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

the di is of her la small bouquets eared at t singing te use of sly to be L corre kg item in Cali- ... $755 ... 60 ... `io /830 IN AND ,YS.—No rs of the stokers, ire being ps. The rt intend lartment 1' things yment of LTIONAL hat this propriate of excel zi-upon- bin easy • is well le estate frontage .hat this pre votes progress ation be t once a just and e EBE ting will fund for 3orn-law at the via meet aclent. PICE.-;- pril, and he duties lissioners but, in removal business 'aris on left the Chateau aken by r. Heald E LAN. , )n Mon wigs and Iton was ad York tstances : ma Bury tion and prisoner hick was railways prisoner Ming on ho East Lis ticket it ; but, dverpool le requi e police: lOs. and 1; or ill of da unt de- Od. fare; e mem unani- ging the , in the a follow -25/. in ;n of the Ids life to the pton, on n*ing to .aisewor trgarette tber last, ind John ad in the on the 'eviously in order aonorary r Eagle, humane idiom he lundered —Con- Welton it fortu -5 officers its seen rid, and I on to auncli `ls r galley, nincipal a crew ie of his beakers, tubs of hada wink ,to d thck- Irightm ESTER• ith Mr. arrived .pndon- 3ment re un. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QU7IIk7EI? 70 THKEE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 10,000: bales, of which 1,000 American were taken for export, and 3,000 on aptcalatioy. The market doss d firmly. Th e sales comprised 7,000 American Bahia at sid. to 70., 60u Perre.:n e &c., 6fld. to 7d , 1 500 and ,at Cid. to (i t d.; 200 E,yptian, at 74d. to aid.; 500 Surat, at 41d. to 51 per lb.—Railway Shares were again heavy at u further d( cline. The sales of Wheat last week in the markets which re gulate the averages were 82,349 qrs., and of barley 47,356 quarters. The intelligence from the continent seems this morn ing to offer no features of mercantile interest, brit politi cally they read better, and the German question, it is thought by parties well acquainted with the movements and policy of Austria and Prussia, will be satisfac torily arranged. The Danish advicts are likewise more promising. Ia the Amsterdam Stock -market on the 2d inst. there was more demand fur home securities. The Dutch Two -and-a-Half per Cents. were 55 11-16 to 1. Spanish Stock was flatter, Portuguese firm, and in South Ame rican not much was done. T_he agitation of the question of railway audit, upon the necessity of which all are agreed, thotsgh there is a difference of opinion as to the moat advisable form, led recently, at a meeting of the proprietors of one of the Australasian banks, to the mooting of the question whe ther an audit was not expedient likewise for joint-stock bulb, and although the motion made in that particular instance was not supported, we are far from being satisfied that because the Bank of England, &c., are not under suck a restriction the other establishments should be free from it. La mentable 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 letter, addressei to the editor of the Bankers' Maytizine, 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 matters have brought before the public the necessity cf a Government, or other audit being 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 since 1836, should not have been more seriously noticed by the!public ; and that proprietors (who, by the way,are fembarked in these concerns to the fullest extent of their ortunes) d o not insist upon having the accuracy of ir 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 check, in the way of an :‘ indeFendant audit' of the accounts of these concerns had been imposed by the Government at the period of their foundation, the de plorable exposures since brought to light by the Parlia mentary Commissions of Inquiry would never have been known. " The law reports of the present day show us the dangers awaiting 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 heetsd with it as a shareholder ; and I cannot therefore agree with you in your argument, that because all the great banks have been managed without having separate audit s , that the mod ern an d new l y -i nst i tuted joint-stock banks of England and the colonies are safe without this wholesome 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 fur their government are so laid down, that they are bound under a penalty of a fot feiture of their privileges, if they at any time fail to conduct their several matters according to the strict rules of their deed of incorporation. This deed provides for the amount of capital, 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 of business take up the reports which are annually Put forth by various banking establishments in this country, and say if, from the statements therein con tained, he could in any way pronounce whether things were going on rightly for the shareholders and the public, or whether the things were only ' being made pleasant' fur. the directors and their friends." • The English Stock market is extremely quiet again, but one or two money purchases strengthened Con sols, which were done at 96* when' only 96 fur Ac eount. The premium on Exchequer-hills has been 665. tb 66a., and on India Bonds 90s. In the Foreign Securities business has been tolerably animated. Mexican have been fluctuating at 27i to 28i. .It is stated that the amount, with interest, of the next 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 .n.taging to this security. Peruvian Deferred Bond. have been quoted 26k, and the Active 68 to 68i. Spanish Three per Cents. have been 36.1 to 37; and Portuguese Four per Cents. 32i. Buenos Ayres Stock has been 53 'to 64. Dutch Two-and-a-klalf per Cents. 55i. Railway Shares are exceedingly flat, and a further de cline has occurred in the quotations. he last week's Railway Receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under:- 1850. North-Western ......... X 39,690 South-Western ............... 10,147 Midland Caledonis .. .. ... ... 20,613 ...... 1849. 40,032 8,741 20,351 4,908 North stri Staffordshire BR ITISH FINDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 95% 98' , i 8 per C en t. C onso l s A nna Long A.anuities, Exp. Jan. sth, Iv6o — Do. 30 Years, Expire J an . 5 , 1160 8 546 India Bonds under 1,0004.„,,,,. ....... Console for Account ...... ..,......... Exchequer Bills. I%d. 2d. 1060/. .. &arch. June. ... ~ . ............ 500/. ......... .... .......... 66 68 p ..... 66 68 p Small 66 68 p .......................... PRICE OF FOREIGN. FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto New Bonds ,1829 and 1839 86 3 1 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent Ditto for the Account... ..... •I Danish Bonds 1825, Hper Cent.— 69 Ditto, 5 per Cent tt Dio, Sci . Mexican Bonds, r lB p 46,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto for the Account ..... 28 28% 2771 3 284 Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto for the Account ..... ...... 684 6$ 68%x d D itto Deferred Portuguese Bends, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4 per Catt. Ditto Account ....... Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. ...... Ditto'for the Account .... Ditto Passive Bonds... Spanish lionde,ll per Cent,1840 Dividends on the above payable in London. • Dutch 2% per Cent.. 12 Guild Ditto 4 Der Cent. C er ti f i cates Ditto Bonds ........ kriIINESS DO N IN RAILW RAILWAY SHARES AT ONNI o'cLo(ir AY,. PAM. Pzx SLUR. Aberdeen ....................... 50 ...... .. ... to Ditto, preference .. 81 Ain bet., Notting., Bos ton, &c, :.. 7 % ...... : die. .. to to Ayrshire and Gallaway • ...... 81/2 ......... -- :::: .:to Belfast and County Down .. 30 . —• to Berk and Hants Extension ... ...... ...... -- 7 . 1: .. .. to _ Oat. West.Perpet.s per ct.) 6 . Idirmingbam & OxfordJunet , ..... .-- ... .. to • calls duly pd, or with guar. ' 20 Do., withnuta guarantee... 20 to .Birminghana,Wol., & Dudley, •-...-- calls duly pd, or with guar. 15 Do., without a guarantee.. 15 ..... -- ...... l e o .....-- Birming., Wol., & Stour Val. 1 1 ...... "-- ". liirkenhead, Lance:shire 3 .148.... ...... I BCheshire Junction .. ' and. 3 ristol and Exeter .................. 1200 ...... -- .. .... : : t t 43 0 Do., Thirds ..... ... ......... ... 33i. ...... Buckinghamshire.. ............. 17% ...... dia.." t° to -- Caledonian ..... ..... ... ...... 50 .•... 84•....... Cla., New 10/. Preference.. 10 .• • .". t to o —— B Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 ... •" ... " ..... -- ...... to --. Chester and Holyhead... ..... 50 ...... to Ditto, Preference ........... 15 ..... •'— Direct London & Portsmouth 54 .......... . to ........: to Dablin and Belfast Junction.. 40 .. —* ...... te Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 30 .......... ---- ...... to East Anglia, 25/. L. & E., Lad L. & D ... ............. 25 ...... —. to —.. Ditto, 18/., E. & H ....... 18 ... .. ...... to Do, 31. 103.6 p. Ct. Pref. 3%,.... . -- ..... to EDo, 71. 178, 7 per Ct. Pref. 2 ...... .. ......... to astern Counties ... ........ 20 ...... 74 %... Do, New Pref., 6 per Cent.. 10 ...... -- ...... to -- Do. Exten., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d .. Do., do p....... to _ N 0.2,6/. 13 s •4d ••• -- p ..... to -- Do., Northern &Eastern... 50 ...... ... ...... to to . Do., 5 pe r cen t. ... 50 ...... -- ...... to -- Ditto, New ... -43 • •••• Eastern Union, Class A (late S E. U. Shares) ••• *" 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 6 - Ditto; No -a ... .......... ...• • 9 5 East Lae x 25ashire ..... Do., New Quarters - Do ~ 6 per Cent. Preference -- Quarter Sha res to E'ast Lincolnshire, gear. 6 per Cent.~. .. •••.• Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O --to Ditto, Half Sh ares .... to Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 • Ditto, Newport.. ••.••. to Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% Exeter and Exm ou th 2ls. - Glusg., Dumfries, & Curlisle..Bl. 6s.Bd — .. . to ' Glasgow, Kil marnock, & Ayr 50 —to Do. Preference Consolidated Gl oucester and De an F ores t . . 12% — ...... to --• Great Northern to D 0 . 14 A Defrred .... •••• 1:2% — Do. 14 B 6 per e Cent. • ..... % — ...... to .i e., 5 per Cent. Pref. ... ... 121 , 2 — ...... t o W G D . South. Se e.t. (Ireland) 50 to Ditto, Eighths ... •• 11A ..... . ...,. to Great N orth of Englana 100 220 Ditto, NOW 404.... . .... to Ditt ..... .. 4O llitto, ditto .... ... D itto, New .to-- o, N‘w 30/. ........ .. to 15/...... ... urea t We,et ern ........ .........100 Ditto,HalfShares . 5O • , Ditto, Quarter Share; DDitto, Fiftlis ........ 20 .. — ..... to o. New 174 .................. 15 THE SUN, Hull and Selby 5O Ditto, Half Shares ...... 25 Ditto,Quarter Shares ... 12% to Lancaster and Car1i51e........ 50 Do., Thirds Lancashire and Yorkshire ..... Ditto Quarters 23%...... ..... to Ditto Fifths l3 ..... 10% eis. to Ditt,. Thirds ..... ..... 13 ...... ...... to ... _. Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 10 Do. (lludders. and Shoff.) 50 ...... Do., West Riding Union... 11 1 / 4 .... . 2 0...., to Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Thirsk .. _ 5O Do.,do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3 1 ,„, — ..... to Ditto, ditto.... No. 210 Ditto, ditto ..... ... No. 3 5 Do. Prof. Quarters, 1845.-- 9 Liverpool. Crosby, and South port. London "& Blackwall ......11/. 6s. 3d — ..... to Lond., liri;Jit.,& South Coastloo ..... Do., New 51., gua. 6pr Ct.loo ...,„ ..~ Do. Guaranteed spe r C ent. 9 ...... 10%. to De. Preferential, 5 p er C t., 50 ...... .... to —• Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ... London and Greenwich... 12/. 15s. 4d... Ditto Preference 2O London & _North We5tern...J(10...143%14A 103 to 102% Do. New Quarters.. 1 9 1 0 3 A 14%% to Do. Fifths .. 12 10. 4Cli , Shares . .1.. & lit 40 ...... .. , . ... Do. 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1 - London and S. NV e5tera........100 ..... 40% to 61 3 4 Ditto. New 504-- - ..... 42%..... Ditto. New 40/ Do.. New Preference Londonderry and Coleraine.- 25 Do. Half Shares . ..... ..... 5 .. Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 — ..... to Do.. Half Shares 64 — ...... to .... L 4 westoff, guar. 4 per ct 2O Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 ...... Manch Buxton, & Matlock 5 Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto 4 Shares ( No. 1) ... 25 Ditto, New 101. Preference 10 Ditto. Man. & Lin. Union 41. 2s. ... die to Mid1and........• .... ........ ...100 .. ... 35% 1 / 2 to Ditto, Consol. Preference-100 Ditto,:so/. Shares ..... ...... 50 Midland, !firm., and Derby...lW ... Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 .12 2 1 / 2...... to Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 42 ... . Ditto ditto 22/. 7s. ... .. Ditto,ErewashVal., Pref... 50 Midland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... . 6,lidld. Great Western (Irish) 471 Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. ...... 50 Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... .. Newmarket .... ..... 23 Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 12s. — Newport Abergy., and Heret. 6 Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 - ....•• to Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor .......... ........ 20 - ••• •. to —. Norfolk 100 ....•,. ..•••• to .... Ditto New 201 Ditto Extension ...... 2O - Do. Do. 5% per cent....... b Do. do. Waveney Valley.., 2 Northern Counties Union ... 4 North British .. .. .... ..... . 25 Ditto. Preference 5 — z. d... to —. North Staffordshire—. ..... 174 6%..... to —. North Western 13 % ..... -- ..•.•• to -- ~ .)xford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton - ...... to Preston and: Wyra - D.). Half Sharer (A) 10 ...... -- ..... to -- It coding, Guildtd., & Reigate 15 ...... 15 x.i . ... to -- ........... t. t ° o --.-- noyston and Hitchin ..... .. 4%..„ .. ....„, ... .. to io. Shepreth Extension... si. ,a .•••• ".• • .... to Scottish Central Scottish Midland. ..... ...... - Ditto, New... ..... - 22' _ 4 % ...... -- .... to S are wsbury and Birmingham 13 ...... • di; . . to Ditto , ditto, Class B. 9 ...... ...... to Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 (Nor. N'v . Min.) Ditto Halves, Ditto lO ... .. -- ...... to -- Ditto, Oswestry lB% ...... • ...... to Ditto (New).. Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref...„.. 10 iliroi:shire Union 614- . x.d. to Sat: ra Devon 50 ••• *O.. Ditto, Preference south Staffordshire B% —.. ... to &nth Eastern Ditto, No. 2.: MI Ditto, No. 3. 3O - Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 South Wales to south Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole l3 - ...... to Sheffield, Rotherham, and G6OlO ,N D )Gua. 5 peret. 18% ....• -- .... ..... -- ••• „ to Do. O. (South Div.) 5 Swans. and Loughor and Ca- .. to meron's Stm. Coal ..... .... . 8 to Taw Vale Extension ...... .• 8 ...... -••-•• to Thames Haven Dock and Railway .... 17 1 Vale of Neath ... ........... .. 10 - Waterford and Bilkenny 2O „„..„ Waterford and Limerick.... 47%." .. - Waterford,Weaford,W ic kl w , , and Dublin 3 ""'•-- •••• • to •-• Wear Valley 6 per Cent Guaranteed 50 ....•• -- Do. do. do. Do. do. do. West Cornwall 7% — - •Vhitehaven and Furnes s lB „... ..." to -- Windsor, Staines, and South Western Wilts, Somerset,&Weymoutk 50 ......a 9 fork, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 ...... 12% !i 12 to 12 1 Do.,:and Newcastl e E xten. 20 Do. G. N. E. P ar . or Prof. a X.. ... to Do.Hartlepool bk. & R ly. 100 fork and North Midland .. 50 •»••• 15% ... •• to Ditto. Preference lO — IQ FOREIGN RAILWA YS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian) Boulogne and Amiens .. .20 ..... Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon) .... Demerara. ••••-•••••• ........... 17%. •••• —.. Ditch Rhenish 8 Last Indian •.• 5 - .....to — Ditto 2O Great Indian Peninsular 5 .•..•. ...... to -- Do. D 0......... ....... ... 1 Louvain ala Sambre ......... 7% — ...... to Luxembourg Ditto Madrid and Valentia - Namur and Liege 2O ... - Northern of France l6 ...... -- ..... to -- Orleans and Bordeaux ... - Paris and orlearla.... 2O -. •••••• to - Paris and Rouen .. .....- Paris & Strasbourg ........... 13 Rouen and Havre 2O ..-.. ...... to Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and 8a1e..... Tours & Nantes '... .. „13 - Tournav, Jurbise, Land on , and Hasselt •••••• .. 20 •••••• .... Mb, to - West Flanders B , g, — •.„.. to JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American Colonial - •• •• to ...... Commercial of London London Joint Stock ..... London and Westminster... 20 National Provincial of Engld. 35 Ditto, New National of Ireland Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Ditto, New ........ 10 .• „. ..... to Union of Australia Ditto, New Union f London ....... . ..... 10 Union of Madrid 40 MINES. _-- Anglo Ilexican lOO ...... ..- Aiqurian - - Australian BarroAsa Range 2Bs. — ...... to -- Blaenarvon Iron aad Coal .., 50 Bolanos Scrin ...... to British Iron .. Brazilian Imperial ..... .. ... 24%...... - Ditto Cocaes and Cniaba... 30 Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 Cobre Copper Genoral Real del Monte Unregistered .- .. .. ... to Do. Black Debentures — - ~.... to -- Do. Rod Debentures ..... .... - - ...... to - Santiago de Cuba ......... "••.. 10 United Mexican ...... ........ 2836 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, Walmsley, China. Arrd. from the River, Ra rallies, Hobart Town; Emma Colven, Shanghae; Can dahar, Adelaide, South Australia; Munez, Gambia; Princess Victoria, Cape of Good Hope; Santa Anna, Havannah; El Dorado, New York; Bachelor and Ed mond, Quebec; Deva, ditto; P er th s hi re, S t. J o h n ' s , Now Brunswick. 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. —Acrd. John Johnston, Jansen, Pernambuco; Resoln cion, Pabugas, Havannah, for Antwerp. John's, Sarah Ann, Liverpool, from St. , New Brunswick, making water. ed Acommenced , I ),LARCHftn d i ng her 3o. ...... T cargo. he anALMOUTII, APRIL 3.—The Argo has been surveyed n , and supplied p s p p li o e li d c b n y 2 t 3 h d e cut 12 . 4 dap, w „ Candace, of Shields, inst., short of provisions and water , * Margaret, arrived here. BELFAST, APRIL 2 The Preston, Dundalk to Glen grill, struck on the C an non Rocks on the night of the 30th ult., and has be FORTSMOUTH, Ap e a r 3 51 total wreck; crew drowned. toad S. to S.W., squally. —Arrd. Betsey, Atkinson , for St. Peters burgh, with sails split, and to • stop a leak above her w atcr-line. MILFORD, APRIL 2.--Ttle Swift, of into Dale Roads yesterday, dismasted. Exeter , lshwas towed dismasted, was seen o ff the harbour last ship, totally have drifted towards the Viricklow B k nig ht , must an s. Wind S.S.E., fresh gale. MILFORD, NEAR RAMELTON, APRIL 2.--The Earl of King:ton smack went on shore 30th ult., on Ballyma toeen Strand, in Loughswelly, but is expected off if the weather moderates. LONDONDERRY, APRIL 2.—The Mars, of B a ii 7east i e for this port, sank on the 29th ult., mar Dunaff Head, with her masts visible above water; crew saved. PETERHEAD, APRIL I.—Part of the stern of a vessel with " Marie Packet, of Sunderland " painted ou it in yellow letters, was washed on shore yesterday at Pod- LONDON, dam. A Lag and a board painted " Forster Smith," aid an oar branded " \7llllian Grant," base washed on shore also. QUEENSTOWN, APRIL I.—Wind E.S.E.; very strong. —Arrd. St. Antonin, Aux Ca; e;; Fortunato, Mirat elk; Raguser. Agenorier; Moxhay, Canainha. STRANGFORD, APRIL I.—The i easel reported on shore in Cloughty Bay on the. 30th ult., proves to be the Peggy, Liverpool to Aberdeen. but wilt be gut off after discharging. A schooner sunk on the Reef in Cloughty Bay, supposed to be the Preston, of Belfast, as a piece of board so name 1, and a box cf seamen's clothes, marked "Robert Colvin," or "Robot Cotterel" has washed on shore; also a corpse. BRISTOL, APRIL 3.—Wind S.W., strong.—Arrd. Kitt, Smythe, China ; Susan, Penton, Demerara; Lucy, P. Cherry, Barbadoes. _ _ LIVERPOOL, APRIL 3.—Wind S.—Arrd. Ellen, Hedi field, Rio Grande; Hero of Sidon, Spence, New Or leans; Urgent, Pollock, Charleston. Off port, Bezer and Isabella. Sid. Woodstock, Quebec; Tam O'bhanter, ditto; Fidelia and Ivanhoe, New York; Breadalbane, Halifax; Chaise, Valparaiso. Put back, Earl of Lops dale, Rio Janeiro, a 3 200 sailors who ware on board, and entered fn. the Brazilian navy, refused to proceed. 4th, 10 30 A N., The John R. Skiddy, hence to New York, was driven on shore, let instant, on the coast of Wexford, supposed near Glasscarrick. The master, mate, and part of crew remained on board ; !passengers and remainder of crew have landed. The water is up to her second deck. BEAUMARIS, APRIL 3.—The Wilton has got off shore and proceeded fur Liverpool. The Emmet, Irwin to Hartlepool, and the Victoria, 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 shore, 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. HARWICH, APRIL 3.—Wind S.W.—Sid. Quebec, for Quebec; Wolfscove, Quebec; Aurora, St. John's, New Brunswick; Amazon, St. John's, New Brunswick; La- tone, St. Andrew's, New Brunswick. twi' btrti %Rstttott NORTHAMPTON RACES (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Earl Spencer's Plate of 1001. Brennus Alonzo The Althorp Park Stakes for two yrs old. Receipt filly ... ••• •.• ••• ... Prestige ••• ... •• ••• ••• Buckhound ... ••• ••• ••• ••• Pytchley Stakes for threelyrs old. Compass Give-and-take ... 2 2 MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) NAY IeIIMIEZTES. SMITHFIELD.--Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 3110 s; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 4/ lOs ; and Straw, 11 is to it 8s per load. Trade very dull, at barely stationary prices. CUMBERLAND.—McadOW Hay. 21108 to 3112 i; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ 7s ; an d Straw, 1/ 2s to 11 94 per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly at our quotations. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN' Forthe 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. WHEAT. BAILRT. OATS. RTE. ISEANS. I Flky. PRICE .. I 37s 9d 23s 6d 15s 2d 21 3 7d I 1 23s 10d 125 s 3d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. "MEAT. BARLEY. OATS. I &TS. I MUM. I TEAS. is Od is Od is Od Is Od Is 01 Is Od SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under. Sheriff BURCUELL.) MANSELL AND ANOTHER V. GRAYSTONE. This was an action to recover the sum cf 161. for goods sold. The plaintiffs are grocers in the city, and the de fendant is a chemist at Chateris, Cambridze. 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. Tte jury gave a verdict for the amount. This was the only case tried. MANSION-HOUSE-(THIS DAY.) A WBOLESALE TlllEF.—Francis Jervis was brought before Mr. Alderman Gibbs upon remand, charged with having stolen a time-piece, a watch, and other articles from Mr. Watney's distillery at Battersea, the property of various persons employed about that establishmett. There were also other charges of stealing a bed•quilt 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 traced 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 committed. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Two young men, named Burke and Cronan, with a young woman, named Williams, were charged with having created a disturbance in Drury-lane, 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 sided with the offenders, and a general row ensued. Eventually other constables 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 groat 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 female took the opportunity of throwing further difficul ties in the way ot the constable, by pulling and tugg ing vigorously at his hair, but luckily she was captured iii the act by another constable, and marched off to the station amidst the yells and jeers of the mob, which, of course, was composed of the lowest grade ot people, 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 prisoner', but finding that the evidence could not be shaken iu the least degree, ho 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. Sho 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 fur 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 oee 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 revenged in some way on the complainant. The com plainant then "pitched" a basket belonging to the pri 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 off when the prisoner seized a sword-stick which stood be hind the kitchen door, and commenced belabouring his head 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 the prisoner down on the stairs. Contriving to get away from her, he went for the police, and gave her in custody. The complainant's son, 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 he 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 what his boys did. The complainant then began abusing her, ending with giving her notice to have the house forthwith. Shortly afterwards, on his return to THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 1850 the house, some more angry words ensued between them, and the complainant snatched up a basket in which she had been packing her things, and threw it at her head, which clit her eye severely. He then upset a table uud broke a plate which belungrd 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 alio she did take the sword-stick from be hind the door and strike the compla mint ; but he sot.n 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 leing present during the quarrel, and corroborated his mother's statement as to the complain ant's throwing the basket at her, adding that betore any blows ►were struck the complainant had threatened t) 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 saw his father (the com plainant) striking the prisoner with the sword-stick, and threatening to murder her, aad that he Has at tracted to the house by hearing the prisoner shouting murder. Mr. BURRELL was of opinion that the assault had been mutual, and discharged the prisone`, but ordered that both the complainant and the prisoner should be bound over in their recognizanus in the sum of 20/. to keep the peace each towards the other, for six months. CLERKEN WELL.—(THIS DAY.) A young woman named Emma Smith was placed at the bar, before Mr. Twyrwhitt, charged with stealing a coat, a waistcoat, and two pair of sheets from the house in which she lodged, and with having pledged 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 he saw the articles in question sale in an u:,locked 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 gave 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 pars, was charged by James Parmeuter, an Italian image maker, with stealing a silver watch, a gold chain, and 2s. Gd. The prosecutor, it appeared, was passing through Holborn kst 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 her, 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 prevailed on her to allow him to accompany her home. The place of her domicile was a quettionable court somewhere in Gray's Inn-read, but for any thing h e knew, it might have been the most fashionable 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 cf 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 TBIS 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 sufferere by the foundering of this ill-fated steamer, excepting the two that had been landed ut M -.rgate 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's 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 been swal owed up in the sands. Mr. Hartley, the agent of the company, has handed; ns 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 f av ou r o f th e Ist , s h ou ld h ave b een omitted by yesterday's post, and I hope this will reach you in time to be of use. You will see by the enclosed: list that only few persons left this • port by the ill-fated Adelaide ; but I should think her passengers 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 was , 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 M argate, w hi c h may give you a few particulars, to enabl e y ou to obtain further information from the same writer. I am, sir, &c., ROBERT CLARK. T. Hartley, Esq., Leadenhall-street, London. Gentlemen,—l beg to acquaint you of a melancholy catastrophe that happened at our station on Saturday night, about 10 45 Rat. 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 luggere, coming through the Qeeen's Channel, fell in with two dead bodies, each having a life-e•oserver on, with blue clothes; one a pp eared to be the mute and the other the engineer. To-day (Monday) the wreck has been surrounded with boats, 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 large steamer, and there is nothing left of her besides her machinery and bow, and one side, and the only thing that they found that leads 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 any t hieg o f i t, an d the Tongue light-vessel flied signals of distress. Ido not think there was a craft of any sort riding in the Queen'. Channel at sunset, so what became of the poor souls on. board Heaven knows. If any person wishes any infor mation concernin g the ut4rtunute seamen, I shall feel h a ppy to supply alt I can obtain. I am constantly boarding the boats to glean something respecting the remainder of the crew. I have examined some copper and brass handles, but with the exception of the lantern can find nothing that leads to her name, but there are a great many boat. put or from Margate th rough the other channel. I am, Sir, yours, JOHN llecets, Commanding Boat man, Coast Guard Station, St. Nicholas, Margate. OFFICIAL RETURN OF TUE CREW DROWNED. The annexed return of the unfortunate crew of the Royal Adelaide was receiv,..d this morning by the secre tary of the Company from Liverp oo l. I t appears nearly the whole of them belonged to that port, aed many have left large families to mourn their melancholy fate. Wm. Growler, chief mate; George North, second mate; William Scott, third mate; Wilham Reilly, chief engi neer; William Crook, second engineer•, Charles Cock laud, fireman; John Delany, ditto; Thomas Williams, William Beller, ditto ; J ames ditto; John Doyle, ditto; 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 Hillier, &te , e ard; Sarah Garette, stewardess. The - Royal Adelaide steamer was insured in several offices; her less and cargo is reported to exceed 30,0001. --- TEE LATE MURDERS AT el UNIPE R 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 ult., was 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 he 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, he brought to trial in the usual course.—Scutsman. A MAN BURNED TO DBATII.-00 Saturday evening Mr. Kemp, aged 83, residing in llwxton Old Town, while sitting before the fire, was seized with a fit (it is supposed), and fell on to the grate. Wh en lie was die covered the left side of his face was completely burnt off. There was no one present at the time. • The regrets of a feeling heart may harmonize with a contemplation of nature and an enjoyment of the fine arts; but frivolity, under whatever form it appears, deprives atten tion of its power, thought of its originality, and sentiment of its depth.—Eliza Cook's Journal. THE EDUCATION QUESTION.--1 large and in fluential meeting of the inhabitants of Manchester was held in the Town Hall, on Tuesday, convened by the Mayor, in compliance with a requisition signed by 500 merchants and manufacturers, fur 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 hall was crowded at an early period of the morning; indeed, for sevoml hours before the opening of the doors, they were literally besieged by the friends and opponents of the Lancashire Public School system. So great was the crowd that a very small portion of the people in attendance could he 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. 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.— (CONT/NUED). _ _ NEW .112OJVTHL Y. The New Monthly again opens with some verses by 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 : THE BITTER GOURD. INSCRIBED TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE OP DEVONSHIRE. BY LEIGH HUNT. " Grace," in good truth, renown'd for that rare art Cah'd Perfect Tact (if it indeed be art Whose shill implics on all-embracing heart), Loltman's lord,—the only thing, In all he did, beyond thy compassing;--- In Loktuan's self,—ihe spirit more than free, Which thou hadst shown as well, had'bt thou been Le. Lokman the Wise, therefore the good (for wise Is but sage good, seeing with final eyes), Was slave once to a lord, jealous 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 gourd to eat. With simplest reverence, and no surprise, The sage receiv'd whltt stretch'd the donor's eyes; And, piece by piece, as though it had been food, To feast and gloat on, every morsel chew'd; And so stood eating, with his patient beard, Till all the nauseous favour disappear'd. Vex'd, and confounded, and dispos'd to find Some ground of scorn, on which to ease hi s mi n d, " Lokmen!" excl a i m 'd his master,—" In God's name, How can a slave himself become so tame? 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 receir'd," he answer'd " at thine hands Favours so sweot they went to mine heart's root, And could I not accept one bitter fruit ?" 0 Lokman!" said his lord (aad 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 friend and counsellor:— Oh !Y.; nor let me quit thee, self-abhorr'd;— 'Tis I that am the slave, and thou the lord." * See the ground-work of the story in D'Herbelot, and other Eastern authorities. Lokman has sometimes been called the Arabian lEsop; and sometimes thought to have been rEsop 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 nevertheless 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, fur example, that " worldly priests might be conver t e d :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 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 and the Exhibition of 1851" laments the, while princely patronage and public 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 whet 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 fi n d nothing within them which can enable theca to understand the real sufferings of the poor." On the subject of the proposed Exhibition, we find 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 silt, 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 aimiters; 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 tho artisan who has laboured to produce such trea sures, or is one word 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 pro duced? Suffice, there they are to be purchased by money and worn for the admiring world. Arid so is it from the beginning to the end of the chapter. The very shirts wo wear, the coati, the boots, the hats; the very bread of life by which we aro 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 slaved, 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 sum total of our thought. I would venture to hope that in this great Exhibition of all nations, the poor artisan may have the benefit of his head or handiwork." AINSWORTH. " Guy Fawkes" is drawing towards its close. In this number we read " how Guy Fawkes wa s p u t t o 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 of 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 useful 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 half 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 its e lf e r ec t, b u t w h en full and ripe it modestly boa's its head, and thus is seen to le 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 Rerald is, attractive, as usual.--The Merchant Taylors' Magazine contains some excellent contribu tion: 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.—Tha 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 Goldthwaitt'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.—L e P u ll et, w i th c h arm i ng pertinacity, endeavours to disprove the as sertion of the poet, that " beauty is, when unadorned, adorned the most." Da. Acarw.—This gentleman, whose recent im prisomnent 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 /1 Mance. A deputation of the Al liance were at the North British Railway station to receive Lim, and on his arrival welcomed him most cordially. They accompanied him front the railway station to Queen-street Hall, where a large number of the members of the Alliance and other friends were assembled. R. Paul, Esq., banker, having taken the chair, the Rev. 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 Music-hall, at which he is to deliver an address on his recent persecution at Rome.— Scotsman. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Milman's tragedy of .Fazio, compressed into three acts, was revived here last evening, when Mies Laura Addison sustained the part of Bianca, 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 which 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 her powers, both of apprehension and execution, we have never hesitated 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 task 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, while 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. ller 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, Miss 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. 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, 13anquo ; 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 band 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, 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. 1 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 hearing 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 you 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 but just sentence, poured forth a torrent of eloquent indignation at the outrage which had been co►nmitted. 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. (Prom the Examiner.) At a meeting of the shareholders of the Caledonian Railway, the following copious effusion of cant took place : " Mr. MEIXLEHAM, in pursuance of notice, moved that no systematic or predetermined work should be performed on the line on Sunday. Having liberated slaves in theiWest Indies, it became them to take care not to make slaves in this country. The minds 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 b e a railway in Scotland open oa a Sunday. He com plained of this interruption as unjust to Scotland, where Sabbath observance was a national institution. The consequences of Sabbath desecration were the potato disease and the famine. "Mr. IPIIIICKING 7 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. Mum supported the motion. On some lines in Scotland, on which there had been no Snnday travelling, no serious accident had ever occurred. The question was, therefore, of importance with reference to damages, now a formidable item. "Mr. CAMPBELL, a dir ec t o r, s t a t e d that, with the exception of the mail train, there were no passenger was possible on the line on Sunday. Everything that possible had been done to reduce Sunday labour. The men were only called upon to attend in turn, and the time occupied did not exceed one hour per day. it should not be forgotten that, in the providence of God, diseases and accidents prevailed on Sunday as well as on other days.—(Dear, hear.) " On a show of hands the motion was lost." Mr. ikleikleham presumes to penetrate the inscru table wisdom of Providence, and has no difficulty in discovering that the potato disease and the famine were the consequences of jour ney i ng on the Sal). bath. But last harvest WAS one of blessed abuncianee, even though people sought fresh air and cheerful scenes, or visisted the sick, or distant friends, or re• lations, on Sunday. 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 Szbbath fur such small profits. Mr. Muir takes the same sort of view, and thinks the formidable item of damages might be 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 ob.;ervance in Scotland is a national institution. Let us see the evi dence of the Scotsman upon this point : "Tun OPPONENTS OF SABBATII-BREAKING IN SCOTLASD.__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 Prince's -street, Edinburgh Carriages waiting at Rev. Dr. Chandlish's door, 4 ; at Rev. Mr. Drummond's, 5 ; running on Prince's-street, 23 ; waiting on west stance, 8; on east stance, 13 ;in all, 63. 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 dozan 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, and 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 man 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 sovs. each, and 40 added. One mile. (9 Subs.) Mr. Rolt's Collingwood, aged, Bst 131 b ...(Flatman) 1 Mr. Hobson's Gladiole, 3 yrs, bat ...(Osborne, jun.) 2 Mr. Fowler's the Monk, 3 yrs, Est (Wells) 3 Mr. Dawson na Mark Tapley, 3 yrs, 6st ...(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 Ilarlestone Produce Stakes of 50 sous. each, h ft, for three yrs old. One mile. (11 Subs.) Lord Exeter's Clelia, Bst 1 llb (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 head, Agnes filly beaten off. Run in 1 min. 57 se cs . __ The Great Northamptonshire Stakes of 25 sous. each, 15 tt, and only sit declared, with 100 added. Two miles. (118 Subs., 76 of wliom declared.) Mr. Dawton's Priestess, 4 yrs, Gat 101 b (Arnold) 1 Mr. Jaques's Chantrey, 4 yre, Est 131 b ...(Charlton) 2 Mr. 11. Hill's Osterley, 4 yrs, 7st The following also rsn:— Lard Clifden's Wanota, 6 yrs, 8H 71b (Pearl) 0 Duke of Richmond's Halo, 6 yrs, Bst 21b (Fistman) 0 Lord 11. Lennox's Borneo, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (lii:chener) 0 Mr. Irwin's liailinafarl, 6 yrs, 7st 121 b (Whitehouse) 0 Mr. B. Green's Westuw, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (131shana) Lord Eglinton's Belus, 4 yrs, 7.!,t 510 (Pettit) 0 Mr. Crawford's Iron Rnil, 6 yrs, Tat 210 (llockeray) 0 Lord Warwick's Grief, 4 yrs, 7st (Cr3uch) Major Pitt's Mounseer, 4 yrs, 6 , ;t 1316 ...(Charlton) Lord Exeter's Tophami, 5 yrs, Get 1316 (G. Sharpe) 0 Mr. Hudson's Velox, 4 yre, 63t 1116 (G. Oates) 0 Mr. T. Bolt na Pius IX., 5 yrs, 6st 11Ib ..(Marlon) 0 Duke of Bedford's Muhratta, 4 yrs, sst 111 b (Collins) 0 Mr. Halford's Harrioit, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (W. Sharpe) 0 Mr. Des VOQUI'S b e by Lanereost, out of Concer- tina, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b (Welk) 0 Capt. Lowther's Bastfnado, 3 yrs, 4st 61b (Stoggles) 0 Betting-7 to 2 apt Osterley, sto 1 agst Mounseer, 6to 1 apt Ballinatlid, 7 to 1 agst Belus, 8 to 1 agst Chuntrey, 10 to 1 agst Harriott, 14 to 1 agst Bastinado, 20 to 1 agst Halo, 20 to agst Lauercost colt, 40 to 1 agst Priestess. Won by a length; a head between second and third; Halo fourth; Tophana fifth, Run in 3 miu. 46 sees. The Open Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 2i added; the winner to be sold for 150, &c. Once round and a distar oe. (6 Subs.) Mr. T. Thornhill's Iron Crown, lOst 1211Y(F. Butler) 1 Captain Lowther's Watchdog, 1 Ist 121 b (S. Rogers) 2 The following also started:—Mr. J. Harvey's Dover, 5 yrs, lOst 121 b (Dally)—Sir J. Hawley's Sponge, 5 yrs, lost 121 b (A. Day)—Mr. Delamere's Telegraph, 5 yrs, 10s1 121 b (Bartholomew)—and Mr. Dawson's Reversion, 4 yrs, lOst 51b (Whitehouse). Betting-5 to 2 agat Dover, 3to 1 each agst Watch dog and Telegraph, 7 to 2 agst Reversion, and 5 to 1 agst Iron Crown. Won by a head ; nothing near the first two. Run in 3 min. 25 sec. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Two miles. Duke of Bedford's Retail, 4 yrs, 9st 21b (F. Butler) 1 Mr. Marson's Nutbrown, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b (H. Marson) 2 Sir J. Hawley's Van Dieman, 4 yrs, 9st 21b (A. Day) 3 Lord 11. Lennox's Borneo, 4 yrs, 9st 21b...(Flatman) 4 Betting-5 to 4on Retail, 3to 1 agst Borneo, 4to 1 each agat Nutbrown and Van Dieman. Won by two lengths. Run in 3 min. 59 sec. _ _ The Farmers' and Tradesmen's Cup of 50 SOVIL Twice round, about three miles. Mr. Cowley's Forest Lad, 5 ps i lht 111 b (Cowley) I Mr. Iliggin's Little Houghton, llst lllb (Frisby) Mr. Page's Redshank, 4 yrs, lOst 71b (Owner) 3 The tollowing also ran:—The Last Forester, list 111 b (Wesley)—Maria Day, 11st 111 b (Lebird)—f by Tani worth, 1 tst llb (Price)—and Cogia, lOst 71b (Savin). B.:tang-5 to 4 on Little Houghton, and 3 to 1 agat Cogia. Won by a neck, the same between second and third. LATEST BETTING. TUE ALTHOEP STAKES. 7to 4 agst Buckhound I sto 1 agst Oliva 3 to I agst Prestige TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STARES. 5 to 4 on Pitsford and Mickleton. DERBY. 5 to 1 agst Bolingbroke l5 to 1 agst Voltigeur—t Bto 1 ogst Ghillie Callum 25 to 1 agst Clincher—c —taken BETTING AT NORTHAMPTON.—TIIIIRSDAY. MORNING. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAM) TIIE ALTIIORP STAKES. 2to I agst Buck hound I4to 1 agst Olivia 3 to 1 agst Prestige CHESTER CUP. [1 to 1 agstPeep-o'day Boy 14 to I sgst (Usual 3to 1 agst Miss Ann lISto 1 agst Fogleman. 4 to 1 agst Cossack DERBY. sto 1 agst Bolingbroke 18 to 1 agst Chin Bto 1 ag.t Ghillie Callum 20 to 1 agst Mavors 17 to 1 agst Clincher FADVERTISEMENT.]-BETTING.---Mr. J o h n M oore , the Sporting Publisher, St. Martin's lane (established 1319), continues to lay Tattersall's Odds against all horses fur the Metropolitan Handicap, Newmarket Handicap, Bath and Somersetahiro Stakes, the 2,000 Guineas, and the Derby. Abergerenny and Metropo litan 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. Tho engine drivers, firemen, and workmen employed in the locomotive department of the Great Western Company are about to pre sent a testimonial to Mr. Sturrock, whose firm but gentl° - manly and considerate conduct since he has been in the her vice has gained for him th e respec t an d goo dwill of eTery person upon the railway. tvverve years, On Monday, George Nichol,aged party—horse, who had hired a donkey for a ride, at Cli : h i Farm e upset by a man on horseback, and thes together in the donkey, man, and boy—being sprawling _ Fair, was read, the boy's skull was fractured, :0e:holt:ley oath h erw b a ei r n is died from the effects of the injury ry . m an an d T. st week, in the Crown A JuDGE's BON MOT.—Last v . . Court, at Wolverhampton, t a juclerk,Speak up, e ~heß aron Alderson, " Stop administered, addressing cannot hear what you s ,, ay .res, are 1 of one ear." The Learned ; you deaf 2" Juror Judge—" Then you had better leave that box, for it is ne cessary that jurymen should hear both sides."— Woke,- hampton Chronicle. GUADALCANAL MINING COMPANT.—A special ge neral meeting of this association was held y es t er d ay at t h e offices in Broad-street - buildings, f or the purpose of consider ing the deed of settlement, which it w as reso l ve d at the last should be drawn meet i n g _ 1 D up fo r registration; Mr. Huxley in the chair. Ir. uncan, solicit or , h av i ng read the deed, i ts several dances were discussed, and finally adopted—the draft to lie for some time at the office for the inspection of shareholders. It was intended that only those shareholders who signtd the d ee d s h ould be entitled to any dividend. Some desultory conversation took place relative to the state of the company's affairs, in the course of which the chair man remarked that great inconvenience resulted from the company's ignorance of the parties holding scrip, and they had no means of calling up the arrears due upon stock to the value of about soot. ; yet he had good reason to believe that not one shilling of it would eventually be lost. In conclu sion, it was definitely resolved that Captain Rule, as the most fitting person, should be appointed immediately to proceed to the mines in Seville, and draw up a full report upon the prospects, character, and value of their property, The Earl of Cadogan is suffering from indisposition at Boulogne. A PROVIDENT Tllirr.—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-acquired savings in that institution. men stors ewi- .