of the spectator the min • gled illustrations of 'feminine passion which the author has, with unscrupulous adherence to stage conventionalisms, crowded into the canvass ; but Miss Laura Addison, v% bile developing with the completest theatrical intelligence the inartistically isolated phases of the written character, succeeded in blending in a general and sympathetic union ideas actually diverse, but which, by her perfect fusion, were combined into a personation which, for scenic purposes, gave the highest triumph which intellect could achieve over undesirable material. The passion of jealousy, so frequently made the subject of dramatic treat ment, has too often been a temptation to clever artists to indulge in the mere foot. light ecstacies which a certain class of the public has been unhappily trained to admire. Miss Laura Addison, casting aside all the rubbish of stage memories, has eliminated with mingled sensibi lity and executive power a new and most fortunate reading of the sentiment. Nor in the softer and more womanly presentments was the power of the actress less real, if less obvious. Her love tones came from the heart, and by consequence addressed the heart successfully; while from .the confusion of the emotion of hatred, revenge, remorse, wife-like affec tion, and maternal devotion, less successfully discri minated by the dramatist, tiss Laura Addison artis tically disentangled the somewhat chaotic elements of the poem, and alternately exhibited each feeling with a truth and a refinement rarely observable on a mo dern stage. She was enthusiastically applauded during the play, and at its termination was called before the curtain with acclamation. Mr. Cooper, who acted the part of Fazio, was suffering from hoarseness." The gorgeous and splendid fairy spectacle the Devil's Ring followed, and each beautiful scene, each novel effect, each wonderful exhibition of mechanical power, was greeted by the tumultuous plaudits of the delighted auditory. The Devil's Ring is drawing crowded houses every night. AINSWORTH. " Guy Fawkes" is drawing towards its close. In this number we read " how Guy Fawkes was put to the torture," and the pencil of Cruikshank pour trays the death of Catesby. Mr. Rowsell, in some remarks on " Common Conversation," justly censures the common prevalence of and seeming necessity for " white lies" in polite society. The best remedy for such a state (,f things would surely be a little genuine politeness, or that species of tact which Leigh Hunt has just so admirably defined in this month's New Monthly, as above quoted. MISCELLANEOUS. Sharpe's London Magazine is, as usual, rich in in teresting matter. Among the best essays are those on " Lord Jeffrey" and " Cervantes." Among the fictions are " Deborah's Diary" and " Lewis Arundel," and among the poetical contributions some graceful verses by J. K. Hervey, "To Erato, the Muse of Love"— " The spirit's chorus wants its swee test part That wants thy music—•though its tones be sighs." —The Farmers' Magazine contains a us€ful article on the formation of roads. In its pictorial contents is a picture of "a boar," which is admirable as a specimen of engraving, as well as being an evidence of success in the art of " fattening." Every hair on the sleek back is in its proper place, and the eyes are Leif closed with an expression of sleepy content. —ln the Belle Assemblee Mrs. Crosland gives a delightful and most eulogistic criticism of the " Angel-world" of Bailey.—ln the Church of Eng land Magazine, in an article on "Humility of Heart," the fact that humility is a true sign of excellence is enforced by a happy and beautiful simile, comparing the Christian to an ear of wheat which, as it at first begins to fill holds itself erect, but when full and ripe it modestly bows its head, and thus is seen to be fit for the garner.—The Catholic Magazine and Register contains an interesting memoir of Raja Brooke and another of the Duchesse de Berri.—The Family Herald is attractive, as usual.—The Merchant Taylors' Magazine contains some excellent contribu tions in prose and verse.—lnstead of the Sporting Magazine, the Sportsman is this month before us, adorned with pictorial and pen-and ink sketches of the turf, and all matters thereunto appertaining.—The Anglo-Saxon is remarkable for the beauty of its appearance. Its contents are worthy of perusal. The article on the colonies is illustrated by maps. Martin Tupper has contributed three .sonnets on the Alfred Medal. Alluding to the Alfred Jubilee, of which he was the chief originator, he exclaims, addressing his fa vourite hero— " After a thousand years my soul is glad Thus to have roused to thankful thoughts of thee The world of Englishmen." —The Colonial Magazine contains an article on postal steam communication with the Americas and Austra lasia which is deserving of attention.--Chambers is always excellent and delightful, and likely to do good to 'all who turn over its pages.—The Metropolitan, among other amusing papers, contains the history of " Peter Goldthwaite's Treasure," which proved no treasure at all.—The London Journal of Inventions and the Patent Journal we con tinually commend for their excellence in the depart ment to which they are , devoted.—Le Follet, with charming pertinacity, endeavours to disprove the as sertion of the poet, that " beauty is, when unadorned, adorned the most." Da. Acnnu.—This gentleman, whose recent im prisonment in the dungeons of the Inquisition at Rome cre ated - such general excitement, arrived here yesterday after noon from London, on the special invitation of the Edinburgh section of the Evangelical A lliance. A deputation of the Al liance were at the North British Railway station to receive him, and on his arrival welcomed him most cordially. They accompanied bins from the railway station to Queen-street Hall, where a large number of the members of the Alliance and other friends were' assembled. IL Paul, Esq., banker, having taken the chair, the Lev. Dr. Henry Grey engaged in prayer, after which all present were personally introduced to Dr. Achilli, who seemed to be highly gratified with the reception which he had met. Dr. Achilli is to be entertained at a public breakfast this morning, and in the course of the day a - meeting is to be held in the Musk-hall, at which he is to deliver an address on his recent persecution at 'Rome.— Scotsaton. SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE. On Monday the holiday-makers at this attractive and favourite place of resort were admirably enter tained by the corps dramatique, who exerted them selves most creditably throughout the performance, which consisted of the representation of Shakspere's tragedy of Macbeth, from the original text, followed by an entirely new interlude, entitled A Village Tale ; the whole concluding with Mark Lemon's farce of The M.P. for the Rotten Borough. Macbeth was excellently cast, Mr. Phelps representing Macbeth ; Mr. G. Bennett, Banquo; Mr. H. Mellon, Duncan King of Scotland ; Macduff, Mr. H. Marston ; Lady Macbeth, Miss Glyn ; Lady Macduff, Miss Ed wardes. The acting of Mr. Phelps, Mr. Marston, and Miss Glyn, was very good, and the way in which the piece is put upon the stage certainly reflects the greatest credit upon the management. The interlude is a neat, telling piece, sparkling with little gems well struck off by Tony (Mr. Henry Lye), who appears in the character of a country milkman, in love with Emma, a cottager's daughter (Miss T. Bassano); Bessy Forster (Miss A. Brown), a dapper country girl, and an intimate acquaintance of Emma's, has had as her first love Philip (Mr. G. K. Dickinson), who having enlisted for a soldier, has been compelled on the field of battle to encounter great danger, and to suffer in a distant land extreme indisposition. During the whole period, however, his affection for Bessy re mains inviolate, and he returns to the " home of his youth" seeking most anxiously for the object of his early love. Bessy, meanwhile, understanding that Philip has fallen in battle, promises her hand to a country farmer, George Foster (Mr. Graham), but the return of Philip leads to her rejection of Foster, and the piece concludes with his retiring in high dudgeon, while the other parties are legitimately made happy. Mark Lemon's farce was well hit off, and the curtain fell amidst the boisterous cheers of a very crowded auditory, the whole of whom appeared upon the happiest terms imaginable with the world at large, and with the actors who had performed for their amusement in particular. THE TRIAL OF THE BIRDS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Mr. Ball presents his compliments to the editor of The Sun, and incloses a copy of a letter sent to the editor of the Times on Thursday last, which has not been inserted in that paper. Western Circuit, Taunton, April 2, 1850. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—l am not not surprised at the feeling of in dignation which the report of the trial of Bird and his wife, at Exeter, has excited in the public mind, but as one of the senior members of the bar present during the principal and material part of the trial, I hope I may be .permitted to express my sorrow on reading your very severe observations on the conduct of the learned judge before whom the prisoners were tried. I heard the material part of the statement of the mother of the poor girl, and from thence the whole of the case to the close of the evidence of Mr. Turner, the surgeon, and I then left the court with a deep impression on my mind, without bearing the defence or the observations of the learned judge, that the case on the part of the prosecution had wholly failed in bringing home to the prisoners the infliction of the blow which was the cause of death, and I stated my opinion to one or two friends near me at the time. This was evidently the opinion of Mr. Justice Talfourd, and he directed the jury accordingly. How then, I would ask, could he as an honest and impartial judge have acted otherwise With respect to the expressions which fell frOm his Lordship, and to which you have called very parti cular attention, I am confident )ou will agree with me in thinking that the judge, so long as there was any the least chance of this sad affair being investi gated elsewhere, would have acted most improperly if he had not repressed those feelings which the de tails of the case naturally tended to excite. I use the word repressed, because in a case tried before the same judge, the previous day, in which three ruffians were convicted for a gross aesault on a poor unpro tected girl, his Lordship, after the verdict was deli vered, and in passing a severe hut just sentence, poured forth a torrent of eloquent indignation at the outrage which had been committed. Hoping that these remarks may not be deemed obtrusive, I remain, Sir, your very obedient servant, HENRY BALL. Temple, March 28, 1850. SUNDAY RAILWAY TRAVELLING. (From the Examiner.) At a meeting of the shareholders of the Caledonian Railway, the following copious effusion of cant took place : " Mr. MEIKLEHAM, in pursuance of notice, moved that no systematic or predetermined work should be performed on the line on Sunday. Having liberated slaves in the; West Indies, it became them to take care not to make slaves in this country. The m inds of the men could not but suffer from Sunday labour. Scot tish independence was at stake in this matter. Had it not been for English proxies there would not now be -a railway in Scotland open oa a Sunday. He com plained of this int errup ti on as un j ust to Scotland, where Sabbath observance was a national institution. The consequences of Sabbath desecration were the potato disease and the famine. " Mr. M‘Micxtsio, a director, seconded the motion. He stated that there were 129 men employed on the line on Sunday, and that their Sunday wages for half a year amounted to upwards of 4,0001. There were four trains on a Sunday, and on an average 361 pas sengers. Was it worth while to deprive 129 persons of the means of attending a place of worship, for the accommodation of 361 passengers ? "A'' SHAREHOLDER observed that 500 men were generally employed, and that no more were occupied on Sunday than were required for works of mercy and necessity. " Mr. Mom supported the motion. On some lines in Scotland, on which there had been no Sunday travelling, no serious accident had ever occurred. The question was, therefore, of importance with reference to damages, now a formidable item. "Mr. CAMPBELL, a director, s t a t e d that, with the exception of the mail train, there were no passenger trains on the line on Sunday. Everything that was possible had been done to reduce Sunday labour. The men were only •called upon to atten d in turn, and the time occupied did not exceed one hour per clay. It should not be forgotten that, in the providence o f God, diseases and accidents pre v ail ed Sunday on as well as on other days.—(Hear, e.) " On a show of bands the motion was lost." Mr. Meikleham presumes to penetrate the inscru table wisdom of Providence, and has no difficulty in diacovering that the potato-disette and - the famine were th e c opequences of journeying 911 the SO- S ~~. , T 77 7 -7-( bath. But last harvest was one of bles4d abundance i: _ , even though people sought fresh air and cheerfu scenes, or visisted the sick, or distant frietula,'-kor-re lations, on Sunday. t_sM4Ab ir Mr. M'Micking cannily counts what Sunday wages amount to, and puts it as a rule-of-three question, whether it is worth while to break the Sabbath for such small profits. Mr. Muir takes the same sort of view, and thinks the formidable item of damages might he retrenched by discontinuing Sunday trains, as serious accidents never occur on lines closed on Sunday; peradventure because there are marvellously few miles of such lines; but, in all human, and especially in all puri tanical probability, let us observe the assertion is ut terly untrue. Mr. Meikleham boasts that Sabbath observance in Scotland is a national institution. Let us see the evi dence of the Scotsman upon this point : "TILE OPPONENTS OF SABBATH -BREAKING IN SCOTLAND.—A statistical friend hands us the follow ing as the statistics of the Sabbath desecration he observed on his return from church last Sunday a few minutes before four o'clock, walking. from the west to the east of Princ(-'s-street, Edinburgh : C,irriages waiting at Rev. Dr. Chandlisti's door, 4 ; at Rev. M r . D rummond ' s, 5 running on Prince's-street, 23; waiting on west stance, 8; on east stance, 13 ;in all, 53. But, as (to say nothing of our informant having been a few minutes too early to see the full extent of the iniquity at the door of Free St. George's and St. Thomas's) he did not pass until the doors were closed at St. John's, where there are seldom fewer than a doz-n carriages, and as he forgot to take a peep at the West Kirk, additions must be made, bringing up the num ber to 70, which, allowing for two-horse conveyances and for footmen, gives the total number of men and horses at about 80 ! And these, too, employed at least four times in the day, that is, setting down, arid taking up at each of the two services ; almost all of them, in fact, being virtually employed all day; and that day, as it happened, a bright and settled one, affording no excuse in point of weather. Eighty men and horses employed in a single day for the purposes of mere ostentation, with the cognizance and mainly for the use of the very men who embitter public and social life in Scotland by their clamours against the labour, comparatively of small amount and unobtrusive quality, required to maintain postal communication and the means of locomotion on the highways of the country.—The Scotsman." We recommend Mr. M'Micking to inquire whether equipages not used on Sunday are exempt from the accidents to which profane horses and carriages are liable. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NORTHAMPTON AND PYTCHLEY HUNT RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Trial Stakes of 10 soy's. each, and 40 added. Ono mile. (a Subs.) Mr. Roles Collingwood, aged, Bst 131 b ...(Flatman) 1 Mr. Hobson's Gladiole, 3 yrs, Est ...(Osborne, jun.) 2 Mr. FoAler's the Monk, 3 yrs, Est (Wells) 3 Mr. Dawson na Mark Tapley, 3 yrs, Est ...(Arnold) 4 5 to 2 on Collingwood, who won cleverly by a length; a very close race between the other three. Run in 1 min. 55 secs. The Harlestone Produce Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for three yrs old. One mile. (11 Subs.) Lord Exeter's Clelia, Bst 111 b (31b)... ...... (Norman) 1 Lord H. Lennox's Bee-hunter, Bst 41b (31b) (Flatman) 2 Lord Spencer's b f out of Agnes, (31b) (Pettit) 3 6 to 4 on Bee-hunter. Won by a bead, Agnes filly beaten off. Run in 1 min. 57 secs. The Great Northamptonshire Stakes of 25 sm. each, 15 ft, and only Sit declared, with 100 added. Two miles. (118 Subs., 76 of whom declared.) Mr. Dawson's Priestess, 4 yrs, Est 101 b (Arnold) 1 Mr. Jaques's Chantrey, 4 yrs, 6st 131 b ...(Charlton) 2 Mr. H. Hill's Osterley, 4 yrs, 7st (Maton) 3 The following also ran:— Lord Clifden's Wanota, 6 yrs, Sat 71b (Pearl) 0 Duke of Richmond's Halo, 6 yrs, Bst 21b (Elliman) 0 Lord 11. Lennox's Borneo, 4 yrs, Bsl 2lb (Kitchener) 0 Mr. Irwin's Ballinafad, 6 yrs, 7st 121 b (Whitehouse) 0 Mr. B. Green's Westow, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (Basham) 0 Lord Eglinton's Belus, 4 yrs, 7st slb (Pettit) 0 Mr. Crawford's Iron Rail, 6 yrs, 7st 21b (Dockeray) 0 Lord Warwick's Grief, 4 yrs, 7st (Crouch) 0 Major Pitt's Mounscer, 4 yrs, Gst 131 b ...(Charlton) 0 Lord Exeter's Tophans, 5 yrs, Gst 131 b (G. Sharpe) 0 Mr. Hudson's Velox, 4 yr►, 6,1 111 b (G. Oates) 0 Mr. T. Rolt na Pius IX., 5 yrs, Est 111 b ..(Marlon) 0 Duke of Bedford's Mahratta, 4 yrs, sst 111 b (Collins) 0 Mr. Halford's Harriett, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (W. Sharpe) 0 Mr. Des Voeux's b c by Lanercost, out of Concer tina, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b (Wells) 0 Capt. Lowther's Bastinado, 3 yrs, 4st 61b (Steggles) 0 Betting -7 to 2 agst Osterley, sto 1 agst Mounseer, 6to I agst Ballinafad, 7 to 1 agst Belus, 8 to 1 agst Chantrey, 10 to 1 agst Harriott, 14 to 1 agst Bastinado, 20 to 1 agst Halo, 20 to agst Lanercost colt, 40 to 1 agbt Priestess. Won by a length; a bead between second and third; halo fourth; Tophana fifth, Run in 3 mio. 46 sees. The Open Stakes of 10 sows. each, and 25 eddrd; the winner to he sold for 150, &e. Once round and - - distarce. (6 Subs.) Mr. 'l'. Thorehill's Iron Crown, lOst 121 b (F. Butler) I Captain Lowther's Watchdog, I Ist 121 b (S. Rogers) 2 The followie , also started:—Mr. J. Harvey's Dover, 5 yrs, lost 121 b (Dally)—Sir J. Hawley's Sponge, 5 yes, Wet 121 b (A. Day)—Mr. Delamere'a Telegraph, 5 . 1 rs, lOst 121 b (13srtholoniew)—rind Mr. Dawson's Reversion, 4 yes, lOst 51b (Whitehouse). Betting-5 to 2 ag“ Dover, 3to 1 each agst Watch dog and Telegraph, 7 to 2 agst Reversion, • and S to 1 sign Iron Crown. Won by a head ; nothing near the first two. Run in 3 Intn. 25 sic, Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Two miles. Duke cf Bedford's Retail, 4 yr?, 9st 21b (F. Butler) 1 Mr. parson's Nutbrown, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b (H. Marson) Sir J. llawley's Van Dieman, 4 yrs, 9st 21b (A. Day) 3 Lord H. Lenuox's Borneo, 4 yrs, 9st 21b...(Flatman) 4 Betting-5 to 4 on Retail. 3 to 1 agst Borneo, 4 to 1 each agst Nutbrown and Van Diemen. Won by two lengths. Run in 3 min. 59 sec. The Farmers' and Tradesmen's Cup of 50 soya. Twice - ...J e, ......) \ e , I', •-• \ ' r-,,..---- round, about three miles. Mr. Cowley's Forest Lad, 5 yis, I Ist 11lb (Cowley) 1 Mr. Higgin's Little Houghton, Ilst lllb ... (Frisby) 2 Mr. Page's Redsbank, 4 yrs, lOst 71b (Owner) 3 The following also ran:—The Last Forester, I Ist I Ilb (Wesley)—Maria Day, list Illb (Lebird)— by Tam worth, 11st I lb (Price)—and Cogia, lOst 7113 (Sevin). Batting-5 to 4on Little Houghton, and 3to 1 eget Cogia. Won by a•neck, the same between second and third. LATEST BETTING. THE ALTHORP STAKES. 7to 4 opt Buckhound I sto 1 agst Olivia 3 to 1 ngst Prestigo TWo THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 5 to 4 on ritsford and Mickleton. DEBUT. 5 to 1 agst Bolingbroke 15 to 1 apt Vohigeur—t Bto 1 agst Ghillie Callum 25 to 1 agst Clincher—t —taken BETTING AT NORTHAMPTON.--.THIIRSDAL MORNING. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) THE ALTHORP STAKES. 2to I agst Buckhound I4to 1 agst Olivia 3 to 1 agst Prestige I_ ____ CHESTER CUP. 11 to 1 agst Peep-o'clay Boy 14 to 1 egat Glaucs 13 to 1 agat Miss Ann IS to 1 eget Fugleinn. 14 to 1 agst Cossack DERBY. : to to 11 o a gat Bo lin gbroke 18 to 1 eget It a li an s t Ghillie Callum 20 to 1 aga t M ayors 17 to 1 agat Clincher IADVERT I SIMENT.]-13ETTING.—Mr. John Moore, the Sporting Publisher, St. Martin's-lane (established 1819), ccntinues to lay Tattersall's Odds against all horses for the Metropolitan Handicap, Newmarket Handicap, Bath and Somersetshire Stakes, the 2,000 Guineaq, and the Derby. Abergavenny and Metropo-. 1 tan Steeplechases. Country commissions faithfully at tended to on the remittance of a post-office order, payable to John Moore, Charing-cross, London. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—Mr. A. Sturrock, the locomotive superintendent of the Swindon station, on the Great Western Railway, has been appointed the locomotive superintendent of the Great Northern line. The engine drivers, firemen, and workmen employed in the locomotive department of the Great Western Company are about to pre sent a teetimonial to Mr. Sturrock, whose tires but gentle manly and considerate conduct since he has been in the ser vice has gained for him the respect and goodwill of every person upon the railway. - - • a lk Farm an', catty who had hired a donkey for a ride, at Ch _e party—horse, r On Monday, George Nichol, aged twelv e years, upset by a man on horseback,. and the whole together in th e wbol shortly afterw ar d s fractured, an d h e donkey, man, and boy—being .apra road, the boy's skull was died from the effects of the injury. A JUDGE'S BON MOT — L a st week, in the C rown Speak up, I juryman, on the oath being Court, at Wolverhampton, administered, addressing .. . Baron Alderson, " Stop ; are cannot hear what you la) es, r y of . one ear." The Learned box, for it is ne you deaf ?" the clerk , clerk, said :--.. cesaary that jurymen al es. 0 ref- MINING COMPANT.--A special ge- Judge—. Then you — h a d sb b o e u t i t d er h l e ea ar ve b t o h t a h t .d ~ iir 1 hampton Chronicle. fths association was held yesterday at the offices in Broad -street-buildings, for the purpose of consider ing m e eting GUADALCA NAL: • g the deed of settlement, ivhich it was resolved at the last :nneeting should be drawn up for registration; Mr. Iluxley i n the chair. Mr. Duncln, solicitor, having read the deed, i ts s everal clauses were di scussed, and finally adopted—the draft to lie for some time at the office for the inspection of s hareholders. It was intended that only those shareholders ivho signed the deed - sh ou ld b e ent i t l ed to any d i v id en d. Sumo desultory conve r sation tools place relative to the state of the company' s a ff a i ra, ' in _ the - course of which the chair man remarked that great incontrettience festiked from the company's ignorance of the parties hOldingacrip, and they had no means of calling up the arrears cltre upon stock to the value of about 8001. ; yet he had goodr . ason to believe that not one shilling of it would eventually be lost. In conclu sion, it was definitely resolved that Captain Rule, as the ruest fitting person, should be appointed immediately to ptocetd to the mines in Seville, and draw tip a full report tiptin Ai prospects, character, and value of their property, The Earl of Cadogan is suffering from indisposition At Boulogne. A PROVIDENT Tnnr.—Yesterday, at the Guild hall, a prisoner, charged with uttering base coin, a well known thief, on being searched, was found to have in his possession a savings -bank deposit book, in his own name, and it appeared that he deposited his ill•acquhed intrlngs la that institution. sB3u ing ss, the al IMP